OK, we have made it very clear on this site...we are about honest conversation about the MNT.
Well, in the spirit of honesty...
OOOOO MMMMMMM GGGGGGG
I am officially pond scum for a day. Wow! I really did not think this iteration of the MNT could muster up the character to even be respectable against the NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE WORLD...
...my bad (he says sheepishly).
What a day for American football. I spent 2 hours in a side bar in the ass end of nowhere, yelling at the TV and having the rednecks drinking Bud Lights agreeing with me like it was Alabama Football. Nick Sabean is no Bob Bradley...er...or vice-a-versa. WHATEVER.
I finally saw:
1) A defense that sold itself out for EVERY ball
2) An offense that was dangerous enough to get it done
3) And a RED, WHITE and BLUE spirit that reminds me that it doesn't matter what your record in international tournaments are (Russia, you listening?) with the American spirit, hard work and a never say die attitude, we can do anything.
God Bless America!!!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
My Thoughts Exactly
Somehow I missed this story a while back and wanted to share it. A solid breakdown position by position. I just wish he would have called Bob Bradley out just a little more.
Let's take The Wolf's Advice...
One of my favorite movie characters is The Wolf, Harvey Keitel's awesome character from Pulp Fiction. After this past weekends triumph over a clearly beat up and underperforming Egypt, I have one piece of advice for U.S. MNT fans...
...Let's not start sucking each others d*cks just yet.
I mean seriously, there were still some major wholes out there and I was really glad to hear John Harkes pointing them out at every opportunity. We are atrocious at left back. Jonathan Bornstein is a joke. Clint Dempsey was relatively invisible, apart from his late heroics, and Bob Bradley's substitutions were suspect at best.
That said, I really like the game Landon played (you don't hear that from me too often.) He's a much better player when he is running at people from the midfield Why don't our coaches realize that? I would love to experiement with a 3-5-2 where we run Altidore and Clint up front, throw landon, bradley and clark in the middle with Benny and Someone else on the outsides (no, not DMB) and then pack the back with Gooch, Boca and Spector. Clark would play back to support the defense, but it would give us more opportunity to move the ball through the midfield.
Anyway, we get a date with Spain. A decent showing will make this a very respectable tournament. I'd limit the excitement about the Gold Cup because we really need to stop using that tourny as the measuring stick for success.
Check back in for some post game comment.
...Let's not start sucking each others d*cks just yet.
I mean seriously, there were still some major wholes out there and I was really glad to hear John Harkes pointing them out at every opportunity. We are atrocious at left back. Jonathan Bornstein is a joke. Clint Dempsey was relatively invisible, apart from his late heroics, and Bob Bradley's substitutions were suspect at best.
That said, I really like the game Landon played (you don't hear that from me too often.) He's a much better player when he is running at people from the midfield Why don't our coaches realize that? I would love to experiement with a 3-5-2 where we run Altidore and Clint up front, throw landon, bradley and clark in the middle with Benny and Someone else on the outsides (no, not DMB) and then pack the back with Gooch, Boca and Spector. Clark would play back to support the defense, but it would give us more opportunity to move the ball through the midfield.
Anyway, we get a date with Spain. A decent showing will make this a very respectable tournament. I'd limit the excitement about the Gold Cup because we really need to stop using that tourny as the measuring stick for success.
Check back in for some post game comment.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Who Are We Kidding?
So I went into the Italy game with the requisite amount of skepticism, watched us play a semi-decent game of football for about 40 minutes, and then watched us get thoroughly manhandled. Then I woke up this morning and accidentally turned on the Brazil game...2-0 in the 20th, and it wasn't even that close. We actually might lose 5-0 to Egypt.Time to get a grip Yanks.
We are going down in RSA, and we are going down BAD!!!!! The 2010 Cup might make France look more like the Gold Cup. We really suck right now. I never thought I would long for the days of having Mike Burns at right back again.
This team has no character, no philosophy, no energy, no skill, no technique...I mean we're Sybil with boots on. I was in Chicago two weeks ago and despite the state I was in, I knew bad football when I saw it. The MLS minor experiment must end soon. Fire Bradley now. He is tactically inept. Drop Bornstein, Kleisjen and DMB (does NOBODY see how bad we are when they are on the pitch) and let's get this sorted soon.
We are going down in RSA, and we are going down BAD!!!!! The 2010 Cup might make France look more like the Gold Cup. We really suck right now. I never thought I would long for the days of having Mike Burns at right back again.
This team has no character, no philosophy, no energy, no skill, no technique...I mean we're Sybil with boots on. I was in Chicago two weeks ago and despite the state I was in, I knew bad football when I saw it. The MLS minor experiment must end soon. Fire Bradley now. He is tactically inept. Drop Bornstein, Kleisjen and DMB (does NOBODY see how bad we are when they are on the pitch) and let's get this sorted soon.
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