I'm not talking out of my ass though. The New Zealand game you could clearly hear the goalie yelling instructions to Jozy and him not doing it. The Mexico game you couldn't hear what Guzan was saying but you could see him pointing and yelling at Jozy. Then there's the small detail that Jozy usually isn't ever tasked with marking anyone on a corner. We use a combo of man and zone. His role is in the zone. And it's exclusively in the front two zones. Who's responsible for being the first defender. I might not have been in the damn room but I'm not talking out of my ass to push some agenda. You can claim speculative but I'm not inventing anything. Watch our defending of corners and you'll see.
Even if - IF - Brooks did apologize, there are two other reasons why he could have still been angry with JK Yes, it was Brooks' fault, but it's the manager's job to not report the apology to the world and so point the finger at the player in question while taking the pressure off the manager. The manager's job is to (subtly) deflect the balme: "JAB could have done better, but there mistakes were already made in front of him, so it was also a collective failure that left him exposed;" "yes, that was a mistake, but there were a lot of them out there tonight. His led to a goal instead of any one of 4-5 others that didn't, and I'm as angry about those as I am about his;" etc. Brooks, like his team mates has lost confidence in Klinsi, and they're all feeling pissed and sorry for themselves, so he apologized in a "guys, I'm sorry to you for my mistake, but we're all over the place tactically so it was me this time" kind of way. Either way, he has grounds to be annoyed. Even so, that's not the problem. Mourinho ain't exactly famous for shielding the players he's angry with after making mistakes. Quite the opposite. But the players (used to) put up with it because he (once) had a perfect sense of which players would respond well to being pointed at and which ones wouldn't, and he (formerly) protected the latter he (has been) a coach whose tactical awareness - whether you loked his teams' play or not - was spot on so the players put up with it to win trophies. That's deserted him recently. It hasn't deserted Klinsi, because he never had it in the first place.
Not a JK apologist, but there is that WC thing he won. Some folks consider that a maningful trophy. Never mind me or those pesky facts though, carry on.... Klinsi Raus!!
Ouch, anyone see his coach's comments after the Augsburg game? "he didn't look that good out there..." http://www.espnfc.us/german-bundesl...-may-be-rested-after-next-international-break
Dardai is right though, traveling that many miles is rough on the body, and then that only gets amplified when you're 6 foot 5 and only have two days at most to prepare.
No argument from me, there! I can give Juergen his due as a player even if I don't like him as coach for the USMNT. Nothing against German coaches, either. I would have loved to see a Klinsmann for Loew swap (not that it would ever happen).
More on the "waah waah waah! We don't like when our players have to travel all the way outside Europe to play international games!" saga.
90 mins in a 3-2 win vs. Wolfsburg. Crazy match as BSC were awarded a PK in stoppage time and Kalou converted.
I think a lot of people who complain/get annoyed by the reluctance of players or coaches to go to friendlies thousands of miles off don't really get this. I know just from friend's kids who play D1 soccer (or my own brief career playing college JV or even when I was traveling for business every Sunday night after playing my geezer game in the morning) that folding a sportsman's frame into a commercial airline seat, even business class, if it's old equipment, can be brutal on the joints and muscles. I don't envy these guys (or the MLS guys - lots of long travel in that league as well. )
how big of a club is Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga? judging by history and dedication of fans and trophies (or lack thereof)?
They also play in the second largest stadium in Germany. Seats 70+k tho I don't know their attendance record
Gotcha. though i was more curious is if are their fans like massively dedicated like say some Newcastle type fans. Also like how's the club viewed in the ranks of the Bundesliga? Over-achievers lately or mid-tier or relegation fodder
Kaiserslautern would be like Newcastle. Hertha has a complicated history because of cold war politics and that has lead to a complicated relationship with their fan base.