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Jones has no confidence in his throws. He short arms so much shit.

Feels like Bama is about to run it down our throats and squeeze the life out of this game.

He was doing backflips during warmups. Give him his shot.

Mullen getting worked. His loyalty to EJ is going to get us drilled.

Accurate

It definitely feels like 2020 Jogi Low is coaching the USMNT. Bizarre lineups, formations, and a focus on possession with no clear ideas how to get through the final third. Last nights starting 11 is proof that Greg is just throwing shit at a wall and hoping something good will happen. Coaches matter in soccer more than most sports. I’ve watched a couple of coaches walk into loaded teams at Bayern and just completely shit the bed. There isn’t a single idea, tactic, or lineup that everyone has to adhere to, but the good coaches are able to combine the best players and give them a defined focus on the game and season. They are also able to manage egos and dictate style of play. Some guys have that ability, I don’t think Greg is one of them.

I think a lot of that extra dribbling is the lack of tactics, especially in the final third. Some of that is lack of playing together, but I think more of it is a lack of any plan other than “sure, Gio or CP can dribble through half the team” by Greg. CP can definitely provide service, he’s proven that at Chelsea, but everyone needs to be on the same sheet of music. CP gets so much attention and can win plenty of take-ons that will open massive space for others. If we don’t plan around that though. It’s pointless. I like CP at the 10, he has the ability on the ball to win duels and create space. I agree that Gio seems much more driven to score than facilitate, but he's too good to keep off the field. Again, that’s where coaching needs to assert itself. You want confidence and creativity, but you also want it to be smart and team focused. If you win a 1 on 3, that means multiple guys are standing in craters. In an ideal world we would have CP at 10, Gio and AA-Ron on the wings, and Pepi at the 9. We can’t rely on Pepi to be able to dominate in the middle the same way we can’t rely on CP to dominate from the wings or the 10. We need flexibility and intelligence from all those guys to recognize how they are being defended and to adjust to what will work the best. If a team has some horses inside that negate Pepi, he needs to play more of a holdup/distributor role. Against smaller teams feed Pepi quality service all fucking night. I love his debut, but you can bet that teams will now focus on him and we can’t expect to run back the same team and get the same result.

So the question is, do I get the jersey with his current number or just give him the number 9 that he deserves?

All Pepi, all the time.

That settles it, i have to buy a Pepi jersey.

HEY GREG, HOW ABOUT YOU WORK ON HOW TO SEND QUALITY SERVICE TO A FUCKING STRIKER BEFORE THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL BREAK YOU FUCK. /caps

PEPIIIIIIIIIIIII

Acosta is our next best corner taker behind CP?

Greg is shitting the bed, CP can’t even run and Greg isn’t ready to sub? Absolutely trash ass coaching.

His gait, it’s definitely labored.

I love CP, but he has to stop thinking all contact is a foul.

Holy shit, one decent cross and we score.

Lol, didn’t sub sands or Acosta, so the midfield is still disconnected.

Lol, first comment

Starting to believe the Greg has lost the locker room talk. Not only do the look lost the look lifeless. No energy, getting beat to all the 50/50 stuff, no focus on passing. The let’s wait for Pulisic to pull a rabbit out of his ass strategy isn’t working Greg, what else you got?

Sands is playing like ass.

Honduras isn’t parking shit. They are pressing the shit out of our back line because they know they don’t know wtf they are doing. Midfield is non-existent and not working to open any space or connect to the top. This is 11 dudes just running around with their heads cut off.

That’s on brooks.

My dot was almost right on top of the new liberal party. I wish we could move towards more parties/coalition style govt, but there’s no fucking way it will happen. Lobbyists gonna lobbyist.