re: *** Mother Russia v Uncle Sam Nov 14, 2012 9:00am CST ***

i think if someone can tame the beast that is jermaine jones and get him to tone it down one notch in the game (ie not bulldozing into the opponents third on a semi regular basis) he could be very valuable. i think he feels he needs to do too much in the usmnt and that makes him play worse. with schalke he's far from the best midfielder and he plays that role pretty well. he's aging, so they brought in roman neustadter in the summer to be his replacement/help with depth. it seems he's rather inconsistent, but he does put in hard work- albeit sometimes a little too hard