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From: Bruce D. Scott on 27 Jun 2010 00:34 DK (dk(a)no.email.thankstospam.net) wrote: : The difference between the first and second halves make me : blame Bradley. It looked like two different teams. : Also, it seemed that in the extra time, USA expected Ghanians (?) to : have run it out of steam completely. Instead, they revved up a bit and : it took us by surprise - hence the goal. A wonderful goal, BTW. : If only Altidore used his chances at 50% of what Gyan does... Bradley used the wrong line-up and burned two subs to have it right at the beginning of the 2nd half... I also think the failure to prepare them for the first 10 mins or so is also his failure. However, this is the most heart I've ever seen in a USA side so I would also say we should credit him a bit for this. Remember how we started in 2006 (I was in the stadium that first match)... -- ciao, Bruce drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Jim Goloboy on 27 Jun 2010 00:46 On Jun 27, 12:34 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: > DK (d...(a)no.email.thankstospam.net) wrote: > > : The difference between the first and second halves make me > : blame Bradley. It looked like two different teams. Against Slovenia and Algeria we pulled a forward for a midfielder at halftime and played a lot better in the second half; perhaps we should have made that change before the match this time but we learn the hard way. > : Also, it seemed that in the extra time, USA expected Ghanians (?) to > : have run it out of steam completely. Instead, they revved up a bit and > : it took us by surprise - hence the goal. A wonderful goal, BTW. > : If only Altidore used his chances at 50% of what Gyan does... > > Bradley used the wrong line-up and burned two subs to have it right at > the beginning of the 2nd half... Having to burn the two subs--on players who were fresh coming into the match while the rest of the lineup had played a very draining match on Wednesday--certainly hurt us later. Bradley made one change from England to Slovenia, three changes from Slovenia to Algeria, and two changes from Algeria to Ghana...six in total, and four times the players he inserted were pulled at halftime or earlier. Not a good record. OTOH it shows he was willing to admit and correct his mistakes early.
From: Bruce D. Scott on 27 Jun 2010 01:45 Jim Goloboy (jim.goloboy(a)gmail.com) wrote: : Bradley made one change from England to Slovenia, three changes from : Slovenia to Algeria, and two changes from Algeria to Ghana...six in : total, and four times the players he inserted were pulled at halftime : or earlier. Not a good record. OTOH it shows he was willing to admit : and correct his mistakes early. Trouble is, he didn't learn the lesson from the Algeria match and had to re-do it during this one. -- ciao, Bruce drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Deeppe on 27 Jun 2010 02:18 On Jun 26, 10:45 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: > > Trouble is, he didn't learn the lesson from the Algeria match and had to > re-do it during this one. > Exacty! Bradly seems a bit prone to favoritesism. call it loyalty if you will, end result is not much different. But one can make arguments for and against that. But repeating obvious mistakes? That's worthy of a serious look. Both teams were worthy of going through today, Guana wanted it more for more of the game so won it. Good on them. As others have stated: USA needs to learn to bring some passion, some urgency to these games. And not at the half. Oh my goodness, if USA started the game like they did they second half? Who knows, 4-1 USA? But they didn't, so they lost. Good win for Guana. They were tested at least. I wish the US team had shown it's potential, but it seems (duh) that that's a part of the process too. So GO AMERICA! GO MEXICO PARAGUAY URAGUAY CHILE! Argentina and Brazil can fend for themselves.
From: Starcade on 27 Jun 2010 03:03
One of the many reasons I think Bradley will be sacked. Mike |