more than a notch or two (I didn't think he was that great of an MLS player)... he may now be one of the scariest attacking players we'll play against (whether he clicks with Seattle or not).
You look at the old NASL & Pele's Cosmos and the classic World Cup matches of 1994 and although I commend the Seattle fans enthusiasm to a point, I never thought I'd ever live to see the day 70,000 fans would turn up to see an American player make his club debut. I guess congratulations should be in order even though I don't really see or understand the big attraction. My compliments just the same!
Watching the Timbers-Sounders game, and Dempsey is doing his best USMNT show-boating and is getting dispossessed a ton around the 50th minute.
Oh yeah, we are of the few that see him pull that stuff regularly and fail at it. Even though they lost, the Portland defenders and midfield kept putting him in the ground most of the game. It was pretty funny to watch. Seattle deserves Dempsey IMO. He thinks he's a midfield maestro and he's not, and they paid out the nose for him. Just like Seattle fans think they have had "Championship" teams when they haven't, and they have paid tons of money for a mediocre team with a huge and delusional fanbase. A match made in heaven.
When he wasn't attempting to showboat (and failing), he hit several midfield maestro passes. . If he figures out he's not going to get the calls in MLS that he's used to getting elsewhere, and stops the showboating, they'll get their money's worth out of him.
True, the man has great vision and did have some great passes, but his ego seems to always get the better of him when he does well and he begins showing his ass. A perfect example of this was when he was with Fulham and royally screwed his team out of three points. Instead of just heading in the blocked PK, he decided to Joga Bonito a bicycle kick and missed wide like a jackass. I hope he keeps it up.
If he keeps drinking it up with Johansson tearing it up in Holland Dempsey will be the shortest serving captain in Nat's history.
He was interviewed yesterday on Morning Addition as part of a story about the huge turnout Seattle got with him. He thinks he can showboat here, whereas he was encouraged to 1 - 2 touch in the EPL... He doesn't get it.
This is a perfect example of why I have never been a fan of his. He'll screw his team over so he can try to be a player he's not.
Told you guys I was more concerned about Dempsey getting hurt on crap turf than anything else. Ruining our USMNT chances all so Seattle can have their star.
As opposed to the 90's, the USMNT has so much depth that either with or without Dempsey, the USMNT can be re-tooled and Clint can be replaced. I mean regardless of how much they've made him out to be, even though he was/is a good player , he will never be a savior.
This is very true. Dempsey is not a world beater. Sure, he's made some crucial goals for the US and had a good year for Fulham, but overall he's slow and irresponsible.