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Message: [QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 5038609, member: 523"] I thought they played pretty well last night and for the group tbh but there are some glaring shortcomings some player related and some coaching. 1. Reyna needs to play 90 every game. Don't care who suffers. The kid creates opportunities. Between him and Pulisic we should be able to generate chances. Which leads me to... 2. No one on this freaking team has any idea what to do when the ball gets close to the box with the exceptions of CP and Robinson and those guys have 2.5 moves combined. AR runs down to the 6 and fires a mediocre cross hoping it hits a teammate. CP dribbles in from top left of the 18 looking for a right footed shot, except sometimes he slides the ball into the feet of an oak tree wearing a USA kit. 3. Not a single forward looks like they know what to do to position themselves to receive the ball in scoring position. Every one of them seemed shocked when the ball actually comes to them. 4. Same for set pieces. CPs placement is inconsistent and really only looking to bounce it off someone's head. See #3 above. Zero creativity in getting open. 5. Every midfielder, some worse than others, insist on holding/dribbling the ball for far too long, especially in the defensive and middle third. Last night was Exhibit A. That may work moat nights in Concacaf, but Uruguay was having none of it. Musah in the middle of the field and McKinnie down the right side were the ones I noticed most. Our best attacks were direct early balls in transition. This is GG"s fault. No reason this couldn't be fixed. 4. Scally played better than I've ever seen him play and still wasn't good enough to play that spot. I'd start playing Weah there immediately. Richards, I'm sorry, is horrible right now. Find someone else. Tim Ream has been a stud but is unlikely to maintain this form until 2026. 5. Turner has regressed since 2022, he needs to step it up, especially his distribution. His team needed him to do better on the goal last night. One of the Panama goals was gettable too. 6. Tactics. We still have a ton of box to box holding midfielders who contribute little to the build ups. Our best attacks bypass them completely and they are pretty interchangeable. I feel like this is another area a better coach could improve. Also, GG's very predictable clearly preplanned everyone get some minutes substitution patterns are a disservice. Balogan and Pepi have a combined expected goal rate of .47 and 1.3 respectively. Neither come.close to hitting that. FWIW, Sargent xG is .67 but he scores at a rate of .72. Wright hits his .49 number on the nose. You tell me who should be playing more. GG's pile of 80th minute subs aren't good enough for the WC. I'd rather see some specialists get s shot paired with guys who can play multiple spots for depth. I don't think Marsch is necessarily much of an upgrade. The US in a home WC campaign should be able to find a big hitter looking for a two year WC campaign if they think the there is enough talent and the money is right. Klinsmann wasn't a good enough program manager to get the buy in from the American based players. Most of these guys play in Europe now for real managers. I feel they would fall in line for a big name. [/QUOTE]

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