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It is semi schtick but it is also how some people I think enjoy their sports. They have to over focus on one item and then beat it into the ground with no shades of color in between the black and white to feel connected.
as somebody else noted- he's called in the right guys typically. he's been a part of winning over some solid multi-nationals. he doesn't appear to be letting players slip through the cracks. he's won more than any other coach before him to start his career, including getting the team to gut out 2 cup wins, including taking out Mex twice.
We asked earlier but you may have missed it. Can you share your definition of a world class player because I think it is much different than mine. I am not saying mine is correct as it is kind of a nebulous term.
Sargent is not the answer but we have no idea about Weah. To date he has contributed very little to the senior national team.
who here is giving GGG a free pass? who is laying all the blame on CP and pals?
Thank you for sharing, that certainly helps. Not to be snide or anything but you may want to take a look at just how many players in the world get Champion League minutes.
Weah hasn't shown a whole lot, tbh- you wanted him starting.I mean, I was right on Sargent and Weah, before most people knew who they were. And I haven't really mentioned it because I don't want to be that guy in this thread claiming he was the most right and others are wrong...but you brought it up.
again- it could be that the players are also ####### up.
FWIW, I'm not sure that's exactly true. It's been pretty evident that Mexico (ie Tata) figured out how to tactically neutralize an offense that is predicated on the 6 breaking lines in the Nations Cup Final (result notwithstanding) and that GGG hasn't made the necessary adjustments since then. He does want the guys to have certain movement patterns both on and off the ball. I don't think it's a coincidence that we've generally looked much better in a double pivot in the limited time we've used it since then. That's a tactical decision GGG is making and yeah Acosta is getting bench if he tries to play as a second pivot if GGG is telling him to play as an 8.
There are 32 teams in the group stage. Probably on average 18-19 players will be used from each squad of 25 through out the group stage. Do you think there are close to 600 World Class players alive?
he has this habit of when some one offers a slightly different opinion that is not stark black or white, that he just assumes the worse.
I brought all of that up because you were making these comments based on what seemed like knee-jerk gut reactions... not from having well-informed consideration. Sarge brings a lot to a team- or else he wouldn't be playing where he's been playing. At youth level he was a scoring machine for the US, and appeared to have an incredibly high soccer IQ and workrate. Started pretty strong for the men, and even then- we all hoped for the best for him once we saw some of his limitations when he started to play against pros.
you have to believe that CP and the rest of the guys have to do better, though- right? CP is our "talisman"- he needs to lead by example and take this team to better results. And the rest of the players have to step the f up. it's been pretty poor, especially through the MF and attacking third (I'm talking poor touches and final balls, not tactics).
please do.
I will take the blame for this. I get too easily sucked in. I should know better. This is the same guy who has doubled down on no MLS player should ever, even once in any point in the future, pull on a USMNT jersey.
I found some stat about xG over the last 5 games for US and Hon. Hon had somewhere around 1 for and higher against ~1.3. US was inverse.
Are some of those games Gold Cup games? If so, I think that skews things since Honduras is always playing "away" in that tournament.
it was literally the last 5 games, including GC- and for HON, even before GC iirc.
Same with Peacock.
