Scrolling twitter, any updates on Sargent???

carl spacklers hat said:

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zgolfz85 said:

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JJxvi said:

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Reyna should have been on the field for the last 25-30 minutes. The US needed a player who would be able to receive the ball and if necessary force them to foul. That 5-4-1 with all those players was suicidal, nobody on the pitch was a player who would be able to hold up the ball high on the pitch. Pulisic doesn't give you much when you think about defense, but he is immeasurably valuable when the US do have a late lead, IMO.

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totally agree....really my only major beef with ggg thus far. ggg has been frustrating at times in managing, but not near to the point I thought he would pre-tourney.

Reyna just seems like the obvious spark and just as confusing to me as England not going to Foden in the first 2 games.

I still want to see Christian and Gio on the field together for at least 15 mins or so.

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Regarding the highlighted part of your comment, Southgate might just be a worse manager than GGG. I haven't perused any England fan chats but I have to imagine there are a lot of Brits saying the same regarding Foden. He's a dynamic player.

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Very dynamic. In hearing southgate's comments after their first 2 games, he's pigeon holing him real bad. Foden can play in several spots and is creative wherever he does play. Been a real head scratcher. Gio seeing limited time is frustrating but nowhere close to Foden's exclusion.

Is it just me or has musah really run out of gas at the end of the last two gamess.

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— U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (@USMNT) November 30, 2022

Pulisic seeing Weah reminds me of Ryan in the Office when he sees Michael in New York.

https://images.app.goo.gl/PfjQ23f5fjQ8mK2y9

I hate to see what might happen to those Iranians.

While life in this world is better than ever, there are still some evil people.

But……….

Sargent doesn't look seriously injured here!

KCup17 said:

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I think our biggest issue was that we couldn't keep possession when we got the ball forward. When Sargent went off we lost all ability to hold the ball. So Iran just kept cycling the ball back at us much like we did to them in the first half. We were super gassed by the 80th.

GGG got his subs all wrong today. Except BA and Zim. And BA got barely any opportunity to show his quality.

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I agree that Sargent had a better game than Haji did, for sure. I need to go back and rewatch Haji's performance, but I think the most disappointing thing was not dribbling to a corner and seeing the game out there at the end of the match. He gave Iran a last gasp chance.

I though Acosta was good in a second 6 role. He backed up Adams on a couple of occasions and did not make any mistakes that I noticed. So McKennie was tiring, I don't think he got that sub wrong.

Zimmerman was good in his role, but when he came in at 82 minutes we went from a 4-3-3 to a 5-4-1, so Wright had all of 5 minutes where he wasn't the sole forward, so comparing his hold up to Sargent's is a bit unfair.

Aaronson I thought was really good, doing Aaronson things and helping on defense as well.

Shaq Moore was awful. I have never seen so many give aways in such a short amount of time. I cannot believe he is a better option than Yedlin or a tired Dest.

Musah looked like he needed a sub the last 10 minutes, and him being on the side of Moore only exasperated the problem. If Pulisic doesn't go down I would assume that sub would have been used for Musah, but we didn't have another available.

I would have loved to have seen Reyna running at a tired back line for Iran in Musah's place, that would have been fun.

So my team ratings (1-10):

Jedi---7. Did good work running up the side and making crosses, but lacked that perfect cross. He put in a strong defensive effort the last 20-30 minutes.

Ream---7. Solid, not sure why this dude hasn't been with the team since the start of WCQ, but man are we fortunate he was out there. Few loose passes today, but solid in defense.

CCV---7. Gregg really proved me wrong on this one. I thought it was not smart to change out CD in game 3, but he played really well. Could have all been for naught if the referee had awarded a pk on his hand on the shoulder, but played a solid match.

Dest---8. I love Sergino Dest! What a great performance, so many great crosses and wonderful pssing sequences with Weah and Musah. His best game so far in the WC.

Adams---7. Tyler Adams did Tyler Adams things all game, he did have players run by him a few times near the end, and he had a few loose passes, which lowered him to a 7, but another great performance.

McKennie---7. I didn't think Weston was as influential today, but that could have had more to do with Iran playing in a 5-4-1 until the goal. The pass to Dest to set him up for the cross to Pulisic was sublime.

Musah---7. Musah first 60 minutes was a 9, Musah last 30 minutes was a 4-5. When he is on he is so much fun to watch.

Weah---8. Great game by Weah, really coming into his own, so dangerous on the wing. Should have had a goal or two, and rating would have been even higher.

Pulisic---9. MOTM, was a great finish, wonderful run to get there. He was dangerous the whole match, taking the punishment doled out by Iran and continuing to find space in their defense.

Sargent---7. Held up play and made some great run and passes. But a 9 has to score at some point, and he wasn't really close today that I can remember.


Subs:
Aaronson--7
Acosta--6
Wright--5
Zimmerman--7
Moore--2

I'd agree on most of those ratings. My biggest knocks to Haji were on 2 distinct passages of play. The 1st one was when there was a ball in the air and he was by himself and instead of control the ball pick his head up and ping it to Aaronson who was away on goal he went and looked for a defender to run into before getting the ball. He ended up missing both ball and man and killed an opportunity for a 2v1. His 2nd one was the flubbed shot. He had acres of space to either take an additional touch then lay it off or go for goal or take the ball into the corner. Those 2 among others made me really frustrated with his presence on the pitch.

I really thought Jesus or Reyna would have been better sub for Sargent.

Aaronson plays in the middle for Leeds. He looks uncomfortable wide in my opinion. Not that he can't play wide but when you've been playing in the middle for your club, I can understand why your sub appearances in a wide position might be underwhelming. Yet another reason to give Reyna a crack at first sub.

TXAggie2011 said:

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Oh, and Adams was pretty good but that wasn't his most impactful game

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That pass Adams made to spring Weah for that 3v3 in the 1st half was ridiculous. And if Adams can start doing that on a semi-consistent basis...my lord our midfield will be absurd for the next 8 years.

Sargent news

Sargent hurt his ankle and not his knee on the play which isn’t that odd when you hyperextend it. #USMNT https://t.co/t8uhYkXY7B

— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) November 30, 2022

Mussah is getting tired at the end of the games. Everybody does.

At times, Mussah seems like 'all breaks, no gas' kind of player. If you have a wide-open game, up and down, Mussah is perfect. If you need to slog it out in possession, inch by inch game, Mussah isn't ideal. He's young and has potential to be great all-around player.

I don't think yall are giving enough credit to our opponents, specifically Wales and Iran. They changed formations and drastically changed their mindset. They were throwing everything and everybody forward. No matter who was on the pitch for USMNT, it was going to be frantic. United States were going to appear to be playing ping pong against Chinese Olympian. Desperate defense, followed by another wave 15 seconds later. Then again, until the whistle blows.

You hope to that Mussah can flip a switch and go into "Pablo Mastroeni mode". He doesn't have that yet.

deadbq03 said:

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Leeds fans are raving about him

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I wonder if Adams time at Leeds is numbered

I'd wager yes.

ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

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deadbq03 said:

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Leeds fans are raving about him

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I wonder if Adams time at Leeds is numbered

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Someone is going to offer a big number for him

I doubt he leaves in January unless Leeds gets a mammoth offer. And I don't think they will. There will likely be more clubs keeping an eye on his play the last half of the season. If he keeps doing what he's doing, my guess is he leaves in the summer.

I generally like those grades. I didn't think Aaronson was as off as they seem to think, I certainly cannot grade him below Haji Wright.

Adams has been awesome throughout the group stage. Just awesome.

Dre_00 said:

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Lost all credibility with the Haji Wright rating and claiming he "almost scored", which he most definitely didn't, especially when the right play was to go to the corner and kill time.

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Calling that an "almost score" is laughable.

Aston94 said:

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Dre_00 said:

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Lost all credibility with the Haji Wright rating and claiming he "almost scored", which he most definitely didn't, especially when the right play was to go to the corner and kill time.

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Calling that an "almost score" is laughable.

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Pretty sure he's referring to a different play.

I can't think of another play he could be referring to but it is entirely possible I blacked out for an undetermined period of time.

wangus12 said:

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Agthatbuilds said:

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— YLIKUITTASJÄRVI (@MNorthStar82) November 30, 2022

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We all felt that

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Someone needs to cut the Zimmerman clearance with Immigrant Song (as in Thor Ragnarok).