I told all y'all fools that Germaine is very good! Not to take a hit at one of our hardest working and consistent players Bradley, but to me Jermaine has always clearly had the highest ceiling of all of our midfielders (maybe excepting Donovan). And even FIFA video game rating type comparisons notwithstanding; we don't have another player like him and every good team needs a brute! Add some talent and you get Germaine Jones. He's German, and whether you like it or not, he's also American! He doesn't speak with a soft lisp and pass the ball the other team every other game (ahem rhymes with yonzalez), and sometimes he scares goalies into literally turning around and scoring against their own team (Neuer of Germany). He can be an important player in a real Champion's League team. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: BEASTMODE
I am on the Jermaine Jones bandwagon. Always thought he was good and phyiscal a destroyer type midfielder. But he was my MOTM - his one touch pass to Clint to open up the scoring and his constant moving to break up plays - he was the player that had Ghana looking over their shoulder. He hits hard - and I think he avoided a yellow card - so Go JJ!
Ha, yeah it was a prick move wasn't it. I know Gonzalez will bleed for the team too! My main reason for posting is the weird lack of excitement that he has garnered because of his clear german background. His injury set him back but he's a valuable player and when the stakes get raised he has rarely been left behind.
Beast mode and miles better than Bradley today. Shut the F up Twellman, your insipid cheer leading for MB and refusal to acknowledge JJ is pathetic.
The dude played Champions League for Schalke! The difference is that he has played high stakes games! And he can not only hang there, but actually be a real asset there. Howard, FJ, Dempsey, and usually MB are the main other guys there, possibly Cameron as well.
5 years ago, before his injury, he was best XI in the Bundesliga. I still wonder how things would have been if he were healthy and eligible to play in South Africa. He might have been a difference maker. Still I doubt he could have topped today - a truly mature and incredibly disciplined performance. But, I hope we can move beyond references to hyphenated-Americans. I served in the Army once upon a time, and spent my time in Germany. While to my knowledge there aren't any little Crewmudgeons running around (though not for a lack of trying) I can attest to the special relationship that exists between Germany and the USA. It is not the same as the special political relationship that exists with Britain and the other major English speaking nations (Canada, Australia, New Zealand). Nevertheless it exists. More Americans are of German heritage than any other nationality, and we are as the great American historian Arthur Schlesinger described an Anglo-Germanic culture. So, for me Jermaine, Fabian, John Anthony, Timothy, and Julian are just Americans. The same as Thomas Dooley, or other German-Americans such as Walter Bahr, Brad Friedel or Kyle Beckerman.
This guy is a stud. This was his best game in the US jersey. He's played like that for years in Bundesliga.
By far. At times, he has been a hinderance, but he has left that plateau. We now have midfielders in Jones, Bradley, Beckerman, Zusi, and others that cover when one player plays poorly or is otherwise neutralized by the opponent
He finally has been able to control his temper. Didn't Ian Darke say tonight that he has gone 10 games without a yellow... which is a record for him? which is why he has been a question mark.
I already recognized Jones for a vastly improved style of play for us during the warm up matches, but I will do it again for today and with emphasis. He was our MOTM. No doubts at all. I was a big critic of his during qualifiers and I still stand by what I was seeing back then but he is playing exceptionally for us since the camp. Not sure if its the new setup with Beckerman or if he had a come to Jurgen discussion that focused his play but he is paying back on that loyalty big time.
Jermain f'n Jones. Man of the Match and consistently out works most of everybody on the field. Well played...so glad to a see a thread like this in here today.