Tyler Adams at AFC Bournemouth

Discussion in 'Yanks Abroad' started by TheFalseNine, Jul 11, 2018.

  1. twoolley

    twoolley Member+

    Jan 3, 2008
    All of them. Win together lose together.

    p.s. don’t get triggered
     
  2. run_it_out

    run_it_out Member+

    Earthquakes
    United States
    Jun 19, 2018
    I see, you mean top 5 in our hearts. Well in that case I agree.
     
  3. felloveranddidanadu

    Plymouth Argyle FC
    Dec 12, 2009
    Club:
    San Jose Frogs
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He reminds me of Kante but better going forward and worse defending. Adams, in the Kante mould, has become a very, very good ball winner and makes a ton of interceptions. But he's still over eager as we saw with Mueller playing him like a fiddle, and he wants to be a release valve and move the ball along quickly rather than make driving runs with the ball or get his head up and survey his options. So often his teammates don't want to just dump off the ball though so he could be used a lot more offensively, he's just not. They give it to him when they need to and expect it back quickly.
     
  4. Dirt McGirt

    Dirt McGirt Member+

    Jun 20, 2005
    Phoenix, AZ
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The People's Champ!
     
  5. frankburgers

    frankburgers Member+

    May 31, 2016
    Perhaps read the post again? Purely as a defender, meaning when the other team has the ball. I made no mention about the overall positional ranking...
     
  6. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Top 10 then.
     
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  7. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Something very weird has happened to this thread.
     
  8. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I mean, who doesn't get turned by Mueller?
     
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  9. derek750

    derek750 Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #3959 derek750, Apr 3, 2021
    Last edited: Apr 3, 2021
    I actually thought you were serious until I read Jorginho. :eek:

    And Fernandinho turns 36 next month.
     
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  10. run_it_out

    run_it_out Member+

    Earthquakes
    United States
    Jun 19, 2018
    I was making a point about the overhyping of American players. Anyway, I think I'm done here. If you all want to go on thinking that Adams is a top 5 player in the world at anything, go for it. I will continue enjoying him as a person and a player without being under any delusions. And maybe in a few years we can all agree that he is among the best defensive midfielders in the world.
     
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  11. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    At this point our victory in Qatar is completely inevitable.
     
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  12. kba4life1

    kba4life1 Member+

    Jul 14, 2010
    Irvine, CA
    I wouldn’t say Adams got turned. Looking at the goal the RB left back fell down right as the play started, so Adams who was 8 yards behind Mueller had to bust it to cover. You can argue he overcommitted, but he had to sprint so hard and the last thing you want to do is let Mueller get off an uncontested cross in that area.
     
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  13. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh, man the reference to the keeper diss towards the end was great!
     
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  14. adi21

    adi21 Member

    The ones that have Americans starting
    United States
    Mar 17, 2001
    Maryland
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jorginho ? You lost me there, did you watch the game yesterday ?
     
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  15. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    This post could have been put on the Pulisic, Sargent, Dest, Reyna or any of several other threads, but I am putting it here.

    I have always been flummoxed by the consistent desire of some BS posters to want to tamp down enthusiasm about the improving prospects of the USMNT talent pool, and the new inroads YAs are making in big European clubs. Maybe for some it is part of how they control your own expectations to minimize disappointment if all this new talent doesn’t produce big national team success. Maybe some are not US fans and just want to rain on the parade, as opposing fans do. Maybe some honestly don’t think these young players are better than previous YAs at similar stages of their careers. Or maybe some just like to position themselves here as wiser heads for message board social status reasons.

    I do t see any harm in enjoying what’s happening OR in dreaming out loud about what it might portend for the USMNT future. After all this is the YA board and these are young players who are still developing. If you want to imagine all the ways in which their progress might be derailed, or suggest that others’ USMNT hopes are silly or misguided, no one can stop you. But I confess that I don’t see why exactly you would want to at this place and time.
     
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  16. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    what does "flummoxed" mean?
     
  17. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    confused

    gobsmacked :)
     
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  18. appwrangler

    appwrangler Member

    Barcelona
    United States
    Dec 18, 2018
    Befuddled
    Flabbergasted
     
  19. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    I like "flabbergasted". It rolls off the tongue!
     
  20. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I love how serious Tyler gets when his speed is questioned:

     
  21. matabala

    matabala Member+

    Sep 25, 2002
    Maybe it's because the exact same post HAS been written by dreamers like yourself for the last thirty years. You keep that enthusiasm turned to high. As for myself, I'll settle for incremental victories.
     
  22. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    You know, pessimism and cynicism are not the same thing as wisdom.

    Or maybe you don’t.
     
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  23. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    After the McKennie incident, I feel Adams is the most logical, by far, choice for NT captain.
     
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  24. diablodelsol

    diablodelsol Member+

    Jan 10, 2001
    New Jersey
    My theory....the success rate of any prospect is low. It’s easier to be correct predicting failure than predicting success. Being correct a lot makes a whole bunch of people feel like experts in the internet....and they can always run away and hide when they’re wrong....or move the goalposts.

    But the real experts don’t get paid to identify the guys that won’t make it.
     
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  25. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    And that's what we love you for.
     

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