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Michael Bradley's performance versus Germany compared to France's midfielders
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:31 pm
Cabaye, Pogba and Matuidi all must really suck.
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Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:32 pm to hendersonshands
Nice. I've gotten into real arguments with friends of mine who don't really watch soccer who have been talking shite about MB. Pisses me off.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:34 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Nice. I've gotten into real arguments with friends of mine who don't really watch soccer who have been talking shite about MB. Pisses me off.
They're just repeating what they hear.
I went back and watched the Belgium game, and Bradley, though playing a deeper role (slightly), was one of our best players. Constantly playing long switches into feet, the beautiful assist, the speed in recovery.
He didn't have his best World Cup...he could have played better, but he was still good.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:39 pm to SwaggerCopter
Most people who were hating on Bradley don't understand what his role actually is in the team.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:43 pm to thesoccerfanjax
He didnt have a great World Cup. He doesnt suck obviously. Who is saying he "sucks"?
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:51 pm to kilo
Every poster that came over from the OT/MSB.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:54 pm to thesoccerfanjax
Ah,ok. gotcha.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:18 pm to kilo
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Posted by kilo He didnt have a great World Cup. He doesnt suck obviously. Who is saying he "sucks"?
In game thread I said he should be ashamed of himself for how he was playing. I'm sure I was just being emotional, but prior to this WC I've never thought Bradley was noticeably poor. You can chalk some of it up to ignorance, but if he had played really well, none of this talk would be happening. People love MB.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:18 pm to Stewie Griffin
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They're just repeating what they hear.
I went back and watched the Belgium game, and Bradley, though playing a deeper role (slightly), was one of our best players. Constantly playing long switches into feet, the beautiful assist, the speed in recovery.
Yeah, I posted right after the Belgium match about how many excellent passes he had against Belgium.
People also slightly overrate Bradley as an attacking midfielder. I watched every single match of his at Roma and while he's capable of matches like against Mexico it's not the norm that he's going to look like Totti with consistent touches, flicks and through balls in the final third.
However, there's also the issue of the US having less chances overall so if Bradley misses on a few promising attacking chances and so does Ozil or Di Maria, for example, Bradley's stand out a whole lot more.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:22 pm to wm72
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However, there's also the issue of the US having less chances overall so if Bradley misses on a few promising attacking chances and so does Ozil or Di Maria, for example, Bradley's stand out a whole lot more.
yeah that's pretty key. we have a much smaller margin of error. we needed him to be great to have any chance of making noise. thought he was good-very good in the last two matches. not so much in the first two.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:46 pm to SwaggerCopter
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I've gotten into real arguments with friends of mine who don't really watch soccer who have been talking shite about MB. Pisses me off.
This. I've had friends that watch soccer once every four years and think because they played rec soccer until they were 14 that they KNOW Bradley is terrible
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:48 pm to Friend of OBUDan
Yeah. It's unfair for people to compare Bradley playing an advanced role to Bradley sitting deep.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:58 pm to Boomtown
But, BRO. He's supposedly the US' best player and he didn't even do any step overs or juke anyone. I mean COME ON!
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:21 pm to hendersonshands
i have supported bradley and will continue to do so and i think he did just fine this world cup.
with that said, didnt those three kinda suck against germany?
with that said, didnt those three kinda suck against germany?
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:28 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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with that said, didnt those three kinda suck against germany?
I thought every attacking player, midfielder to forward, for both teams kind of sucked in that game.
For all the stars on display, the lack of precision passing in the final third was often as bad as Greece v. Costa Rica.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:28 pm to hendersonshands
But Hendo didn't you hear everyone commenting during and after our games about Bradley's performance? He's the worst player on our team and should never wear a national team jersey again trolololololol
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:36 pm to hendersonshands
I love all the people in denial about MB that feel the need to pick and choose stats that make him look good. Please find the stats that show the # of times he failed to make the through ball pass to the person wide open because he didn't see him or how many turnovers were caused because of his terrible first touch. Unfortunately you can't because nobody keeps track of those stats. If you watch the game, it's obvious. You can pull all these great stats about how MB ran 2 marathons in each match or how his long ball accuracy is the best. He's still an average to below average midfielder.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:41 pm to hendersonshands
It's almost like the Germans just didn't care what Michael Bradley did or didn't do...
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:56 pm to SUB
Great players turn the ball over all the time. All the time. It just happens when you play in the clusterfrick that is the center of the park. MB did not play great by any means, but he played alright given he was playing out of position.
People who know 100x more about the game than anyone on this board disagree, but OK.
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He's still an average to below average midfielder.
People who know 100x more about the game than anyone on this board disagree, but OK.
This post was edited on 7/7/14 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 7/7/14 at 5:02 pm to LoveThatMoney
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It's almost like the Germans just didn't care what Michael Bradley did or didn't do...
You're right. It's almost like neither team cared about much of anything. I wonder why?
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