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TXSG8R

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  1. Just now, ztejas said:

    Haji played a good half. He was basically being used as a false 9 and distracting their CBs. 

    Agreed on the former.  He played wide most of the time, and I still say Reyna could do everything Haji did but more. 

  2. Tactically one of the best halves I’ve seen GGG coach. Still believe we are wasting space on the field with a true 9 since we provide absolutely no service to a striker. I don’t think we would miss the holdup play versus having another player like Reyna or Aaronson on the field that can advance the ball through the middle. We don’t have any real strategy in the final third, so the more guys that can produce individual magic on the field the better. 

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  3. 3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    We're playing scared. Someone needs to attempt something downfield. 

    We are sitting deep and trying to counter. Solid strat against a better team. The majority of englands possession is just swinging it around the back. 

  4. 19 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

    With the Iran result do we now rest Zimmerman and/or Dest to avoid that second yellow?

    I’d sit Dest regardless. Have Yedlin defend for 60 and then bring in Dest for 30 minutes of lung busting. Not sure we can hide his defensive weakness regardless, England is pretty deep.

  5. Watched the Germany game but got busy and couldn’t post until now. Japan is the model for what the US should be doing, but GGG just isn’t capable of that level of coaching. Japan plays to their strengths, and mitigates their weaknesses. It’s so simple but you have to be able to identify what you are good at and be brave enough to play systems and players that amplify those strengths. 

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  6. At this point I’m not sure why we even play a striker since we do nothing to provide service to them. Play Reyna up top and let him and CP just interplay off each other, bring AARon on for the first guy that gets tired. We weren’t going to win in the air against Wales, and it won’t be any better against England. Might as well try to cut them up with speed. 

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