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Half of the Mexican team are already claiming benefits and picking fruit in Texas arent they? According to Lou Dobbs.
I half expected the American team to all be 6'6" and 16 stone. So they can run and jump all over everyone elses arses and such. Someone should tell you guys that's the route to success.
Isn't he the national coach yet? 
pgheverton was one of my favourite posters of all time.
He fought tooth and nail for the big people.
He fought tooth and nail for the big people.
monty
Sack Sky and donate to GOT...donations are needed
He must be up there for weirdo of the year award
Rook
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Yea if it wasn't a Mexico friendly then he'd let the European players stay. He often says that its not fair to take make players travel 5000miles to play say Honduras in LA when they are fighting to get out of relegation. He's also taking the team to Europe for friendlies so players don't have to travel much. Arenas was always afraid to play away from the US and it killed us in Italy.
Bradley's one big mistake has been that he's never stood up to Donovan yet and the rah! rah! We heart Landon "journalists", Nike and US Soccer FA. Everybody knows he plays well in the US against Mexico. Bradley needs to put Donovan on the bench in US matches and make prove his worth in away matches. What good is he going to do if he is afraid of the ball like he was in Germany when the team goes to South Africa? He was arguably the worst player in the WC. Plus we got Altidore, Adu, Dempsey and (when healthy) Beasley on the front lines he's not needed. Why Bradley always said that Donovan is the one player I'd never sit and will always be a 1st choise 11 is beyond me.
TX Bill
Player Valuation: £80m
Yeah, I'd say that no matter what opinion someone has about Landon, most followers of the USA would say that he has to be included in the starting 11.
There's a lot of debate about him to be sure though.
The time will come where he'll step aside but we're a ways a way from that yet.
There's a lot of debate about him to be sure though.
The time will come where he'll step aside but we're a ways a way from that yet.
TX Bill
Player Valuation: £80m
Well my voice is pretty much gone this morning. The referee and the linesmen were borderline horrific and I let them know about it from Section 308.
Enough of that and on the the match:
All in all, can't really complain about the scoreline even though we had what I thought was a legitimate goal called back. One thing is for sure. The USA had some very good bright spots but also had some issues as well which need to be addressed asap if we're going to try to make a go of it in 2010.
Enough of that and on the the match:
- Michael Bradley had a decent game but he was paired with another defensive midfielder in Ricardo Clark. As much as I love both, I don't want to see that again. No one to distribute to. Bradley had a decent game though and I think he'd make a great understudy to Carsley.
- Tim Howard played well also and could do nothing about both goals. Our marking on set pieces was terrible and we paid the price.
- Donovan had a fairly subdued match by his standards but credit the Mexican midfield which showed their technical superiority in the second half. The USA rarely had any possession .
- I thought Dempsey's goal should have counted but then what do I know?
- Josy Altidore looks like he's going to be one of our starting forwards for a long, long time. Playing against Rafael Marquez didn't faze him in the least and he got the better of the match up. Had a well taken goal and just missed another.
- Let's hope Bobby Convey is just as ineffective for Reading on Saturday as he was for the USA last night. He wasn't able to create a thing.
All in all, can't really complain about the scoreline even though we had what I thought was a legitimate goal called back. One thing is for sure. The USA had some very good bright spots but also had some issues as well which need to be addressed asap if we're going to try to make a go of it in 2010.
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