1: Well that was a very organized, one might even say, authentic performance. For me this is our best showing this season. When you take into account, the clean sheet, the quality of the opponent and losing Georgios, this was pretty damn complete. So why now and not against NYRB? I don’t really know. Yes home field plays a role, but we largely played how we like to play, albeit with some different players, but overall I thought we just executed better. 

2: Happy to see us play with more aggression and assertiveness against a team who plays with both. The boys got stuck into more challenges and weren’t afraid to throw in a few shoulders and just use their physical strength more than we did against energy drink FC. 

3: Caleb Wiley with the ball at his feet is an absolute joy to watch. He plays with so much energy and intent. When the ball comes to him he picks his head up and immediately works out the shortest path to goal. Having him charging at goal is a serious enough threat itself, let alone the freedom and space it gives to other attacking options. Oh and he had 7 ball recoveries and an interception. 

4: Thiago is a cheat code. And like any cheat code, the same code does not work for every game. But my lord when it does, you’re a given a game changing advantage. 

5: Georgios, unfortunately, has a history with injuries and he’s carried that history with him here. For me, we should be looking at yet another proper 9 backup in this window. Berry has shown us his ceiling and it’s lower than Bilbo Baggins house. Tyler Wolff could serve in that role, but that’s a lot of weight to put on his shoulders and he’s been doing so well in his progression as is. I don’t know if we want to change that up right now. If we have the ability to move Berry on, we should.