I've seen enough: cameron and edu should pair as cm's.

Mainly the part about Edu not improving over the last 5 years, when he has. I also dispute him being the worst CDM possession wise in the pool. Is Kyle Beckerman better in possession? I don't think so, unless you include back passes then "dreads" is the king of possession.

Bursaspor are probably going to be in the Europa League next year. To me playing for a Top 5 team in Turkey is better than a relegation level BPL club (Stoke).

 

Yes, Kyle is better in possession than Edu. As for back passes, you have watched Mo's performances with the 'nats, haven't you?

 

I disagree that Kyle is better in possession, have you watched Edu play since he moved to Turkey? Simple question because if you have you will see that he has regained his confidence on the ball and looks a lot more comfortable in possession than he ever did with Rangers. He resembles the player at Toronto whose on the ball skill was actually fairly good and certainly not an aspect of his game that was thoroughly criticized. It can't be level of competition because the Super Lig skill wise and competition wise is way ahead of the SPL.

 

To be clear I said Kyle is better in possession that Mo. And yeah, I've seen plenty of Mo in Turkey. Fun league to watch, but as for it's quality from top to bottom, I'm not terribly impressed.

 

my advice, you should to watch this league more closerly and more scouting way .

beside, if you didint impress or impress, i didint saw your single post in the game thread of the edu or edu's main official thread in yank abroad main section since his first game at bursaspor jersey.
<->if you watched closely every game in bursaspor jersey, minus,plus, at least you should tell what you think about him .his performance since arrive the league and play week in week out versus decent midfielders and forwards at the league.


ps;

over all, i agree what tom said about it .


cheers,

 

so a month ago this whole website hated jurgen because he was playing 3 defensive midfielders at the same time. now you want to go back to that and put in cameron who has never played that position at stoke or at usmnt, and put edu one of our worst players in posession as a box to box?

 

Edu and Cameron as holding midfielders with Bradley in front of those two. That's a fairly interesting combination. That resembles Spain midfield triangle with Alonso and Busquets guarding the backline and Xavi at the tip.

We also saw Bradley at the tip of a midfield triangle against Mexico in Juergen's first game in charge.

Interesting stuff. The key would be the wide midfielders and striker. I have no doubt that Bradley, Edu, and Cameron could guard the middle, or that Bradley would offer adequate support. I wonder whether that front three would be able to provide enough creativity to unsettle the defense and create space, even with support from Bradley and the fullbacks.

Spain had this problem, to an extent, especially in the first game against Italy. They had too many players coming to the ball and not enough stretching the play vertically or horizantally. They were way too compact. None of Xavi, Xabi Alonso, or Busquets are box-busters like Bradley, and the fullbacks were well watched by Italy's wing backs.

That's a toughie. I doubt it would work.

 

Edu and Bradley playing defence is the best combo. Always has been. Bradley playing forward is and always will be interesting, nothing more. The results have been mixed. Jk has more faith in JJ.

 

What really turned Spain around against Italy in the final was just that they moved the ball way quicker and saw more verticality in their play. Cesc Fabregas wouldn't have made that run in behind the defense earlier in the tournament. He likely would have dropped to the ball and received. Jordi Alba probably isn't a guy you expect to score all the time, but his willingness to simply sprint ahead showed Spain knew they needed to be a bit more direct.

Players like Alba(attacking fullback), Villa (inverted winger), Pedro(winger, either flank), Jesus Navas (winger), and Fernando Torres are important to Spain because they're very un-Spanish. They bring the bits of direct play that allow the Spanish to increase the tempo and break pattern. They still control the game, but there is also a final thrust rather than just fifty slow cuts.

 

I don't know about Cameron and Edu as defensive midfielders, but I wonder how Kljestan would do paired with somebody else in that role. Sacha isn't really a guy who belongs in the 3 band in a 4-2-3-1. He's not quite creative/skilled enough, or athletically gifted.

However, as a deep-lying playmaker partnered with a more athletic option, Kljestan could be quite a good player. He's very good at starting moves from deeper. He's not the final pass guy. He just has that one pass at the beginning of good attacks that really gets the team ready to thrust.

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If the guys in front of him are in good spots, he can pick them out. Not so much with a final ball, but the kind of pass played right where you need it. Kljestan was never really meant to be the playmaker. More like the maestro. The marionette man. I don't know if playing him this way would really be the best permutation for the U.S., but I think it's Sacha's best role.

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