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Posted on 11/18/13 at 10:19 am to Broski
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Shea has to go on loan and get some run before I can take his potential selection seriously.
I somewhat agree - but Shea is a little different. He's probably the one player we know (though it looks like Johansson is as well) in the pool that can change a game in 15-20 minutes.
There's certainly value to that. Your roster is not a compilation of the 23 most talented players - it's the best 20 pieces (and 3 GKs).... the best toolkit, if you will.
I'll say this: if we're in our last group game, with 30 minutes to get a goal to advance (like the 2010 Algeria game or Ghana in 2006), there's no American player (capped or uncapped) I think I'd rather see get up off that bench than Brek Shea.
And I say that with a pretty poor opinion of Shea's game overall.
Posted on 11/18/13 at 10:22 am to Sheep
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I somewhat agree - but Shea is a little different. He's probably the one player we know (though it looks like Johansson is as well) in the pool that can change a game in 15-20 minutes.
There's certainly value to that. Your roster is not a compilation of the 23 most talented players - it's the best 20 pieces (and 3 GKs).... the best toolkit, if you will.
I'll say this: if we're in our last group game, with 30 minutes to get a goal to advance (like the 2010 Algeria game or Ghana in 2006), there's no American player (capped or uncapped) I think I'd rather see get up off that bench than Brek Shea.
And I say that with a pretty poor opinion of Shea's game overall.
This sums up very well my stance on Brek
Posted on 11/18/13 at 10:24 am to etm512
Agreed that he has the talent to be that all-important super sub, my point was that I don't think he even makes the 30 man prelim roster if he is still in a similar club situation come May.
Posted on 11/18/13 at 10:27 am to Broski
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JK has made it emphatically clear that the team he will take will be regular club players, regardless of talent.
If he really wanted to send a message, he should have left Brek at home and looked to expand his player pool to include similar players.
I think that Juergen is more of a pragmatist than he lets on. I'm sure that Brek will get a look, regardless of his club situation. It's not like his ability to run recklessly in a straight line is going to be seriously affected by not playing.
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