It's the wrong player. That's all he's salty about. He prefers being "right" as opposed to players proving him wrong(which will never happen).
I like FJ as much as the next guy but FJ hasn't played as well for the NT as Zardes has. Whether at FB or at mid or wing. He's overrated much of the time outside of the WC, where I think he was great.
Nope. You're just bad at objectively judging players because all you have are preconceived notions about what you will see and focus on that only, regardless of what's shown. You brush aside opinions and issues that people have with players you like, like Agudelo, Trapp, etc and repeatedly brush aside opinions that don't agree with yours in regards to players you dislike as well. I don't know why you post if you're not actually open to discussing the player and what he brings. You think you're right, perpetually and it doesn't lend itself to any type of discourse. Just a lot of people talking in circles because you're a child with his fingers in his ear saying "lalala I can't hear you".
He's played further below his higher capability but I would not go that far unless the current trends for both stay where they are.
Fair but personally I don't think FJ has been as good as Gyasi when he's been in midfield. He just plays below what he does for BMG. I can see what you mean though.
If this is true, that's pretty damning. And for anyone who hasn't yet given Zardes his due, you've missed his last couple years. Yes, his touch sucks, yes his decision making in the final third is sometimes lacking; but he plays at intensity for 90 minutes, never takes plays off, is big enough and fast enough to pressure defenders, makes good runs, and can connect with his teammates pretty well in the build-up. He can finish and seems to be improving. His ceiling is not super high-- I'd put him at Championship level, but he's maximized what he's had and works his tail off. This is more than we can say about some other forwards and wingers in the group.
http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/will-packwood-at-birmingham-city-fc.1100861/page-11 Read for yourself in this thread. Funnily enough, I was right that he was in contention for a spot in early 2014, and just about everyone else was wrong. The guy (360show) who claimed that is a troll who got humiliated by me in discussions about Wondo in early 2014. He's taken those discussions personally, and is on like his 100th account stalking me. Sad person, stalks a stranger on a sports forum.
He was in contention? Where? You advocated for a player that you self-admittedly had NOT SEEN PLAY to be included in the provisional 30 man roster for the WC. Do you understand how ridiculous that is?
That's all fine and dandy for a squad depth caliber player but if JK continues to use him as a lock starter he's gonna gonna take a lot of heat.
You wanting Packwood in the WC preliminary squad seems like it's only because he plays in Europe. Why do you hate all of MLS so much? Just because someone's in "Europe" doesn't make them better. Just weird you don't see your own contradictions. Just a few months ago you labelled anyone who rates JAB over Besler as a Eurosnob, MLS-hater who only believes he's better because he's in Europe. Meanwhile, you wanted freakin Packwood in the WC preliminary camp???
To be fair to @ussoccer97531, he is definitely not a eurosnob. His favorite pet players are often MLSers.
Typical Jond, misrepresenting my opinion. Read the thread. There were a number of options in 2014 for the fourth CB spot. Brooks was the best candidate, but he was also getting injured every week that season. It was pretty much a given (IMO at least) that Brooks would go to the WC, if he was fit. The other options were Goodson, Onyewu, Ream, Packwood. My opinion was that those others are known bad options, so give Packwood a chance before the WC to prove himself, in case one of those players has to be the 4th CB for the WC team. Klinsmann kind of did that, calling him up to the Ukraine friendly, even though I was told that I was crazy to think he was an option. Then some of those that said that started to eat crow. It was all just unimportant discussion as Brooks ended up being fit for the WC, but the point still stands that at the time Packwood was just as good as the other bad options. He was a 20 year old CB starting in the Championship. Same league Onyewu and Ream were starting in. Goodson was never good at the international level. What does this have to do with the content of the thread though?
Plays 90 minutes in the Championship after missing most of 2013 with the rest of his minutes in English League 2 and he's somehow "right" for advocating for said player all the while saying HE HAS NOT SEEN HIM PLAY. Just a cluster******** of stupidity here.
It's funny. Someone says "ussoccer97531, you're wrong because xyz, stop acting like a stubborn child and reflect rationally". Then 38 people rep it (and every other similar post), yet he STILL insists he's right on all counts. He's probably got half the board blocked because we're all stalking him.
One source in Turkey is stating that Zardes and Trabzonspor are in the "final stages of negotiations". Meanwhile, Zardes misses the Galaxy's game today due to a chest muscle strain.
Wait. Zardes is about to leave LA for neither of the two two Turkish teams I've heard of? Probably awesome for GZ. Probably not good for the nats.
I think this would actually be a pretty interesting move and I'd like to see how Zardes makes such a big adjustment. He works hard and learns well.
It's true. He has a strain, in his heart... He's a hometown hero, it'd be hard to move away... Who knows though, you've gotta think LA would want a pretty penny for him. I don't know if a random club in Turkey could afford him. Trabzonspor aren't tiny, but they aren't Galatasaray, Besiktas, or Fenerbache...
It would be highly amusing if Arena/Zardes agree to sell him and Gyasi wants to go, but then the cartel steps in and stops it. I think that's what happened with Castillo. Why else would he have been in Turkey and already introduced? FCD must have given the go-ahead, then the cartel came in and decided again, it doesn't trust MLS teams to run their own business.
What happened with Castillo? I though 2 mil + 2 mil was already done and dusted? Is this like the NBA nixing the CP3 Lakers deal?