When did Jozy publicly criticize Klinsmann? Quote/Link please. Jozy scored more goals during WC 2010 qualifying than anyone in our pool. He's only played spot minutes for us this year, because Klinsmann prefers the non-traditional striker Gomez.

And Bhoy, who on here has been doubting Gomez? I don't recall any real detractors. I just seem to remember posters rightly pointing out that Jozy and Boyd have been on much better scoring form than Gomez. If anyone wanted to state their opinion that Jozy Altidore is a better footballer than Herculez Gomez, they're probably fairly accurate in their assumption.

ETA: Just saw the indirect tweet in question. He could be referring to a number of different people. He just got sent off for mocking a Dutch referee at the weekend. He also has had his Twitter foibles in the past, once tweeting that he was left off the Hull City game day roster because he overslept his alarm, and arrived late to the stadium. He also deleted that one ex post facto.

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Posted by uway

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Posted on 10/8/12 at 4:26 pm to thenry712

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He just got sent off for mocking a Dutch referee at the weekend.

Makes more sense to me than him calling out JK like that. Just seemed like a plausible explanation for him being left off.

Then again, if JK thinks Jozy has attitude and work-rate problems, it probably didn't help that he got sent off for mouthing off right when JK was making call-ups.

I had forgotten that JK was so open about his criticism of Jozy:

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Klinsmann: "The Dutch league is very open -- he gets three or four chances a game. In international games, there's less space. It's hard to get chances; you have to create them yourself. Yes, you always want people to feed your strikers who are good at finishing, but on the other hand, when teams are locked in, you have to work, work, work and force your luck, and sooner or later you'll get rewarded for that. I think Jozy can do a lot better, and he knows that.

Personally, I think JK comes off delusional with a lot of the things he says, and I wouldn't make the same decisions on players that he does. But it's still early in his tenure, and I for one hope he gets a World Cup to prove himself.

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