Noonan and Nicol: from the same cloth?
By: Sabin | July 28th, 2007Steve Nicol: 100 Players who Shook the Kop
Pat Noonan’s Goal against Houston
The first goal from Nicol in the top link looks almost exactly like Noonan’s goal from the Houston game this Sunday. More than anything, this gives me fuel for further support for Noonan in the face of what — it seems at times — is waning support from the majority of fans.
Noonan relies on his finesse more than the others in the strike trio (Taylor Twellman and Adam Cristman). There are three types of strikers, generally speaking: those who mostly rely on finesse, those who poach their goals, and those who rely on straight-forward attacks. We’re lucky that we have representatives of each: Noonan for the first, Twellman lurks in the goalie’s area wating for the perfect poach, and Cristman goes hard for the frontal assaults. All three styles are effective, and all three are useful in the right moments.
The trick that Nicol and Paul Mariner — and the strikers themselves — face is how to best take advantage of each primary attribute: when is it time to poach or finesse through the box or just slam the ball home. I’m looking forward to tonight’s game against Real Salt Lake to see how they fare against what’s being billed as a new RSL team.
More later.
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