My final transfer Top 5 List of this short string arrives tomorrow - only it will be looking ahead to January and will focus on potential MLS departures...
#1 - If you weren't really paying much attention to UEFA World Cup qualifying yesterday, here is your group-by-group rundown roundup.
#2 - My USMNT v T&T Player Ratings are up.
#3 - Davide Beccemano - coming back to an opera house near Milan this January?
#4 - It's Bill Archer. Writing about Jack Warner and Mexico. And it's a conspiracy theory.
Please keep all limbs inside the blog column and do not attempt to disembark until it comes to a complete stop.
#5 - Caught Offside asks a really good question: is Aaron Lennon the best £1 million ever spent by Spurs?
#6 - Ya know how Barcelona looks ready to steamroll all? Yeah, well... now Andres Iniesta is ready to come back.
- Greg Seltzer
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Aaron Lennon really is the best money spent by Spurs in a long time. I never quite understood why we spent something like 15 million pounds on Bentley when we already had Lennon.
I think Bill's post had more to do with Jack Warner's undue influence rather than Mexico doing anything untoward. Anything Warner is involved in bears scrutiny. The worst El Tri is guilty of is not giving maximum effort, and not even in the Don King or Sgt. Bilko sense.
I think you were pretty generous on the player ratings for the latest qualifier game against T&T. But, I understand you have to be on the positive side. I think this country is ready to take soccer to the next level but, i feel we are being restricted by oddball coaching decisions. I will give bradley the bennefit of the doubt that he is trying to develop and showcase younger and inexperienced players. Also, perhaps Bradley is holding out and trying to peak right before the World Cup. But, as far as a style, we have yet to define it and now is the perfect time to start defining it. The last two games were too wishy washy in regards to tactical decisions by players and the coach. The technical side looked a little blue as well. We have come a long way in this country but, we still have along way to go. Thank you NSC for giving us the opportunity to vent on this blog. I think we all have the best intentions for US soccer and want to see the US compete for a world title someday.
Cheers!
Theo Walcott is a poor man's Aaron Lennon right now... :P
I always wondered what would have happened to the US had Iniesta been healthy for Spain.
Who says I have to be or am always on the positive side?
My remarks may seem generous, but the grades still averaged 5.5 for the 10 field players. So per man, a half-point below the average grade of "6" - for a road WCQ win.
I've continually blasted U.S. tactics as too conservative for seven straight years. I'm bored of repeating it, but this is the system we are going with and I have to grade it on its own effectiveness.
On Wednesday, the tactic was somewhat effective, but not up to my expectations of how they should perform, so I graded the team about at a C- level. It didn't feel positive. :D
Greg do you know anything about Sebastian Lletget getting attacked by drunks in Romford? There is a story about it. We at BigSoccer can't figure out if its really him. I'm assuming it is because it can't be a common name. Can you find out any info?
http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/content/havering/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsRomford&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsromford&itemid=WeED28%20Aug%202009%2010%3A32%3A12%3A333
If you google his name the article will come up in the news section.
Yeah, a reader sent me that about an hour ago. I can make a call on Monday.
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