Bradley turnover EDIT: Wow, Tachsidis is doing well! Just picked off a pass, made a run with the ball, and chipped in a goal.
Tach looks pretty good with a great goal and hockey assist, although he had a couple of mindless giveaways.
Tachtsidis is having a very eventful first half hour. He has a beautiful through ball hockey assist, a wonderful chipped goal and has completed about as many passes to the other team as he has Roma players. He looks very talented though.
Early on I think MB looks considerably more comfortable than last game. Some of his passes are a bit ambitious, but you can say the same about a number of Roma's players, and I think that's what the coach wants. But MB does seem to have a better idea of where his teammates and their runs will be.
I think Bradley started off as a DM, but he seems to have pushed forward into a box-to-box role as the half's progressed.
4-0 HT. I thought Bradley played fairly well but still has some sharpening up to do before the season starts, just like the rest of the team.
Apparently this team hasn't finished higher than bottom half of the table in Poland for the past 5 seasons. I'm not entirely sure what they're doing here to be honest.
AS Roma layin a beat down and you can tell they aren't even in 3rd gear. Bojan channeling his inner Messi.
Looked like Tach was Dmid and Bradley/Pjanic were playing both ways. Bradley has been solid so far, but I'd like to see him involved in a goal at some point. He's not quite on the same page with anybody in the other teams area.
Bradley had a few nice plays of the sort that reminds you he can play. Mostly setting up teammates from deep but also a few nice attacking runs later on. Osvaldo tried to backheel Mikey in once but it was just behind him. Mikey appreciated the effort. I'm very sad FSC lost the Seria A rights...
I thought MB looked very good while still seeming to be little unsure of the movements of his teammates. He's a very composed and skillful operator in the midfield and I look forward to watching both he and De Rossi work the midfield in Serie A. On another note those Roma kits are sweet. I'm about to drop some cash on Bradley shirt.
Wow. If Bradley can hold on to his starting spot after the first 10 games, I think he might end up doing some damage. He only needs to work on a few things, I think. In order of importance. 1. Defensive positioning. He is always about a yard out of position defending against possession. This leave soft spots in dangerous areas. In the box, he is not fighting his ground. He is giving the shooter that 3 point cushion. He needs to fight for position. 2. Better attacking passes. He is going to be the recipient of a lot of balls that can either turn into a deadly counter attack or possession that goes nowhere. He is the decider in a lot of these cases. That touch will need to come just a half second faster from him. 3. Offensive timing. All that time in Holland is going to pay off as he remembers the timing and finishing. He could end up with 6 to 8 goals this year. This Roma team is going to be a heartbreaker. They are going to win some big matches, but they are also going to lose to some ruthless veteran counter attacking teams.