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I am not a Lletget fan either but he had one of the few good plays tonight on the whole team when he spun and sweetly put Aaronson through which resulted in Pulisic awkwardly hitting the post.
No one was in ten feet of those crosses that went through the box. The Buchanan play was very nice though and I did forget about that. He made Brooks look like a folding lawn chair.
How about over reactions to draws
WHO GOT THE GOAL TONIGHT? AARONSON. HOW DID HE GET IT? BY NOT GETTING HACKED DOWN AND THROWING HIS BODY INTO HARM'S WAY.
I bet he thought Miles Robinson or Turner were in position to cut that ball out. But then Davies smoked it.
Agreed. I do think a loss will force Earnie's hand to fire. Earnie would not be doing his job if he doesn't already have a short list of candidates prepared.
I think anything less than a win against Honduras puts him on the ropes.
I like Lletget as a consistent, steady pro. But just like we saw with his 9 experiment, he lacks the upside and ability to be a central lynchpin for this team. He was one of the few players that actually had space behind him consistently on the night- never or rarely turned to attack it. I was screaming TURN at the tv every time he'd receive the ball. it didn't work.
ah. I had Miles and Brooks switched there...thought Brooks took the near post run (which explains Scoob's confusion at my confusion), not Miles.
I watched this again a few times and am pretty sure he's calculating that he doesn't want to over-commit to a pass he thinks either Robinson or Turner can handle. He outsmarted himself I think.
The one player I think you can be hard on is Yedlin. He's a defend-first guy with a ton of speed matched up against Canada's best player. He has to be in position there.
What you're describing is exactly how City and Liverpool play.
We may lineup in the same formation and press in the same manner, but most assuredly don’t play the possession game the same way. We play inside out and hope the 6 can find passing space out to wings, they rely outside back to switch the field early.
A poster on another board said this, but I didn’t watch the post game stuff. I doubt we will can Gregg until after this round and/or WC, but this seems like an indictment of him.
I kind of wonder if Pulisic is trying to do too much. He gets isolated on the wing, so drops to the middle. He doesn't see the ball much so when he does he's trying to dribble 15 guys. etc.
quicker passing can mean those short triangles tiki taka that the best trained teams with the best players can do. The US has had moments of this, but not lately.
I don't think GGG or his teammates know what to do when he is forced to drop deeper to get on the ball. We all agree he needs to be getting the ball higher up the field facing goal, and not at midfield with his back to goal. But if that's what it comes to, the team needs to react to keep shape and numbers to provide opportunities moving the ball forward, not back.
The biggest difference is that when he starts taking guys on at Chelsea, he has 3 guys making runs through the back line and two guys positioning themselves for potential give and goes, which means the defense can’t triple team him or they get beat by a simple pass.
yeah...I think we're saying the same thing. the US players have to be proactive in their support, whether he's showing back deep, dribbling at guys or receiving the ball further up the field. as it is, there's not much of anything, so the dribbles at two or three guys that opens up teammates and space at Chelsea, don't for the US and just allow defenses to close on him and outnumber him or hack him
Clearly had a party or broke quarantine in some way by going out.Landon says he knows what Weston did, and he is hammering Weston unlike anything I have heard him say before. :(
He says it is "almost beyond repair"
WTF did he do????????
https://twitter.com/__adel22/status/1434962895629131776?s=20
I had no fear of David. I think both of our CB's could have handled him. But Buchanan would have torn us apart over 90 minutes. Even in his short time, he showed how easy he could turn the corner. He almost drew a near pk and almost had a goal after a long run into the box when he sent it far post.
I'm saying we didn't have to face David, Davies and Buchanan playing together. that thought is scary.
