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  1. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    The GKs and D are exactly as expected except Ream comes in for an injured Richards. No real surprises in MF or F except that LDLT is healthy enough to make the team but Gregggg still thinks he needs to bring Roldan. Also no room for Pefok as expected or Arriola or Morris (I really thought one of them would go). All of this suggests that Greggggg is entirely wedded to his 4-3-3 system with two 8s with Reyna and Aaronson playing exclusively on the wing instead of potentially as a 10.
  2. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Here is the leaked roster
  3. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    And Ream is only going because Richards is injured.
  4. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    By the way, here is my gergggg prediction (changes in bold): GK: Turner, Steffen, Johnson FB: Dest, Cannon, Robinson, Scally, Yedlin CB: Zimmerman, Long, CCV, Richards CM: Adams, Musah, McKennie, Acosta, Roldan Wing: Pulisic, Reyna, Aaronson, Weah, Arriola, Morris 9: Pepi, Ferreira, Sargent I switched Tillman for Morris at the last second because gerrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggg
  5. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    This is where I am. He has been fine to good over his last five games and we have no one else.
  6. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    What's your preferred World Cup 26? Not your projection but who you would actually select. GK: Turner, Steffen, Horvath FB: Dest, Cannon, Robinson, Scally, Yedlin CB: Zimmerman, Ream, CCV, Richards CM: Adams, Musah, McKennie, Acosta, DLT (Mihailovic if DLT injured), Tillman Wing: Pulisic, Reyna, Aaronson, Weah 9: Pepi, Pefok, Sargent (also an option at RW), Vazquez My 24-26 were Tillman, Vazquez and Yedlin, respectively. Tillman provides something different than the other options at CM. I don't need another hold it together back-up like Acosta and DLT. Tillman can carry the ball forward. I would rather play Sargent at RW than Arriola so we would need another 9 if Sargent plays on the wing. I prefer someone who can score (Vazquez) to someone who can't (Jesus) as my 9. FB strikes me as an area where we could lose some guys to injury so we should probably add someone there. Yedlin wasn't good this season but he has World Cup experience. He wouldn't play for my team absent some bizarre developments so leadership/experience is enough to get him on the plane as the last guy on the roster.
  7. It was going to take something to top the Queen but here we are
  8. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Don't disagree. In less than a year, he went from competing for a spot on the plane to ggg's unquestioned leader of the back line in the WC. What pisses me off is that an experienced leader CB is readily available who could take some pressure off of Zimmerman and let him just focus on his game yet voldemort insists on Long. It's absolutely baffling
  9. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Exactly. He has been repeatedly beaten on set pieces and his form was already declining before Miles Robinson went down. Zimmerman has only been locked in as a starter since Robinson went down and Richards couldn't get healthy. At the end of WCQ, the question was whether Richards could get enough PT to hopefully supplant Zimmerman. In an ideal world, our starting CBs would be Robinson and Richards with Ream and Zimmerman as capable backups. I think Zimmerman would have been fine as the complimentary CB but he is now being asked to act as lead dog in a World Cup with a looming disaster next to him. All that said, Long (and the system that Greggg believes his selection supports) is THE issue. All of Greggg's flaws are somehow perfectly exemplified by his selection of this one player. Overreliance on MLS players, continuing to play a high line without fast CBs, selecting favorites, and an inability to adjust to opponents and changing circumstances. The option to start a capable and experienced EPL CB next to his EPL LB teammate is an unbelievably fortunate opportunity after your starting LCB goes down. The ability to protect your new CB pairing with a double pivot including an in-form EPL 6 in Adams (who so obviously plays better in a double pivot) and a fit-for-purpose Musah is an obvious solution to our defensive dilemma. Just ditch the high line, protect the CBs and play a LCB who has unparalleled chemistry with the LB. OR start two out of form and slow CBs and rigidly adhere to a defensive system (high line) and formation (single 6) that doesn't cater to the strengths of your players. When Aaron Long runs out there against Wales, Greggg's legacy as the worst coach in the history of US soccer will be written.
  10. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Zimmerman is significantly overrated by the USMNT fan base but we have no other option. he’s certainly not a strength and is clearly the worst starter after Long and the 9.
  11. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    The sad thing is that a real manager could come in and clean this shit up in about 10 minutes simply by dropping Gregg’s idiotic system which doesn’t cater to the strengths of the player pool. 4-2-3-1 with Ream at LCB would give us a chance.
  12. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    We’re fucked regardless with an MLS CB pairing.
  13. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Iran could easily beat us. Teremi vs. Long is not a matchup that favors us.
  14. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    That trailer is awful. No one wants to hear from Lalas or Wahl or about the Trump impact.
  15. Well, not in your neighborhood which has the crime rate of Luxembourg
  16. The poors, particularly poor blacks and native americans, murder the shit out of each other. This is the case throughout the nation regardless of the political party administering a specific geography. The oligarchy is never going to outlaw guns, legalize drugs and revolutionize education in these poor communities so just learn to accept the third world conditions. Nothing will change during any of our lifetimes in a meaningful way because the die has already been cast for every poor black or native american baby. They will receive the same shit education/opportunity as the generation immediately before them and are doomed to the same cycle of gun violence, drugs, murder and incarceration.
  17. Without JSN and Miyan Williams as well. Both should be back for Michigan
  18. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Adams and Musah at the double pivot with Aaronson at the 10 and Pulisic and Weah on the wings would be my lineup for Wales. Then bring on Gio against a tiring defense if necessary.
  19. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    De La Torre is probably out of the WC with a hamstring tear.
  20. Villa should consider Gregg Berhalter for this position.
  21. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    It's not hard Greggg. Play the best players in their best positions. ---------------Turner------------------- --------CCV----------Ream------------ Dest---------------------------Robinson ---------Adams-------Musah----------- Weah---------Gio/Aaronson-----Pulisic ----------------Pepi/Pefok-------------- Bench McKennie Gio/Aaronson Pepi/Pefok Sargent Acosta Scally Zimmerman
  22. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    I'm almost looking forward in a morbid way to our collective reaction when eggg releases his lineup for Wales and Long and Jesus are in it.
  23. They've rushed the field many times after beating Michigan without incident.
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