The new and improved Fire Bruce Now thread [R]

[geordienation]

Where are you?

Where are the cries for Arena's head?

Come on, you guys know you want to join this list (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100954&page=1&pp=15) of distinguished Bruce-haters.

Good seats are still available on the Anti-Arena bandwagon.

Sign up now. It'll make it easier to be called out later.

[djwalker]

Where are you?

Where are the crys for Arena's head?

Come on, you guys know you want to join this list (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100954&page=1&pp=15) of distinguished Bruce-haters.

Good seats are still available on the Anti-Arena bandwagon.

Sign up now. It'll make it easier to be called out later.
FIRE BRUCE!

http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/personalidades/atores/bruce-willis/bruce-willis01.jpg

[lurking]

What, so everytime a team has a good game it automaticly validates everything that happened before that? Hell your boy Bruce himself said that there should be more pressure on the team, having dissapointing results for 2 years should have people grumbling about you.

If the US plays more like they did tonight, and less like they did in say.. the Confed cup, then there is nothing to worry about. But if we start playing like we did to start the year, then somethings got to give.

[Ombak]

http://www.kenn.com/361/threesixone_apr2004.jpg

PS _ I hope Kenn doesn't mind, this is too appropriate.

[McGinty]

Come on people!!! Where are the cries for Bruce's beheading for playing both Armas and Zavagnin? I thought you Arena bashers didn't need people like me to point out such horrible decisions.

[Crew14]

I can't believe he still has a job with this team. This stuff is unacceptable. He should've been fired last year but for some reason he's still here. Nobody else would even think about hiring him as a coach, why did we? I'm sick of it. Honestly, why can't we make subs before the 80th minute. And all the excuses about "the soccer gods" and "injuries" and "national team call-ups"...it's crap. He needs to take responsibility.








Ooooooooh.......this isn't the Fire Andrulis thread...........oops :D

[Metrogo]

Gee, a wannabe from Saint Pete Florida who calls himself "geordination" feels some entitlement to tease anyone about anything? This is sad on so many levels. The fact is, we dominated a crap, crap, crap team tonight, and almost didn't pull out the win. Fire Arena? MAybe not. Crown Arena King of all Soccer gods (your position)? Definitely not. If you want to have a big celebration for that, go ahead, I'm sure there's nothing else for you to do anyway. As for me, I'm reserving judgment. And Zavagnin is crap, and it showed.

Hi, I went to England once and got this Alan Shearer t-shirt and my user name. Adorable.

[McGinty]

And Zavagnin is crap, and it showed.

Yeah, Mexico just destroyed us in midfield :rolleyes:. Or are you still stuck in 1998?

[BigSoccer Radio]

Yes... yes... I've been very public in my criticism of Bruce and as recently as this morning was calling his strategy uninspired, "pack it in the back" one-dimensional football that the rest of the footballing world had sussed out by now.

After todays spirited performance, Bruce can stay. Not just because of the result - frankly, we could have lost 1 nil and I'd feel the same way. The team attacked with speed, finesse and passion. Bruce took chances with his roster, clearly instructed the team to take it to Mexico, and we were all rewarded with a display that has been lacking since we lost to Germany in the WC.

I was also saying... "where's Landon". Well... he was all over the place today imposing his will. Lavolpe's Mexican team is true quality and Arena showed that the US has got what it takes.

Well done! I'm big enough to dish it out but I'm also big enough to admit that I may have been wrong and to give kudos to Bruce Arena. He and the USMNT knocked my socks off today.

Nick

[Tea Men Tom]

Yes... yes... I've been very public in my criticism of Bruce and as recently as this morning was calling his strategy uninspired, "pack it in the back" one-dimensional football that the rest of the footballing world had sussed out by now.

After todays spirited performance, Bruce can stay. Not just because of the result - frankly, we could have lost 1 nil and I'd feel the same way. The team attacked with speed, finesse and passion. Bruce took chances with his roster, clearly instructed the team to take it to Mexico, and we were all rewarded with a display that has been lacking since we lost to Germany in the WC.

I was also saying... "where's Landon". Well... he was all over the place today imposing his will. Lavolpe's Mexican team is true quality and Arena showed that the US has got what it takes.

Well done! I'm big enough to dish it out but I'm also big enough to admit that I may have been wrong and to give kudos to Bruce Arena. He and the USMNT knocked my socks off today.

Nick

Just check his record. Arena's won every place he's ever been. He's won at the collegiate level, MLS and Internationally. Forget the style, under him, we've gone from a country that just hoped to stay in the game against the top countries in the world to a team that expects to win against whomever we play.

On the national team level, American soccer has never been at this point in modern history. And Arena's the guy who's presided over this whole transition. We're going into the next World Cup thinking we actually have an outside chance of winning the thing, which was unthinkable as recently as May 2002.

Obviously our talent has improved a lot over the past decade, but no national team coach at any level (men's that is) has had the success he's had and he's got an awful lot to do with our overall improvement. The guy is a winner, pure and simple.

Chew on this. He is the best coach in the world right now for a team made up of American players.

[Tea Men Tom]

Obviously our talent has improved a lot over the past decade, but no national team coach at any level (men's that is) has had the success he's had and he's got an awful lot to do with our overall improvement.

Sorry, I meant "US National team coach".

[GIO17]

This was the best match as whole without the winning score line because our boys attacked and defended very well against a quality Mexican side. Bruce always tinkers tries to adjust either before the match or during the match.

This was a 4-2-2-2 set up he did as the Fox Sports World Announcers were saying. This is a Brazilian lineup. The defenders able to stay back while the midfield helps move up the ball and made Hejduk more into a scoring or at least more of an attacking mid than a defender and man how about that nutmeg he did in the near corner in the 2nd half tried to cross it for a scoring chance but Sanchez did make a save.

In Bruce we trust. And all the Mexican-Texans can go home crying.

BOO HOO HOO! LOST TO THE GRINGOS AGAIN! :D

[Treetaliano]

geordie really has a hard on for this topic doesnt he?

Bruce is still subpar, and I'd can him in a minute if I was in charge. Which I'm not...nice result yesterday though.

[russ]

Tree,ya need to get a tape of this game.
Your position is at complete variance with how we played last night.

[geordienation]

Gee, a wannabe from Saint Pete Florida who calls himself "geordination" feels some entitlement to tease anyone about anything? This is sad on so many levels. The fact is, we dominated a crap, crap, crap team tonight, and almost didn't pull out the win. Fire Arena? MAybe not. Crown Arena King of all Soccer gods (your position)? Definitely not. If you want to have a big celebration for that, go ahead, I'm sure there's nothing else for you to do anyway. As for me, I'm reserving judgment. And Zavagnin is crap, and it showed.

Hi, I went to England once and got this Alan Shearer t-shirt and my user name. Adorable.


I LOVE it when the Bruce haters have nothing better to do than attack the people that call them out.

Sainthood? No. Kingship? No. Coach? Yes.

[GoDC]

I LOVE it when the Bruce haters have nothing better to do than attack the people that call them out.

Sainthood? Yes. Kingship? Yes. Coach? Yes.

Fixed it.

[Anthony]

I LOVE it when the Bruce haters have nothing better to do than attack the people that call them out.

Sainthood? Yes. Kingship? Yes. Coach? Yes.

Fixed it.

I'd go for at least Sainthood. King might be a little much right now. Let's make him mayor of DC and see how that works out first.

[ttrevett]

I'm probably on that list as I was calling for his head after tying Haiti and playing Hejdk on the right alone against Robben in Holland, but........

I think he played a fantastic tactic last night, and really got his players ready to play. I do wish he would have made some additional subs to get some others into the game. I'm not sure what he was doing with his bench players.

[SoFla Metro]

Gee, a wannabe from Saint Pete Florida who calls himself "geordination" feels some entitlement to tease anyone about anything? This is sad on so many levels. The fact is, we dominated a crap, crap, crap team tonight, and almost didn't pull out the win.
Is that the same crap, crap, crap team everybody was worried about before the game since it was supposed to be Mexico's "A" team versus a bunch of MLS scrubs?


And FYI, geordienation fell out of bed this morning, knocked his head slightly against the bedside table and forgot more about soccer in that instant than you will ever know.

[Metrogo]

Is that the same crap, crap, crap team everybody was worried about before the game since it was supposed to be Mexico's "A" team versus a bunch of MLS scrubs?


And FYI, geordienation fell out of bed this morning, knocked his head slightly against the bedside table and forgot more about soccer in that instant than you will ever know.

I didn't read any of the pre game discussion, since this game wasn't very meaningful. So, if people were worried in the way you say they were, well then thank god "geordienation".... sorry, I start to laugh when I think about that user name..... as I was saying, thank god geordienation is here to "call them out", as he says.

But I know what I saw, a not very cohesive team outplay a crap mexico side. Yay team! Bruce is a genius! And maybe St. ptersburg geordienation knows more about soccer than I do, but I've seen enough games at every level to know when I see a crap team play a not very good team, and that's what I saw last night.

And I would suggest that if he knows so much about soccer, maybe he should start more thoughtful threads than this one.