Lee Desmond

And then, uh, Geordie Balfe for playing such a big part in keeping us up in 2017, and then the, the dynamic duo that you like, Colin Foley and Darren McGuire.

Yeah, ding-a-ling-a-ling, Darren McGuire, uh, Colin Foley, Lee Desmond, Luke Turner, Sean Hoare.

I mean, he's just mentioning center halves he knows at this stage.

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Jacker, 7.8. We know he put an assist as well to the memo goal.

And then, of course, Lee Desmond back there with 7.4. And then Blake Willey with a 7.2.

So those are some of our top-rated players.

You guys agree with that? Oh, sure.

I know they get a corner kick.

It's fine, right? But I think in other circumstances, maybe he would have gotten to it.

Or again, Luther would have been better marked, right? And some of these guys even personally know Luther, right? I think Lee Desmond was already playing with us, right? When he was in the squad.

Danny, for sure, probably knows him as well.

You know, we're doing our homework and, you know, executing at the right time.

How do you, on a week-to-week basis, being in the USL a little bit different from MLS, you know, some of these guys who's been in the league a long time, I think like Jack or Lee Desmond, kind of know what to expect going into playing New Mexico when it's a different field, a little smaller.

Baseball fields are always a little different.

How much has that changed the way you prepare for a match like this?

He was o- he did very well on the ball, getting up field.

Um, in this last game against Detroit, we actually had Lee Desmond playing left back.

It was more of a defensive left back, but I kind of was surprised to see him get the start over a Leibold, um, or e- even a Spalding.

Um, but, uh, to have him be a, kind of a left wing back and getting up himself was kind of interesting, and it very much makes me think that Collins wants that combination of Kleeman, Timmer, and Desmond all three on the pitch.

Because it gives him the flexibility of you've got these tall, strong guys who can drop back on corners or any other sort of set pieces that you need, that if we need to go into a more defensive formation late in the game, all three of them can drop back in and play a more defensive back three or four.

Um, so it does bring up the question of where, who, who drops out and who, who steps in when you get Benitez back, when you get Mack back? Does Benitez come in and step into the CDM role that we have talked about him be- potentially being good at with Mack? But then you're talking about dropping, uh, Casas or Chrysostom, both of which who have played excellently.

So I do think you could see him slot in right there.

I think he would do very well.