Kolek planning to go pro
Moving on. Thanks, Portugal, for squeaking by Ghana.
And to Pepe for the red card.
Gonzo, Jones played well today. Davis was... I like Yedlin on the wing. Bradley still hasn't figured out the CAM role. Still more natural building from the back.
Australia has a better chance in a group with both Spain and the Netherlands?US has gotta hope to beat Ghana...draw with Portugal...and have Germany win out scoring a sh*t ton of goals against Portugal in the process.
Hey...I said this back in December. Blind squirrel gets the acorn and all that."US has gotta hope to beat Ghana...draw with Portugal...and have Germany win out scoring a sh*t ton of goals against Portugal in the process."
Agree that Davis was irrelevant. Gonzo did very, very well stepping in. Expect to see him continue there for Belgium. Amazing to think we debated Jones/Beckerman for two months and Klinsi deploys both. Even more amazing it has seemed to hurt Bradley's positioning whilst at the same time bringing a freedom to Jones.
I think against Belgium we are going to see a lot of Bradley next to Beckerman with Jones being more of the attacker. Bradley just doesn't seem comfortable getting forward aggressively. Also, I don't think people realized how much Jozy freed Bradley to do his work.I have a sneaking suspicion we will see Jozy on Tuesday
Bradley is not playing his normal position, give him a break. Also the US started 3 MFs, Bradley, Jones and Beckerman who played 90+ minutes in all 3 games. No other team had 3 MFs that did that. Jozy isn't playing again this tournament. I will be very surprised if he makes the Belgium roster. 42% chance to beat Belgium according to Nate Silver, after that, who knows?
Bradley has covered more distance than any other player in the World Cup. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/players/distance.htmlThe people beating up on Bradley are the same people that used to beat up on Jermaine Jones and Kyle Beckerman. If they actually watched the US play soccer before, that is.
Henry, the people beating up on Bradley, are the same ones that watch 4 soccer games and think they are the next Bob Bradley or Bruce Arena.
Sorry but a holding midfielder and an attacking midfielder are two radically different things. Bradley hasn't been his best and he would probably be the first to tell you. What would you do as coach? Move him back to holding and bench Beckerman? Who starts centrally? Mix hasn't been off the bench the whole World Cup.Henry, the people beating up on Bradley, are the same ones that watch 4 soccer games and think they are the next Bob Bradley or Bruce Arena.
In reverse order, that's just nonsense. Some of the more prominent soccer journalists in the world are talking about his disappointing play, too. The commentators during the broadcast, the commentators after the match, former players. What you are saying just isn't true.What would I do....I would play him where Klinsmann has been playing him, and I would hope he can pull it together. The mistakes I'm seeing him make are on basic traps and touches, and he's been too strong on a number of passes that he normally makes. I honestly don't think it has anything to do with playing a different midfield position, he's just out of sorts right now.