Enron said:
@Andy
Correction man. We played a 4 - 3 - 3 against Morocco with Beasley and Wolff on the wings supporting McBride. Donavon was running the midfield with Reyna and O'Brien playing deeper supporting rolls. Which was never going to work against Morocco's 4-5-1. You could also call it a 4 - 2 -1 - 2 - 1. This is how we should line up tonight.
Okay I was unfortunately unable to see most of the match because I came back too late from the golf course. I still believe Bruce wants to use the 4-3-1-2 against the Czechs and Italians because he favors such a foremation against the truly superior sides. The loss against Morocco is quite worrying because Ghana is twice as fast as they are, so hopefully when we play them we will be sure to have the flanks covered because that is where a speedy team like Ghana will beat us.
AND CONSIDERING the past two matches, I think it is imperative we find a way to fit Bobby Convey in the starting eleven someway, somehow. DUDE, that kid has been tearing up the left flank like none other recently and his performance against Fabiana's country today was absolutely supurb. He was breezing by Venezuelan defenders like they were high schoolers out there. Every time he received the ball on the wing he beat a defender and was able to get off a cross, and I have to say his crosses are superior to those of Beasley. We must find a way to insert Convey into the side because his confidence is sky high at the moment and we need those crosses from the flank.
But our conundrum is also the form of Dempsey and trying to decide which of the attacking middies to start under which system. I have a feeling Bruce will opt for the usual duo of Donovan and Beasley and that's unfortunate because Convey is in such amazing form. Perhaps he will be our secret weapon this summer. I wish we would have experimented more with Bobby at left back because he's not bad defensively either.
HERE is how I think we can beat the Czechs on June 12th:
Keller
Cherundolo - Onyewu - Pope - Bocanegra
Mastroeni - Reyna - Convey
Beasley - Donovan
Mcbride
Mastroeni will be the key in shutting down Nedved on their left flank, and that is crucial to our success. Reyna will be controlling everything through the center and also being warry of Rosicky while Convey will trouble the old and aging Poborsky on the left flank. I can see Convey dance around Poborsky and cause a lot of trouble for Grygera with his good speed. Considering Gibbs is out I suppose we have to field Pope at the back, unless we use Bocanegra centrally and field Lewis. However, I do not feel comfortable with him at the back against the Czechs. Beasley and Donovan will run at the Czech defense all day and thats what we need to do...pressure them into making mistakes. I like the looks of this team, as well as Dempsey coming on for Beasley if needs be.
The biggest thing will be shutting down Nedved and Rosicky and I think Mastroeni and Reyna are capable of that. Now all we have to do is make sure we put the ball in the net and pressure the fuck out of those Czechs and we have ourselves a good match.
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