oh no said:but there were many good reasons to gtfo BvB and beggars can't be choosersFurlock Bones said:akm91 said:
If Reyna can get his club situation sorted out, he could be the closest to being the guy for the club team.
American players keep making awful club decisions. There was no good reason to go to NF.
what were they?Furlock Bones said:oh no said:but there were many good reasons to gtfo BvB and beggars can't be choosersFurlock Bones said:akm91 said:
If Reyna can get his club situation sorted out, he could be the closest to being the guy for the club team.
American players keep making awful club decisions. There was no good reason to go to NF.
He had other options.
jessexy said:Cuz he sucks during practice. And any manager he's ever had won't play him in games cuz he doesn't practice well. He didn't start at Dortmund. Isn't starting at NF. and doesn't start for USMNT cuz he doesn't practice hard.Mathguy64 said:
I just do not understand why Gio isn't getting any PT. Every time he plays for the MNT he's making plays. Maybe he is just one of those guys who doesn't practice well.
PatAg said:jessexy said:Cuz he sucks during practice. And any manager he's ever had won't play him in games cuz he doesn't practice well. He didn't start at Dortmund. Isn't starting at NF. and doesn't start for USMNT cuz he doesn't practice hard.Mathguy64 said:
I just do not understand why Gio isn't getting any PT. Every time he plays for the MNT he's making plays. Maybe he is just one of those guys who doesn't practice well.
Love passing off speculation as facts
And he did start at Dortmund, just not always. Especially before injuries
Mathguy64 said:We don't have an MBappe, Haaland, DeBruyne or Neymar but there aren't that many galactic level players either. And having one doesn't guarantee your NT will be successful. Hell, Norway can't seem to qualify with the worlds best cyborg. Very few NTs are full of first team international players.jeffk said:PatAg said:They arent doing that, they are playing great as complimentary players for their teams. Thats also how Pulisic should be utilized for our team, hes just not the player that needs to constantly being on the ball orchestrating things. We need to ust be finding him in dangerous spots and letting him do this thing, but he is still at the point in his career where he tries to do too much for us.Mathguy64 said:CP and McKennie are doing that for Juve and I think Jedi is earning praise at Fulham, at least as much as a LB can. I saw a suggestion that ManU may be looking at him. That would be a big leap up as long as he actually played. I would rather he play every day at Fulham than play random minutes backing up Shaw.PatAg said:
just about NONE of them are playing as "THE" guy on their team day to day.
Weah seems buried and Gio is persona non grata everywhere. And Turner has also lost his spot.
He could still develop more into that player, of course.
The problem there is that we don't have anyone who can be "the guy" to allow CP to be the complimentary guy he is on Milan. Adams comes closest I think, but he's clearly not back to 100% yet (prayers up that he will recapture what he was prior to his injury). Tons of guys all over the world are forced to be "the guy" on their national teams after being complimentary or bit players on their club squads. I don't even know if the USA has ever had someone who's the huge a presence on both the NT and their club (not counting MLS).
We have a good squad of international players. I hate to lay this at ggg's feet, but a better NT coach (one who maximized the players with a better system because you can't "coach" players when you see them 6 times a year) would help.
