CaliMag Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 A few personnel changes I'd like to see, considering the current roster, include: Jose Torres in central midfield. Klinsmann has routinely played him out of position either at left midfield or as a CAM, where he's struggled. He's really the only midfielder on the roster with any composure on the ball. Play him in his natural position, CM, and let him dictate the tempo. I'll be p*ssed if either Beckerman or Edu is on the field. Absolutely YES. Also please no Carlos Bocanegra. Torres in the middle won Pachuca 2 titles in Mexico - he is an excellent player and would be playing regularly for Mexico had he chose to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I've been championing Torres and Gomez to be starting for the US for some time now. Dudes ooze so much more class than a lot of the American players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Round 2 of the home-home tonight in Columbus. U.S. needs to come away with a win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Any line up announced yet? Random comment - Pachuca (the team Jose Torres plays for) also play in Black and White. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Nah I've been refreshing Twitter pretty regularly for the past 30 minutes or so. I'll post it when it comes up. Jamaica is coming out with a 4-3-3. Interesting for a team that should be trying to park the bus all night. The U.S. should be able to exploit the back-line. Unless our line-up includes 3 defensive midfielders. Again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Howard; Cherundolo, Cameron, Bocanegra, Johnson; Jones, Zusi, Williams, Torres; Dempsey, Gomez I have no clue how this line-up is supposed to shake-out. With the exception of maybe Zusi, there's no real wide player among the front 6: --------------------------Gomez------------------------ Dempsey-------------------------------------------Zusi --------------------------Torres------------------------- ---------------Jones---------------Williams------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- Johnson-----------------------------------Cherundolo -------------Bocanegra-----Cameron----------------- ------------------------Howard------------------------- Or could shape-up like a 4-1-3-2 with Williams the lone holding mid and Torres, Jones, and Zusi ahead of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just seen that the 4th placed team in CONCACAF will play-off against Oceania I thought after the last WCQ campaign FIFA had actually looked at a map. Alas not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just seen that the 4th placed team in CONCACAF will play-off against Oceania I thought after the last WCQ campaign FIFA had actually looked at a map. Alas not. I mean, in terms of regional strength, it's the weakest confederation vs. the 2nd weakest. Though New Zealand more than held their own at the last WC and the minnows of CONCACAF (Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, and Canada) are improving by leaps and bounds. Does make some sense to do a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I do not like that back line. Bocanegra and Cherundolo will get done for pace and Cameron is not playing in his strongest position - although I guess Stoke will be playing him there. I am thinking this could be a 3-2 or 3-3 game. Nervous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just seen that the 4th placed team in CONCACAF will play-off against Oceania I thought after the last WCQ campaign FIFA had actually looked at a map. Alas not. I mean, in terms of regional strength, it's the weakest confederation vs. the 2nd weakest. Though New Zealand more than held their own at the last WC and the minnows of CONCACAF (Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, and Canada) are improving by leaps and bounds. Does make some sense to do a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff though. Yep. The cross-continental play-offs while intriguing, are completely nonsensical. Especially considering they seem to just change them round at a whim now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I do not like that back line. Bocanegra and Cherundolo will get done for pace and Cameron is not playing in his strongest position - although I guess Stoke will be playing him there. I am thinking this could be a 3-2 or 3-3 game. Nervous. I'm actually feeling most confident about the back-line I think Boca is just gonna park his ass around the box all night, I'll be shocked if he comes more than 20 yards out (except for set pieces). He'll let Cameron do the trotting out. Dolo and Johnson will have to 'cherundolo' up the wings because this side has absolutely no width from the front 6. --------------------------Gomez------------------------ ----------------Dempsey------------------------------- --------------------------Torres------------------------- ----------------Jones---------------Zusi---------------- -------------------------Williams----------------------- Johnson-----------------------------------Cherundolo ---------------Bocanegra-----Cameron--------------- -------------------------Howard------------------------- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Enjoy seeing players for small nations rack up large international goalscoring records. Carlos Ruiz scored his 53rd tonight (they're 0-1 up, not sure if this is good or bad for US). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Williams in the middle and playing deeper will be nice. Anything but Beckerman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Enjoy seeing players for small nations rack up large international goalscoring records. Carlos Ruiz scored his 53rd tonight (they're 0-1 up, not sure if this is good or bad for US). Would prefer a result for Antigua. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Williams in the middle and playing deeper will be nice. Anything but Beckerman. Absolutely. Williams is very strong defensively. Have no clue why Klinsmann has continually played him at RM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Dempsey, man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 U.S. is absolutely destroying Jamaica. Unfortunately, they haven't scored yet. http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1356589/trollface.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Any idea what he says? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Probably something badass in a Texan accent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Looks racist to me. Needs a banning. Should be domestic though, to teach him a lesson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Really soft keeping. But get in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 good good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 WILL WE SCORE TWO?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Taylor Twellman is a very angry man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Too close for me. Brek Shea did nothing when he came on. Zusi should get another invite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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