Why would I revise what I said? I said if he keeps playing this well they won’t have a choice but to play him.
Here's what you said.
I'm not convinced he'll be getting consistent starting time with Ziyech and Werner coming in but if he keeps having these performances it'll be hard not to give him more time.
I'm genuinely curious why Ziyech and Werner will knock Pulisic out of a position. They aren't more proven at the top level, they weren't more expensive, it's not even clear they will be playing the same positions.
But, of course, Pulisic is an overrated American player, so we always need to find someone who we think should play ahead of him.
Thank you for playing captain obvious that he'll play if he continues to have excellent per minute numbers. No one could've figured that out. The fact that you said that clearly shows you actually like Pulisic, and you didn't mean any slight to him with your comment that is a clear slight to him.
Your defensiveness is on the same level of evilo when it comes to American or Dortmund related content. You’re just as stubborn about not admitting when you’re wrong about literally anything which makes it really amusing when you ask for others to do the same.
Excuse me, but this whole discussion about Pulisic was prompted because I was mocked from a discussion in September when he wasn't playing. People talked about how bad he was, overrated, only there to sell shirts. I merely said it's unfair to criticize a player when they aren't playing, and we needed to let his play on the field dictate the evaluation. Now it's clear at the end of the season that these people who said these things were wrong. He's proven them wrong.
I could be rude and smug about being on the right side of this debate from September, but I've chosen not to. I don't want to go back, find ridiculous quotes, and shame the people who said the ridiculous things. But don't mock me when you were blatantly wrong. I'm not going to have any of that, and then I will absolutely go on the offensive towards people who took part. I didn't start digging up people's quotes on Sunday or today or halfway through the season when he was playing very well.
Personally, if I was clearly wrong about what I said, and it was proven out, I'd just shut my mouth and suck it up that I was wrong. However, if you or others want to double and triple down on your ridiculous takes from September, we can revive this debate, and maybe I should dig up some of these posts.
And your attempt to make this an issue of my affiliation is ridiculous, and shows that you've backed yourself into a corner. As I've long said, among American fans, I am not a big fan of Pulisic. I don't like his style of play, find him to be a very boring off-field persona, never considered him one of my favorite up and coming Americans. There are plenty of people who go crazy about this guy. They have his jersey, watch his every game, are inspired by him. None of that applies to me.
However, I don't actively dislike the guy, and when I see a clear improvement, I'm going to give him credit. Anyone who isn't a clear hater could see he's much improved this season. Anyone who isn't a hater wouldn't have been calling him overhyped or only there to sell shirts prematurely before he even played 10 games. To me, the only thing that makes sense of why people said this stuff is that the guy is American. I don't see much to dislike about the guy. He seems like a very boring, generic-style talented 21 year old footballer. Doesn't cause attention to himself, doesn't have off the field issues, not an outwardly cocky player. Obviously some have it out for the guy because he's American. Thats always been clear.
And why would I care so much about him being a former Dortmund player? He was very average his last year or two. We have plenty of wing options. It wasn't much of a loss that he left. Of course, I doubt you know how I view any of this. I wouldn't begin to suggest I know your inner-motivations in a Sepp van den Berg discussion because it has never crossed my mind, and its not something I think I would be doing anything more than guessing about. It takes a lot of arrogance to suggest what you've suggested, but congratulations. And you were simply wrong, so I've now educated you about my own opinion, and instead of trying to deflect the discussion towards my perceived bias due to footballing affiliations, why don't you stick to the substance?