PatAg said:
Aston94 said:
deadbq03 said:
Aston94 said:
jeffk said:
Generally that's true, but Steffen had some pretty shakey passing moments as well. Overall he just looked rusty. Reactions slow, positioning bad, distribution was not sharp either.
Oh I agree, he was by no means perfect and looks like someone who hasn't played much the last few years, but his footskills and passing are better than Turner's.
Skills no doubt, but decision-making was poor.
I did feel a better about him fielding back passes compared to Turner but that's about the only place his skills seemed to transfer… perhaps Turner was better about just distributing safely so he wouldn't write checks his feet couldn't cash whereas Steffin tried riskier crap that often failed.
Turner's distribution literally caused the first goal by Canada. I am not sure how you could be worse than that.
Was that not a goal kick that he mi*****
And it still required 3-4 field players to get beat, so its not like he played a backpass to him wrong and that player scored
I am not sure your point on it being a goal kick. So if he cannot properly distribute on a free kick I am supposed to feel better about him when someone is running at him and pressuring the pass?
And yes, it is a team game, but the defense was not in proper position because we were spread out for distribution.
I love Matt turner, I do, but he isn't as good with the ball at his feet as Steffen is, that was my only point.