Will Hahnemann get a game?

IMO it depends on how he does in camp and if Howard gets injured or red-carded. Cannon is very good too.

 

I happened to notice while watching Reading's playoff matches, that MH's distribution was outstanding. His long kicks almost always found the head or chest of a teammate. Some credit should be given to the hustle of the players, but from what I could tell MH's accuracy was remarkable.

I believe I recall Bruce saying that Friedel was a better distributor than Keller, and that is what edged him out for the starting role in K/J, so we know that Bruce feels this is important. This is the type of thing that could earn MH some playing time.

 

Right now, I would assume he is going in as third choice, but then again Cannon has zero caps, I think. Arena cares more about a keeper's current form than distribution, so it's up to Marcus to outplay the others.

But I wouldn't bet on it, unless Howard coughs up another like that one he practically threw into the net a month ago.

 

I didn't mean to imply that that alone would earn him PT, but it could edge him out if Bruce feels the other stuff is about equal among the three.

 

I guess the answer is "maybe." I assume, based on the fact that he is playing every week at a high level and Cannon is riding the pine, he comes in as #2.

We play three games in five days, so we'll see plenty of changes to our starting XI, but for a keeper that schedule is probably not a big deal. If Howard plays (and practices) well, he could well get to start all three games. If Hahnemann looks excellent in training, maybe he'll get a game.

The bad thing about the schedule is that you might most likely sit a first-choice player in the middle game, but in this case Brazil is the middle game, so I don't know if he'll make that move. However, maybe Arena goes with our "best" against Turkey and Cameroon in an attempt to advance, and sends out a defensive squad playing for a draw against Brazil. It'll be interesting to see.

 

Cannon is good, but in all honesty I don't rate him above Hahnemann. He does not have the wherewithal to save the most important of shots. But if Cannon is the second keeper, I imagine Arena will save Howard for Brazil, so Cannon gets Turkey. In that scenario, if things turn really disastrous against Turkey, then Arena will go to Hahnemann for Cameroon.

 

If you go by the last Confederation Cup, then Bruce won't play Tim Howard all 3 games. If you go by...well, alot of examples, Bruce would like to get Work Permit caps for Joe Cannon, the only one of the 3 who needs them.

So who knows. IMO, he should play Marcus at least once, if that would make Reading happy. We start WCQs early next spring/late winter, and I think that an in-form Marcus would be better than an out-of-season Adin Brown. But more available than an in-season Kasey Keller or Brad Friedel.

That being the case, Bruce needs to make Reading happy, to give himself a better shot of getting released.

 

Really, you think Arena plans to give Cannon enough caps to get a work permit? That's a real stretch, man.

 

I think Tim will get most, if not all of the starts. And I think Joe Cannon is higher rated than Hahnemann at the moment. I've read the Bruce is anxious to have some of the new guys get some major-tourney calibre experience, but it's not like MH is a spring chicken and I don't see him fitting into the National team picture in the future.

Besides, I think MH's season was a fluke and he'll go back to punching corners into his own net like he did at Fulham.

 

Last season would have had to have been a fluke too, as he didn't do that in the 2 or 3 months that he was on loan back then either. Seven clean sheets in a row IIRC.

I don't expect him to start as I'd imagine it'd be a perfect chance to see how the younger guys cope with a bit of pressure. Mind you if he does start it'd be good to see (from a Reading point of view) but then again I don't know if any British channel is going to bother covering the event.

 

Honestly, not really a clue, but I suspect both cannon and hahnemann have an equal chance of getting PT behind howard. Problem for them is though that Id expect Howard to start all the games for the US in the confed cup.

 

I don't think that the one cap that Joe Cannon might earn in the Confederations Cup will make much of a difference for his Work Permit.

 

I seriously doubt that work permit caps will have any effect on Arena's decesion making. However, playing time and current form clearly do. On that basis, I would think that if either of the two back-up keepers get any time that it would be Hahnemann. The most likely scenario would be against Cameroon if it was already determined if we would advance or not.

 

Howard will need the games for the permit more than Cannon if the move to Man U goes ahead 8)

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Re: Will Hanhnemann get a game ????

I hope so.

I've heard good reports from his play with Reading & would like to see him in action, especially under pressure.

However, unless we go into the Cameroon match needing a result to get out of the group, IMO we won't see Hahnemann.

 

Man U is going to either pull some strings to get around the work permit, or Howard will get his Hungarian passport faster than normal.

Remember its Man U we're talking about...

 

What about to play somebody that have prove that he know what to do with the ball once in front of the goal... Hint(Twelman)... why ya all part time soccer fans get closer to reality and quit having pipe dreams with people that have not earn fair and square a chance to play....

 

Ya, thats true. Hopefully at the C Cup we can just get the best one out there and win it all.

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