Xavi Tamarit

Look, for me, I was really impressed with our high press.

I really liked the way we came out in a bit of a higher press under Xavi Tamarit.

It looked good for the first 30 minutes or so.

Obviously, it's a little bit easier to do that when you're playing up a man after seven minutes.

And if they are ever both on the pitch, At the same time, danger, Will Robinson, danger for Austin, and I think it's going to be on the counterattack.

LAFC only had 38% possession last time we played these guys.

I think LAFC isn't going to have much more than 40 or 45, even under the Xavi Tamarit high press that I would like to see more of.

That being said, I do think they scratch and claw a couple by us.

But before we do that, we do have to touch on the LAFC match that's coming up this coming Saturday, as looking over to the West Coast side, they find themselves down in sixth place in the West, and are just a few weeks removed from sacking their first ever head coach, Mark de Santos, like we were talking about earlier.

Xavi Tamarit was given the role of interim head coach during the international break and is hoping to get more out of the likes of Sung and Denny Boanga with the playoffs right around the corner.

So John, you gave us some riveting analysis on the upcoming Inter Miami game.

What have you got for us for the LAFC match on Saturday?

I mean, like, just lower than you would expect LAFC to be at this stage in the season.

Um, but it's where they find themselves after a tough run of form.

Uh, you know, like you said, Mark de Santos, uh, who was in his first year here, got, got let go, um, for Xavi Tamarit.

Um, and, you know, it's...

And that says a lot coming from the likes of Scott and Josh.

So I want everybody to stick around because what Xavi Tamarit did in his first first press conference literally left us all just stunned uh as he walked out of the room so everybody stick around for that cliffhanger if you're not going to stick around for anything else philly it was unreal and i'll again well i'll let the cat out of the bag at the end

I mean, this is a cliffhanger for me, too.

I didn't get to go to the press conference because I was busy calling games.

Pep's not clamoring again.

No way.

And look, the one thing I want to say that I like about Xavi Tamarit, at least before the match, if you look at the 11th, He is not beholden to anybody for any reason.

He is going to play players where he thinks they are best suited at this point.

So my first key to the match is that every single one of these players, when they get to BMO Stadium, a locker room they know well, go and look in the mirror.

Size yourself up and see what you have left for these last six matches, because it is make or break time for LAFC, and it's not gonna be Xavi Tamarit that pushes us over the finish line.

It is going to be every single player who straps up their boots and gets ready to play at BMO Stadium for four out of the last six matches.

It is going to be up to the boys in black and gold.

Jacob Shaffelburg with a brace for El Mapletree in the off, in the international break.

These boys need to come back ready to do exactly that for the black and gold crest, not just for their nation, and it's up to the players.

I'm sorry, but from here on out, if Xavi Tamarit wants the job and gets the job, it'll be because of the results of the players on the pitch.

So look in the mirror, and for those of you that had an incredible international break, and yes, Leo Volta did score four.