Again, I thought it would be cool if many of us simply write our 5 observations as we all view the game differently. Mine are below the jump. Please reply with yours.

1. Horst and Mosquera made a solid pairing. Although I still want to see some Brunner/Mosquera before the year is over as this is what we all thought it would be all year and we all are wondering how different our season could have been....

2. Jack certainly should be kept to next year as he very solid in the deep def MF role and can play RB and I wonder if his presence n the locker room during all this turmoil has been the one steadying force on the ship so to speak.

3. Boyd certainly should not be kept to next year. Will not fit Porter's system, seems unhappy, a drag on the team. We have Dike/Mwanga/Trencito for that position and can get someone else if we let Boyd go (in my dream I add Terrence Boyd for Kris Boyd).

4. My optimistic nature keeps pushing me to think that this season is not over. I look at the standings and now hope Van keeps losing and we keep winning.

5. FO (MP and GW) are not too shabby. Yes a horrid spell after Spencer was let go....but we do have a lot of young talent on this team and we are only starting to see how good it can be after Spencer was let go and the team had some time to adjust.