Steve Nicol, Meet Piotr Nowak. Nowak, this is Mr. Nicol. I think you have some common ground.
Is this funny?
Nicol said Revolution forwards Dempsey, Pat Noonan (out with a hip flexor), and Taylor Twellman ``don't get any protection."
``This is not the first time," Nicol said. ``Challenges are coming in from behind and our strikers don't get any protection whatsoever. I may be crying, but it seems to me they get nothing."
Right, and Shalrie Joseph, Matt Reis, et al.. have never done anything to opposing team's attacking threats...
Update: And Joe Franchino...
Another Update: And let's not get into Mr. Dempsey's actions with Mr. Conrad...
posted by D @ 2:21 PM
4 Comments:
Don't forget about Jay Heaps.
Beat me to it, Kinney.
Yes, it is rich that the coach of a team of thugs is making these remarks. But let's look at it with two ther things in mind. One, DC hasn't been a bunch of choirboys lately. Secondly (and maybe more importantly), perhaps if more MLS coaches make a case that their stars are getting hacked to death then the league might actually listen and crack down on this behavior. In the end this is only a good thing for United as I our skill players are better than theirs.
This line amused me as well: "The Revolution probably should not have expected to defeat Kansas City last night, despite playing before an MLS season-high 16,321 for Gillette Stadium."
16,000 fans! That can really motivate a team! Not enough to beat Kansas City, of course...
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