[quote=Anonymous]Anyone have any details on FCA vs BLC? How did FCA look, wondering if the new players made an impact. FCA or Hawks has to be the favorite for the 'ship.
FCA fogos made the difference, I think BLC won one FO the entire game. That said was close than expected. FCA looks good, BLC looks improved as well.[/quote
How man VLC helmets added to BLC's team?
looked like three
Was at the game in the miserable pouring weather. Let's be honest the new players on FCA make a huge difference. Pure size and athleticism of their new players (mostly holdbacks) is going to make a world of a difference. Most of their scoring was just off of bigger, stronger, faster, dodges....rather than offensive chemistry or flow. FCA was up by a lot, and then played a bunch of people in the second half that led to the score getting a little closer, but FCA still dominated every part of the game. FCA's offense has a ton of weapons, their FOGO is very good, the defense is average, and goalies are both average (I believe the starter is actually a 2029?).
If you look at their midfield and compare #77 to #1 there is literally a foot and a half and probably 50 pound difference. That's not to take anything away from #1 as he is a very skilled player.......just hilarious to see the difference in size at this age.
FCA beat BLC 9-7 in 2022
FCA beat BLC 11-6 in 2023
I'm struggling to find the BLC improvement.
Hey Sherlock— did you consider the fact that the 3-4 FCA holdbacks might have made them a LOT better than 2022???
exactly. rumor is that both FCA and BLC are substantially improved since 2022. But it is hard to gauge whether one or both actually have improved when their only game is against each other. They play the Hawks and Next Level, respectively, this Saturday who are both good teams and relatively known quantities. Those games will be great opportunities for FCA and BLC to show what they've got.
Not sure that I’d say that either of those teams are known Quantities. Very much still TBD with both NL and Hawks.
Hawks added several kids in their own right. They had a terrible fall. They look to have corrected things however and are back to normal. Normal being very very good. They blew out three weak teams in their tuneup tournament.
Next level also had a terrible fall and added a big holdback of their own who will likely drive their offense all spring. Their coach logs on to the board occasionally to espouse how well coached they are.
FCA has been crowned world beaters for some reason. A lot of that crowning came from the whiny ML parents after they were smoked in the fall. But then ML lost to a west coast B team. Other than that, FCA hasn’t beaten anybody. So who knows how good FCA actually is.
BLC is however definitely better. Not sure how much better - but they showed well against leading edge who is a nice team and then tied True Chesapeake who is awful.
Crabs aren’t there and the kids have labeled them as playing dirty. No bueno.
