Scholarship table
Dumfries and Blind love to get forward. Plenty of space behind that Dumfries can make up with speed but Blind is liability. Weah will be key since Pulisic will be half-assed and when Aaronson replaces Pulisic this is his chance to justify his top place in the substitute pecking order. Noppert is huge and easily reaches anything he sees. Plan should be to attack in bunches and create chaos. Touch worried about Weghorst bully ball late.
You’re worried about a goalie with 45 professional appearances since 2013? Not caps, but starts at club level? Of course blind and DD love to get forward. They’re wingbacks in what amounts to a 5-3-2. What concerns me is they play exactly the way ggg wants to play but with three guys at the back who can all pick a pass and are comfortable on the ball. They can dominate possession and I’m not sure we’re good enough to sit behind the ball and counter for 90 minutes.
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I wrote that he's huge. He is. He's 6'8" and has no problem covering everything he sees. That's why chaos is important. Edit: Guess that 6'8" came in handy on Pulisic. Especially now down 1-0.
It’s like saying a fat guy would make a great nhl goalie. And the save had more to do with a poor finish than a 6’8 frame.
Ggg should be fired on the spot if Jesus steps on the field in the second half
NHL goalies are now routinely 6'2" to 6'5". A few are even taller. You think Noppert's size blocking out openings had nothing to do with Pulisic being saved?Dismissing height as an aspect of goalkeeping, whether on ice or grass, is unwise. Especially when they have a clear look at what's coming.
Pulisiac is our best player, correct? He doesn't look close to 100% to me.