Dempsey is tough!!

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by wrench, Jun 23, 2010.

  1. wrench

    wrench Member+

    May 12, 2007
    NYC
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    In the last few games he has gotten beaten up pretty good. Yet, at the end of 90 mins, he is leading the charge into the goal. Punched, kicked, spiked and a lot the camera did not catch. I love him. He has the heart of a Lion and brings it to the field every match. Not only USMNT, he brings it to Fulham every weekend. They got a winner cheap.
     
  2. irish56

    irish56 Member+

    Oct 30, 2006
    indy
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're my boy, Deuce!
     
  3. dredgfan

    dredgfan Member+

    MLS
    Nov 5, 2004
    Denver or NOLA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dempsey the Bull carried the game, not LD. Dempsey created half of LD's goal by making the run.

    Dempsey may not be captain, but he wears his emotion and plays with more heart than most anyone ever.
     
  4. jamezyjamez

    jamezyjamez Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Dallas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    dempsey was very involved today but his finishing was crap. the morale of the story for deuce is that, if youre going to blow 5-6 golden scoring chances...be sure that Landon has your back so he can score the rebound.
     
  5. NBlue

    NBlue Member

    Jun 17, 2002
    Orlando, Florida
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Forgive me but I am going to disagree with the general sentiment that is likely to emerge on this thread.

    I thought Dempsey's lack of ability to finish severely hurt the US squad today. He was consistently provided with the final ball and found a way to fail to find the net on multiple occasions. From his left footed toe poke in the first half to him hitting the post on the 1 v.1 with the keeper and subsequent missed left foot open net shot to his skied free kick to his failure to get the ball over the keeper on the final play Dempsey found numerous ways to NOT score why failing to provide any easy opportunities for any of our other players to score. Dempsey is tough, no doubt, but I thought his lack of class in the final third really held us back today.
     
  6. dred

    dred Member+

    Nov 7, 2000
    Land of Champions
    You left out his inability to hire a linesman with 20/20 vision.
     
  7. drew coho ohio

    Apr 15, 2008
    Columbus OH USA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Dempsey is not a good shooter...wish he was

    but that said ..

    ....That punk captain of Algeria should be punished severely for punching Clint in the face. Did you slow mo that shit. It was a sucker punch by the idiot that got the Red at the end of the game.

    I couldnt believe my eyes when i saw the replay. It was in the 84 or 85 minute I think. We were fighting for the win and this little bitch who represented Algeria tried to take out our player.

    He should get a ban from International play.
     
  8. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
    Club:
    --other--
    You don't need to shit on Landon. Without him we don't get out of the Slovenia match, even if Clint's heart grew three sizes that day.
     
  9. Lone C

    Lone C Member

    Dec 14, 2009
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I find it hard to blame him on most of his chances. The good chances of Dempsey's I recall:

    - Nice tap in goal (incorrectly disallowed).
    - Fairly weak shot on goal from in close that was mostly a good last minute tackle on Donovan's pass.
    - Decent long range shot that was well stopped by the keeper with no rebound.
    - Well-taken shot off the inside of the post. Difficult to fault a good shot that's a few inches too far outside.
    - Bad miss off of the rebound off of the post that he definitely should have done better with, even if it was a tough shot on his wrong side.
    - Miss on the counterattack, of which Donovan scored the rebound. Good play by the goalkeeper to pick it almost right off of his foot.
     
  10. NBlue

    NBlue Member

    Jun 17, 2002
    Orlando, Florida
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'll give you that. He got in good position to finish that and nailed the sitter that Herc set up for him and it was wrongly disallowed. I don't think Clint it terrible I just wonder whether it is the right move to have him moved to forward in light of his struggles finishing. He is tough, no doubt, but I'd take him being a little less tough and finishing a higher percentage of the chances set on a platter for him.
     
  11. chalaron

    chalaron Member+

    Aug 15, 2006
    Baton Rouge, Louisia
    I don't think his finishing was necessarily off today. The post shot was a nice effort, that happens. The rebound he should have done better with but whatever. The toe poke someone mentioned: I'm pretty sure his foot hit an Algerian players leg and it caused him to not get any power on it, though I'll have to rewatch. The Donovan goal play was a good run by Deuce and would have been extremely hard to finish.

    It does seem like he's taking a beating more so than any of our other players, not sure if it's his style of play or because he has swagger and some people intentionally give em the business if they don't like that.

    At the end of the day, we won so who cares.
     
  12. jamezyjamez

    jamezyjamez Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Dallas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    if findley had blown those chances, he'd be getting skewered on these boards. just saying...
     
  13. Editor In Chimp

    Editor In Chimp Member+

    Sep 7, 2008
    I think considering clint is probably the best clutch scorer on the team, he might be deserving of a little more slack than Findley, especially considering his overall effort.

    And, as someone else pointed out, it's not like he missed a bunch of sitters. Disallowed goal, last minute tackle, post, rushed shank (this is the only one that's 100% on him) and a 50/50 ball at the end that he managed to make sure created a rebound.
     
  14. jamezyjamez

    jamezyjamez Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Dallas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    sorry i don't give slack :D you dont get a lot of sitters in big games, more like half chances. good players score a few of the half chances. clints a good player. he didnt score any of them.
     
  15. ussoccerFan12358

    Mar 11, 2006
    Central NY
    Even the "shank", all his momentum was taking him away from goal, it was on his off foot and most importantly, it was a bouncing ball. I know it was from close range, but it was no gimme.
     
  16. Red Star

    Red Star Member

    Jan 10, 2002
    Fayetteville, AR
    Strongly disagree. A shot that bounces of the post is a miss, is a miss, is a miss. It was a bad miss from in close, with time. No other way to honestly describe it.

    Dempsey is tough though and I certainly want him to start against Ghana. A very important player for us who leads by example.
     
  17. JediMindTricks

    Jun 20, 2006
    Houston
    on the flipside, you can say that he's been getting in good position all game and perhaps he was bound to score one eventually.

    obviously, he didn't. but he was getting good chances. like someone else said, i don't really blame him for his misses. the post was just bad luck. it happens. like rooney's shot today. i think the toepoke was blocked or a defender got a tackle in.

    he is a warrior. however, i wish he would spend less time on the ground and staring at a ref. obviously, some fouls are worse than others and do require time to get back up. but he does spend a lot of clock on the ground and complaining to the refs.
     
  18. T Nitty

    T Nitty New Member

    Jun 3, 2004
    MD
    I actually thought he might be added to the long list of pre-World Cup injuries during that Australia "friendly". Hope he's getting first choice of masseuse post-game.

    If linesman hadn't blown the offside call today, you wouldn't see any Dempsey detractors here.
     
  19. cklab

    cklab Member

    Jan 3, 2008
    Dallas
    A - what has Findley done for this team? or his club lately for that matter?

    B - if Dempsey's goal is rightly allowed, who's to say his finishing would have been as poor the rest of the game? Unfortunately that's the way it goes sometimes... once a few seasons ago, Liverpool had a legitimate goal wrongly disallowed early in a game against Stoke. They never could find the back of the net after and it finished a 0-0 draw. Shit happens.
     
  20. jamezyjamez

    jamezyjamez Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Dallas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    findley scored as many goals today as dempsey
     
  21. CravenCrew

    CravenCrew New Member

    Mar 23, 2010
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    give it a rest
     
  22. jamezyjamez

    jamezyjamez Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Dallas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    no worries i will. i understand defending your fulham boy and i love him too. was just saying that his finishing was crap. that is all. go usa and good day all!
     
  23. cklab

    cklab Member

    Jan 3, 2008
    Dallas
    Findley had a goal wrongfully disallowed while suspended?

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  24. BarcaLover

    BarcaLover Member

    Aug 23, 2007
    Richmond, Virginia
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    he is a warrior. however, i wish he would spend less time on the ground and staring at a ref. obviously, some fouls are worse than others and do require time to get back up. but he does spend a lot of clock on the ground and complaining to the refs.

    gotta agree he spent a little too much time on the ground today for my liking
     
  25. dredgfan

    dredgfan Member+

    MLS
    Nov 5, 2004
    Denver or NOLA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm not shitting on him. I'm saying Dempsey was the look more dangerous to score for 89 of 95 minutes. Donovan sparked the Slovenia game, sure. But Clint did more throughout the game. Misses or not, as we learned against England, you gotta have a shot to score. He hit the post and scored (linesman error). Give him the credit, the call on the goal was "Dempsey in AGAIN, Donovan scores!"
     

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