Comments on: Jurgen Klinsmann’s improvement bid: also on the line in tonight’s critical World Cup qualifier

By: cornet76

cornet76 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:59:42 +0000

Klinsmann has said a lot of things since he got the job. What I mostly remember is he spoke about how this was a long term project.

The fact that the USMNT looks more and more like Bradley’s , Arena’s and Sampson’s teams should surprise no one. After all JK is mostly using Bradley’s players. And those guys are very similar to Arena’s players who were not dissimilar to Sampson’s players.
Why is everyone surprised?

JK has set the goal of trying to attain a certain style of play and a certain attitude for 90 minutes. And his approach and attitude to the players and the public is radically different from BB’s style. In a few years there may well be a whole new crop players available but until they develop, to qualify for WC 2014, JK is stuck with basically the same player pool as Bradley had.

JK has many wonderful ideas but he is also a hard bitten pro who has won a lot of medals. So while he may be willing to take a few risks, he knows how to win and win ugly if need be.

By: stackhousesoccer

stackhousesoccer — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:35:20 +0000

Honestly, they can roll with the 3-6-1 Steve Sampson special for all I care. I just want to see them tie on the road (not lose like Friday) and win convincingly at home. Give me that and I am on board.

By: Steve Davis

Steve Davis — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:49:53 +0000

You are kidding about this, right?

By: bigdinla

bigdinla — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:44:08 +0000

Still do not understand why he did not bring in Bradley.

By: footballer4ever

footballer4ever — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:46:05 +0000

Bob Bradley was a safe coach and did what needed to be done. He receives credit for his contribution; Nevertheless, bringing Klinsmann can enhance the agenda to make national teams better. Will it be an easy thing to do? No! Will it take time? Yes. Are players better qualified needed to reach that goal? Definitely. Whatever it is, we can’t afford to miss any world cup and not have the full qualified “veterans” to do that. Leave the young one to experience up and mess up , if needed, on lower competitions, but not on WC qualifiers.