McKennie, Robinson (injured), Nagbe (injured), Adams, and an in-form Wood all would have had a great chance at making it.
Being honest is how you make yourself hated in these forums. It'd be much easier to blame everything on one of the MLSers out there, that's how you get easy reps.
WTF are you talking about? England has taken their foot off of the gas and he's been the best player in the pitch in the second half. Granted, that has a log to do with England going passive.
I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying he's looked bad, but he's demonstrating some of the same issues that are holding him back at the club level. He often is too slow making decisions, makes the wrong decision, or can't finish.
Yeah, no. None of those guys save Pulisic are better than the guys they'd theoretically be replacing. That team was legit good; these guys are terrible.
You don't get it. Woods has been told to stretch the field, or at least try. He has NO other option but to risk the offside every time. He's been looking for the break. He's been on an island up there. Poor guy has been trying to get something going. He has not been "standing around". It isn't his fault if nothing is getting through to him. There has been zero buildup play through the midfield where we are roundly insufficient against a better, quicker and more physical England side.
I coach a 13U girls and 14U boys teams and when we dominate the first half i always tell them to take it easy the second half or else we might hit our goal limit and i get a coach suspension, I'm pretty sure Southgate just told this to his team at halftime.
Can't tell the fanboys that. As soon as he is criticized, they come out howling. I am used to it now. He has a long way to go, as do MANY of our young guns.
If that is a bad-looking Pulisic creating all of those chances, then I like it. I can't wait to see a better-looking Pulisic....
Julian Green not only looks old, he also plays old. But not as in experienced, more as a guy who's back from two years retired. No wonder he has a goal every 850' in the German second division.
Maurice Edu and Rico Clark got a ton of time in the midfield for that team. McKennie would have challenged for time. After Charlie Davies' accident we were shit at forward too. I could see Wood getting some time over Hercules Gomez or Robbie Findley.
The second Adams came in for Green our pressure actually made the keeper play the ball deep a couple times.
now everyone will say, Adam in the match, he completely changed it! 1. the game is over 2. england already ahead. 3. just means another body in midfield to I don't know use as a pinball bumper. What really eats at me is we are 20 years on from knowing what it takes to win, and we are utterly unsophisticated at soccer. No combination passing, no movement off the ball, no tight ball control, just run fast, head down, cross. It takes a lot of people f*cking up in a lot of ways to build something this bad.
amazing that tyler adams makes such a difference but here we are (and he wasnt even subbed for the right person!)