first 2 games, he looked like Roy Keane, since then he has been average. For the money he is on and the job he is doing, Laba to me offers better value. Last night was one of the worst performaces of his whole career, didn't look interested. Laba wouldn't have done that
Now I'm really curious to see how he plays Wednesday. A change in tactics along with a change in mindset with Nelsen gone... I'd love to see him return to form.
I am betting on this team being built around Bradley. Which means getting rid of speedy wingers who won't play defence or find gaps, getting a very good DM, and possibly getting a target man to allow Gilberto to drop back and be a #10.
For this season, it will mean Osorio back in the middle instead of Warner and Lovitz out on the left.
Bradley is not a DM. Watching him attempt to tackle has been painful this season.
He didn't play as a DM in Roma. Klinnsman tried to play him as a Deep Lying Playmaker, as did RN. That's failed, in my estimation.
Bradley is the creative midfielder.
Bradley is a box to their endline player. Needs to be released from defensive duties and having to start the play from the back.
Agreed. I also think that Gilberto can play as a lone frontman if supported by the right players.
Maybe for the first time since Amado Guevara we can have that attacking midfielder we all wanted. Let Bradley be the late box-to-box runner who also supports the play. Could work brilliantly.
No he isn't. He only played offensively at Herenven; he was a defensive midfielder in Germany and Italy, most of the time. And if you look at where his play dropped off this year, it was after the world cup, when he was asked to play going forward, and at TFC when he and Warner were trading off pivot responsibilities.
THe only time he's been a dominant player has been as anchor man, breaking up passing lanes and launching counters, occasionally trailing to clean up garbage at the top of the box. Don't get me wrong, he's a good player; but if we play him box-to-box or as the offensive lynchpin, we'll be misusing him.
na. Box-to-box is perfect for him if he has a a player always watching hi back defensivily and a guy in front of him mainly in charge of creating chances like a Morales or Valeri type. He's technically too good to just use him as an anchor man in this league. He scored 15 goals in a season for herenveen.
Klinsmann is going to wreck his career with this crap.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...position-usmnt
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Between Bradley having surgery on his foot, Vanney believing he's more of an anchor, and rumors of us going after a defensive mid to share the load for ball winning, I'm very curious to see how Bradley looks come next season.
Klinsmann will get sacked if keeps this up. He is on a short leash already with all of his ill advised remarks about MLS.
Meh....JK's grasp of tactics was never all that good. He can blather on about Bradley all he wants and try him where ever. As long as Bradley's brain works here in TO, we'll be fine.
And I think he'll be fine.