Jermaine Jones: (CL) Galatasaray vs Schalke, 2/15/13

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  1. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Shame the two best midfielders USA has are virtually redundant.
     
  2. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    FYP
     
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  3. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    OT, but Barcelona might be wearing the greatest jerseys ever.
     
  4. comoesa

    comoesa Member+

    Aug 13, 2010
    Christen Press's armpit
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well we have a Gerrard/Lampard situation on our hands.

    Getting dual 8's to learn to play together is only something I've seen done at the club level with any success.

    But congrats to Jones on his goal. The Germans will tell us that Jones has always been this player; and they're right?
     
  5. neems

    neems Member+

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    Apr 14, 2009
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
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    United States
    Since I've been watching Jones they have been. He might be the best club player our pool has in Europe.
     
  6. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That depends on how you quantify that.
     
  7. LongDuckDong

    LongDuckDong Member+

    Jan 26, 2011
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unrelated to Jones, do any of the neutral fans here hate Bastos?
     
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  8. Sam Hamwich

    Sam Hamwich Member+

    Jul 11, 2006
    the way he runs, might as well just play him as winger.
     
  9. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
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    United States
    I never got the love for him. I always thought he thought he was much better than he was.
     
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  10. Sam Hamwich

    Sam Hamwich Member+

    Jul 11, 2006
    Wait, Clint and Donovan are nothing alike.
     
  11. LongDuckDong

    LongDuckDong Member+

    Jan 26, 2011
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To put it delicately, I'm glad he's just on loan.

    I'd much rather see Draxler on the wing and Meyer in the middle.

    EDIT: I think the above would make Jones look much better as well.
     
  12. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Frankly, I consider those two more forwards than midfielders.
     
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  13. TheHoustonHoyaFan

    Oct 14, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bastos give the ball up please!
     
  14. salvikicks

    salvikicks Member+

    Mar 6, 2006
    Los Angeles
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    Los Angeles Galaxy
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    United States
    What a miss by huntelar
     
  15. TheHoustonHoyaFan

    Oct 14, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good cross by Draxler, the Hunter just not sharp!
     
  16. Sam Hamwich

    Sam Hamwich Member+

    Jul 11, 2006
    [R] Spoiler alert:

    Interesting that two german national team rejects having an impact today.
     
  17. TheHoustonHoyaFan

    Oct 14, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Drogba wins everything in the air!
     
  18. bill0

    bill0 Member

    Jul 24, 2009
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    AFC Wimbledon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  19. TheHoustonHoyaFan

    Oct 14, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    FC Schalke 04
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Please check Bastos' account for a large transfer in.
     
  20. Sam Hamwich

    Sam Hamwich Member+

    Jul 11, 2006
    Stop calling me Frankly.

    Just because they spend 90% of their club and country careers as midfielders should not remove this thought from your head.

    Jones with another bizarre, mercurial performance. He is Tom & Jerry Football. Brilliant finish.
     
  21. ImaPuppy

    ImaPuppy Member+

    Aug 10, 2009
    Using too many parentheses
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
    That's a good result. With JJ played like this with the NT...but I'm thinking there could be other factors contributing to those performances.

    Anyway Schalke have a really good chance of going through. Exciting times!
     
  22. Heist

    Heist Member+

    Jun 15, 2001
    Virginia
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    DC United
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    United States
    I noticed that too. He plays so much better for Schalke most of the time. Lots of Americans seem to do better for their clubs... hmmm....
     
  23. freisland

    freisland Member+

    Jan 31, 2001
    Even with the USMNT you can tell he is an excellent footballer - which is different than a perfect, tidy or even consistent footballer, but his up side is way up. the trick is to get him to play that level for us more than he does.
     
  24. nowherenova

    nowherenova Member+

    Jul 20, 2003
    Formerly Terminus
    Hmmmm. Probably because they practice with their clubs continually, whereas with the last international fixture it was 2 days and a match.
     
  25. YankatOxford

    YankatOxford Member+

    Oct 15, 2007
    Watching post injury Jones for Schalke is like watching Anakin Skywalker- you can see the good in him, but there's almost always one or two moments where he switches off as well and gives you James Earl Jones. It's a shame he will miss the second leg, but what a great finish on his goal.

    Two things stood after watching this match:

    1. Jones brought it early and often. His wicked shot in the first minute set a positive tone, but he wasn't always the highest midfielder pressing the ball- Jermaine shared that responsibility- actually I thought Schalke shared it well as a team. Jones would encourage other players to go forward at times, while he stayed deep to break up counters or possession from Galatasray. There were some poor passes and getting caught in possession as well, but it was mostly positive stuff from JJ.

    2. There were four sequences when Far-fan or Huntelaar broke with the ball, where Jones absolutely busted a gut to get into the box and provide an option- obviously the play where he scored the goal, but also three other times he made straight line runs of 60- 70 yards to support the attack
    by making the box. That was impressive (Jones did not get a pass on the other occasions.)

    Parting shot is that the pitch was absolutely awful- cutting up a like cake.
     
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