(05-26-2014 10:34 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  

(05-26-2014 10:24 PM)TOPPERSonTOP Wrote:  

(05-26-2014 09:20 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(05-26-2014 11:38 AM)PurpleReigns2012 Wrote:  

(05-25-2014 10:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  I'm sure the decision was based on "team chemistry", but oh how I hate not having a player who can create and posses on the attack... The only player left who has good imagination, touch and vision is Bradley and for him to be effective he needs the game in front of him and play from the back.

Donovan wasn't playing at top form, but without him on the roster we've lost a dimension to our attack, maybe Johannsson can step up and be the possession player up top, but how will his inexperience hold up? I was high up on Johannsson after his first game, but the last games I've seen him play he is just dropping way too far to get in space.

I hate to say this, but I think Klinsman has made some mistakes with this roster.

Let's be real Donovan is likely done with the US team if the next 12-18 months so it's time to give the young blood the reps they need.


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Who cares about 18 months from now? It's the World Cup, and we are leaving one of our best players ever at home. I wasn't sure what our plans with Donovan were going to be, but you cannot deny his track record. He deserved to be on this roster, and could have contributed, even if it was in a substitution role. Who are we counting on to score goals at this point?

Typical attitude. Just mail it in and hope for next year. Like you said it is THE WORLD CUP. Ishe going to retire from nat'l duty in 1-2 years? Then you let him finish on top. Playing for his country. What a joke. SB nation put out a pick from I guess a galaxy game. It was a tifo that said "If we have 23 players better than Landon, we should win the World Cup."

SB Nation is a joke for saying that. Most of the world's top powers all have 23 players better than Landon, and it certainly doesn't mean they'll win a World Cup. Hell, many of 'em have 23 more players who didn't make the national rosters who're still better than Donovan. Donovan is playing in MLS and not Europe for a reason. Not gonna deny that the decision was controversial, but coaches have to make tough decisions sometimes, and this was certainly one. And people on various threads who keep bringing up Klose need to just stop it now. Donovan isn't half the player Klose is. Klose at 35 is better than Donovan in his prime, and certainly better than Donovan at 32.

SB didn't say it. SB tweeted a pic of fans at a game. It was a joke, chill out.