Bench His @ss!

[KendrickPanther]

Yeah average at best sums it up well. "Bench his ass" is still absurd.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I did, and I've concluded that you know squat about soccer (or at least his position) and/or you're a Bradley nuthugger or his agent.

Michael has been shite. There's no way around it. He'll occasionally sink a nice deep pass down the field but that doesn't make up for his botched passes and turnovers. You commended him for controlling the field against Portugal but make excuses for him against Ghana and Germany.

Plain and simple. Bradley appears like a great midfielder in a small pond but the shine wears off that apple the moment he hits the bigger ponds.

- I've concluded that you're just an inept Mexico fan that gets off at thinking that every U.S. player is terrible.

- I'm not making excuses for him. I have said he struggles with possession but I'm also intelligent enough to see what he brings to the game. That final ball that was put on Dempsey's head (I think it was Dempsey)... yeah that came from Bradley... the combination play that led up to most of our chances... yeah that came from Bradley.

- Bradley has had an average World Cup, BUT like I've said before... he's playing out of position (he was a CDM during qualification and a CDM for Roma) but he's our only option at CAM.

- Oh and the primary goal of the CDM (besides defense) is to be a link up... did you actually ever play soccer?

- Why don't you go swing from CR7's marbles some more because in your eyes if a player isn't as good as Ronaldo he sucks.

[Brooklyn Bully]

You can't bench him but he's been playing very poorly this Cup.

[toldozer]

Flip him with jones. I think he and beckerman would be solid at cdm with jones attacking more

[DirtyMagic97]

Flip him with jones. I think he and beckerman would be solid at cdm with jones attacking more

 

I've thought about this a little as well. I think Jones runs the attack side of the double pivot too well to switch them out now.

[KendrickPanther]

For what it's worth Bradley has covered more distance than anyone else in the World Cup. This is why we keep him on the field. Plays offense and defense.

[camycamcan]

He can do better but one guy dosnt lose you the entire game

[MCC]

I like that soccer is getting more popular in the US and more people are discussing it in detail, but damn, you can really tell who played the game at a decently high level or who understands the game well when you hear people talking about it.

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[AppStatePanther]

Traveling one time on an airplane to get there a week before a match is played is nothing compared to having the longest travel schedule while in the country between matches. Are you that dense?

yes, yes he is.

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[mav1234]

back to the op... I'm going to take the word of our coach over the angry naysayers in this thread...

 

http://www.espnfc.us/united-states/story/1917722/us-coach-jurgen-klinsmann-very-satisfied-with-michael-bradleys-play-at-world-cup

 

 

 

"I am very, very satisfied with Michael in this tournament so far," Klinsmann said a day after the Yanks secured their spot in the round of 16 despite dropping a 1-0 decision to Germany. "We came through this group because of his influence on the field." 

 

I also agree with him, however, that Bradley *can* be better.  but benching him would hurt this team.

[toldozer]

Like jozy, Bradley has no replacement.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Playing him off the Bench may light a fire under his ass. I have to say, Chuck is right about this. 

[MCC]

Anyone saying bench Bradley obviously knows very little about soccer and very little about the US national team.

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[Jakob]

Figured I'd just... bump this