Internationals 5th-11th October

[bluebanana83]

Taylor Twellman having a proper rant on espn.

He can hardly talk he was one of the ga

This next 5 years, we need to see a LOT of Bobby Wood, Pulisic, Carter-Vickers, Brooks, Rubi and Flores. We need to get Jack Harrison to commit to playing with the States as well. There is absolutely NO REASON to play any of the old guard at this point. Develop, develop, develop.

What about that lad City were eyeing up? Defender?

 

[Pell]

This next 5 years, we need to see a LOT of Bobby Wood, Pulisic, Carter-Vickers, Brooks, Rubi and Flores. We need to get Jack Harrison to commit to playing with the States as well. There is absolutely NO REASON to play any of the old guard at this point. Develop, develop, develop.

Now the England U21's have called him up, and he's becoming more known, there's not much chance of it happening, especially if City do a Mooy type deal and he joins a club in England.

 

[Cellarite]

WC2018 is missing so many big nations... Chile, Wales, USA, Netherlands and possibly more depending on the outcome of the playoffs. And to think Argentina and Portugal both came close to missing out.

Looks like Ederson, Walker, Stones, Delph, Kompany, Otamendi, Danilo, Mendy, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Silva, Gundogan, Bernardo, Sterling, Sané, Aguero, Jesus... City will have no shortage of players to watch at the World Cup- up to 17 from eight different nations. Sanchez and Ghoulam (if we buy them) both miss out, as do Bravo, Zinchenko and probably Mangala too. I'm actually pretty excited.

Bwahahaha...I love how you’ve crowbarred Wales into that.

 

[MarsLlama]

Bwahahaha...I love how you’ve crowbarred Wales into that.

A world cup without Neil Taylor is nothing to watch.

 

[unlikelyfan19]

Now the England U21's have called him up, and he's becoming more known, there's not much chance of it happening, especially if City do a Mooy type deal and he joins a club in England.

Yeah, but again, if he has the opportunity to go to 3 world cups with the United States, as opposed to going to 0 with England, what choice do you make? Of course, everyone wants to play for their "home" country, but making the England team is no guarantee. So he will have a choice to make.

 

[unlikelyfan19]

He can hardly talk he was one of the ga


What about that lad City were eyeing up? Defender?

Yeah! You are talking about Erik Palmer-Brown. He comes to us at the end of the season (where I am sure he just gets loaned out to Girona or something for a couple seasons). There is a list of 25-30 U.S. Youth kids playing all over the world. Fiorentina, Schalke, Liga MX, MLS, Netherlands, England etc. Just making a point that these kids need to be the only ones getting games right now, not our mid 30 year olds.

 

[citytilllidie]

If they're not good enough to get in the first team, then they go on loan and if don't develop, be sold. I'd like to see young players coming through, but they have to be good enough. Foden, Diaz defo going to make it, Sancho also, though gone. Possibly the keeper, but I think that's it out of the current lot

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Yeah, but again, if he has the opportunity to go to 3 world cups with the United States, as opposed to going to 0 with England, what choice do you make? Of course, everyone wants to play for their "home" country, but making the England team is no guarantee. So he will have a choice to make.

which World Cup would that be? Maybe if he's Panamanian...

 

[Henkeman]

Yeah, but again, if he has the opportunity to go to 3 world cups with the United States, as opposed to going to 0 with England, what choice do you make? Of course, everyone wants to play for their "home" country, but making the England team is no guarantee. So he will have a choice to make.

He started for the U21s last night in a qualifier. Choice is made.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

He can hardly talk he was one of the ga

If USA showed half the passion evinced by Twellman, we still would have won. USA's side was far better - we lost primarily because there was lack of motivation in the side.

That said, there are a number of other huge issues that need to be addressed if the USA men's side is going to compete for the WC title anytime within the next 8 to 12 years or so.