Well, that ship sailed when we agreed to the 3rd year to sign him.
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Well, that ship sailed when we agreed to the 3rd year to sign him.
That's been the plan for years with Bradley and Jermaine Jones. Plenty of problems there from both players. Both of them need some coaching from the Rock:
Yep. Always been a bit of a Gerrard/Lampard issue.That's been the plan for years with Bradley and Jermaine Jones. Plenty of problems there from both players. Both of them need some coaching from the Rock:
It doesn't matter who we put elsewhere, the US won't play pretty football against anyone but minnows until Bradley isn't the pivot. I think we should actually play Cameron as a pure 6 or Danny Williams/Kellyn Acosta in the double pivot. Both DWill and Acosta are better in the attack and winning the ball than Bradley.
Bradley is doing the same thing to the nats that Pirlo does to us. He creates the own need. Still the best football I ever saw us play was in 2013 Gold Cup, with Mix, Corona, Gringo, Beckerman and (briefly) Holden in the midfield. Then, no one in charge had the balls to keep playing that way.
As a middle of the road team, the US needs to have a team that can beat Trinidad and Tobago, but also be able to somehow have a chance against Germany. That requires breaking down a bunkered physical opponent on one hand, and then playing disciplined hope you hit on a counter football on the other. Bradley is fine vs Trinidad and Tobago, since he can dribble up field under no pressure and pick his passes, which he can still do.
but vs Germany, or pick your top team, his lack of discipline lets those teams pick him apart. He gets himself into pressure, because hey i got out of it vs T&T or vs the Montreal impact. So ill try it vs Argentina. To me, thats why his MLS move killed him. It gave him confidence that he was an amazing all world player. Klinsmann had it right when he said he didnt want him coming to america, and he should have dropped him when he did.
Some of this comes from the fact that when Bradley came into the team, they didn't have the players with the top flight experience we do now. I think back then, he had to be the QB because they needed someone to get it through midfield. Now they don't, they need someone to play a standard CDM, and he's not that. (Cameron is)
Pirlo has now been "healthy" for two straight games and didn't make the 18. Is this confirmation that he's getting the Mix treatment?
He made the 18 yesterday.
He has a contractual clause not to have to play in monsoon conditions. Bad for the hair.
Celtic gets champions league play, but week to week in the Scottish League isn't a step up for him.
Agree. MLS is good enough quality now that he can wait for higher level chances to open up.
Forget Scotland for Jackie boy
He has much to learn in MLS still. We love him, but he still has plenty of room to improve.
He has much to learn in MLS still. We love him, but he still has plenty of room to improve.
Scotland is a natural landing spot/proving ground for MLS guys. Puts you on a better radar for the better European leagues.
I do agree that Scotland isn't better than MLS.
I do agree that Scotland isn't better than MLS.
How many MLS players have ended up there? I'm not asking condescendingly, just curious as I have really only followed the league closely since we started.
I know of Perry Kitchen, and from the sounds of it, he isn't progressing much there.
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