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1 hour ago, Bottlecap said:

i think i hate wil trapp more at whatever age he is right now than if bradley started in winter 2022

Completely agree.  At the very least, Bradley positions himself well.

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42 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Lineup all backups.  With so little continuity in the starting 11, I'm not sure I agree with this strategy.

i tend to agree. 

only thought i have is that we may face panama again.

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Positive from tonight's lineup: if we win from these yahoos I will feel great about this side going forward.

Negative from tonight's lineup: it's tonight's lineup. 

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Question:

You have a striker in Zardes who, albeit limited, works hard and is full of confidence after scoring four goals in two matches, so why the fuck is a no-account loafer like Altidore playing in his stead?

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Also, if the future of USA soccer is the likes of Baird, Lovitz, Trapp, Roldan, Mihailovic, et al., then we might as well leave the sunglasses at the store.

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forgot Mihailovic
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The Altidore ship has sailed. He is never getting back to the form he displayed in 2010. If this needs to be the nail in the coffin so be it but it's time to bring up Sargent and/or Weah and see who wins the job moving forward. 

Zardes isnt totally useless but he shouldn't be our #1 going into 2022. 

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2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

The Altidore ship has sailed. He is never getting back to the form he displayed in 2010. If this needs to be the nail in the coffin so be it but it's time to bring up Sargent and/or Weah and see who wins the job moving forward. 

Zardes isnt totally useless but he shouldn't be our #1 going into 2022. 

i was team altidore for quite a while, but he never bloomed.

that shot directly at he goalkeeper was vintage jozy.

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Of course Twellman defends this shit by saying that the backups aren't used to playing together.  Thing is, some of the stuff I'm noticing shouldn't be an issue whether you've got cohesion or not.  Shitty first touches, playing slow, playing a ball to traffic, passes not in motion, etc...  For the latter, I keep seeing players making runs, but they have to stop for the ball.  It's like a Greg Davis offense.

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1 minute ago, Braff Zacklin said:

I missed pre-game so I don't know if this answer is earnest. Resting Pulisic and a 70-year-old Bradley makes sense, but Zardes?

Agree.  And didn't Pulisic basically miss the last 2 months of the Bundesliga season?

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6 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Agree.  And didn't Pulisic basically miss the last 2 months of the Bundesliga season?

Nah - he played in their last 5 matches. He missed about a month in February and a month in March/April but they were different injuries. Played in 2 matches between those spells. 3 goals and 2 assists in his last 7 in the BL. 

TransferMkt is great for this stuff btw: https://www.transfermarkt.com/christian-pulisic/leistungsdaten/spieler/315779

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Fucking a the midfielder who shall not be named is awful.  

Cant really hate on Altidore given who he’s playing with.

Zardes only scored three real goals against really bad teams.  You can count the 4th that he scored using his face but that wasn’t on purpose.

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so, yeah, that wasn't a foul, but i'm not sure if we need to coach embracing the ref to talk shop. 

this ref is way to accommodating. this match is chippy, and frankly he should have booked our guy for chirping. i'm glad he didn't, but you got to be better than that.

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1 minute ago, GlenFromTheMailRoom said:

 You can count the 4th that he scored using his face but that wasn’t on purpose.

As unintentionally hilarious as the moment was, I feel like it should count double.

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All these guys are MLS specials. Good enough at something to be above average at that level, but not well rounded enough that they’re not exposed against good opposition 

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