John Anthony Brooks at Hoffenheim

I would place Brooks right in with those (good) players. I’d take Brooks over Gooch any day of the week.

 

Wolfsburg coach Glasner defends Brooks and doesn't seem to be headed for benching.

Oliver Glasner is looking for positive examples directly from him. "He gave us a lot of stability in Bremen and Leverkusen". He is John Anthony Brooks. And yes, the 27-year-old cut a fine figure at 4: 1 in Leverkusen (kicker grade 2) and 1: 0 in Bremen (kicker grade 2.5). The problem of the American: In the other five games after the re-start, he was involved in sometimes grotesque defense behavior in several goals, three times (Dortmund, Freiburg, Gladbach) there was the kicker grade 5.
https://www.kicker.de/777838/artike..._patzen_glasner_stellt_sich_vor_brooks#twfeed


but that inconsistency is highlighted. Also he's safe now but next season is always a new topic. Won't be saved/protected forever if he has more bad games than good.

 

It's not even being inconsistent. It's the type of forwards the other team has.

 

Well, I wouldn't trust Demerit or Onyewu to make a good pass, but I'd certainly trust them to be good defenders (though I always questioned about Onyewu's ability to turn--he was quite immobile, for good and for bad).

 

I wish usmnt had brooks instead of demerit in 2009 confed cup championship game...woulda won for sure. demerit had some absolute bonehead plays in the biggest game of his life.

 

In Brooks’ defense, if any of you watched Man U v Spurs today, you saw Harry McGuire look an awful lot similar to Brooks in a 1 v 1 situation against the first goal scorer. Maybe it’s just that situation. A fast attacker versus a big slow defender.

 

Starts:

Diese elf Wölfe starten ins letzte Auswärtsspiel der Saison! 🙏#S04WOB #VfLWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/6BNINunvxY

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) June 20, 2020

 

Starts:

And here's your starting lineup for today's matchup against @FCBayernUS! #WOBFCB pic.twitter.com/6aLmq2nzlM

— VfL Wolfsburg US 🇬🇧🇺🇸 #GetENwithUS (@VfLWolfsburg_US) June 27, 2020

 

🕐 74' | More subs for the Wolves and a final appearance for Robin Knoche 💚

⬅️John Anthony Brooks
➡️Robin Knoche

⬅️Daniel Ginczek
➡️Yannick Gerhardt#WOBFCB | 0⃣-3⃣ pic.twitter.com/NXYJAyiK4R

— VfL Wolfsburg US 🇬🇧🇺🇸 #GetENwithUS (@VfLWolfsburg_US) June 27, 2020

 

With the 4-0 loss to Bayern last weekend, coupled with Hoffenheim winning on the final day, VfL Wolfsburg fell from sixth to seventh place in the final Bundesliga standings. Dropping that one spot caused Wolfsburg to qualify for the 2020/2021 Europa League second qualifying round instead of the group stage (this could still change if Wolfsburg themselves (Wolfsburg qualifying for Champions League group stage) or Bayer Leverkusen (Wolfsburg qualify for Europa League group stage) win the 2019/2020 Europa League). The 2020/2021 Europa League qualifying and play-off rounds will be single leg matches due to scheduling delays resulting from COVID.The second qualifying round is scheduled for September 17th.

Below are the highlights from the Bayern match. Brooks has at least some involvement in the sequences leading to the three Bayern goals while he was on the pitch as well as a couple of other of the plays shown.



As mentioned above, Wolfsburg's 2019/2020 campaign is not over as they are scheduled to play their Europa Leg Round of 16 away second leg against Shakhtar Donetsk on August 5th or 6th. The tie may potentially be played at a neutral stadium in Germany instead of in Ukraine. Wolfsburg trail 2-1 after the home first leg.

 

A move to England?

German news source Kicker is reporting this morning that Wolfsburg would not be opposed to part ways with John Anthony Brooks (27) this summer assuming a suitable offer is found for the USMNT center back #USMNT #OneGoal pic.twitter.com/SctUXbLJfA

— OneGoal (@OneGoalUS) July 20, 2020

 

I'll go on the record as not opposed as well.

 

I wonder if it's a promoted side.

 

Chelsea?

 

Chelsea could actually use him as their center backs are... less than adequate (i think that's nice enough)

 

While I'd love to see another Yank in the Prem, JAB is no better than Christensen.

 

The Kicker article cited above doesn't mention any interest, and seems to go out of its way to speculate that there won't be much.

https://www.kicker.de/4000000034206...rg-sucht-innenverteidiger-was-wird-aus-brooks

The central defender of VfL Wolfsburg, who came from Hertha BSC for 20 million euros in 2017, played 25 Bundesliga games in the past season (no goal, kicker mark 3.74) and failed several times, especially in the second half of the season. VfL would not be reluctant to let go of the left footer. The combination of contract (until 2022), salary and performance do not make the American a magnet for interest. Nevertheless, the Wolfsburg-based company is looking for reinforcements for central defense.

 

Ehh, that ain't a great ad for the kid. Those Germans don't hold back when they are unimpressed.

 

Die Startelf unserer Wölfe gegen @FCShakhtar! 💪#DONWOB #VfLWolfsburg #UEL pic.twitter.com/1R4eyovunO

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) August 5, 2020

Brooks starts in the Europa League at Shakhtar. Shakhtar lead 2-1 after the first leg.

 

brooks just made a very awkward clumsy challenge on a header to secure hmiself a yellow card which puts him out of wolfsburgs next match if they are able to miraculously turn this around. first 60 minutes from them have been absolutely dire.

 

man i cant wait to hear that red card discussed. shaktar are down a man now. oh my god brooks just takes a ridiculously dumb second yellow and we are even again.

 

Aaaaaaaaaand JAB caps off a crappy game with a second yellow. He's gone. Shakhtar got a straight red a few minutes ago, so, it's 10 v 10.

 

shakhtar score. this match better from uly llanezs perspective than john brooks'

 

Wolfsburg losing 3-0, 5-1 agg.
This match was 0-0 until 89'.