re: United States of Enola Gay v. Hiroshima | Friendly | 7:25am CT...LOL (ESPN2/ESPN+)

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When so many players look bad its time to look at the coach and his beloved "system".

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Sure, but probably what would come out from looking at that is that the system largely benefits our best players, the coach just needs to quit some other players (Long) and get some others healthy.

We learned midway through qualifying that Musah is absolutely crucial in the midfield because Adams' passing is below average and McKennie's passing outside of the attacking third is reckless at best, insane at worst. Musah fixes so many of the issues we had today.

You also absolutely need someone out of the back to be able to be calm on the ball and be able to play a linebreaking pass every now and then. With Zimmerman and Turner locked into the XI, the other CB has to be able to pass the ball... that's not Aaron Long nor will it ever be Aaron Long. He provides no value to this roster outside of a veteran locker room presence, which doesn't matter if you're losing matches directly because of his play.

Richards, CCV, McKenzie, Ream, EPB are all better options and it's not even remotely close.