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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2011 7:41:06 GMT
Wasn't given a chance at Villa.
Has all the qualities, on paper at least, required for a box to box Premier League midfielder.
Would still like to see us roll the dice on him, not that we will.
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Post by jimmygscfc on Jun 24, 2011 9:20:50 GMT
Some very neat touches in that video....he's a better passer than I recall......he spots a pass and weights it beautifully.
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Post by mailman44 on Jun 24, 2011 12:07:05 GMT
Sign him!
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Post by parttimelurker on Jun 24, 2011 12:16:13 GMT
He looked like a crap Dean Whitehead the other night..
Adu on the other hand looked very promising (maybe Champ Man was right after all!!).
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Post by Dr Oetcake on Jun 24, 2011 13:07:24 GMT
I see enough Riverdance as it is thanks.
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Post by ignats75 on Jun 24, 2011 13:34:57 GMT
But his first touch is dire and he has a tendancy to get what we call the "Deer in the Headlights" look about him sometimes. Bullshit. I've watched every minute of the Goldcup. He's been crap the whole tournament. His passing has been "soft" and he has shown a real lack of confidence lately. He doesn't at all look like the same guy everyone saw at the world cup. Not sure what his problem is. Certainly, if the Michael Bradley of the 2010 WC shows up, I would love for Stoke to sign him. But if he plays like now when he can't solve the Panama Defense, then thanks, but I'll pass.
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Post by interestedobserver on Jun 24, 2011 14:41:37 GMT
I would agree he's not been the same player this tournament as he was 12 months ago. But my impression has been that he's started fairly well (aside from the horrible play against Jamaica where he was caught in possession and then played their advanced striker on-side) but then after half-time he has faded. Which suggests to me that the main issue is fitness.
As for Freddy Adu, for me there is not better player in the US pool in terms of having the ball at his feet and running at a defense. His problems have been in other areas (maturity, defensive IQ etc.). All those are definitely fixable and he could still turn into a pretty good player. But he has a long way to go.
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Post by interestedobserver on Jun 25, 2011 21:37:08 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 26, 2011 1:20:38 GMT
I'm not watching it but he's scored the opening goal in the final apparently.
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Post by ignats75 on Jun 26, 2011 15:33:09 GMT
A miracle header. It was the high water mark for his night. The midfield (him and Jones) were absolutely embarrassing last night. just terrible. Couldn't gain possession. Couldn't hold it when they had it.
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Post by interestedobserver on Jun 26, 2011 16:35:34 GMT
Unless I have the Mexican CMs wrong, here are the stats for the 4 CMs last night:
Torrado 29 Successful pass 3 unsuccessful pass 1 through ball 1 fouls won 2 fouls conceded 1 header 4 tackled and disposed 1 shot off target 1 assist 4 tackle won 1 defender block 1 blocked cross 8 recovery
Castro 20 successful pass 9 unsuccessful pass 9 tackled and possession lost 1 fouls won 2 fouls conceded 2 header 1 key pass 1 defensive block 2 interception 2 shot off target 3 recovery
Bradley 45 successful pass 7 unsuccessful pass 9 tackled and disposed 3 header 1 unsuccessful cross 1 key pass 1 goal 1 shot on target 2 shot off target 1 blocked shot 1 headed shot on target 1 tackle 1 3 interception 4 clearance 6 recovery
Jones 34 successful pass 5 unsuccessful pass 6 tackled and possession lost 1 successful flick on 4 fouls conceded 1 lay off 5 header 3 fouls won 1 yellow card 1 tackle lost 2 interception 2 clearance 4 recovery
I know there's more to the game than stats but I think some times Bradley gets singled out because he has so many touches in a game. He was definitely the more active between he and Jones last night and I would say easily the better of the two.
I think the big problem the US had last night was having to bring in Bornstein. It's no coincidence (in my mind) that every goal Mexico scored came down the left side. Once the US were up 2-0, Bob Bradley should have switched to a 4-4-2 or a 4-4-1-1 with Bedoya on the left to help Bornstein.
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Post by ignats75 on Jun 27, 2011 16:41:48 GMT
No argument that he was better than Jermaine Jones. Accrington Stanley is better than Lewes. Doesn't make them an EPL team though. The problem Saturday Night was that once the backline crumbled for the USA, the MF did nothing to slow down the assault on the goal by the Mexicans. Bradley does a few things well. There's alot of other stuff that he is way below EPL standards though.
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