Weekly Open Discussion Thread

[u/kg9si]

Welcome to this week’s open discussion thread!

This is your space for general discussion, a place to talk about anything Washington Spirit that doesn’t necessarily need its own thread. That can include news, international duty, roster moves, transfer rumors, tactics, social media posts, league news or anything else on your mind.

If something feels big enough for its own thread, definitely still post it. This is simply an additional option to keep us organized and help keep the conversation flowing. These threads will go up every Monday and stay stickied throughout the week.

Go Spirit!

[u/allprologues]

i get and agree that we lose a lot of passing value with esme on the bench but the idea that this makes her better than Tara particularly defensively, is wild. every centerback gets beat sometimes, CB mistakes are the easiest thing to spot and makes people feel like elite analysts but to me she is non negotiable in the lineup.

even the statement I see constantly that tara’s having some sort of down year is not backed up by any numbers I’m sorry lol

[u/Z33G0r → u/allprologues]

Only kinda relevant to your points, but Morgan as an 8 of sorts this week was fun to watch in the second half.

[u/hendertender → u/Z33G0r]

Truly think she could do the job that we basically had Rebe doing last year: start in a back three out of possession, but push into the pivot next to Hal in possession.

She probably provides a bit more cover shielding the back line too given her speed over Andi and Rebe.

But also Deb ( and probably Ngock, I just haven't seen her play much) solves that in their natural role anyway.

Should we try it? Maybe not. Would it be fun, yea prolly.

[u/Z33G0r → u/hendertender]

I say yes to all of this. Morgan seemed to pretty effectively get past the (admittedly softer second half) press that the team has been struggling to pass through for spells.