That's a nice little back heel flip for a goal. But the defender and GK butchered that corner. Of course it's impossible to here if the keeper called for the ball but he would have had an uncontested attempt to snag that out of the air. Defender made the cardinal mistake of heading the ball right back to the top of the box. You're asking for trouble with that.
Forest already brought in a GK to replace Turner. He was terrible. Forest keeps blaming their GKs but the backline there is not great and it actually may be more of a MF issue for Forest as they can't hold the ball in playing out of the back. I watched their game vs Arsenal yesterday. The 1st goal, probably needs to be saved by Turner but I've seen a lot of good GKs concede similar goals. The problem for Forest is more that forwards are basically allowed to waltz into the box with the ball unmolested by the backline. Gabriel Jesus had so many open looks. Forest would basically need Superman back there to keep them in games. And they don't score enough...hopefully Reyna can help that.
Dike is hurt again? Dear God has he played more than 3 consecutive months since he left Orlando?
I like Sargent but I don't see his fit with the current crop of USMNT players. As for him getting yanked in the 2nd half...he has an extremely high work rate. You rarely see guys with his work rate who are committed to playing on both ends of the field play a full 90. If he goes to a top league team somewhere, it won't be in England. My guess is Bundesliga, Eredivisie, or Italy. Those leagues have seemed to embrace American players. England puts up with them.
I'm talking speed. He's not the pace player that Balogun, Pulisic, or Weah are. The amount of pressure that speed puts on a back line is ridiculous and when you throw Reyna, Dest, McKennie and Jedi into the mix...even moreso. I'm not saying he shouldn't be there...I'm saying that's Berhalter's thought process right now.
Maybe Gabrielle Hanson could hire some of the fans for security.
So the Lazio, or as my son affectionately calls them, Nazio, have some of the worst fans in the world and I am not exaggerating. Apparently Lazio was the team of choice for the fascists back in World War II, including being Mussolini's team. They have subjected non-white and non-Italian players to some of the worst derogatory comments. They've had several home matches where fans have been banned because of their treatment of black and African players including Balotelli, who is Italian! One of the red cards was for Pulisic continuing to play when a Lazio player went down clutching his head from some mysterious malady because on the play in question, he didn't get touched. Lazio wanted Pulisic to play the ball out, he kept going, Lazio player basically wrapped him up and flung him down, earning a 2nd yellow/red. Lazio is lucky the red cards in Serie A don't carry over to champions league where they have a big match upcoming against Bayern with Lazio up 1-0 in the aggregate.
Yedlin is headed in Cinci. Matt Turner is no bueno. I actually think Horvath has bigger potential than him. They both make dumb, dumb mistakes at times. I will always be partial to CO dudes, especially Real CO guys considering how much time I spent around their club there. I always liked them and how they trained.
Yeah, I had posted the Yedlin stuff and him being really good for Miami in the early going, and then I open up ESPN and see that he's been traded to FC Cincinnati. I think that is a $$$ saving move for Miami who is spending so much $$$ on the likes of Messi, Jordi Alba, Busquets, and Suarez. So far it's paid off. The Inter Miami Messi jersey is one of the hottest worldwide right now.
Of course dumb, dumb won't start him. Berhalter will probably find a way to leave him off the team and bring Freddy adu back and to drum up support for 2026 crowds.
That would certainly ensure Berhalter was gone...and that he ruined the US' best chance for ever winning a World Cup.
Here's an idea....start Sarge and see what he can do for 60-65 minutes (as his coach at Norwich City is doing) and then bring Balogun off the bench to relieve him. Won't happen but currently, Balogun isn't doing much of anything (5 and 4) for that frog club.
Forest has got so many problems and most of them aren't at forward and MF. Those 2 groups are actually playing pretty well for Forest right now. The issue is the CBs are a complete train wreck. They just don't seem to have great communication or understand their relational positioning at all. And what does Forest do to address this problem...they go out and buy GKs. 2 of them to be exact because they think the problem was Turner. Well, neither of the replacements has turned their fortunes around in EPL either.
I saw him at 19 years old and said he was the best American player we have ever had. I am still confident in that assessment.
He also has withdrawn from Beer?halter's Nations Lg squad. Why not. His club team needs him for their fight to gain EPL promotion. David Wagner, his coach, doesn't want him injured vs. C'CAF competition, although Beer?halter wouldn't start him anyway. He's more in love with Balogun & Pepe. Good luck with these two. Bad results may cost him his job.
