RUFFHAUS 8 wrote:Jeff, overall that's a good line up,and it's essentially saying that same thing regarding Dempsey even though he's not a striker per se here. It gets him off the wing and into a position where he can freelance. Bradley is good enough to pick up his slack ass defending "talents". Clearly addition of Davies and Fielhaber makes this team much better. I'd use Kjestian as a sub/depth for the attacking midfielders and forwards, and Maurice Edu for Bradley and/or any of the defenders.
I wholeheartedly agree that he should be off the wing, but I don't want him to be one of our 2 target men. I think he's perfect for a CAM. When the wingers bring it up, then he can attack with the forwards.
RUFFHAUS 8 wrote:On defense, I'm a Onyewu fan, so I like you calling for Gooch again. Gonzales is better than Ream by leaps and bounds. Goodson is okay. Honestly I really liked DeMerit here, even though he's rather slow, and short, but I love his tenacity. In a perfect world I'd rather see Bocanegra in the middle with Onyewu, but I'm not upset with him outside if we cannot find a suitable left back. I'm happy to see Cherundolo replaced, but who is Chandler though?
Timothy Chandler. The German with dual citizenship. He played in the games we had a few months back. He was really good, and plays for Nurnburg. When he declined to play in the Gold Cup a rumor was started that he's considering Germany, but I have seen no other basis than some boob on ESPN saying so. At RB, Germany's not short on talent. It doesn't make any sense to me.
RUFFHAUS 8 wrote:As for MLS, there's no debating that there's a conspiracy of to stack the NY team. The league openly flaunts it. Whatever, those chumps couldn't beat a high school team in a three game series. Red Bull-sh*+ is what it is. Now for what it's worth I wouldn't really want Thierry Henry right now. Rafael Marquez is another story. And I'm okay with the fash going to the flash, as long as the others get something more than trash.
Ok, there, longfellow. With regard to NY & LA, you have to understand that it's where non-Americans always want to go. Robert Pires was in talks with the Union before he said that Philadelphia wasn't beautiful enough for him. Not that NYC is beautiful, but it's a place people want to be--regardless of what it looks like. Does the league tinker with the teams? Yes. But I view it more of a cartel than a conspiracy. Well, a cartel IS a conspiracy, but it's not a conspiracy between a few teams and the league, it's the entire league. At least that's how I see it.
On the Gold Cup, I missed the first game, but I'm glad that Costa Rica is gone. I despise them as much as I despise the Colorado Rapids.
With Mexico allowed to replace their players, I tihnk they are the favorites again. I hope the US loses to Jamaica. Ok, I can't root against them, but if they are going to put in mediocre effort after mediocre effort, be gone with them.