Yes to both.

Here’s Atlanta’s offense in a nutshell. Their FBs get wide and high and bomb in crosses and pray that somebody can get to one. That’s pretty much it. They also don’t really do defending. Ronny Deila seems like a really bad hire. Another 3-0 loss (they lost last weekend to Philly by that score) and I think he’ll be fired. 19 year old CB Noah Cobb has told the press that the team needs its own players to step up and provide leadership, which is a stunning comment for a young guy to make. A lot of the players were acquired by the previous TD who got fired in August and there has been a tendency for some of his acquisitions to start off red hot when they first arrive and then get stone cold later. The team traded winger Xande Silva to St. Louis for some allocation money this week and brought in nobody after rumors were that they were trying to get Julian Gressel back. Their bench is weak and the entire offense goes through RB Brooks Lennon. He’s OK but having the ENTIRE offense go through him is a bad idea. Did Deila do this with NYCFC? If not, why is he doing it now? Deila seems completely out of ideas and the one suggestion the fans have that might actually fix everything immediately is the one thing he has refused to try. I’m not going to say what it is because I’m not going to help him do his job. But there’s a great chance that this will be his final match as manager of Atlanta United if Orlando wins convincingly on Saturday.