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Could Aron J. be more productive against Portugals backline?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:15 am
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:15 am
If he starts, is Portugal's back line less phsyical and will Aron's speed and tech ability be more useful?
For the few (and I mean very few) touches aron had, he looked like the smaller slower athlete last night.
For the few (and I mean very few) touches aron had, he looked like the smaller slower athlete last night.
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Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:18 am to Shane4689
Also, Bruno Alves had a shocker vs Germany.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:18 am to Shane4689
Probably - Ghana is more athletic than Portugal.
There should be more space to operate and we should also see better service from the midfield.
There should be more space to operate and we should also see better service from the midfield.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:25 am to Billy Mays
We need to see more out of Johannsson against Portugal for sure. That said, that might require a change in formation, or at least better service from the midfield.
Billy Mays, your sig is awesome.
Billy Mays, your sig is awesome.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:26 am to Billy Mays
yeah, i think aron's struggles were largely based on bradley and dempsey playing awful. he'll be better sunday, i think. i just hope klinsmann doesn't start wondo. that'd be a disaster.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:40 am to cwil177
Whoever came up with it won the headline contest for sure
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:42 am to Shane4689
I'll start by saying that I'm a big Johansson fan. He's a natural scorer and somebody that will be an excellent piece of US Soccer going forward. That said, I would not be surprised at all if JK goes with Wondolowksi to start against Portugal. He's got 6 days to prepare and I would expect that starting position battle to be pretty intense heading into the weekend. I would prefer AJ over Wondo even though he struggled last night, but won't be surprised to see him subbed in at some point in the 2nd half Sunday with Wondo starting.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:45 am to NOFLyZ0ne28
I think it's hard to rate Johannsson after last night's match...we were turtled up in defense the entire game and made no effort at all to move the ball in to the attacking end of the field. He didn't even have a chance to have a bad game or show up at all because our guys couldn't do shite except pass the ball backward and then give it back to Ghana. Just my opinion of course. I hope that he'll get the start next game.
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 9:46 am
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:49 am to cwil177
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We need to see more out of Johannsson against Portugal for sure. That said, that might require a change in formation, or at least better service from the midfield.
Ghana is big, fast, and physical. Germany was physically manhandling portugal. We should fair pretty well against them.
cwil177 your avatar pic is awesome, who dey be?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:50 am to Friend of OBUDan
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aron's struggles were largely based on bradley and dempsey playing awful.
bradley looked lost, and couldnt effectively transition the shape moving forward. It was bad.
Dempsey couldnt breath through his nose. That had to be tough
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:51 am to Doldil
I agree. The only player who I think we can really say played bad last night was Michael Bradley. He looked god awful in every facet of the game. I quit counting how many times he got crossed up by an attacker, lost possession on offense, or just flat out looked like he wasn't even trying his hardest. On Ghana's goal he got left in the dust and didn't even make a hard attempt to get back into the play. Granted it was the 80th minute, but still. For someone who is suppose to now be one of our team leaders, on top of one of our best players, Bradley REALLY disappointed last night.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:57 am to Shane4689
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For the few (and I mean very few) touches aron had, he looked like the smaller slower athlete last night.
Yeah not as athletic as Jozy. However, he looked very composed on the ball. That is a good quality in a target man.
He has also displayed his finishing prowess in the Dutch league, and has scored 2 goals in 9 games for the U.S. (pretty good ratio).
Clearly, the guy shows a lot of promise. This is an opportunity to develop another quality striker, that's the way I look at it.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:59 am to Shane4689
I think on the few times that he received service, he did a very good job of finding open players in active runs. I think he will be better when we aren't bunkered in so much and are able to bring him help. He loves playing quick touches and movement, but that wasn't going to happen with 10 playing on the defensive side of the ball like yesterday.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:08 am to SouthOfSouth
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I think on the few times that he received service, he did a very good job of finding open players in active runs. I think he will be better when we aren't bunkered in so much and are able to bring him help.
Agree 100%. I thought he looked very good on the ball. Confident and composed.
The lack of scoring opportunities was not really his fault.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:25 am to TxTiger82
I'm not sure either Aron or Wondo start.
Jurgen may simply abandon a 2-striker system now that we got the 3 points vs Ghana and his main striker is down.
Jurgen may simply abandon a 2-striker system now that we got the 3 points vs Ghana and his main striker is down.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:26 am to TxTiger82
Plus Portugal will be missing 2 of their starting backs correct?
Pepe & maybe contraeo
Not sure if that favors AJ or Wondo starting
Pepe & maybe contraeo
Not sure if that favors AJ or Wondo starting
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:29 am to uway
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Jurgen may simply abandon a 2-striker system now that we got the 3 points vs Ghana and his main striker is down.
Interesting because typically Dempsey pushes back to the midfield in that situation leaving Jozy up top.
But you could potentially leave Dempsey playing target man and sub in another midfielder like Zusi or Mix.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:30 am to zmonsoon
I saw Alieda (sp?) Was injured for Portugal. What position does he play?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:33 am to pvilleguru
Hugo Almeida was their starting striker
Posted on 6/17/14 at 10:35 am to pvilleguru
I think maybe you mean Almeida? He's a striker.
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