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[QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 4330802, member: 523"]
Arriola can be a valuable piece, but the wing positions are getting very crowded.  He is behind Aaronson, Reyna, and Weah right now.   I'd give Haji Wright the next two starts and see if he works.  I'm done with the others.  We are playing a man down in the final third because none of the others seem capable of linking up with the wing play.   Otherwise, you have to look at playing some combination of Pulisic, Aaronson, Weah, Reyna in front of McKinnie, Musah, Adams and Acosta.

I'm not sold on any of the defenders outside of Robinson.  The defense vs Morocco and Uruguay was horrendous.   They were lucky not to give up 6 or 7 combined.    Johnson is not an answer in goal.  He just isn't.   The team looks great in between the 18's, not so great close to either goal.   We will need clean wins vs Wales and Iran or hope for another England stumble (they didn't look great this week either) to advance.

I said 2022 was mostly about 2026 and I stand by that.  From that perspective given the recent improvement by the younger guys, things look bright.  For all the GGG hate, he was right to play so many of these guys.   Now if we can find/develop two centerbacks and a striker in the next four years 2026 could be a deep run.
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