re: The difference between Holden and Jones (Gold Cup thread)

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With Bunbury paired with Agudelo.

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this x7

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Bedoya, Kljestan, or Torres?

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Pablo is talking about Diskerud.

I have no idea why I say Bunbery, when its Bunbury.


Its interesting. I don't know if the Gold cup is where you experiment with a lot of the rosters. I could see a lot coming off the bench.


Mix has shown a lot of promise but you can't put him over most of starting midfield. I'd say he is best prospect in the Mid, then Bedoya.


I honestly think defense is our biggest problem in the future. We need Timothy Chandler, Tim Ream and Omar Gonzalez to be BIG time. I think if Brek Shea becomes a CB, we will be f'ing stout for sure.

Jonathan Spector needs to be moved to the midfield. He has done pretty well in the Mid for West Ham. Bornstein brings the experience but that is about it. Maybe his stay @ Tigres will improve him and I hope so but I'm not holding my breath.

I have no idea why I said Turkey. I meant S Africa. All these friendlies this last year are blurring together in my mind.

I just hope we get to hear some messicans sing Boon-Boo-Ree to the beat of Boom Boom Pow. Whether it is the Gold Cup or not. He can definitely earn some starts against weaker teams in the CONCACAF

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Injured.

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Ya, that is why I said I hope he is fit for the Gold Cup. I think he SHOULD be tho.


ETA: His recovery time was 4 -6 weeks.

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Mix, it's on you, big dog.

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Agreed. Creativity is the key. Jones, Edu and Baby are all very similar players. Someone has to distribute.

[sarcasm]Don't we have some creative midfielder that scored a goal in the Turkish second division recently?[/sarcasm]

Bradley is not an attacking midfielder, neither is Holden really or Edu, and definitely not Jones. None of those guys are CAM in a 4-2-3-1.

Bradley, Holden and Edu could be box to box type central mids. But the only 4-2-3-1 type CAM's we have are Dempsey, or Mix or maybe Landon.

You don't have to have a Schneider or Ozil type to go with a 3 man central midfield though. We looked at our best in the World Cup with Jozy as the lone striker with Landon and Clint as attacking midfielders playing off of with him with Bradley/Edu/Feilhaber playing deeper.

Some of this is semantics. When I think of a real 4-2-3-1 its with an attacking playmaker type in the middle of the 3 man part of the midfield. We don't really have that guy except for maybe Dempsey. But a 4-5-1 still seems to be the best option to me. Holden is a key part of that though.

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4-5-1

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Bradley and Edu as the carilleros, Jones sitting deep and distributing, and Donovan/Dempsey on either side of Jozy. I preferred Stu over Edu, but this is our best bet. Only problem is the onus it puts on our fullbacks (or at least one) to give width. Of course, a passer like Ream out of the back can solve a lot of that by allowing the fullbacks to stay higher. Lichaj needs to be ready.