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Pair him with a solid DM and he can be an excellent bo-to-box player on the international stage.

The point isn't necessarily that Bradley shouldn't be used as a DLP. It may very well be his strongest position, I'm not sure. He has completed a ridiculously high percentage of passes in the snow and in Azteca the last two matches. The point is that by playing him in that role, you are completely negating his skill set by surrounding him with only average technical players.

Oh my bad, I thought we were talking about what JK actually did with Bradley last night to get a point at Azteca and not some fairy-tale USMNT land where we have a lot of above-average technical players to surround Bradley with and rain goals down on Mexico.

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Posted by LSUSOBEAST1

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Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:33 pm to uway

I would still disagree with you. I thought Jurgen's tactics for most of the match yesterday were very odd.

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Posted by Oenophile Brah

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Posted on 3/27/13 at 12:36 pm to uway

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what JK actually did with Bradley last night to get a point at Azteca and not some fairy-tale USMNT land where we have a lot of above-average technical players to surround Bradley with and rain goals down on Mexico.

Exactly! The primary goal last night was to get a draw at the most hostile stadium we play. This means sacrificing some of the offensive gameplan. We don't have goal scorers all over the field. So you take your strongest player and have him work methodically through the field. Possess the ball as much as possible, limit your exposure.

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