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Coach Pensky has just signed a good 2016 class to join the large and stellar 2015 class. This class isn't has large or as elite as last year's--but it couldn't be as the Vols signed about 9 good players last year. This class does have two or three 4 star players, two in the TopDrawer top 150, plus a Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the year and some other skilled kids.
The challenge now will be for Pensky and his assistants to manage the considerable young talent that this team has. I didn't think they did a very good job of it last year, frankly, though there were a couple of key injuries. It will be interesting to see who plays in which spots---and whether we can be a more effective attacking/scoring team than we've been. With the players we have, there is no reason not to be. Pensky seems to like welping the ball down the field to wingers and a center forward (Wilkinson)--but IMO we have too much middle-of-the-field talent to just play long ball out of a 4-3-3. We'll see. Some of the team's athletic forwards/midfielders will probably will be switched to defense as we need some depth at center back and fullback and more athleticism in our holding mids, IMO. Should be an exciting 2016 team; I'm looking forward to seeing some of the spring games as the Vols are playing some good teams.
Vol Soccer Announces Seven Newcomers for 2016 - University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site
The challenge now will be for Pensky and his assistants to manage the considerable young talent that this team has. I didn't think they did a very good job of it last year, frankly, though there were a couple of key injuries. It will be interesting to see who plays in which spots---and whether we can be a more effective attacking/scoring team than we've been. With the players we have, there is no reason not to be. Pensky seems to like welping the ball down the field to wingers and a center forward (Wilkinson)--but IMO we have too much middle-of-the-field talent to just play long ball out of a 4-3-3. We'll see. Some of the team's athletic forwards/midfielders will probably will be switched to defense as we need some depth at center back and fullback and more athleticism in our holding mids, IMO. Should be an exciting 2016 team; I'm looking forward to seeing some of the spring games as the Vols are playing some good teams.
Vol Soccer Announces Seven Newcomers for 2016 - University of Tennessee Official Athletic Site