Europe has been amazing so far! I am enjoying every second of it.
I am currently in Paris and it is by far the most stunning city I have been to.
I hope everyone ius having a wonderful summer and good weather.
I am currently in Paris and it is by far the most stunning city I have been to.
I hope everyone ius having a wonderful summer and good weather.
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I know you hate Arena, and you know I love him. That said, I can't understand anything that happened yesterday. I suppose every plan goes out the window when you're 1-0 down after 4 minutes, but nobody other than Johnson performed even close to acceptably. I have to think that things looked much better during practice and the Angola scrimmage, but I really don't understand it.
As to the specific points you mentioned, Convey's had several games on the left and Reading fans I see on the net say he does very well for them there. I agree that Donovan's best as a #10, but Arena's always played him up top when Reyna's playing, so that's not really a big change. Pope was in because Gibbs is out. He's definitely lost a few steps, but his experience and positioning sense put him well above Boca and Berhalter in my book. Wolff pissed me off to no end. He made his career off a couple of great games 5 years ago but he's been a shadow of himself since his various injuries over the years. I really don't understand why he came in instead of Dempsey, who would've brought the daring attitude we so desperately needed. Of course, I'm saying that as a Revs fan, but most others seem to agree.
I don't mind that Beasley was on the right because he plays there frequently for PSV. I do mind that he got the start, as he's clearly dipped in form over the last year (since the broken leg), he hasn't played much for PSV and he's looked like shit for us in the friendlies. When you throw in the recent DUI in Holland you have to wonder about his mentality. Maybe he looked good in practice, but to me his 1st touch has actually gotten worse and I was shocked at his unwillingness to take players on. I really hope we see Dempsey on the right against Italy.
What really gets me is that I've read so many US statements about how they're preparing to stop Koller from getting free headers in the box. Then Rosicky comes out and says that Bruckner told the Czechs to get behind our wings and send crosses in . When everyone clearly understands what's going to happen you can't fucking allow it 4 minutes into the fucking game!!!! It's killing me that it played out like that because the only explanation is a lack of focus on the part of our players. There was no surprise, everyone spelled it out long before time, and we still let it happen uncontested.
Oh well. Hopefully our guys will get there heads straight, Arena will change the team based on the performances and the Italians will look past us to the Czech game. I still believe we can get 2 wins, but it's not going to happen with the team we sent out yesterday.
Anyways, you should head to Germany even if you don't have tickets. With all the fine Brazillian booty I'm seeing on tv you could be screaming Gooooooooooooooooooooooal every night!