re: Michael Bradley's performance versus Germany compared to France's midfielders

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Here's an example of Bradley's many derps in the WC. This is in the Belgium game. Dempsey's gives him a great pass and he just can't control the ball.

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Dude we could cherry pick good and bad touches all day. Nani is one of my favorite examples of this as i saw him take one of the most beautiful first touches in the world from a scholes bomb with the outside of the foot and if you need to see bad touches just go watch the game from the other day.

And to blame him for that pass by dempsey is a little harsh. like the play against portugal. These are hard plays that only the very top players make most every time. MB is not going to be perfect. Remember Ronaldo didn't have that great of a game against the US minus one cross.

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We tie Germany if Jones could control the great pass Bradley gave him in the second half.

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This. many of those long red long balls in the graphs weren't terrible passes (and to me were as much of Jones, Dempsey, etc.'s fault as the end of the portugal game was MB's fault).