I can remember their fans posting some truly unhinged conspiracy stuff on football message boards accusing the Premier League/European teams of having it out for US players. Bobby Convey and Landon fucking Donovan the most notable, iirc.
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This has made me Google Ooh Ben Olsen.
Head coach of Houston Dynamo, apparently. -
Also Robbie Findley. Doesn't seem to be still in the game.
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Ben Olsen was the good one, that we broke?
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Yes, he was the energetic athletic winger. Can't recall how technically good he was, but then again he didn't really need to be at the level we were at the time.
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That video went semi viral a few years ago, he's USMNT personified. If you want to go down that particular hilarious rabbit hole, google "I believe that we will win" which I think was their chant from the South Africa WC. I love that North America is embracing soccer but the way they do it is so fucking cringey.
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I expect to be at an event with Landon Donovan later this month, going to find it very hard not to ask about his hair transplant…
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Linked up with Owen Goal v West Brom in a Boxing Day(?) fixture as I recall.
Hannah of the Bobblehats declared it was understandable that a player could momentarily get confused about which goal was which. Because Hannah.
Then we broke him and he went home. I too have a limited recollection of actual ability but everone seemed to think he was the bollocks.
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What sort of chuffing team is that?
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4 centre backs. The return of Megson. I think his record was 6. Tough to beat.
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Must say, it looks horrible!
Maybe the plan is for him to finally get rid of the Angeball tag by playing a back 6… -
Sadly that side might be just about our best chance of getting anything today. Which is hilarious when you consider how much we spent on attacking players this summer.
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It's the team of a man sacrificing his principles in a desperate attempt to scrap out some kind of result.
Even if it works, what does it prove?
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It depends if it's part of a wider acceptance that tactics / adaptability are needed to succeed in this league. Even Pep, with his stacked squad, is evolving his style to deal with new challenges. A Warburton-esque "Plan B is to do Plan A better" was naive in the Championship, let alone in the PL.
I think it must be Anderson, Yates and MGW in a midfield 3, so 3-5-2 rather than 3-4-3 (which would feel like suicide against their midfield). Savona as a wing-back might be interesting.
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It's 5-4-1
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Savo Milenko Cunha Morato Willow
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Yeah that does make more sense tbf.
