Putrid: RBNY 2 – Fire 5

By: Dave Martinez | October 24th, 2008

Your destiny is in your hands.

Win and you’re in.

We have heard all the cliches before. And it always seems to be so encouraging before you step into a game. “Win and you’re in. . . ,” yea right.

Juan Carlos Osorio had to travel to the city he shunned to breathe life into his new teams playoff hopes. Sounds like a made for Disney TV movie.

Win and you’re in right? Right.

Once again, the curse of the jumbled lineups struck, as Juan Carlos Osorio has continued the endless trend of presenting a new lineup for every game of the year (taking a cue from Arena last year). This time around, Richards rode the bench, Kandji rode the bench, the team came out in a 4-4-2, Magee was up top, and Stammler was on the right wing. Not exactly a 4-5-1, but a definite change from what the team has been doing all season long.

That lineup did little to improve chances. The Bulls tied up the game on an Van Den Bergh to Angel hook up in the 34th. A few minutes later, the flood gates opened, which saw Chris Rolfe score a hat trick before the half.

Done.

The rest of the game goes down in Metro Bull history as yet another significant and glaring collapse. Is this the team Metro fans everywhere will be rooting for IF they squeek into the playoffs?

Speaking of squeekers, the Bulls need Columbus to beat or tie DC (you know, the same Crew team that started a reserve squad against the Bulls last week). DC hates the Bulls, so I wouldn’t expect any favors. Andrew Boyens was quoted right here on this page saying “Other teams see us as a threat, and they don’t want us to be in the playoffs.” He may be right.

It is going to be a long weekend. And for this weekend, you an use this as your weeping wall. Share your thoughts with us below.

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Chris

2 wins away from qualifying for CCL as well! lol. Could you imagine.
NoLayup Rule

what! We made it in!!! Unreal.

Despite our best efforts we found some level of success. amazing

I get to be a rabid fan for at least two more games!
Shawn

Ok I admit it, I am sooooo Excited for the play-offs GO RED BULLS!
Laurie

You're in, dude. Good luck in the playoffs. Maybe I'll start rooting for you, just so I feel like I have some stake in it this year.

Sigh.
RobZ

WE IN!!!!!!!!!!
nolayups

well I think goal scoring is in fact our strength. Part of the reason we have a low total is because of the injury of Angel and also because of the roster moves.

But goal scoring is a strength by default. Our strength is clearly not defense, ball movement and control or playmaking. Its not conditioning or chemistry or experience. Hell its nothing really except the fact that we have Angel and to a much lesser extent DVB, Richards and the new african boyz.
martha in miami

lol on the sleepy kitten...um, goal scoring is our strength? I must have missed that game...Just Kidding!...but ummm, we were 2nd lowest in goals scored all year, not that I was harping on that, hint! hint!
NoLayup Rule

Rob,

I dont disagree with this

————Angel————–
——–Mbuta—-Kandji——–
DVB——–Rojas——–Richards
————Stammler————
Goldthwaithe—Boynes—–Jimenez
————Cepero————–

truth is no one on this squad can defend a sleepy kitten so we might as well play to our strengths witch are speed, aggressiveness and goal scoring.

Rojas more than anyone has been a major disappointment to me. Why cant he service Angel? DVB seems more than able, why not Rojas?
RobStyles

My bad, omit Parke from the lineup that I submitted and insert Boyens.
RobStyles

Forget Ronaldo or Henry. We are really in desperate need of a consistent, playmaking central midfielder that can control the game. I don't know who will be available to use the DP spot on for next year but as we can see in this league, you don't need superstars to succeed (Dynamo, Revs, Chivas). The front office really has their work cut out for them this offseason.
RobStyles

What an embarrassment!! This team does not deserve a playoff position, they are a disgrace to football! Cichero should not see the pitch (turf) again in a Red Bull uniform, or any team for that matter. If we miraculously get in JCO needs to go with an all out attack because our backline is useless.

------------Angel--------------
--------Mbuta----Kandji--------

DVB--------Rojas--------Richards
------------Stammler------------

Goldthwaithe---Parke-----Jimenez

------------Cepero--------------
Dave Martinez

I am sorry NLR - I will get on it ASAP. But ur on point as always. Something needs to change.

And Martha - Hay Dios Mio indeed.
NoLayup Rule

any chance you can take this computer off the spam filter, this is my home system. thanks dave
nolayups

Im only now just barely able to comment on this without swearing.

FOr starters how can guys like Angel and VanDer Bergh showup every day and look at guys like Cichero & Boyens and not want to kill themselves thinking about what ifs?

Also is Piertovallo totally a split personality? How anoying can he be? One game showing great defense, control and promise and the next being a complete retard in every aspect of the game?

Lastly when our defense happens to be the worst ever in a professional setting how can we not throw ballers forward like Richards and Mbuta to help create havoc for poor Angel and Van Den Bergh who are the only pros on the team it seems.

My heart breaks for those two and for us fans. To see Blanco .... !!%!%!^!$$$@%#$%&!#^)*(& ..... oh, sorry. Just writing his name made me freak out again.

Id better stop and calm down
Stephanie

Hey I was at this game last night! Sorry, about the loss, guys, but if it makes you feel better I think Blanco is a fool lol Anyone think Rolfe might make it to Europe?
ajani

well written, perhaps, that is true. it'd be poetic if it weren't so tragic.

alas.
Musab

I hope Chicago crashes and burns in the playoffs. They scored 10 goals against us this year. Way to go Osorio.
martha in miami

Its been an Hay Dios Mio/ Major ooof month! Reminds me of a final I had already been eliminated from, but was cheering for my friends, whom had JUST looked so promising have a full atomic meltdown...I said it would have been more fun to have a root cannel...my buddy said...yeah without the anasthesia! Ya gotta laugh and maybe rent the movie Airplane! I still stand behind JCO, he did the best he thought would work. They are all *off with his head* on sites! We will take him here in Miami 2010!
Dave Martinez

Just to vent a bit more:

—————–Magee——–Angel——————-

—————————-Rojas————————

van den Bergh——————————–Stammler

————————Pietravallo————————-

Goldthwaite——Cichero——–Boyens——-Leitch

—————————Cepero—————————-

Where is the speed? Why eliminate Jimenez, who plays well with Boyens (as Andrew told us in his last interview) in favor of an enigmatic prospect? HOW can you start Stammler over Dane? And for what its worth, with such a lack of size up top, wouldnt kandji have made a tad more sense? I know Magee has earned his way back in the lineup, but a ball holder up top with some size would have probably been the way to go this game.

Yes, hindsight is 20/20. But that was just too much for the last game of the season.
Dave Martinez

Yea, a little late Matt! lol

For those not in the know:

http://daytonflyers.cstv.com/s...

Chris Rolfe is really impressive when he is on his game, what can I say . . .
Matt

I should have warned you beforehand Dave...I apollogize, but you must remember to FEAR THE FLYER! Chris Rolfe had the power of the University of Dayton behind him. Always FEAR THE FLYER!
Dave Martinez

Ajani - MLS has become Bizzarro World. But its such a scripted tale - A coach spurns a successful team for a higher profile dream job position. They meet in the final game of the season, with said coach playing for his playoff life. A crushing loss leaves the teams hopes in the hands of their worst enemy. Couldn't have written up better if you tried.
ajani

ok dave i won't doubt him. but still, this is ridiculous (that DC and NY are clawing at the playoffs and columbus is king)
RobZ

All I know is all of a sudden Chris Rolfe turned into Diego Maradona....And I, like the announcers, was impressed with the 14556449416565959445465 backheels Blanco did OMG HE IS AMAZING lol......That guy must have banana peels attached to his shoes....

PATHTEIC game!
Dave Martinez

Francis Doe, if anything, is clutch. That has been the story of his career. Then he mysteriously is traded away. I wouldnt doubt it.
ajani

lol if francis doe scores a hat trick and gets us in the playoffs I will canonize him a saint.

ok I can't do that. but man would that not be hilarious?

this season has been crazy. i am still in shock that columbus is all of a sudden this high and mighty Being.

this is pathetic. if DC and NY are clawing at the playoffs, something is wrong in the world.

no, scratch that. the fact that the playoffs matters more than the regular season is what's wrong with this league.

just don't hurt yourself, dave & NY peeps. frankly, this season aint worth it.
travis

At least you aren't all the way out yet... I'm having a hard time deciding what team deserves the playoffs less, DC or NY? What if Francis Doe scores a hat trick giving DC the playoffs? That would be some kind of sick and twisted result if you ask me.
Dave Martinez

Travis - barely.

Mike - I couldnt have said it better.

Now, back to the kvetching:

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travis

Dave are you ok?
mike.

Last night was just sh*t. I cannot for the life of me understand all this lineup shifting. They were looking pretty keen the other week - why not stick with it? Offense!-offense!-offense! Bench Cichero (permanently). Start Mac. Start Mbuta. Put Magee up front. Do...something...resembling something! Angel's running header was pretty brilliant though.
Dave Martinez

Shawn, well put. Is this a team we can all get behind once they are in? Lets face it - a chance to play Columbus this year is like the prospects of facing a shock and awe attack. Bombs will be flying from the left and the right. Can Metro Bulls fans handle that?

Horrible.

What a crap week too. My comp has been busted, my posting has been delayed, my Mac Kandji interview erased completely on WordPress and I have to retype - garbage RB week.
Shawn

What an unfortunate position to be in. Even if we get in do we deserve to be there? This team is so up and down that they could actually do something in the play-offs. Love my Bulls but that was hard to watch last night.