Let's try and agree
on a US Men's National Team. Start and 11, is it set in
stone five months
until the World Cup finals. So
let's do it between us. We're all on the screen. Here, we can
all agree. We can all everyone can see our agreeance of
disagreements based on our facial expressions. But are we
all going for Mac? Toner, and go. Let's start and goal or we
go over Zach. Stephen
Stephen. Listen I and as you were talking there Nick about.
Are we doing possession? Still or we not doing possessions.
Tell
Luca Della Torre
being like almost a permanent fixture. Now I think is a very
clear indicator we're still doing possession and I think
the interchangeability of like him and and John Wilkes Booth
CEO at times and killing Acosta times as well.
Is a halter has a type for that position and I think he's found
it and so I think we are still doing possession. So
To be stuffing for me.
I'll go with that. I
have been thinking, it's going to be Matt Turner,
but I want what Andy says to be right. So I think
I'm gonna go as I step into.
Okay, let's go with Stephen. I think he is slightly more
experienced so, but I think it would be harsh on Turner. And
I think the difficulty with those two goalkeepers is that neither
is probably going to play that much between now in the World
Cup if they
turn is going to be the backup at Arsenal,
it seems like and then Stephen
I don't see Man, City really letting I'm leave on loan. So
those guys going to be relying on League Cup appearances and
maybe in Turners case playing in the Europa League.
So that's a bit worrying for the u.s. that those goalkeepers
might be rusty, but I honestly do think as a flip of a coin,
but we'll go over possession. Let's agree on Stephen. Okay,
back for
left-back, Anthony Robinson, we all agree on that and he's fit
Walker Zimmerman one of the center backs,
I mean Robinson the other centre-back. If
I mean is he going to make it? I'm not sure that's that's just
like, right.
Some video of him putting
weight on his foot for the first time and I couldn't
remember, I was trying to be, I'm not a doctor, you know,
like is this good or bad? Is this is this earlier or later?
I'll tell you what, I are we agreeing and Andy mentioned his
name and I know I'm usually the one who are we agreeing to not
mention? John Brooks, because I do think he's still the best
choice and he could, he's going to sign somewhere
and then hopefully be
playing every minute. And that's what, that's what Burr,
halters, kind of left, it leaning on. I just, I think
he's the best for the job but I'm not. I wouldn't pick him
right now because I want to be realistic. It's wide open and
he go. I mean, I could say call a because Chris Richards, if
one of those guys takes chances and
is injury-free at the start the season and playing, well then
I could easily see one of those guys taken the spot but and he
go ahead.
Yeah, I think that
in an ideal world, it's Chris Richards if he can stay healthy
and because the possession being on the ball, he is much
more mobile than John Brooks and saying perfect world. But
he's proven that he can't stay. The
at this point I think
realistically right now
and given the especially as you get into The Knockouts I think
the way that your they're going to try to play will change and
I do think you go for more of an errand long type alongside
Walker's. Mmm. Because you understand what? It's going to
be you're going to
have less of these sustained possession
that you want to try to have against the likes of a Brazil
or a Germany and Argentina teams of that ilk. And so
I think It ultimately ends up kind of the Matt Besler, John,
Brooks /, Geoff Cameron.
And you know Trio that rotated in 2014 and also on Miles
Robinson, I'm not doing the. Is he going to make it in time for
the World Cup that I remember? Charlie Davies in 2010 and how
everybody got their
hopes up? All H, Davies will be back before the World Cup and
Charlie Davies was not back for years until after that. So
let's just, let's not even start that one right now, okay?
So Gino death right back.
I think he's got it. Locked down their
Midfield. Three pretty easy. I think Tyler items Western
McKenney and Eunice Musa.
3.
Well, that was easy.
And then
up front is difficult. But let's go with the wide players
who were playing a 4-3-3,
pull a stick on the left, Tim wire on the right.
And then who's playing up front, that's the big problem,
right? Nick. Yeah.
I have a really,
really challenging time with this because
I look at the guys who aren't being called in, and they miss
a big chance or World Cup qualifying and now during these
friendlies is It's races for are getting all of these
chances to shine because he's in for more because they really
really
want them to take it.
I honestly believe that if you were to go on body of work
over the past few years
that I want to see p pocket, another chance
I really do. I what he's done it young boys, what he does in
the Champions League, but his missus in qualifying were just
so glaring
and the harsh judgment on Hadji. Right
from Greg bird halter. While again. I think it wasn't as
Harsh. I think some lines might have been left out of some of
the transcriptions. He was just kind of saying
I expected a little bit more from him today.
I really do think they want Ferrara or Pepe to take it
and it looks like right now that fair is going to get that
chance. So let's hope he gets a lot more Savvy or else. He's
going to be a 22, 23 year old kid. I forget how old he is
trying to make it work as the number 9
for the United States. Men's National Team in a World Cup
against England.
Andy
before we jump in there. A lot of clamoring foot Tim Wyatt to
start as an MBA. I like that.
I feel if it's better on the right though, some great
deliveries and just things a lot more natural at their.
Don't think he's really a natural finisher.
I'm just going to say my piece. I would start one of Christine
pelisek or Giovanni Rainer in a false 9 and have them. I just
think you have to somehow get your best attacking players on
the pitch and I don't know how Geo
pull a sick and where
I just don't know how it fits because the Midfield three for
me is set in stone. That is the the heartbeat of this. You
Steam. So you want your wild card to Joe? Your wild card is
Brendan Aronson
who is going to be on our TV screens.
I think quite a bit this year and maybe
he takes wall units, mooses fault. Maybe is a more
attack-minded Central. Why do people who's coming off
the pitch? Well I've got are Aronson, way above Reina right
now for the fact that he plays
and I think that's important.
And the heat can be available,
it's interesting that you're going the no Striker route, Joe
because I've kind of been making this argument on PST for
about a month now or so any time that we're talking
national team, whether it's game coverage or preview or
just roster talk, it's not there, the
player is not there in the pool. There is not a player in
the US Men's National Team player pool that's going to do
the job that the national team wants right now. And so I think
trying to throw somebody out there to do that job is
you know it's Insanity. You're trying the same thing over and
over and you're getting the same result I think Ricardo
Pepe has About two months at the start of the season to come
out rested and recovered and just acclimated to life in
Germany that's tough to do in January, go in the middle of
the Season. Arrived into
a new team that's fighting relegation. All those factors.
He's got two months, I think to come out and show
marketed Improvement
and being Alex Byrd. And if it's not going to be him,
I think it's probably Ferrara. I don't think that Burkhalter
goes full no Center for it. I think he's the closest thing to
it though because he is such a number 10.
In the number 9 roll. He's not really looking to score as much
as he's looking to drop in and play make, which I think is
great with way up who was sick making runs off. I think you
can make a case that
Rayna Aronson, way of who was sick,
all four of those could really kind of play,
you know, for periods of a game
fluidly off of one, another and create something, maybe at
least interesting and I think
caused some problems for the opposition at least.
Yeah, it's difficult. It's such a key area, right? But I just
feel like for the u.s. they have to get all of those
talented players. I mean, Aronson Rainer, pull a sick
way on the pitch,
pretty much at the same time to cause problems and I just don't
there's no natural number 9 and there hasn't been for a long
time. A lot of guys have been tried and I think we saw
recently. Bill heart has
frustrated by the lack of options or the players who have
been getting minutes with their Club teams at the made the big
move to Europe like Pepe
and that's it. To the US, right? So that Center back
and the forward options of the big issues everywhere else.
I think they're pretty set defensively in the Midfield
looking pretty good. So I'm glad we agreed on most of that
starting eleven, I'm sure everybody's going to agree in
the comments below.
So looking forward to seeing those lineups. But remember on
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updated with all the latest US News ahead of the World Cup
building up towards those friendlies and
we'll be focusing on how the u.s. players are doing
for their Club teams. Nick does a wonderful job with the
ranking of the The player pool and seeing who's hot, who's
not? I feel like the still bit of change maybe and fingers
crossed, no more injuries for these key u.s. players between
now and November when the tournament starts.