I'm not reading too much into it at this point.
I figured we'd lose Michael Bradley if we fired Bob Bradley. Michael may be the one who dropped himself from the team. Don't know that, just speculating.
Bradley isn't playing for his team right now.
I thinks it's more of trying other players than dropping Michael for good.
Bradley is part of the future of the USMNT. Nothing to read into this other than Bradley needs to focus on his club situation right now.
Fair enough guys. I don't follow club soccer so I didn't know about Bradley's club situation.
I was just worried he's be pissed because we fired his dad, that's all. The Bradleys have always appeared professional to me, but you never know for sure how someone would react to that situation.
(08-26-2011 09:51 PM)PlainTiger Wrote: [ -> ]Fair enough guys. I don't follow club soccer so I didn't know about Bradley's club situation.
I was just worried he's be pissed because we fired his dad, that's all. The Bradleys have always appeared professional to me, but you never know for sure how someone would react to that situation.
Oh Michael Bradley is by no means professional. That's a big reason why Mochengladbach is trying to ship his butt off and wont even let him train with the squad.
and no notable bigs for the guys at all
(08-26-2011 09:58 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (08-26-2011 09:51 PM)PlainTiger Wrote: [ -> ]Fair enough guys. I don't follow club soccer so I didn't know about Bradley's club situation.
I was just worried he's be pissed because we fired his dad, that's all. The Bradleys have always appeared professional to me, but you never know for sure how someone would react to that situation.
Oh Michael Bradley is by no means professional. That's a big reason why Mochengladbach is trying to ship his butt off and wont even let him train with the squad.
What's the deal with him?
BM was in a relegation fight and Michael chose to go on loan to Aston Villa last January. The management viewed that move as him giving up on his team.
(08-28-2011 09:11 AM)TN_Tiger Wrote: [ -> ]BM was in a relegation fight and Michael chose to go on loan to Aston Villa last January. The other players viewed that move as him giving up on his team.
I fixed it for ya.
This conversation about causing discord in the locker room and the comments on professionalism make it hard to reconcile with having a future on the MNT. I'm surprised by a lot of that, I viewed him as a potential leader, but knew nothing of his personality.
(08-28-2011 09:42 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote: [ -> ] (08-28-2011 09:11 AM)TN_Tiger Wrote: [ -> ]BM was in a relegation fight and Michael chose to go on loan to Aston Villa last January. The other players viewed that move as him giving up on his team.
I fixed it for ya.
It seemed like a good move at the time. It looked like BM was going to drop and he would be moved in the off-season anyway.
A lack of playing time at AV combined with BM fighting off relegation certainly didn't work out for him.
Wow I never would have guessed this was going to happen