Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

2014 Boys EMass Soccer

Collapse
X
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    Needham's goalie from last year has graduated, as did their all league center defender. #10 is a very good player but may not be the best team player. Their offense is overrated and will lose the ball putting excess pressure on a weakened defense......which has no goalie.
    Post above says Needham has a strong returning group. If that's true, they should be able to withstand graduation of a very good center back and an average keeper with their athleticism and depth. Not saying they should be E.mass. favorites, but league favorites.

    Comment


      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Post above says Needham has a strong returning group. If that's true, they should be able to withstand graduation of a very good center back and an average keeper with their athleticism and depth. Not saying they should be E.mass. favorites, but league favorites.

      Last years keeper was far more than average, and relative to what they will have this year, they will see a significant drop in a very important position. That and the loss of an all league center back will be felt. It does depend on how well the others step up and fill in the gaps. But the loss of a very good keeper without a good replacement will hurt.......especially for a team that has had trouble scoring.

      Comment


        #18
        Silver Lake will be down this year in the patriot league. They lost some really good players. Lucky for them the DAP player came back. Pembroke looks good in that league.

        Comment


          #19
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Silver Lake will be down this year in the patriot league. They lost some really good players. Lucky for them the DAP player came back. Pembroke looks good in that league.
          Correction: SL will be fine in the Patriot League and overall will drop to a top 15-20 EMass team as opposed to top 5. They did lose some real stars, but they will still be competitive.

          Comment


            #20
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Last years keeper was far more than average, and relative to what they will have this year, they will see a significant drop in a very important position. That and the loss of an all league center back will be felt. It does depend on how well the others step up and fill in the gaps. But the loss of a very good keeper without a good replacement will hurt.......especially for a team that has had trouble scoring.
            Reading the thread, the original comment was that the keeper was average for the league, and it's accepted Needham is in a top league, so agree that he was more than average in a broader sense. Braintree, Brookline and Weymouth had better keepers than Needham, and Natick, Norwood and Wellesley are some whose keepers were about the same as needham's.

            Agree that needham's center back was really good, but following that thinking, both of wellesleys center backs were all-league, and both graduated.

            Comment


              #21
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Correction: SL will be fine in the Patriot League and overall will drop to a top 15-20 EMass team as opposed to top 5. They did lose some real stars, but they will still be competitive.
              Sorry but SL will not be top 20. They will be lucky to finish top 3 in their league and will lose both games to Pembroke.

              Comment


                #22
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Silver Lake will be down this year in the patriot league. They lost some really good players. Lucky for them the DAP player came back. Pembroke looks good in that league.
                Pembroke goes nowhere Scituate is the big threat again this year.

                Comment


                  #23
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Pembroke goes nowhere Scituate is the big threat again this year.
                  Middleboro was able to get a waiver to opt out of playing the bigger (keenan division) half of the Patriot league. Silver lake won't be able to put up 2 touchdowns on them this year.

                  Comment


                    #24
                    anyone know what Somerville looks like this year?

                    Comment


                      #25
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      anyone know what Somerville looks like this year?
                      Lost two key players but still have talent to do well.

                      Comment


                        #26
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Lost two key players but still have talent to do well.
                        wonder if Somerville is doing a sleep away camp this year......

                        Comment


                          #27
                          Alex?

                          I know it's early but wheres Alex? Need him to spice this thread up a bit...

                          Comment


                            #28
                            way too early south top 20

                            This is a way too early emass south top 20

                            1 Needham
                            2 Wellesley
                            3 BC High
                            4 Brockton
                            5 Walpole
                            6 Medway
                            7 Nauset
                            8 Oliver Ames
                            9 New Bedford
                            10 Braintree
                            11 Hingham
                            12 Pembroke
                            13 Franklin
                            14 Norwell
                            15 Holliston
                            16 Dartmouth
                            17 Martha's Vineyard
                            18 Greater New Bedford
                            19 Attleboro
                            20 Silver Lake

                            Comment


                              #29
                              That's just way too many to list, esp when many will never play each other. Granted that sometimes a smaller school has a really good team, Walpole in 2013 supports the view that, most of the time, even when a team can dominate at d2 or lower, we should not let such teams' awesome-looking records lead us to think they're better than many d1s. Acoordingly, comments below
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              This is a way too early emass south top 20

                              1 Needham - yes, they should score more. But until someone explains otherwise, they're the favorite.
                              2 Wellesley - move way down. Among the smallest in e.mass. d1, and their graduation losses have been noted on the BSC thread. Have good players, but maybe not enough depth.
                              3 BC High - both large and recruited, they'd have to do a lot of losing to be moved down
                              4 Brockton - many feared facing them last year, also a huge size advantage, so they could be on the rise
                              Natick - insert them here. Favored to win their division of BSC
                              5 Walpole - move them down. Outlook seems to be level with last year at best, or about 8th in their league.
                              6 Medway - May win their league, but would you favor them against a huge school like Weymouth? I wouldn't.
                              7 Nauset
                              8 Oliver Ames - all-state player graduated
                              9 New Bedford - move up to 2. They were really good last year, huge school, generally can just reload
                              10 Braintree - move up above the d2s and 3s. Big keeper, will have some success in the leading league
                              Weymouth - insert after Braintree. Against their schedule, the record won't impress, and no one expects them to rebound to prior success right away. But this is one of the biggest schools, and they face the toughest schedule. I wouldn't favor any of the 2d 10 on this list head to head against them, assuming they're similar to last year.
                              Milford, Taunton, Mansfield - insert here
                              11 Hingham - showed last year in their few games vs really good teams that they were not at that level
                              12 Pembroke
                              13 Franklin - move up above Hingham at least. Could win their league
                              14 Norwell
                              15 Holliston
                              16 Dartmouth
                              17 Martha's Vineyard
                              18 Greater New Bedford
                              19 Attleboro
                              20 Silver Lake

                              Comment


                                #30
                                On the Bay State Conference thread, Bob hasn't gone too far out on a limb from the rank above by predicting BC as state champs this year. What would help is, what's the reasoning for the pick?

                                Comment

                                Previously entered content was automatically saved. Restore or Discard.
                                Auto-Saved
                                x
                                Insert: Thumbnail Small Medium Large Fullsize Remove  
                                x
                                Working...
                                X