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bleedblue1223
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I think it the US case, it speaks more to the divide on the quality depth of the team. You have guys like Pulisic and McKennie that can make things happen out of nothing, similar to when Donovan and Dempsey were at their best, but the guys after them either aren't good enough or they don't have the mentality required to be scrappy enough.
I mean obviously the quality of the tournament is poor, it always is, that's nothing new, but the US has been like this ever since Pulisic came up. There are players on the team that think they have enough skill to win with talent, but they just don't. At least in the past, those players knew they didn't have the skill, so their work rate was immense.
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The team played the possession style they wanted and had some decent success breaking through for most of the game. It became harder when Haiti took the lead and parked 11 in their own third of the pitch. Even then we still managed some chances and were a couple feet from equalizing.
The main thing I would criticize him for was bringing on Morgan when he did, was not a productive sub at all.
It seems as though all the strife against Herdman on here is about him not adjusting but really lost cause of two huge errors a mental lapse.
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We’re so bad that we’ve won all four games, haven’t given up a goal and scored 12. You can criticize a bad performance and not make comments like this.
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Yeah, the starters have been more good than bad, it's just the opposition has been poor too, so it's hard to give quality critiques.
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Mexico gifted an extra time penalty. Absolute joke of a call.
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I knew this Qatari moron would f*** it up eventually, 
He poorly refd the USA-Panama game
Mexico not even celebrating their win, says a lot. Lets see what happens this Sunday against Jamaica or US.
He poorly refd the USA-Panama game
Mexico not even celebrating their win, says a lot. Lets see what happens this Sunday against Jamaica or US.
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I knew this Qatari moron would **** it up eventually,
He poorly refd the USA-Panama game
Mexico not even celebrating their win, says a lot. Lets see what happens this Sunday against Jamaica or US.
Wait, seriously? He's from Qatar? What is he doing officiating these games
That just screams corruption.
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True but the U.S should’ve scored again a few min ago when McKennie had a gaping open net, keeper down and beaten and he played back across the box rather than shooting on target. His angle may not have been 100% but I thought that surely 2-0 as the play developed.
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I honestly had no idea Leon Bailey had been called up for Jamaica. I know he's refused call up for years and thought he didn't want to have anything to do with them. I heard he hasn't had a good tournament, but he's been decent tonight.
