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There is a Hooters, BWW, Chik fila,Wingstop, and Popeyes within walking distance
If true, surprised they didn't put it in LA in the new SoFi stadium.
I agree. The concept of the rule is pretty solid. Ultimately, as long as there isn't money changing hands and some minimum residency requirement is fulfilled, I think having greater choice of who you can represent at the international level is better than less.
Lets all agree to try to reset our mentals before the end of October, we know we will all be excited when the World Cup actually starts. No point in spending a month being miserable, lol
On that note of being positive, I am looking forward to Gregg not being the manager anymore.PatAg said:
Lets all agree to try to reset our mentals before the end of October, we know we will all be excited when the World Cup actually starts. No point in spending a month being miserable, lol
PatAg said:On that note of being positive, I am looking forward to Gregg not being the manager anymore.PatAg said:
Lets all agree to try to reset our mentals before the end of October, we know we will all be excited when the World Cup actually starts. No point in spending a month being miserable, lol
Congratulations on overreacting to 2 games.
I too look forward to complaining about the incompetency of the next guyPatAg said:On that note of being positive, I am looking forward to Gregg not being the manager anymore.PatAg said:
Lets all agree to try to reset our mentals before the end of October, we know we will all be excited when the World Cup actually starts. No point in spending a month being miserable, lol
It's similar to the A&M backup QB being the solution.tysker said:I too look forward to complaining about the incompetency of the next guyPatAg said:On that note of being positive, I am looking forward to Gregg not being the manager anymore.PatAg said:
Lets all agree to try to reset our mentals before the end of October, we know we will all be excited when the World Cup actually starts. No point in spending a month being miserable, lol
The next USMNT manager will always fall short
Gregg Berhalter's full post match thoughts after the USMNT drew Saudi Arabia 0-0.
— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) September 27, 2022
(via @FOXSoccer) pic.twitter.com/zXW9TIzoeH
If they aren't confident and tentative, its because you are trying to play a system taht doesnt work
I have to believe that when we get to the World Cup, one way or another, we wont be attempting this possession based build out of the back at all costs. These players have proven they can win ugly, and I think/hope there is a chance we will rely on that. Or at least fall back on that.
Play direct when you need to or the other team dares you too. Use our youth and athleticism, our tenacity. Win free kicks and execute on set pieces. Choose the right players (uh oh)
Gregg just has to get out of his own way
Play direct when you need to or the other team dares you too. Use our youth and athleticism, our tenacity. Win free kicks and execute on set pieces. Choose the right players (uh oh)
Gregg just has to get out of his own way
Do we have the talent to do well in the WC? Yes!
Did these two friendlies undermine my confidence that they'll do that? Definitely!
Will I talk myself back into optimism sometime between now and the opening match? Absolutely!
Did these two friendlies undermine my confidence that they'll do that? Definitely!
Will I talk myself back into optimism sometime between now and the opening match? Absolutely!
Optimist point, this is a VERY young team with no world cup experience. Young teams are inconistent by nature, and maybe they were all really feeling the looming roster cuts (even if some must know they are locks)jeffk said:
Do we have the talent to do well in the WC? Yes!
Did these two friendlies undermine my confidence that they'll do that? Definitely!
Will I talk myself back into optimism sometime between now and the opening match? Absolutely!
So we could see a MUCH different team in the WC, which often happend during qualifying.
I sort of understand guys not on the roster cut line not getting jazzed about these two friendlies at neutral sites in front of almost no fans. I don't necessarily like it, but I understand it. Fingers crossed there'll be some extra energy and more sharp execution in Qatar.
A surprise twist the USMNT is just like the Texas A&M! replace WC with MNC. And friendlies with non-SEC games. Sigh.PatAg said:Optimist point, this is a VERY young team with no world cup experience. Young teams are inconistent by nature, and maybe they were all really feeling the looming roster cuts (even if some must know they are locks)jeffk said:
Do we have the talent to do well in the WC? Yes!
Did these two friendlies undermine my confidence that they'll do that? Definitely!
Will I talk myself back into optimism sometime between now and the opening match? Absolutely!
So we could see a MUCH different team in the WC, which often happend during qualifying.
I got an email from the new US Soccer CEO/ Secretary General today. I told him to fix the damn jerseys.
"There's no buzz going into the World Cup thinking 'man we're going to get out of the group and do well' ... really kind of a frustrating window for the players, coaching staff and fans at home."
— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) September 27, 2022
- Clint Dempsey after the match. #USMNT pic.twitter.com/BXcu3qFAue
CD always shoots straight
I think we talked about this earlier, but Pefok definitely doesn't speak English and it seems like he needs translation to understand it fully as well.
I'm not sure if that is enough reason to leave a player off, but I don't thik its entirely unreasonable either. You have to be able to communicate to some degree.
For someone who is pouring in goals in the Bundesliga, I might consider hiring a translator at this point.
Has anyone found a good article, or explanation, for why so few teams run 2 strikers anymore?
I believe there is an aspect of losing the numbers game in the midfield, but I'm not convinced it would just lose out automatically.
I believe there is an aspect of losing the numbers game in the midfield, but I'm not convinced it would just lose out automatically.
JJxvi said:
That's a great video.
Thanks for sharing, that's an awesome video. I've suggested that we need to stop trying to have a proper 9, but I've always said it in the context of staying in our 4-3-3.
I'm now convinced we're not even using the best formation. We need to do the 4-4-2 variant that he talks about around 1:50. Put CP and Weah up top and then Reyna and Aaronson as the wingers. Let them be fluid and create.
Adams/McKennie in the middle when we need to be balanced. Adams/Acosta if we need to be defensive and playing for set pieces (Acosta) might be the only way to score.
Musah/McKennie tandem when we need to be positive and break a team down.
I know I'm a moron so it probably wouldn't work, and I know it doesn't matter what I want anyways because ggg gonna ggg, but this is what I'd do.
I'm now convinced we're not even using the best formation. We need to do the 4-4-2 variant that he talks about around 1:50. Put CP and Weah up top and then Reyna and Aaronson as the wingers. Let them be fluid and create.
Adams/McKennie in the middle when we need to be balanced. Adams/Acosta if we need to be defensive and playing for set pieces (Acosta) might be the only way to score.
Musah/McKennie tandem when we need to be positive and break a team down.
I know I'm a moron so it probably wouldn't work, and I know it doesn't matter what I want anyways because ggg gonna ggg, but this is what I'd do.
More like a 4222 that can transition to a 352deadbq03 said:
I'm now convinced we're not even using the best formation. We need to do the 4-4-2 variant that he talks about around 1:50. Put CP and Weah up top and then Reyna and Aaronson as the wingers. Let them be fluid and create.
The problem is, imo, that we dont have the defenders to play a three man back line the way I think both the fans and GGG want
Great breakdown on what we're seeing or not seeing with the USMNT currently. In particular, I agree with his points 1-2: we need Good Weston back for the WC and we *may* have already gotten peak Pulisic (which is sad).
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/the-fundamental-questions-the-usmnt-must-answer-before-the-world-cup
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/the-fundamental-questions-the-usmnt-must-answer-before-the-world-cup
I do think, currently, our wingers dont really consistently play the way they need to with a false 9deadbq03 said:
Thanks for sharing, that's an awesome video. I've suggested that we need to stop trying to have a proper 9, but I've always said it in the context of staying in our 4-3-3.
I'm now convinced we're not even using the best formation. We need to do the 4-4-2 variant that he talks about around 1:50. Put CP and Weah up top and then Reyna and Aaronson as the wingers. Let them be fluid and create.
Adams/McKennie in the middle when we need to be balanced. Adams/Acosta if we need to be defensive and playing for set pieces (Acosta) might be the only way to score.
Musah/McKennie tandem when we need to be positive and break a team down.
I know I'm a moron so it probably wouldn't work, and I know it doesn't matter what I want anyways because ggg gonna ggg, but this is what I'd do.
They arent really often making runs into the space Jesus, or whoever is up there, is providing as they move around and drag the CBs.
Pulisic has this tendency to try to get on the ball too often, and Aaronson does this as well but it suits his strengths more.
Weah is much more effective, because he will make his own runs off of what the 9 is doing, and honestly so does Arriola (just less skilled with the ball)
Reyna is also not going to be consistently making those runs in behind, its just not his strengths as a player.
All of this is just square pegs round hole Berhalter ball, as we have seen it so far.
Its frustrating, because then you watch the U20s play, and its just so much more fluid..and its not like they are somehow magically better players than our national team.
I do like Doyle's writings, though like anything I dont always agree with everything he says. He does often include a bit of trolling of parts of the fanbase when it comes to MLS vs Europe, and he has always seemed to have something against Pulisic beyond just his form on the field. So I have always taken any criticism there with a grain of salt.jeffk said:
Great breakdown on what we're seeing or not seeing with the USMNT currently. In particular, I agree with his points 1-2: we need Good Weston back for the WC and we *may* have already gotten peak Pulisic (which is sad).
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/the-fundamental-questions-the-usmnt-must-answer-before-the-world-cup
Pulisic was going by people on the ball in the first 15-20 minutes of the game, from what I remember at least.
I don't disagree with you overall given the current state of how they play for the US, but I think if ggg had given up on finding a proper 9 months ago that we might have the requisite fluidity/creativity to make such a scheme work if we trained for it.
Aaronson is all over the pitch for Leeds. Reyna (when healthy) is for Dortmund. CP has shined in his limited false-9 play for Chelsea. And as you mention, Weah is just a stud (I don't watch his club ever so I can't comment there).
I think if we'd been working on it, it would be our best system. Switching now would be stupid, so this is more of a lament than a suggestion.
Aaronson is all over the pitch for Leeds. Reyna (when healthy) is for Dortmund. CP has shined in his limited false-9 play for Chelsea. And as you mention, Weah is just a stud (I don't watch his club ever so I can't comment there).
I think if we'd been working on it, it would be our best system. Switching now would be stupid, so this is more of a lament than a suggestion.
His main gig is writing about MLS, so yeah, he definitely enjoys teasing the anti-MLS contingent of the USMNT fanbase, but I think it's mostly in good fun.
If he has some ax to grind against Pulisic, I haven't seen it come across in his tweets or writings. I think he's critical of his play, but some of that is deserved. I did like what I saw from him and Weston in particular during the first 15 minutes yesterday. They took people on, got into good spaces and forced duels with their dribbling... but also, CP seems hesitant and goes missing for long stretches of matches too. Some of that could be that these friendlies were largely meaningless to him (and some of the other stars on the squad) and hopefully that disappears as we play in Qatar. I do wonder how his mentality is lately - the Chelsea situation seems to have worn on him in a way. IDK, it's easy to get lost in the body language "analysis" so I try to avoid it altogether. He has a tendency to drop too deep and miss out on attacking situations, but some of that could be due to trying to help out a struggling midfield or a lack of real definition of roles in GB's all-important SYSTEM(!!!!).
If he has some ax to grind against Pulisic, I haven't seen it come across in his tweets or writings. I think he's critical of his play, but some of that is deserved. I did like what I saw from him and Weston in particular during the first 15 minutes yesterday. They took people on, got into good spaces and forced duels with their dribbling... but also, CP seems hesitant and goes missing for long stretches of matches too. Some of that could be that these friendlies were largely meaningless to him (and some of the other stars on the squad) and hopefully that disappears as we play in Qatar. I do wonder how his mentality is lately - the Chelsea situation seems to have worn on him in a way. IDK, it's easy to get lost in the body language "analysis" so I try to avoid it altogether. He has a tendency to drop too deep and miss out on attacking situations, but some of that could be due to trying to help out a struggling midfield or a lack of real definition of roles in GB's all-important SYSTEM(!!!!).
I thought that Pulisic had struggled as a false 9, but to be fair to him, Chelsea as a whole has struggled.deadbq03 said:
I don't disagree with you overall given the current state of how they play for the US, but I think if ggg had given up on finding a proper 9 months ago that we might have the requisite fluidity/creativity to make such a scheme work if we trained for it.
Aaronson is all over the pitch for Leeds. Reyna (when healthy) is for Dortmund. CP has shined in his limited false-9 play for Chelsea. And as you mention, Weah is just a stud (I don't watch his club ever so I can't comment there).
I think if we'd been working on it, it would be our best system. Switching now would be stupid, so this is more of a lament than a suggestion.
I feel like Pulisic is at his best when they get him the ball in pockets of space and he has the ability to either run at defenders or find open players.
my comments about players were more in the context of how gregg currently tries to play...I dont think our winger pool's strengths play to it..and same with our central midfield.
It's hard to have much optimism about the World Cup unless Gregg makes some adaptations. He doesnt even have to make wholesale changes, which I would have preferred a year ago but is probably too late to do now. But he can definitely tweak it quite a bit and we could expect results
I see it more in his tweets, which could just be mostly intended to troll the trolls
Good points.
I do like Pulisic better when he cuts inside and beats people. Crossing doesn't seem to be a strength (nor set pieces and the two are correlated IMO). I wonder how he'd be as a 10?
I do like Pulisic better when he cuts inside and beats people. Crossing doesn't seem to be a strength (nor set pieces and the two are correlated IMO). I wonder how he'd be as a 10?
I may not be a premier league manager, but it seems to me like we should have two central midfielders dropping deeper to provide options for our backline, and to get on the ball.
Then you'd have a more attacking minded central midfield, the 9, and both wingers for them to have as options, in addition to the outside backs moving forward.
There is not enough interplay or variety in what our team tries to do, and so often the ball goes to a midfielder whos only real option is to just play it back to the CB. Everything is too static, or seemingly dependent on specific passing sequences happening.
I feel like oftentimes we have too many players occupying the same space, and making it easy for one player to defend them.
To me all of the issues we all complain about primarily go back to the manager, which is tough at this point in the cycle.
Then you'd have a more attacking minded central midfield, the 9, and both wingers for them to have as options, in addition to the outside backs moving forward.
There is not enough interplay or variety in what our team tries to do, and so often the ball goes to a midfielder whos only real option is to just play it back to the CB. Everything is too static, or seemingly dependent on specific passing sequences happening.
I feel like oftentimes we have too many players occupying the same space, and making it easy for one player to defend them.
To me all of the issues we all complain about primarily go back to the manager, which is tough at this point in the cycle.
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