Does anyone else smell something that stinks? One of those games where at the end, it feels you have just wandered around for a few hours in a daze. Not that this game actually deserves any, but thoughts?
bob bradley subbed out Danny Szetela, the only player worth anything today, as the first sub of the game. Its like he homes on with players with skill and neutralizes them.
Or never calls them in. There will be a day when Bradley actually has to give MLS the finger and call in our best players. And all at the same time, too!
Looked like most of our players were walking around in a daze for the majority of the match. Fortunately, the opponent was so poor that we could play at walking speed and still pull out a win. Rolfe had some nice touches, may have helped his case a bit... one might say everyone else's stock dropped, but then it seemed like none of them cared.
I also think he has told Freddy to play more simple IMO. Maybe that is a part of his "maturing" process.
so who was the MOTM? I guess Id give it to Lewis cuz he got the only goal. if the pass hadnt unintentionally deflected off a defender, I might have given it to Adu. but without the deflection I dont think the pass was on target. overall kind of a lackluster performance all the way around.
I like Szetela, and feel he could play a roll when he starts getting consistent club time. Wait, that is not a requirement for playing under Bradley? Then keep bringing him in!
Horrific display by the NT. I don't care if we are up 8-0, we still should outclass a team of amateur and D4 english players. This game illustrated many of the weaknesses within the NT team, which appears we are years away from fixing.
Actually, I thought Freddy played well in spurts, but the lack of a true forward hurt. The most troubling aspect of this match was that a lot of our on-the-ground passes...especially in the 2nd half...looked soft and lacked pace. The avenues in the defense were there, we just didn't exploit them enough. It wouldn't break my heart if Mr. Moor never made another appearance in the National Team jersey...though he did make that one nice defensive play in the first half. EDIT: Let the server meltdown begin!
that was the worst game I have ever seen in my life that was also the worst quality camera and camera f***ing angle I have ever seen in any sport ever
Ok, Barbados played their heart out & with pride and deserve ALL the credit for a soild performance but, and no disrespect, if we played ANYBODY else we would've lost!! Our timing was SLOW & our play as unmovitating as I've ever seen!! I can accept winning, ONLY, 1-0...what I can't and won't accept is being outplayed & outhustled by BARBADOS!?! And that falls on BB!! I'm just too peeved right now to be objective but I'm VERY disappointed & feel that we played with the "fear" of "humilating" Barbados and, I'm sorry, but there's NO ROOM for that thinking in soccer/football!! Just my $0.02!!
That was cr@p but also what I expected since we were up 8-0 on aggregate. The only thing that bothered me is that it seemed like there was a lack of effort by the US. Now, I can see that from regulars since it was 8-0, but some of the younger guys who are still trying to prove themselves, solidify their positions, etc. weren't into the match either. Overall, we didn't want to be there and it showed. Not really going to look into the performance too much based on who was playing at what was at stake. I'm just glad we escaped without any injuries. On the Olympics and the Semifinals.
that was the worst game I have ever seen in my life that was also the worst quality camera and camera f***ing angle I have ever seen in any sport. ever.
He is assimilating Adu into Team Try Hard. Its a long, hard, ardentuous process to completely phase out a player's indvidual skill and flair.
Horrible game, just horrible. Zero effort by most.... Zero off the ball movement, it was like a real life fusebal table with stationary players. Rediculous. I did think that Szetela looked like the man of the match, and of course, BB subbed him out. I still think BB needs to take a hike, but I also know that will not happen during this cycle.
Makes you want the implementation of a mercy rule. If a team is up by 6+ goals after first leg, second leg is deemed unnecessary and canceled.
Coaching can't do much when the players just don't care. Bob was audible during the first half, shouting "Keep it moving!" - and that's exactly what we proceeded not to do. Instead we stood on the ball, walked around, sat on a 1-0 lead. Whatever semblance of effort there was ended the moment we scored.
This game was all but meaningless (and if you want to argue the point, you're an idiot). Treating it as anything other than a scrimmage and, hence, reading anything whatsoever into the final result is a waste of time. Just before the 2002 WC team jetted off to SK, they were outclassed by the Richmond Kickers in a scrimmage in NC. Which led to a rather easy to predict wave of frantic hand wringing here on BS. Yet, somehow, it didn't much matter when the games that counted kicked off.
You people actually watched this over Spain-Italy? Poor saps... Good to know now I don't need to watch the replay.
I mean, it's like they had some soccer mom on a tripod camera filming her son's little league game out there broadcasting the game to us.... jeezus