United could be in for a hard time in the City of Brotherly Love
One of the players you should definitely be looking out for is Sebastien LeToux. He’s a French national, (although he’s never been capped and has said he would rather play for the US), who’s tied for fourth right now in the league for goals scored with 7, (in 12 games I think). He also has a bunch of assists. Usually he plays attacking midfield but sometimes Coach Nowak plays him up top. He’s best though starting behind the forwards. He’s really come out as the face of this young team and has shown a tireless work ethic on and off the pitch.Roger Torres and Danny Mwanga are two other players that you might see this week. Torres is a Colombian midfielder who’s played fairly well for us. He has nice footwork and at times has really showed flare moving the ball forward into attack. Mwanga was 1st overall pick in our league’s draft and is a striker. He started off slow but as of late has played fairly well.
Jack McInerny is a 17 year old striker we usually stick in late in the game. His nickname is ‘Union Jack’ and in a few years this kid might really be a star. He’s fearless for his age and has a nose for goal.
I probably can’t tell you what formation you’ll see us play. Coach Nowak tinkers with it almost every game and will play players out of their natural position. As of late I think he’s been playing something more akin to 3-5-1 or 4-3-3. I’d say our weakest position is the defence, which is strange because on paper at the start of the season it looked to be the strongest.Danny Califf is our central back and captain, Christian Arrieta and Michael Orozco Fiscal will either play right or left. On any given day they might shut the back down or conversely make a bunch of stupid passes and give a goal or two away. (the same can be said for our keeper Chris Seitz who can look both brilliant and lost).
So there you have it, the danger men, the strengths and weaknesses as well as the style of the team. From Paul’s analysis it appears we could be in for an exciting game. Having beaten Celtic this could be more competitive than expected but also Paul’s words about a suspect back line inspires confidence that the likes of Nani and Obertan will take full advantage.
I would like to thank Paul for taking time out to give us this run down on the team and to wish the Union good luck.
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Well aware of that Sam, the point is this team may not be as easy as we had initially thought. Going by your logic they will be a hard team they didn’t concede and we did!
Looking forward to it as i never choose to believe its easy as footballs a funny oh game, in a flash of a second you can go from attack to a goal down so i expect union to put in a fight, hoping a few kids get another run out and we can hit a few goals tonight and keep driving forward.
A really fascinating read, Chudi. I really enjoyed getting a bit of an insite into the team and the city. Send thanks to Paul for the lowdown.
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