Our Lips are Tealed!: Let's unbury the Bunbury conversation and talk Teal

too many puns for my liking

 

I think he has just as bright or brighter future than Agudelo. I'd also personally like to see a forward line of Bunbury-Davies if/when Davies gets back to being called-up.

 

He just seems to be a "natural" goal-scorer. Not a guy who blasts the ball as hard as he can every time he gets near the goal, but places the ball where the keeper is not. When you add that to him being very fast and also having a "quick" shot, he has the potential to be a dangerous dude at a much higher level than MLS.

 

Won't happen in a billion years, but dammit I like the 4-3-3. Of course you'd be crazy to go three in the midfield and have two be largely attacking players, but who ever I said I wasn't crazy?

[LINEUP-4-3-3]Davies, Bunbury, Agudelo, Dempsey, Bradley/Jones, Donovan, Boca, Ream, Gooch(?), Chandler, Howard[/LINEUP-4-3-3]

 

I'm actually with you on this one... Agudelo might have all the spotlight at the moment but I think Teal has the higher ceiling in the long run. He's got more tools physically than Juan and if it comes together for him he could be a stud for club&country.

 

in the air

Just wondering about his aerial ability -- I still haven't seen enough of him to know.

How many of his MLS goals so far have come from headers?

 

Commenting only because I love the headline.

I agree that Bunbury could have just as bright a future as Agudelo, maybe. I would still take Agudelo but it's a close call. Bunbury may be a more impressive physical specimen now, but Agudelo is two years younger and still growing into his body. His goal for NYRB was quite impressive. Let's remember he's closer in age to Salgado than to Bunbury (who may be new to the USMNT but is the same age as Altidore who some here consider a senior citizen)...

 

Haven't seen enough of Bunbury, but it's nice to have two potential quality young attacking options in the early stage of development. It will be fun to watch them develop over the next few cycles together.

 

But if you take out Davies, put Donovan in his spot and have both Jones and Bradley in there that would be a very good lineup.

 

One thing we must give Bob credit for is bringing in these young forwards PRIOR to their breakout seasons in MLS. People might forget this, but Bob called in Charlie Davies BEFORE his breakout season in Sweden as well. And he called up Marcus Tracy from Denmark before he'd done anything. (Unfortunately he's gotten hurt, and hasn't gone anywhere. It happens) It gives these young guys confidence, and that much more desire to improve............

So far this season I've been more impressed by Teal than Agudelo in MLS.

You can define the incompetence of the CSA by the fact that they barely looked at him at the youth levels (one U17 cap, and two U20 caps)................and then had him walk out on their program.

 

These aren't your dad's puns! These are energy puns! TURBOPUNS!

 

Shouldn't it be "Woe, Canada"?

 

I'd leave Gooch out and replace him with someone who doesn't kick the ball as hard as possible over everyone's head and into the feet of the opposition again.

 

Tiger puns! Winning!

 

Those goals were class, it's nice to see some forward potential for the USMNT. Bunbury looks like he has talent and composure. Hope he plays in the gold cup.

 

And who would that be?

 

Re: in the air

He is poor in the air, just saying.

 

Re: in the air

I think i've only seen one headed goal while he has been in MLS (1 year and 3 games) and it was a lucky one. He headed it from about the 18 over an off-his-line goalkeeper.

 

Re: in the air

Well, for a 6'2"-center forward I have to say that's a bit disappointing.

Hopefully that's a part of his game that they're really concentrating on in KC.

 

Just ran across this, has all of his goals in a KC uniform (including the two against the Nucks)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kaO6mPhQ8s"]YouTube - Teal Bunbury: Sporting Kansas City | More than a soccer player; a role model[/ame]

 

Since we are day dreaming, I would put landon at LF, put Chandler at RM and move Lichaj at RB, now you have a very fast team, specially in the right side.

 

Re: in the air

I didn't realize he has ocho cinco size and speed. Agudelo is 6 feet tall but 2 years younger.