VinceA Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, CanadaFan123 said: Larin wasn’t horrible against Uruguay. He actually had a few good moments but that’s typical from this crowd. Larin and David actually aren’t bad together these days. If you were going to start one of them I don’t think it’s so clear cut - see Larin vs USA away and Mexico at home vs. David against Mexico away. David: 4 games against USA/Mexico - 1 assist Larin: 3 games against US/Mexico - 4 goals Well what we saw against Uruguay and there's a big chance this happens in the WC, is that we'll have 1 or 2 chances all game to score. If all Larin can do is score a goal but even then can't because he needs an extra touch or we're 10v11 because he can't get involved in the game at all we're in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 39 minutes ago, VinceA said: Well what we saw against Uruguay and there's a big chance this happens in the WC, is that we'll have 1 or 2 chances all game to score. If all Larin can do is score a goal but even then can't because he needs an extra touch or we're 10v11 because he can't get involved in the game at all we're in trouble. I guess some of us saw a different game then. Sure, he missed once chance but he had some decent moments in build up and contributed to an attack that out-chanced Uruguay. Hardly a player that made us a man down ... this isn’t 2018/2019 Larin. PegCityCam, rkomar and vancanman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 17 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: Larin wasn’t horrible against Uruguay. He actually had a few good moments but that’s typical from this crowd. Larin and David actually aren’t bad together these days. If you were going to start one of them I don’t think it’s so clear cut - see Larin vs USA away and Mexico at home vs. David against Mexico away. David: 4 games against USA/Mexico - 1 assist Larin: 3 games against US/Mexico - 4 goals Wait, you don’t think it’s clear cut who starts between Larin and David? johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Hard to pick someone who isn't playing and he need to do better with his chances against a World Cup level team. That said, David is best with another striker. We need a body to hold up things on the break, which is how we are probably going to need to score against those teams. If we go 343 (not my prefered) Larin maybe stays in the three up top and Tajon is a wingback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 If Larin continues to not see the pitch I don’t know how he starts v Belgium… costarg, DeRo_Is_King and TGAA_Star 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTransport Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, jhoops__ said: If Larin continues to not see the pitch I don’t know how he starts v Belgium… Almost feels like the Belgian league is sabotaging Larin, so he doesn’t do well against their national team 😜 Expect him to be a full time starter after the World Cup. jhoops__, DeRo_Is_King, Corazon and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, jhoops__ said: If Larin continues to not see the pitch I don’t know how he starts v Belgium… He might be a great super sub. In our current state I could see us playing a 5-3-2-1 with a front 3 of AD, JD, and TB. JD AD-TB SE-JO-AH SA-KM-SE-AJ-RL Edit: I just started watching the game recently…clearly🤪 Edited October 4, 2022 by Shway jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopePouri Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Shway said: He might be a great super sub. In our current state I could see us playing a 5-3-2-1 with a front 3 of AD, JD, and TB. JD AD-TB SE-JO-AH SA-KM-SE-AJ-RL This is a great lineup against Belgium especially if we have 12 players on the pitch. Unnamed Trialist, MtlMario, Shway and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, PopePouri said: This is a great lineup against Belgium especially if we have 12 players on the pitch. or risky to play without a keeper. MtlMario 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, PopePouri said: This is a great lineup against Belgium especially if we have 12 players on the pitch. Facking hell…I proof read that 5x I’m also 5 drinks in lol kacbru and DeRo_Is_King 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRo_Is_King Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 18 minutes ago, Shway said: Facking hell…I proof read that 5x I’m also 5 drinks in lol I'm sitting here wondering which GK SE is. Haha. It's OK. Decent cast anyway. I hope AH and JO can get healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 9 hours ago, PopePouri said: This is a great lineup against Belgium especially if we have 12 players on the pitch. I think you're mistaking players with initials. FIFA says you can put all the initials you want, some of those Brazilians are like LGRDTLS, where the last four obviously stand for...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Shway said: He might be a great super sub. In our current state I could see us playing a 5-3-2-1 with a front 3 of AD, JD, and TB. JD AD-TB SE-JO-AH SA-KM-SE-AJ-RL Edit: I just started watching the game recently…clearly🤪 Unfortunately I don't see how we possibly have JO and AH as starters in November. They'll both be rusty as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 On 10/5/2022 at 1:19 PM, costarg said: Unfortunately I don't see how we possibly have JO and AH as starters in November. They'll both be rusty as hell. And probably even less likely we get 2 Stephen Eustaquio's on the pitch at a time. I assume the defender SE was supposed to be SV? Could also be SK but less likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I realize Brugge fans aren’t enamoured with him, but he has 2.24 xG in only 180 mins of play so he must be doing something right. Ruffian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, footballfreak said: I realize Brugge fans aren’t enamoured with him, but he has 2.24 xG in only 180 mins of play so he must be doing something right. He would probably have a goal today but Vanaken went full Bamba and cost his team a goal when he should have just squared it for Larin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, footballfreak said: I realize Brugge fans aren’t enamoured with him, but he has 2.24 xG in only 180 mins of play so he must be doing something right. That stat doesn’t tell you anything about doing things right. It says he has fewer goals than he should. If you take a penalty and miss, which would raise your xG, it doesn’t mean you’re doing something right. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 53 minutes ago, footballfreak said: I realize Brugge fans aren’t enamoured with him, but he has 2.24 xG in only 180 mins of play so he must be doing something right. 0.75 of that would be from a missed penalty attempt. 0.7npXG / 90 is still very good but its a small sample size and doubtful he could sustain that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, CanadaFan123 said: That stat doesn’t tell you anything about doing things right. It says he has fewer goals than he should. If you take a penalty and miss, which would raise your xG, it doesn’t mean you’re doing something right. That’s an imperfect understanding of xG. Getting into high leverage positions that produce xG is a sign of doing what you are supposed to do as a goalscorer. If he consistently underperformed his xG over a larger sample size, then that would be a cause for concern, but in general you would always prefer to have a striker on high xG and low production than one on low xG and low production. A low xG player may occasionally over-perform on small sample size, but he’s much more likely to regress over a season. Larin tends to have more difficulty generating chances than finishing them. If he continues getting chances, sooner or later they start going in regularly. That’s been true everywhere he has played. 10 hours ago, Floortom said: 0.75 of that would be from a missed penalty attempt. 0.7npXG / 90 is still very good but its a small sample size and doubtful he could sustain that. Certainly it’s not sustainable. My point was just that the doom and gloom around him seems hyperbolic. Admittedly I haven’t been able to watch his games, but it’s not exactly unheard of for strikers to get slow starts with new teams where the timing isn’t quite there. Edited October 9, 2022 by footballfreak Kadenge and rkomar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 What I am finding odd is how Bruges are resting strikers against weaker rivals in the league, and often that means getting behind and playing catchup. In matches they should be winning. Did that against Standard and now this match too. I appreciate that Jutglà wasn't in the line-up, but they sat Larin and Buchanan. I did not see the game but they did far outshoot the rival, had possession, lost by 2nd half goals. But still: start the attackers. I suppose they are "resting" for the midweek CL games, with such an intense schedule and the chance now of getting out of their group. Or even winning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 7 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: What I am finding odd is how Bruges are resting strikers against weaker rivals in the league, and often that means getting behind and playing catchup. In matches they should be winning. Did that against Standard and now this match too. I appreciate that Jutglà wasn't in the line-up, but they sat Larin and Buchanan. I did not see the game but they did far outshoot the rival, had possession, lost by 2nd half goals. But still: start the attackers. I suppose they are "resting" for the midweek CL games, with such an intense schedule and the chance now of getting out of their group. Or even winning it. Buchanan isn’t fit enough to be playing twice a week yet. Midweek Champions League is probably all he can handle right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: What I am finding odd is how Bruges are resting strikers against weaker rivals in the league, and often that means getting behind and playing catchup. In matches they should be winning. Did that against Standard and now this match too. I appreciate that Jutglà wasn't in the line-up, but they sat Larin and Buchanan. I did not see the game but they did far outshoot the rival, had possession, lost by 2nd half goals. But still: start the attackers. I suppose they are "resting" for the midweek CL games, with such an intense schedule and the chance now of getting out of their group. Or even winning it. Remember as well Belgium has that really weird league format. That's basically why they won the league last year when it looked like Union St. Gilliose was running away with it. king1010, Unnamed Trialist and footballfreak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, narduch said: Remember as well Belgium has that really weird league format. That's basically why they won the league last year when it looked like Union St. Gilliose was running away with it. Good point, they are not racing in a single table to the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Not in the squad list for their big game v Anderlecht tomorrow king1010, Ruffian and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I hope Herdman sees the writing on the wall and opts to run a formation with three mdifielders and one striker up top. costarg and An Observer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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