What We Talk About When We Talk About Marcello Gallardo

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Must read: The artistry/gambling of Marcello Gallardo
Published 7/1/2008 by Longshoe (noreply@blogger.com) at Who Ate All the Cupcakes?
... Go read now. This is one of the best things I've read in a long time, and definitely one of the most thought provoking. I've always been a member of Team Marcello. That's not to say I disliked Christian Gomez. Gomez was a great player for DC United, always playing with a great deal of passion and scoring many huge goals. I'll always remember the goal against Chivas USA in '06 after the US-Italy World Cup match. We stuck around at the Brewhouse, drained after the game with the Italians, and all went nuts after Gomez's incredible move and volley. Gallardo is just a completely ...

MidDay Roundup
Published 7/1/2008 by jon at DC United
... Big tip of the Hat to Donovan over at DCenters. He channeled his Swami skills and sucked this post out of my brain, and put it ever so eloquently on his blog. So, go check it out. And I’ll start wearing my tin foil hat to keep all my ideas in from now on. ...

August 25th, 2008
Published 8/25/2008 by jon at DC United
... flashes of skill, but now resides on the bench of a bad team. In June, Gallardo has shown flashes of why he was brought in, with the ability to link up with Emilio and help in the offense. At the time his arrival, it was stressed that he wouldn’t be the goal scorer that Gomez was, and he hasn’t been (4 goals in 12 matches). And it has also been discussed that judging a players contributions, particularly a player like #10, is difficult and open to interpretation (see here). His serious injury has made this point all the more obvious, and has possibly exaggerated ...