Would you say that their style is the same as Ray Reid's?
I think Reid's teams really were just scrappier and were more suited for winning games in ugly ways, which matters a LOT at this level. Especially coming from SCSU, I don't think he was as committed to playing perfect soccer as playing winning soccer. He didn't have to have the perfect guys to have a great team.
Gbandi, on the other hand, really seems to want to play a specific brand of soccer focused on keeping the ball and controlling the play, which is just a lot harder to execute. To his credit, his teams do seem to be good at establishing possession, and he's CONSTANTLY yelling "rondo" to encourage the kids to play quick short passes.
Personally, I don't think it's working well enough right now. We're pushing so many guys forward that we've been pretty susceptible on the counter, and we aren't getting enough payoff from having those numbers forward. We had a starting center back get injured so maybe that will help defensively, but we had many of the same problems last year I thought.
I also don't think I will ever understand his subs, because he's basically hockey subbing 3 attackers on/off at the same time every half, often despite who has been playing well, and then our 2 midfielders end up playing every minute.
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