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re: Article On Donovan Omission
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:26 pm to hendersonshands
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:26 pm to hendersonshands
I've never been a huge fan of both Donovan and Dempsey. More so Dempsey than Donovan.
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Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:28 pm to hendersonshands
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I'm just trying to figure out why. Is it a personality thing?
It's not about his talent. I can't really explain it.
I've liked Bradley more as an outfield player from this current cycle. Tim Howard is probably my favorite USMNTer of all-time.
Johannsson is obviously my pick for the future.
I would say I liked Dempsey more than Donovan, too.
This post was edited on 5/22/14 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:28 pm to pvilleguru
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I've never been a huge fan of both Donovan and Dempsey. More so Dempsey than Donovan.
And I think Jurgen is the same.
He cuts Donovan, and then he makes Dempsey captain because he thinks he plays too selflishly.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:28 pm to pvilleguru
im not really a dempsey fan, either, but that's because he is highly overrated when playing internationally.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:30 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
The thing with Landon for me is that watching him play in the 2002 World Cup is what really started my "serious" soccer fandom.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:30 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
They both just disappear for long stretches of the game.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:30 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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im not really a dempsey fan, either, but that's because he is highly overrated when playing internationally.
Dempsey is slightly overrated when playing against top competition. Fulham could afford to make him their main man.
He could not fill a role for Tottenham Hotspur. He's a huge defensive liability, and he isn't good enough to be a 9 or 10 in the Premier League. It's hilarious that people think he left the glory of the Premier League for the Sounders. Dude was fixin' to ride the pine, and we sucked.
He could have played for a lower table club still, but that's about it.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:31 pm to WarSlamEagle
Did you watch the 2002 World Cup?
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:32 pm to Broski
I totally understand that.
I totally understand the anger.
I don't understand the lengths some are going on here with this firing and losing talk.
I'm logging off. I'll probably stay off until the UCL Final. (Hold your applause, VKC.) Don't want to personally go through another day of this on here.
I totally understand the anger.
I don't understand the lengths some are going on here with this firing and losing talk.
I'm logging off. I'll probably stay off until the UCL Final. (Hold your applause, VKC.) Don't want to personally go through another day of this on here.
This post was edited on 5/22/14 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:33 pm to hendersonshands
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Did you watch the 2002 World Cup?
Again, this is why it's so hard for me.
Donovan and that team made me a hardcore soccer fan. It's just killing me right now that our best player ever has his international career end so unceremoniosly.
That, plus, I just can't see Brad Davis being a better LM option than Landy.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:34 pm to WarSlamEagle
I don't think there's really much out of the ordinary here. Doesn't seem like you're being personally attacked.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:36 pm to WarSlamEagle
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I don't understand the lengths some are going on here with this firing and losing talk.
Yeah, I did start a thread titled "frick Jurgen" but you can bet your arse I don't want this team to lose or him to get fired (because that means we probably played like shite).
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:37 pm to SwaggerCopter
How any American soccer fan could not be a fan of Clint Dempsey is absolutely beyond me. The dude has made more of his talent than maybe any other top level athlete I can think of.
This post was edited on 5/22/14 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:37 pm to hendersonshands
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Doesn't seem like you're being personally attacked.
Which is why this thread is lame.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:39 pm to BleedPurpleGold
frick you
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:39 pm to hendersonshands
Hendo, I did watch in 02. I was also eight and have not watched much of it on YouTube or whatever since then. I've already admitted I'm a bad American soccer fan because I didn't get butthurt about Landon. Hell, I support United. Whatever. Nothing is going to change anyone's mind here.
I don't think I'm being personally attacked, I've just wasted too much time discussing/arguing this whole thing this evening. I don't want to do it all again tomorrow. Don't see anything constructive coming from the Landon discussion. I'm sure any talk of the surprising Yedlin choice, one I wish we had more attention to talk about, will devolve into a Landon discussion.
I don't think I'm being personally attacked, I've just wasted too much time discussing/arguing this whole thing this evening. I don't want to do it all again tomorrow. Don't see anything constructive coming from the Landon discussion. I'm sure any talk of the surprising Yedlin choice, one I wish we had more attention to talk about, will devolve into a Landon discussion.
This post was edited on 5/22/14 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:40 pm to hendersonshands
You're such a twat.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:40 pm to Broski
SFP said it best. If you're going to be an a-hole, you better be right.
Jurgen chose to be an egomaniac and an a-hole tonight. If it works, more power to him. If it doesn't work, he should be gone.
Hopefully it won't come to that, but he chose to go that route.
Looking at it logically, we are the 4th most likely team to get out of that group, with or without Donovan. But Klinsmann has made this World Cup about himself (and his brass balls and how he "shakes up the status quo" or whatever bullshite he tells himself), which is something a coach shouldn't do under any cirucmstance.
Today felt like the coaching equivalent of Joey Crawford dancing around in circles while giving a technical to Tim Duncan for blinking.
Jurgen chose to be an egomaniac and an a-hole tonight. If it works, more power to him. If it doesn't work, he should be gone.
Hopefully it won't come to that, but he chose to go that route.
Looking at it logically, we are the 4th most likely team to get out of that group, with or without Donovan. But Klinsmann has made this World Cup about himself (and his brass balls and how he "shakes up the status quo" or whatever bullshite he tells himself), which is something a coach shouldn't do under any cirucmstance.
Today felt like the coaching equivalent of Joey Crawford dancing around in circles while giving a technical to Tim Duncan for blinking.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:43 pm to Broski
That's where I am.
Landon is better than Brad Davis. In every way. Period. No discussion.
I didn't expect him to be in the starting eleven. But everyone knows this would have been his last WC. Short of having an American up and coming superstar taking Landon's place, for me, there is no reason for someone with inferior talent, who is OLDER than Landon to make the 23.
None of these bullshite platitudes pass the smell test.
The two best players and leaders of this team - Bradley and Howard - have stated publicly the need for Landon.
This WC should have been Landon's farewell tour and I can't forgive Klinsmann for robbing us of that. Not for someone like Brad Davis.
I have not said Klinsmann should be fired for it but I won't stop posting about what I think about his decision.
I'll root like hell and raise the flag for our boys but I won't be doing the same for Klinsmann.
Landon is better than Brad Davis. In every way. Period. No discussion.
I didn't expect him to be in the starting eleven. But everyone knows this would have been his last WC. Short of having an American up and coming superstar taking Landon's place, for me, there is no reason for someone with inferior talent, who is OLDER than Landon to make the 23.
None of these bullshite platitudes pass the smell test.
The two best players and leaders of this team - Bradley and Howard - have stated publicly the need for Landon.
This WC should have been Landon's farewell tour and I can't forgive Klinsmann for robbing us of that. Not for someone like Brad Davis.
I have not said Klinsmann should be fired for it but I won't stop posting about what I think about his decision.
I'll root like hell and raise the flag for our boys but I won't be doing the same for Klinsmann.
Posted on 5/22/14 at 11:44 pm to WarSlamEagle
Don't think anyone said you're a bad American soccer fan either. It was a legitimate question.
YOu're just watching a part of my soul die live on the internet.
YOu're just watching a part of my soul die live on the internet.
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