about as useless as the name wil with only one L
I like McKennie too but this team is too weak at the back without a dedicated DM
we would be destroyed on the counter by any decent side. what about a 4-4-2 diamond
crap back 4
Adams
Boyd McKennie
Pulisic
crap front 2
GIMME ALL THE TRICKSIE HOBBITSES
Stay awake, Tim Ream, no sleepies
Death. Taxes. Someone in the AO section bitching about Bradley.
I was behind the other goal, cringing every time Bradley would receive the ball and pass it backwards without even thinking about turning when no one was on him. And then if he ever did face forward I'd cringe even more as he'd pass it directly to the other team. Someone seriously needs to take him out to pasture and just put the bullet in his international career.
Yeah Bradley just always passes it back almost instantly and when he does pass it forward it seemed to get intercepted or to a guy with no space. I also wonder if there is some tension between him and Pulisic as he almost never passes to Pulisic who seems to be the one guy able to break down a defense with his speed/skills and should be the first guy you look for whereas Walker who was on the opposite side of the field from Pulisic is often trying to cross it over to him and Arriola on much more difficult passes.
So if we could find a serviceable #6 to pair with Pulisic and McKennie along with Boyd, Altidore, Sargeant, and Arriola upfront you should have a competitive front 6 that can provide scoring opportunities but our D appears to be struggling now. Not sure if D issues are talent or just meshing together since a bunch of new faces. Walker and Lima seem solid and can mature into good players and Miazga has potential, but agree with others that Ream and Long seem like disasters and not strong or quick enough. Hopefully Tyler will be a main stay as he has upside when healthy but where is Yedlin???? How is he not playing in front of Ream?? That seems like a major major upgrade as Yedlin has great speed and can create pressure from outside. My guess is there isn't a player on the other side worried one iota about Ream coming down the flanks.
Yeah Bradley just always passes it back almost instantly and when he does pass it forward it seemed to get intercepted or to a guy with no space. I also wonder if there is some tension between him and Pulisic as he almost never passes to Pulisic who seems to be the one guy able to break down a defense with his speed/skills and should be the first guy you look for whereas Walker who was on the opposite side of the field from Pulisic is often trying to cross it over to him and Arriola on much more difficult passes.
So if we could find a serviceable #6 to pair with Pulisic and McKennie along with Boyd, Altidore, Sargeant, and Arriola upfront you should have a competitive front 6 that can provide scoring opportunities but our D appears to be struggling now. Not sure if D issues are talent or just meshing together since a bunch of new faces. Walker and Lima seem solid and can mature into good players and Miazga has potential, but agree with others that Ream and Long seem like disasters and not strong or quick enough. Hopefully Tyler will be a main stay as he has upside when healthy but where is Yedlin???? How is he not playing in front of Ream?? That seems like a major major upgrade as Yedlin has great speed and can create pressure from outside. My guess is there isn't a player on the other side worried one iota about Ream coming down the flanks.
Adams and Yedlin are both hurt. Zimmerman was nothing special last night but he didn't butcher a couple of crosses like Long. And Ream was really bad out on the left. Richards from the U20 has got to get sprinkled in sooner rather than later. He was really good - almost mistake free - in that tourney. He's ready to start developing with the top team - young as he is.
I'd like to see Richards integrated into the senior team as well. He was very impressive I thought in the U-20 WC.
To be fair to Ream, he's not a left back. Whether he's good enough to be part of the center back pool is another question but he absolutely shouldn't be playing left back.