Are there midfielders expected to challenge the current starters for the...

Russia is winning in 2018.

Prepare your anus for a hammer and sickle.

The Beckerman and Jones replacements will likely be Danny Williams, Alfredo Morales and Perry Kitchen

I don't see Beckerman or Jones to be at the World Cup.

Possible replacements include Nagbe, Williams, Hyndman, Acosta, Morales, Kitchen, Zelalem etc.

I guarantee you Russia goes deep.

You call it whatever you want.

One bad tournament.

Don't give a frick.

Going deep doesn't mean finishing second in an easy group and losing the first knockout round.

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I don't see Beckerman or Jones to be at the World Cup.

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Definitely a no on Beckerman, but I wouldn't be shocked if Jermaine is there.

Nagbe has been playing as an 8 for Portland this year, with a 6 next to him in Diego Chara.

Zelalem may be ready for 2016, depending on what he does with Arsenal or on loan this year. There's word that Wenger wants to keep him with the senior team and play him like he did Iwobi last year, but Arsenal have also loaded up in central midfield with Xhaka and Elneny to go with Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, and Coquelin. But it's Arsenal, and there will be injuries.

I'd imagine Danny Williams is on the short list of 6s for us.

Cameron could, I guess, step into the midfield, but I wouldn't break up the central defensive pairing unless Miazga or Carter-Vickers is USMNT ready by then.

There's others like Kitchen, Will Trapp, Morales.

Still think Bradley is one of the two, though I'm not sure he should be. He was better, from what I saw, in the third place game, but I didn't watch that very closely.

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Still think Bradley is one of the two, though I'm not sure he should be. He was better, from what I saw, in the third place game, but I didn't watch that very closely.

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Bradley definitely should be there. His only disappointing games were the first one against Colombia and Argentina.

The players weren't the problem. The organizational structure was. When the CB's are too afraid of making a ten yard pass into midfield, and instead insist on trying to play balls wild balls wide to poorly positioned fullbacks, is it any surprise that Russia couldn't create any chances, let alone keep the ball enough to have a breather? Not only that, it seems that as long as players play in Eastern Europe, they won't understand that the Western European game is much more advanced tactically. It's the same trouble the Brazilians are having. Unless they hire a fantastic coach (who else can they hire, though, as both Hiddink and Capello struggled to get anything out of the team), I don't see them moving forward.