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Am I the only US fan who wants Bradley fired?

I don't get the sense many people realize how bad things are about to get for us. The defensive lapses that were exposed in the last qualifier against costa rica, then completely exploited by the czechs and turks in the pre-wold cup friendlies were never dealt with. This meant horrible lapses in the matches with England, Slovenia and finally Ghana. Whatever Bradley inherited from Bruce Arena has come unraveled and this points to problems qualifying for 2014. If Bradley's still around I think we can count on being beaten out by el tri for the first time in ages for the CONCACAF title, and who knows maybe not even qualifying. It was a mistake not seriously pursuing Klinsmann to be our coach this time around, I think we should seriously pursue him. But if not him, at least someone who can solve the defensive problems Bradley couldn't deal with. Look for Brazil to score early next week and keep our team on their heels the rest of the match in route to a 3-1 win (IF we manage to score at all).

Agree? Disagree? Why/why not?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    You dont realize how wrong you are.

    The defenses lapses were not a result of poor tactics/planning. They were a result of mistakes from individual players. Take the ghana game for example, those two goals came about in practically the same way. One Ghana player making a long run past sleeping defenders. You can make the argument that he chose the wrong players but that wont hold water. While the U.S is a good team, they do not have great depth. IF a player is hurt, your gonna be hard pressed to replace him with another player of equal quality.

    Bob bradley put together the best U.S ive seen. Despite the defensive errors, it was a team that was well drilled, and very spirited. The U.S.A's games in the world cup were some of the most exiting ones. The only glaring quality that was missing was creativity and that's hard to come by, even for the big boys. Ill also note the Bradley has Ferguson's( Manchester United's manager) backing, that has to count for something.

    Hoping to get anything from brazil is a bit unrealistic. Your not going up against good players, your going up against world class players. A number of which can single handedly turn a game on its head. Course we can win in a one off situation but thats about it, for now.

  • 4 years ago

    all forms of fan thinks there's a greater effective coach than the present coach. i'm not greatly surprised human beings had to make certain a clean US supervisor. Bradley's a good supervisor. He is familiar with the present group contributors, the thank you to scout in MLS and Europe, and is extremely prepared. i'm particular human beings choose to make certain greater scoring and forward ball flow, however the US isn't that gifted suitable now. Heck i might even say the US group had a super sort of scoring opportunities interior the WC, yet they could't end. Is that Bradley's fault? the bigger difficulty is despite if to play MLS or ecu-based gamers. MLS gamers are in-type yet not as gifted. ecu-based gamers are greater gifted, yet a lot of them do not play generally (e.g. Altidore, Onyewu or maybe Dempsey immediately at Fulham). the US's progression would be dictated with the aid of MLS' high quality progression. If an American participant comes in the present day to Europe, the club will pay him a small earnings so there is no super incentive to play him. If the american began out at MLS and a ecu club will pay a huge flow fee to get him, that's a super incentive to play him (despite if he's not good). i'm slightly greatly surprised Villarreal hasn't tried to play Altidore greater b/c they paid $10M to get him. If the american continues to be in MLS, then he would be in type.

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