We hardly got a whiff of it last year due to injuries and late arrivals, but when we did, our reaction was always the same:
There is no way in hell NYCFC can get away with playing a midfield that includes Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo together, because defending.
Last year, when New York City had no true-blue #6 midfielder to play behind those ailing midfield star men, as well as the fact that Jason Kreis's ever-shifting back four couldn't stop a celibate monk from scoring, and it just felt like the team couldn't afford the luxury of starting both midfield DPs beside one another.