Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST He has been one of their worst players in at least 80% of the Bayern matches I have ever seen him in.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST If the pregame is any indication, this postgame show ought to be interesting.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Overall, Donovan redeemed himself with the beautiful goal and beautiful flick on the counter. Before that he had a header that hit the crossbar on a FCB freekick.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST I still maintain that was his defender that headed it off his own bar. The 2nd replay made that pretty clear after the first replay showed an unclear angle that made it look like it was LD's header. But again, 2nd replay showed it was his defender, and the announcers backed that up. Still, he was in a good spot on that play.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST law school? get out while you can! as for donovan, exciting news indeed.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Klinsie is making a huge mistake not bringing in a proper keeper. He can have 3 or 4 keepers in the US better than the one he has.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Ok then, "before that Donovan forced an Al- Wheda defender to hit his own crossbar"
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST i think one thing Bayern must be impress is his fitness. he played full 90 two days ago and kept running toward end of today's game. You can tell who's match fit and who's not by today's performance.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST my point exactly. Now he's back on the right path. Demonstrate why they need you.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST like I said, he still did well there to force that.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST I only saw the second half, but man, was that poor. Ranked with the worst of MLS. Must have reminded Landon of his days with the Galaxy. It was a "why bother" game of no interest at all to most Bayern players epitomized by the defender who fell on his butt to allow the goal. That said, LD's goal was mighty fine. Also, as others have pointed out, Bayern is simply not looking to take advantage of LD's speed. In general, the passing out of the midfield was way too slow. Specifically, there were 5-6 times that they could have sprung LD, but dribbled down the flanks to a standstill, instead. Not good.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST right runs, left turns. at least it's not back passes.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Yeah, from what I've been reading, they are really working hard in training. It looked like the entire team had dead legs and weary minds today. Lots of turnovers, poor passing, bad touches. Landon fit right in. Nice that he had wheels at the end and nice that he finished his shot so well. And the team looked happy that he scored, they were all smiling. All except Donovan.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST I think you miss the point too. It is pre-season. For the whole team, including Donovan.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Totally agree with this analysis, I thought the team was very poor in the second half. I found myself yelling at them to hit first time balls through to Donovan, who was making good runs. Instead they would dilly dally in midfield and the chance would disappear.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST that's how the second Bayern goal happened. Toni handled the ball, could have made a quick pass to Ribery to give him a 1v1 vs the keeper. instead Toni holds the ball, passes it, they go through the wing, pass from the outside, Toni forces the keeper to make a save, the ball lands to Borowski and then we have a goal. hope that was clear enough .
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST This will not happen once they play BL games. I guaranteed it.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Again, it doesn't matter. Landon has to do the impressing. That goal was huge to demonstrate why (based on today's performance). Now, today's performance goes in the PLUS COLUMN for Donovan vs. MINUS COLUMN. Ribery shined at WC 06, so he got a contract. Toni was a monster in 05-06 season in Italy, so he got a contract. Schweinsteiger has proved himself in the BL and at WC 06 as a strong player. These players have MADE IT. Landon has not. But the goal was huge for today. Onto tomorrow, and a new challenge awaits. Before the goal today, I'd say he was in the ? column over the course of 2 days. Now he prolly in the '+' column (on balance). But he has to maintain and/or build on that over the next few weeks. No coasting allowed. Ribery, Toni and the rest of gang can play like crap over the next month. Guess what? They will still be BM players come March. Once Donovan gets a contract, he can also play like crap for a month- and be fine with his employment at BM. But not before.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST that's what I thought of when I read all the complaints about his first touch. Dead legs lack control.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Anything short of a hat trick to win the BL, one can not look worth 10 million dollars in one game. You have to look at collections of games to see if someones worth that much or more.
Re: Donovan:FC Hollywood vs Al-Wehda 11:30 AM CST Can anyone please describe the goal in detail? Thanks!