re: Klinsmann wants us to play... nastier

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but when a player signs to Fulham or Sunderland, I want to see them working ten times harder to get a spot on an even better side. That's something we haven't seen much of outside of a few people like Clint, Timmy, and Bradley, and they're our star players.

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Maybe some aren't working as hard as they should, but the majority are getting blackballed because they are American. There's a legitimate stigma there and Jurgen has called it right from the beginning.

I mean, look at 2 of the 3 you mentioned. Bradley bounced around from league to league before finding stability at Chievo before getting screwed over at Roma. Dempsey couldn't get anything more than a moderate deal with Spurs despite being the 4th best goal scorer the year before when he put an otherwise shite team on his back.

Goalkeeper is the one position where an American is respected.