A positive spin to the US striker situation
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From: Mark V. on 29 Jun 2010 00:09 Argument: The US will have a striker corps able to help it reach the knockout stages of the next two World Cups! Altidore will be 24, then 28, and no matter what faults critics find (many if not most justifiable), he surely won't be worse then unless he has serious injury. His mates in the striker corps, Gomez, Buddle, and Findlay, weren't on anybody's radar until roughly 17 minutes before 30 man rosters were due. If you are of the Beersian school of US player performance interpretation, then there is hope that some equally world-class strikers will emerge from nowhere just before 2014's tune-up matches begin. If you agree with most of the rest of us, then it doesn't matter. The US found three sub-par strikers for this roster. It can just as easily find three sub-par strikers for the next. More optimistically, someone decent might emerge, though I don't have a sense of who that might be. At that point, too, it might be decided that a 31 year old Dempsey will serve best as a support striker. Given the strength of the US midfield corps (Holden, Bradley, Torres, Clark, Edu, Feilhaber, Rogers, and Kljestan ought ALL be in their career primes next time around). And then there is Charlie Davies. Even though I'm not big on him, he is a $6.99 750 ml. bottle of $6.99 Yellowtail to Findlay's Mogen David 20-20. The biggest concern for the US is in defense. Cherundolo, Demerit, and Bocanegra will likely be gone and Onyewu will likely be past 30. I don't know who waits in the wings. There may be some depth of modest talent at fullback. At LB, Bornstein had two decent games and isn't out of the woods yet. Heath Pearce will be 29 and is probably just a quarter-notch below Bornstein at that position. At RB, Spector might show some of his young promise again. Supposedly young Aston Villa right back Eric Lichaj pees chocolate milk. The US had damned better hope so! And at center back? ???
From: Mehdi on 29 Jun 2010 09:06 > Subject : A positive spin to the US striker situation > From : markvanderv1(a)yahoo.com > Argument: The US will have a striker corps able to help it reach the > knockout stages of the next two World Cups! > > Altidore will be 24, then 28, and no matter what faults critics find > (many if not most justifiable), he surely won't be worse then unless > he has serious injury. > > His mates in the striker corps, Gomez, Buddle, and Findlay, weren't on > anybody's radar until roughly 17 minutes before 30 man rosters were > due. If you are of the Beersian school of US player performance > interpretation, then there is hope that some equally world-class > strikers will emerge from nowhere just before 2014's tune-up matches > begin. If you agree with most of the rest of us, then it doesn't > matter. The US found three sub-par strikers for this roster. It can > just as easily find three sub-par strikers for the next. > > More optimistically, someone decent might emerge, though I don't have > a sense of who that might be. At that point, too, it might be decided > that a 31 year old Dempsey will serve best as a support striker. Given > the strength of the US midfield corps (Holden, Bradley, Torres, Clark, > Edu, Feilhaber, Rogers, and Kljestan ought ALL be in their career > primes next time around). > > And then there is Charlie Davies. Even though I'm not big on him, he > is a $6.99 750 ml. bottle of $6.99 Yellowtail to Findlay's Mogen David > 20-20. > > The biggest concern for the US is in defense. Cherundolo, Demerit, and > Bocanegra will likely be gone and Onyewu will likely be past 30. I > don't know who waits in the wings. > > There may be some depth of modest talent at fullback. At LB, Bornstein > had two decent games and isn't out of the woods yet. Heath Pearce will > be 29 and is probably just a quarter-notch below Bornstein at that > position. At RB, Spector might show some of his young promise again. > Supposedly young Aston Villa right back Eric Lichaj pees chocolate > milk. The US had damned better hope so! > > And at center back? > > ??? Corps!?!? Strange use of the term. -- http://soccer-europe.com Rss feed : http://soccer-europe.com/RSS/News.xml
From: Deeppe on 29 Jun 2010 09:24 On Jun 29, 6:06 am, Mehdi <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote: > > From : markvande...(a)yahoo.com > > Argument: The US will have a striker corps able to help it reach the > > knockout stages of the next two World Cups! > > Corps!?!? Strange use of the term. > He's borrowing from an American football usage, most often heard is "linebacker corps" as in "The Dallas Cowboys linebacker corps really likes to play smush mouth football".
From: JK on 29 Jun 2010 10:31 Mehdi wrote: > > Subject : A positive spin to the US striker situation > > From : markvanderv1(a)yahoo.com > >> Argument: The US will have a striker corps able to help it reach the >> knockout stages of the next two World Cups! >> >> Altidore will be 24, then 28, and no matter what faults critics find >> (many if not most justifiable), he surely won't be worse then unless >> he has serious injury. >> >> His mates in the striker corps, Gomez, Buddle, and Findlay, weren't on >> anybody's radar until roughly 17 minutes before 30 man rosters were >> due. If you are of the Beersian school of US player performance >> interpretation, then there is hope that some equally world-class >> strikers will emerge from nowhere just before 2014's tune-up matches >> begin. If you agree with most of the rest of us, then it doesn't >> matter. The US found three sub-par strikers for this roster. It can >> just as easily find three sub-par strikers for the next. >> >> More optimistically, someone decent might emerge, though I don't have >> a sense of who that might be. At that point, too, it might be decided >> that a 31 year old Dempsey will serve best as a support striker. Given >> the strength of the US midfield corps (Holden, Bradley, Torres, Clark, >> Edu, Feilhaber, Rogers, and Kljestan ought ALL be in their career >> primes next time around). >> >> And then there is Charlie Davies. Even though I'm not big on him, he >> is a $6.99 750 ml. bottle of $6.99 Yellowtail to Findlay's Mogen David >> 20-20. >> >> The biggest concern for the US is in defense. Cherundolo, Demerit, and >> Bocanegra will likely be gone and Onyewu will likely be past 30. I >> don't know who waits in the wings. >> >> There may be some depth of modest talent at fullback. At LB, Bornstein >> had two decent games and isn't out of the woods yet. Heath Pearce will >> be 29 and is probably just a quarter-notch below Bornstein at that >> position. At RB, Spector might show some of his young promise again. >> Supposedly young Aston Villa right back Eric Lichaj pees chocolate >> milk. The US had damned better hope so! >> >> And at center back? >> >> ??? Clarence Goodson! Well, I like him at least. A friend made the point yesterday that if we hadn't had to burn subs on the Clark/Findley mistakes against Ghana, we could have brought Goodson in for some height in defense and set-pieces, which could have helped against an opponent so strong in the air. > > Corps!?!? Strange use of the term. > >
From: Insane Ranter on 29 Jun 2010 11:30
On Jun 29, 10:31 am, JK <jkn...(a)oacpc.com> wrote: > Mehdi wrote: > > > Subject : A positive spin to the US striker situation > > > From : markvande...(a)yahoo.com > > >> Argument: The US will have a striker corps able to help it reach the > >> knockout stages of the next two World Cups! > > >> Altidore will be 24, then 28, and no matter what faults critics find > >> (many if not most justifiable), he surely won't be worse then unless > >> he has serious injury. > > >> His mates in the striker corps, Gomez, Buddle, and Findlay, weren't on > >> anybody's radar until roughly 17 minutes before 30 man rosters were > >> due. If you are of the Beersian school of US player performance > >> interpretation, then there is hope that some equally world-class > >> strikers will emerge from nowhere just before 2014's tune-up matches > >> begin. If you agree with most of the rest of us, then it doesn't > >> matter. The US found three sub-par strikers for this roster. It can > >> just as easily find three sub-par strikers for the next. > > >> More optimistically, someone decent might emerge, though I don't have > >> a sense of who that might be. At that point, too, it might be decided > >> that a 31 year old Dempsey will serve best as a support striker. Given > >> the strength of the US midfield corps (Holden, Bradley, Torres, Clark, > >> Edu, Feilhaber, Rogers, and Kljestan ought ALL be in their career > >> primes next time around). > > >> And then there is Charlie Davies. Even though I'm not big on him, he > >> is a $6.99 750 ml. bottle of $6.99 Yellowtail to Findlay's Mogen David > >> 20-20. > > >> The biggest concern for the US is in defense. Cherundolo, Demerit, and > >> Bocanegra will likely be gone and Onyewu will likely be past 30. I > >> don't know who waits in the wings. > > >> There may be some depth of modest talent at fullback. At LB, Bornstein > >> had two decent games and isn't out of the woods yet. Heath Pearce will > >> be 29 and is probably just a quarter-notch below Bornstein at that > >> position. At RB, Spector might show some of his young promise again. > >> Supposedly young Aston Villa right back Eric Lichaj pees chocolate > >> milk. The US had damned better hope so! > > >> And at center back? > > >> ??? > > Clarence Goodson! > > Well, I like him at least. A friend made the point yesterday that if we > hadn't had to burn subs on the Clark/Findley mistakes against Ghana, we > could have brought Goodson in for some height in defense and set-pieces, > which could have helped against an opponent so strong in the air. > > > Feilhaber, Edu, Bradley, Donovan, Dempsey Jozy or Buddle or Gomez up top. Howard in goal. I'll let someone else figure the Defense. 4-5-1, 4-1-4-1, 4-2-3-1, could even be 4-3-3. We had a hole in defense clot it up and le Donovan and Dempsey go wild on the wings... |