re: United States of F#ck Yeah v. The Canal | Gold Cup | 8:30 p.m. CST (FS1)

i'm guessing he's hoping for bedoya-esque performances defensively to let our fullbacks play like wings offensively

have them for wide outlets in possession and cover for the FBs defensively

Yeah I get it but the guy has to at least pose a threat on the wings to open up space for the wingbacks.

I'm still not sold on Wood yet. He had a few good minutes against Germany and the Dutch, but he had done nothing in his previous caps and it sounds like he wasn't doing well with his club.

Is it a decent pitch tonight or another crap field like the other night?

It's a good field.

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Yeah I get it but the guy has to at least pose a threat on the wings to open up space for the wingbacks

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Who are these awesome wingers Jurgen is leaving out?

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Who are these awesome wingers Jurgen is leaving out?

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Outside of Fab, I don't think we have one.

Guys, it's a diamond 4-4-2. There aren't true wingers. Width comes from the fullbacks, and the "wide" midfielders tuck in. Playing A defensive mid at those positions isn't nearly as egregious as Jurgen playing Danny Williams out wide against Italy in a 4-2-3-1.

CZ or 1.6? Hope you don't play Source

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I agree 100%. The argument then is, do we try to get a 50%-60% Jozy match fit for the knockout rounds, or do we go with someone that is healthier?

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I think we get him minutes surely, but in any situation where we need goals badly, we defer to two healthy forwards. Against Haiti, for example, Jozy had a really good run that he hesitated on leading to the phantom offside call on Aron. Without the terrible offside ruling, Jozy creates a great goal with that hesitation. That'd have been huge for him, even if he gets subbed off soon after. A confident Jozy gets buckets.

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Oh and another at Alexi saying that some people are confused at Jurgen's lineups. EVERYONE is confused by Jurgen's lineup choice.

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I may be the only one who feels this way, but Alexi has been FAR nicer to Jurgen in his analysis. For so long, he'd do anything to take a shot at him, and recently, he's been slightly less critical and more "fair" I suppose. He still takes a few jabs, but it's nowhere near where it was for a while when he'd have blasted Jurgen's shoe choices if he thought he could get away with it.