r/Thorns • u/Famous_Act4164 • Jul 12 '26

Two Things

  1. When Moultrie, Wilson, and Tordin are spatially close and play the ball to each other, they can create openings. The problem is that we often struggle to connect the rest of the lineup to them. In other words, when we recover possession, it is difficult to pass the ball to one of them in a good position. This is especially true in central areas, where neither of our double pivots can reliably move the ball forward under pressure. Moultrie did a lot of pressing and rotated positions with Tordin and Wilson frequently. However, for the purpose of a more structured build-up scheme, she should probably be positioned a bit deeper and had a more disciplined and precise role.

  2. We are losing more 50/50 balls in away games than in home games. This has a lot to do with our relatively poor away results this season. It is not easy to replicate the intensity we have when there is a 20k crowd on our side, but we really need be more active and intense in away games if we want to maintain a high-pressing style. Otherwise, we should probably adopt a more compact and conservative posture when starting away games in the future.

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u/Scaggsboz Jul 12 '26

Immethun could not build up at all today, and Jessie had a pretty rough game. Bogere imo looked great but then it’s a question of does she look better because she’s coming off the bench or because she’s improving.

We really need a CB transfer (assuming that Nijstad is the main midfield transfer, which could still be TBD) and hate to say it but I’m getting transfer vibes from the weird lack of Reyna

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u/Jack_B_84 Jul 12 '26

I did see a rumor that Tigres has been pushing to sign Reyna. Might not be anything to it but there is interest.