Onderwerp: Gold cup 2011

man... that was some crazy trip... I thought USA would take it after being 2-0 up but for some reason they still felt like attacking and got scored against in a counterattack... Maybe their injured player Cherundolo was a reason but Mexico got 2 injuries to their defensive line aswell and they still played nicely all around Mexico smashed on USA but normal result when comparing how they had played the last couple of games.

Yeah I think it's time to move on, Bradley is decent with the big picture stuff but just so freaking bad tactically, with lineup choices, substitutions, pretty much anything that happens on gameday he gets wrong.

For example, the Cherundolo injury, he should've just brought in Spector. wtf was he thinking with Bornstein? And then to move Lichaj out of position to accommodate him, just so unbelievably stupid.

I don't know if he's stupid or just stubborn to the point of denying reality, his inablility to pick up on obvious things is freaking maddening. Like the need to man-mark Dos Santos who was floating around in a free role, getting the ball in acres of space every time and just shredding us. If he'd sicced Jones on him, the way Arena put Mastroeni on Blanco in 2002, then maybe we have a chance defensively. Instead he leaves Jones in the middle playing some kind of zone, marking the air, and not contributing anything anywhere. The same thing has happened before, I remember a friendly with Holland leading up to the WC where Sneijder did the exact same thing and just killed us. And did Bradley learn anything from that? nope.

But yeah Bradley is just bad.

Bornstein is awful. Losing Cherondulo is bad enough but I think the US would still be better playing a man down than putting Bornstein in.

Bob Bradley does need to go but I don't think the US will make the move.

the natives are definitely getting restless, there's a lot of media speculation, Klinsman is supposed to be near the top of the target list if they do make a move.

Gulati and Bradley now get to hide under a rug for a month while the women's WC is going on.....

it would fit the pattern, it's always something that saves him last minute.