Livestreamed there: http://de.justin.tv/foxsports20081 http://de.justin.tv/foxsports20081/popout (without chat) Dolo recovered, Zizzo possibly on the bench?
According to Kicker he is not: http://www.kicker.de/news/live-news/livescores/livematch/object/863462
hmmm. should we start some vituperative insults of our fave coach klinsi? or should we cut him some slack? bs is not usually known for patience.
While I didn't see the game, this is good news for Stevie if he went the full 90' in a match where Hannover kept a clean sheet against Bayern Munich.
He did. The whole defence was well today (as usual supported by an awesome Enke). I'd say it was the best game of the season both for the defence in general as well as for Cherundolo.
How does that have an impact on Dolo's performance? Plus, he may not be a great coach (or propably isn't, he's a good leader, but the coaching of the German NT was done by Löw anyways), but Bayern still has a strong team with many good players, at least on the paper. Also, given Hannover's record so far, this was a tremendous succes. (I think Klinsmann should be discussed on the Bayern board, no?)
Or that Martin Vazques isn't an experienced assistant or, at best, no Löw? Ya, I've considered it. Klinsmann should have brought someone else on board to be his Numero Dos.
Wait, don't you constantly lambast the USSF for not handing this guy the entire program? Not to say I wouldn't have loved to see JK become our manager, but I certainly agree that it's always dangerous to allow a NT manager that has a 4-year cycle (most likely) to dictate policy from top-down. You've always seemed vehement in the idea that Sunil really bungled that because USSF wanted to maintain some semblance of control over the structure of US Soccer.
again, just as an aside before we return to the thread theme, but: one of bs' favorite coaches (i wanted the guy to get the ussf job myself) just lost to two teams he should have beaten. one of the losses was a quite spectacular spanking. what do you think would have happened on these boards if bb had lost two games against teams he should have beaten?
Judging anything in real life by the affect it would have had on BS is as insane a life plan as I could ever imagine. That said, the club coach who has not lost two games he should have won is the club coach who has not coached for very long.
If Bradley had been one of: 1. a brilliant player at the highest international level and club levels: 2. a great head coach at club level 3. a coach who had taken the National Team to the semis of a major tournament(and no, Concacaf is not major) I'd wager he'd be given a lot more rope on the forums.
point taken. however, 1. there is not much of a relationship between being a great player and being a great coach. 2. klinsi doesn't meet this requirement either. 3. as some have pointed out repeatedly, teams playing at home in the world cup usually do well. he (or low, whoever was the real coach) didn't do anything great. the fact that bb doesn't get the breaks that klinsmann gets is a fact of soccer culture, but doesn't necessarily mean that klinsmann is a better coach. we still have to wait a few more months to have a klinsmann verdict.
Chances are he would ave brought a strong #2 to the job, just like he had done with Germany. I assumed it was going to be Guido Buchwald, who quit his very successful gig in Japan right when the Klinsmann deal seemed imminent. Buchwald and Klinsmann are both from Stuttgart and had played together under Beckenbauer in 1990. Klinsmann is "failing" at a much higher level than Bradley. That said, I thought that Klinsmann would have indeed brought an experienced #2 (not saying it would have definitely helped Bayern) with him to Munich. Maybe he still will. PS. On style - and granted, the Bavarians have a superior caliber of players than the US - his club looked very good compared to the Hitzfeld regime. But sometimes you don't get the breaks and, when the other guy hits a perfect ball into the top corner, you shake his hand and move on.
Yeah, I'm gonna be a dick here. I always thought the posters saying it was OBVIOUS that JK was a great coach were just stupid star********ers. The man took the team that, in 2002, made the final of the world cup, and, at home, made the semifinal. Big deal. There was NEVER any clear evidence that the man is a great coach. Or even a good coach.
Then why wouldn't the US just hire that #2, since you yourself admit JK can't do the job. Yeah, I'm OD'ing on schadenfreude right now. SUCK IT TREBEK!!!!!!!!!!!
It should also be pointed out that Klinsmann never had to qualify Germany for the World Cup, either, since they were automatically there as the host country.