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Piero Hincapie

Coombs

My Ecuadorian friend is a big fan of this guy. Says his name means "itchy foot" and that he's more intelligent than your average footballer.

MistaT

Looks like the Latin Ben White

flobaba

MistaT God please no. Hope he has a bit more about him than Basic Blanco

Burnwinter

MistaT White's gone from just being remarkably orange to actually being a Columbian 😆

USArsenal

Seemingly handsome guy as well. And the literal translation for Hincapie is driving foot. (or to drive your foot into something). Pretty appropriate for a footballer. And another big 6' lad. We have a team of giants with a few 5'10" folks too. (a couple shorter, but most are 6+)

Burnwinter

flobaba You've certainly won that argument. If I miss White, it's just because I miss how good Saka is at making those box runs White used to feed rather well.

flobaba

Agreed, the timing (and weight) of his balls over the top or through to Saka's runs gives us an additional attacking dimension. That's his one clear strength. Plus his overlapping instinct as a wide fullback.

I'm excited to see what hincapie is all about though. His highlights seem encouraging, but I want to see if and how he will regularly be used in our match day squad and how effective he might be compared to our now traditional (inverting) options

Doc

flobaba how effective he might be compared to our now traditional (inverting) options

Haven't seen much more than a couple of highlights, but does he play as a touchline fullback?.. doesn't seem much different in that area to what we have from the stats out there...

Sicario2

Meatwad

Sicario2
There's a war goin' on outside, no man is safe from. You could run, but you can't hide forever.

Pepe LeFrits

Looks like a nice player.

Well suited to overlapping at LB but also tucking into CB when Cala goes on a gallop

USArsenal

Pepe LeFrits

He does look quality, but im pretty sure he's an alternative to Big Gab/Cala and not one that will play with them too often for now.

USArsenal

It is quite impressive that the Ecuadorian team only allowed 5 (FIVE) goals during all of the qualification (in 18 games). the next closest was Argentina (and Paraguay) at 10. They clearly had lots of 0-0 draws (well, all of their 8 draws were 0-0). They didnt score much, but they certainly knew how to keep the ball out of their goal..

lorddulaarsenal

I wonder if we’ll see three at the back utilised at points this season. Particularly when playing lesser teams at home or chasing goals.

——————-——Raya
—-——JT/CM—-WS/GM—-RC/PH
——————MZ———DR/MLS
BS/NM/MD——-MO/EN—-EE/MM—NM/GM/LT
————————VG/KH/GJ

est

Wouldn't mind seeing that actually.

lorddulaarsenal

est

Good way to get more attackers in

RowJimmy

We've played something very like that (3-2-4-1 or just 3-2-5) in possession the last two years, falling back into a 4-4-2 when defending. The key has been the infamous inverted LB moving into MF or even attack but still responsible for getting back into defense.
If you think about it in those terms what you've proposed means either substituting Eze for Rice (MLS as 2nd DM falling back when necessary) or playing without someone who has that extra responsibility.
I think that we may do something like that when chasing the game but I'd be very surprised to see it from the beginning even against the lowest of low blocks.

daredevil

RowJimmy

People aren’t paying attention lol - that’s exactly how we attack and the 4-4-2 when defending or pressing.

Hincapie defends like his life depends on it. Love the commitment.

Burnwinter

That block they're highlighting is spectacular.

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