Yes. LD isn't God. So you may save your idolatry for those Idols you idolize.. The rest of your words aim at?
He doesn't have to be either to be better than Bedoya or Zusi at setting up goals. ETA: I'm perplexed by this argument that Landon deserved to be left out because he isn't as good as he was in 2010, he's not world class, etc. He wasn't competing for a spot on the roster against his former self. He was competing with the other players. And no one can argue that he isn't a better fit or a better player than at least four guys who made it.
who cares. Donovan isn't on the squad. Can we move past it? If we flop, we flop. If we win, we win. But surely we should be capable of moving on past him. He may be our best player, though isn't as integral as he was years ago, but still we can do it without him. And this World Cup will show it.
How have Brad Davis and Julian Green looked? Are they ready for prime time? Because Donovan and Jozy have been on the field plenty of times together, in fact Jozy usually performs far better when he has Donovan around to set him up... let's see if Brad Davis can do that.
I'm still very nervous thanks to the group. I think we'll put in some good performances, but I just can't seem to be confident about getting 4+ points. I know it's so early and I think we can show well in this cup, but 2018 excites me with Jozy, AJ, Bradley, Besler, Cameron, Fabian, Guzan as the core.
but many people were calling a 12 yard chip pass from Bradley that you see dozens of times during a game in Spain or Italy 'world class' you guys are buying the espn hype. the US will finish 4th. I actually think they're best chance for a point is against Germany.
Neither are expected to start and may not even get a chance in the World Cup. Besides let's focus on 270 mins and everything after is a BONUS
OMG your a h8r!!!!! common mann be confiiint!!!!!! The LD decision,still don't get it, but we're not and never were likely to advance based on the difficulty of the group.
First, that chip was world class and the finish was world class. Just because someone in Spain or Italy can do it doesnt negate that fact. Second, we have had very good sendoff series apart from conceding a few late penalties mostly due to second half subs. WE have many reasons to be confident.
It's strange, because most of us, even most of us who wish LD was on the squad, are HUGE USMNT fans (or we would not be on BS) and will cheer for the team no matter who is ultimately chosen. However, there are some fanatics that are so enamored with JK, that anyone that disagrees with anything he does, are ostracized. What's funny is that some of these obsessive posters border on Orwellian, thought-police type-stuff. They try to rewrite what we have written (ie, I've posted many times that I'm going to cheer for the USMNT even if the coach made dumb roster choices, but some posters refuse to acknowledge that fact) and get furious if someone, for example, that would have preferred LD on the team, actually is happy for a USMNT victory - even without LD on the squad. OTOH, there are actually some posters who do a good job of actually arguing why leaving LD off the roster wasn't a bad move (ie, Houston, Nasi, etc.) and bring up good points - I enjoy arguing with them at on an adult level because I'll always think it was not the right move. Even if we end up winning the entire tourney (unless some of our subs like Green, Davis, Zusi, etc. start to play like they've never played before). However, if some of these immature fanatics want to troll and bait, happy to meet them in the sewer.
I'm feeling pretty good about our chances. Do I think we're going to win the group? No, probably not but I believe we have a coaching staff who knows the strengths and weakness' of this team and will put those players in a good position to succeed and I think that's all you can really ask for. In the end it's still up the the players to go out and execute, plain and simple and I feel good that our guys will do that. The fascination over this coach or that coach, blah blah blah blah. The Game is won or lost by the PLAYERS.
Jurgen Klinsmann was blasted on this site when he cut Donovan in some of the most asinine threads and comments that we've seen on this board, maybe ever. Those people deserve to get the crap they served on here pushed back in their face. The people that were in favor of Klinsmann's decision were branded and took alot of crap on here, it's all on the record, go back and read it.
And people blasted Bradley too at every opportunity as well, even with winning our group, 2nd in the Confeds, winning WCQ group, etc. etc. All because his son played so much and because he picked the best formation for our talent at that time. Annoying, yes. But part of any fan experience unless you want to do nothing other than watch games on mue.
So Tab Lalas continues his March of Madness in service of His JK. His choice. His exercise of his freedom of The Will. His contributions to serve as the BS version of JK's kinder's "HAHAHA" masterpiece of twittery. JK cut Donovan for "the most asinine" of reasons, and those are just the versions he's offered to the public. But he has confidence in good folk, like TL, to offer up "the crap" that would prevent any serious look into those reasons. It wasn't enough to argue rationally for JK's decision. It wasn't enough to argue irrationally for JK's methods in carrying out those decisions. It had to be a total "damn and destroy" mission against Landon, his career, and his unparalleled contributions to the game in this nation. Go back and read it, TabLalas. Not that you have any sense of shame.
Although I would at least prefer to win the 3rd place match with the unprecedentedly talented US 23 he has, it's fair to say Klinsmann would reach expectations with a 4th place finish.
That would be "exceed". Depending on whom is met there, the Round of 16 would be "reach expectations". Now, "hopes", that's another story.
Good points, MtMike. I remember those silly sack-Bradley threads. In the end, there will always be fanatics on both sides of most of these more controversial discussions who tend to drag the back-and-forths into the mud. I certainly also saw it in the past month with both the good-riddance-LD and with the keep-LD sides. The latter had several "Fire Klinsmann" type topics . . . Never visited any of those threads. Silly stuff. The biggest mistake these obsessive posters make, on both sides of most of these arguments, is to paint with too broad of a brush by digging at / taunting the entire other side of a discussion. Some don't know any better, unfortunately.
In a group against Germany, Portugal and Ghana, no, not really. If the USA were in Group A or Group E then I could see it. But not this group.
The core of 2018 will be: Agudelo, Brooks, Flores, Haji, Bradley, Jozy, Guzan, Zelelam, Green, Fabian. Besler = average, not world class. Cameron = old. AJ = average player who can score in Holland.