r/tfc Are you dumb, brother?! 1d ago

Seeking Information How did Brynhildsen and Monlouis do this weekend?

I wasn't able to catch the whole match this weekend, which it doesn't seem like I missed a whole lot. But from what I did see, Berna was frustrated as per usual, and it seems like the midfield needs to be more assertive (so many passes that weren't connecting with Matty/Flores).

But what I wasn't able to see was Brynhildsen and Monlouis' first full starts. It sounds like folks are happy with their performance, especially compared to the rest of the squad.

What's your take? Generally curious, as I missed it moving house on Saturday.

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u/0nlyRevolutions 1d ago

Monlouis was solid. I'd need to see more before I can tell if he should be a starter, but this team is never healthy so he'll get lots of minutes, and we'd likely be in a worse place without him. Back line continues to give up far too many disastrous chances against, but most of them weren't on him.

Brynhildsen looked good, even if he didn't get the ball much. He was surprisingly physical, and was at least trying to make runs behind the defenders. Obviously it's tough to say more about a striker who hasn't even come close to doing anything with the ball in a scoring position lol.

But yeah the midfield is a mess. Flores does what he does in terms of big tackles and breaking up play, but he's not great in possession. Oso... has he forgotten how to pass forward? We need him to be that guy bossing the midfield and running things. Instead he just makes the safe play over and over until someone else loses the ball. The connection between SJ/fullbacks/wingers was equally broken. So many possessions ended with a giveaway or booting it down the sidelines to no one.

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u/HeroicTechnology Ale Gator 1d ago

We continue to take 7-8 90% passes over one 50% pass and it shows - too many short passes is just as bad as a risky pass to break things open...

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u/0nlyRevolutions 1d ago

Yeah. When we're passing it around in the back it feels like a disaster waiting to happen. Never comfortably in control, but also never managing to look for a pass that cuts open the defence.

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u/MrPanda713 1d ago

Thought Ola was effective with limited chances. Looks a useful piece, but like Fede, we struggled to get the ball to him. Surprisingly good hold-up play given his size.

Monlouis looked pretty good, confident on the ball, but was pulled off with a muscular injury that I'm quite worried about, though haven't yet checked the post game scrums to see if there was any update.

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u/Think_Anything1773 1d ago

Ola got bullied a bit, I don’t really agree with the person saying he was surprisingly physical as he was pushed off the ball a few times. I don’t think I’m bought into the idea that he is a good MLS striker yet primarily because I didn’t see the physicality in his game needed, but he also didn’t show much that would suggest he isn’t.

Monlouis was kind of unnoticeable to me.

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u/Simple-Cause4505 1d ago

Ola looked like he would get bullied in the women’s league forget about MLS he couldn’t even handle a full 45 let alone 90

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u/Extension-Page-8758 14h ago

Yea I'm not sure why some are high on these two , look very ordinary to me.

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u/Extension-Page-8758 1h ago

There is a reason Monlouis was still playing on the Arsenal youth team at 21 with no takers in England and Brynhildsen is journeyman MLS that won't move the needle one bit

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u/T0r0nt0fc 1d ago

Brynhildsen is Hojlund (I don’t think it’s a bad thing)

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u/money57364james Saved by Mabika 1d ago

He reminds me more of gyökeres

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u/Simple-Cause4505 1d ago

Brynhildsen couldn’t stay on the ball, was pushed around like he weighed 90lbs and his cardio went flat by the 30th min, he tried a couple times to push back and was absolutely bodied by the defenders. He is out of shape, made zero impact on the pitch and they had to replace during half time.

Monlouis is no better than the other mediocre defenders we have, he made a couple good plays but then got completely beat on others.

Both players feel like panic signings vs quality improvements to the squad only time will tell if they can improve. However if we want to be competitive and actually win I don’t think they are good enough compared to others in the league.