Adria or O? Who should start?

[AdriaFan3]

I know Adria has been having some rough games (the last couple)and Olivia is finally stepping up. Who do you think should start? I think Adria will get her game back this weekend. I'll be there with my sign for Adria..again.

[Roach]

Personally, I'd like to see both start - they're both pretty impressive, especially when you consider they're both freshmen. The question is, where do you play them? Kim Harvey stays in the game -- that's a no-brainer. So then you have three other forwards -- O'Rear, Campbell and Lauren Mussallem -- and only two spots. So unless Coach Cossaboon switches to a 4-forward lineup, which ain't happening, you have to drop one of the forwards from the lineup, or to an outside midfield position. My vote is to bump Mussalem back to MF, because she has the speed and endurance to make those long runs all day. She and O'Rear are faster than Campbell, but Campbell is extremely aggressive - she has a scorer's mentality.

So you leave Kim Harvey in the middle to control the ball in heavy traffic and to get shots from every angle, and surround her with O'Rear on the left (to offset Mussallem's speed on the right) and let Campbell go nuts and annoy the hell out of opposing defenses. Could be a pretty potent lineup.

[AdriaFan3]

I agree. Lo and O are faster than A. But I think O should move back instead of Lo. Then again, since they are so fast they would both make good flank players. Last game in the 2nd half I noticed A subbed in for Mac...I didn't like what I saw there.

[ClassOf81]

What didn't you like?
I thought it worked out fairly well. There were some adjustments that needed to be made, but I didn't see major problems. What did you see?

[AdriaFan3]

I just don't think Adria should be a mid. She kept floating too high to a forward posistion. that's all.