Nations League A, Camp 2, Canada/Cuba, Nov. 15/19

He's already in Chicago!! Required by USSF, and must speak English of course.

 

LOL. No. You're obviously not watching. Miazga is doing well, but Robinson, Holmes and Lichaj aren't. Cameron is fine until he slows down and becomes Mr. Yellow Card.

 

Robinson is with the U23 and Kreis apparently deemed him not good enough to play. I have no idea what has happened with Miazga, already said I think he should be there.

I don't care about online ratings. Anyone can implement one, and pick the formula he likes.

 

And without a Spanish accent!

 

ream at least had the good sense to spend some time in mls

 

People who wholly dismiss ratings are those who don't want their subjectivity checked so they can argue anything. It's not a biased rating system. It's off base in some individual cases, but it's consistent and reliable, and when you see disparities like that big, seldom does it not mean one player is better than the other. People are biased and unreliable. Will rely on them only if necessary.

To wit, Kreis started Vines over Robinson, as well as Mihailovic over multiple other players clearly better than him. Robinson had a far superior rating to Vines in a little tougher league. From my eye test, Vines was indeed pedestrian. Meanwhile, Robinson has been ok for the senior team, even though last outing sucked. The bias is rampant in this program because of all the conflicts of interest and cronyism. So that's not a proper measure.

 

I'm referring to National Team play. Get a grip, please. Grab something. Anything.

 

Too bad Miazga was bought by a Top 20 team in the world. Idiot.

 

good luck with taking to @Suyuntuy about it. He’s fully vested in saying that YA suck and all aboard the MLS only train.

I give you credit, you’ve opened my eyes to the importance of giving minutes to players looking to transfer. Who was the last coach good at that: Bradley?

 

Some of the YAs do suck. Most of the MLSers also suck.

Still, we're playing against teams that have even weaker rosters. We should have enough. If we don't, it's on the manager.

 

5 fullbacks selected--only one starts. Zardes starting at striker. Morales on the bench. Ok.

 

He's certainly the best in the last 5, unless you count Sarachan who had nothing to lose.

If this weren't a motive of USSF board member Don Garber, then he wouldn't have a single entity system to dissuade transfers. Very recently has the rule been lifted for homegrowns, but that's like 20% of the league.

The bias can be toward not only how many MLS players are on roster/xi's, but which type. They're not necessarily representative of talent the league could provide to the national team if they're blocking players coveted by European clubs or would be otherwise.

 

That's dismal. Man.

 

WTF is this lineup? Back against the wall and Zardes plus Ream the LB are who you're counting on to save the day? Call me a traitor if you want but I hope Canada makes us look just like we did in October.

One bright spot, I do think Lletget at the 10 will help, especially with McKennie back to the 8. I don't care what Gregg calls them.

 

Hey everyone! Haven't posted in awhile. Hope this is a good win.