Who To Bring in for a Look

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by Maximum Optimal, Mar 30, 2022.

  1. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bring in for a look?

     
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  2. nycfc919

    nycfc919 Member+

    Aug 17, 2015
    No.
     
  3. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    < eyes emoji>

     
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  4. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why not?
     
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  5. nycfc919

    nycfc919 Member+

    Aug 17, 2015
    Because he plays for a middling Argentinian club (albeit one with history) and his production is ~whatever and he has a ~0% chance of making the World Cup squad.
     
  6. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He’s 23 and playing decently well for his club. There’s no harm in taking a look. I wouldn’t say he’s a likely candidate for the World Cup squad, but it’s not inconceivable if he comes to camp and shows well. Especially since we still have room for guys in the center of the field.
     
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  7. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    he could be our next Brooks Lennon
     
  8. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Why do people want to play your best player out of position??

    Put him on the left and give him good spacing to work. Stop re-inventing the wheel.
     
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  9. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Imo, his best position is a-mid.
     
  10. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    Several top level coaches disagree with you. He is better on the left. Just get the ball with plenty of space to work and other guys on dangerous positions
     
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  11. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Sure, too bad we don't have Klinsman. He would leave Pulisic and took Balogun. Whom I'm kidding, Balogun isn't from BL2, but he would cut Pulisic anyway.
     
  12. TrustingtheProcess

    Philadelphia Union
    United States
    Jun 11, 2021
    Philadelphia, USA
    Normally I would agree with this but unless a player looks like they could potentially make a real difference on the field in Qatar like CCV, Djorde or Wright, I think you have the core as many reps as possible together. I've watched like 3 games of this kid, which I know is not a lot, but I don't think he is better than Llegett or Roldan.
     
  13. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    CCV and EPB are gonna get game time. Robinson went down last night with a possible Achilles injury. Not sure who else is gonna get a run.
     
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  14. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    I assume Long because he is a fave, and Zimmerman. I hope Brooks is back in, but doubt it. Thankfully Richards should be healthy (barring re-injury) come Qatar.
     
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  15. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    I always thought 5 out
    M Robinson
    Zimmerman
    Long
    Brooks
    Richards
    EPB
    CCV

    Would go but beyond the first two, I wasn't sure who else.
     
  16. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
    Club:
    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    IMO that is the problem. Our mids are incapable of doing that.

    Puli had goos success last cycle tipping the diamond as our mids had the same problem but Puli was central and hence, more involved.
     
  17. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    Our mids receive the ball deep because the wingbacks are both always so far forward. So forwards often are forced to drop deep to receive from the mids. The reason we all get excited when Musah and LDLT carry the ball forward great distances is because it seems to be the only way to get the ball to the forwards in a place they can threaten with it. Always attacking from the wing makes us easier to defend IMO.
     
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  18. Smileton

    Smileton Member

    Richmond Kickers, Ipswich Town FC, FC Kaiserslautern
    United States
    Feb 7, 2012
    Richmond, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't think bringing in Sonora is any different than bringing in CCV. Both play at a position of need in a middling league. Honestly, there are at least four CBs not named Robinson that I would run out before CCV--EPB, Zimmermann, Brooks, and Richards. Maybe he's improved dramatically playing against Sr. Mirren and Aberdeen this year and he'll look good for the USA. And maybe Sonora is considerably better than Lleget 2.0, and can inject some offensive punch into our anemic attack. As we found out with LDLT, it isn't always easy to see how a technically gifted player on a middling team can still be the right fit and a useful player. I say kick the tires. We need someone to get the ball to our danger men just as much as we need to shore up our CB corps. I do have one caveat: If we do call Sonora it shouldn't be at the expense of Mihailovic. He's earned a call. .
     
  19. nycfc919

    nycfc919 Member+

    Aug 17, 2015
    The worst part about the MRob injury is that Long is way too high up the depth chart.
     
  20. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    Agreed. Because of the difficulty we have connecting between (our deep sitting) midfielders and our forwards, I would prefer that either Brooks or Richards be in the starting lineup, because at least with one of them in there we have a chance of making line breaking passes.
     
  21. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    That why you need Gio in the middle and forward that is dangerous enough over the top like Jesus.

    But we have big time coach to figure out answers to that question.
     
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  22. Mt Stone@

    Mt Stone@ Member

    Apr 30, 2016
    USA
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    here are the ones I want to see...Palmer-Brown, CCV, Alan Sonora, Jonathan Gomez, Mihailovic, Pomykal
     
  23. Deadtigers

    Deadtigers Member+

    Jul 23, 2015
    Independent Republic of the Bronx, NY
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ghana
    How has Johny Soccer been playing?
     
  24. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well auditions for Zimms partner just opened up sadly after finally locking in our starting center back pairing
     
  25. Mt Stone@

    Mt Stone@ Member

    Apr 30, 2016
    USA
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Also Haji Wright
     
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