ZAPHOD2319 4,818 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 If they are friendlies with no qualifying consequences, he will just train with the team. killer1257 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,117 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 55 minutes ago, Jason said: Pulisic called up for the USMNT, who will be playing TWO matches next week... Ohh bollocks, another int break already...waste of fucking time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 3 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: If they are friendlies with no qualifying consequences, he will just train with the team. If he's not going to play for his NT side, why even bother going? Better off just staying back at Cobham and not risk contracting COVID-19 from all the silly travelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,818 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jason said: If he's not going to play for his NT side, why even bother going? Better off just staying back at Cobham and not risk contracting COVID-19 from all the silly travelling. Much bigger than playing these friendlies is getting the team together so they can play together for games that do count toward qualifying for World Cup. The team does need to train together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 minute ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Much bigger than playing these friendlies is getting the team together so they can play together for games that do count toward qualifying for World Cup. The team does need to train together. If he's going there, you can bet that Pulisic will play at some capacity, fitness permitting. Otherwise, it's silly to just train and not play when only through playing that the team can improve and work on things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,818 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 The US team has not played players that have small injuries in meaningless friendlies. It might be to our determent. Some players in the recent past have just said no thanks to the call ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 If anyone is interested, there will be a special Q&A with Pulisic and chat with Bruce Buck... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrXkHsmrTHM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 34 minutes ago, Jason said: If anyone is interested, there will be a special Q&A with Pulisic and chat with Bruce Buck... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrXkHsmrTHM Just watched that and it doesn't sound like Pulisic will be back this weekend... Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,117 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 28 minutes ago, Jason said: Just watched that and it doesn't sound like Pulisic will be back this weekend... Bloody hell it never stops Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,178 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Jason said: Just watched that and it doesn't sound like Pulisic will be back this weekend... fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Atomiswave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,178 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 made of glass the lad is killer1257 and bigbluewillie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 368 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 We gotta sign a top class winger next summer if this keep up, were already a winger short and the judges are still out on Odoi, if Pulisic is so injury prone, we can almost never count on him for the majority of the season and reaching our objectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 18 hours ago, Jason said: Just watched that and it doesn't sound like Pulisic will be back this weekend... Lampard confirmed that Pulisic won't be back this weekend. Trained lightly in midweek but had to stop because he didn't feel comfortable. Might have to skip the USMNT now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, Jason said: Lampard confirmed that Pulisic won't be back this weekend. Trained lightly in midweek but had to stop because he didn't feel comfortable. Might have to skip the USMNT now... Praise the Lord if that is the case. I also read clubs are free to deny their players to join up with the nts anyway. we should definitely make use of this Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said: Praise the Lord if that is the case. I also read clubs are free to deny their players to join up with the nts anyway. we should definitely make use of this Bremen have played the COVID-19 quarantine rule card with Josh Sargent. https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states-usa/story/4227223/werder-bremen-declines-to-release-josh-sargent-for-usmnt-friendlies-citing-covid-19-protocols We should definitely find some ways to do the same... Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,117 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Magic Lamps said: Praise the Lord if that is the case. I also read clubs are free to deny their players to join up with the nts anyway. we should definitely make use of this We can? Then why the fuck aint we doing it? Fuck these ridiculous friendlies, they serve no purpose whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Pulisic has gone to the USMNT camp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,818 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I really think and hope he is just there to train with the team and not play in the friendlies. If the context is reported correct, it sounds like he would have been excused to not join them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: I really think and hope he is just there to train with the team and not play in the friendlies. If the context is reported correct, it sounds like he would have been excused to not join them. No wonder he is constantly injured. travelling with an injury will only aggravate it. he should really put his body first but what he does is put his body on the line. Like he did going for that lost ball only to be crushed by the thug mctominay. He needs to be smarter and avoid unnecessary challenges and other physical dangers. As much as i love this wee little player,we have to think about signing another winger of his quality, cos he is to miss thousands of minutes in his career for us yet Bosnian Blue, killer1257, kellzfresh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 14 hours ago, Magic Lamps said: No wonder he is constantly injured. travelling with an injury will only aggravate it. he should really put his body first but what he does is put his body on the line. Like he did going for that lost ball only to be crushed by the thug mctominay. He needs to be smarter and avoid unnecessary challenges and other physical dangers. As much as i love this wee little player,we have to think about signing another winger of his quality, cos he is to miss thousands of minutes in his career for us yet Where are we getting another player of his quality from? Further, which player of that level is going to choose to come here if we have Ziyech, Pulisic and to a lesser extent Werner and CHO in the squad when there are other top teams that they would walk into the first XI? For me, if/when we get another AM it will be a squad level player who knows they're going to be rotated if Ziyech and Pulisic aren't fit. Further, if we want to have a balanced XI we need to prioritise DM, CB and possibly CF before we start thinking about back up players. At the moment, we have the following in the untouchables category: Mendy, James, Silva, Chilwell, Harvetz, Mount, Ziyech, Werner, Puli (when fit). Arguments can be had for Zouma if Silva is playing. However, the fact of the matter is that Silva is 36 years old and could drop his levels with one moderate injury or too much football. Kante is also a possible untouchable but there are still questions about how effective he is in a No.4 role. At CF there are questions about Werner as a No.9 in a 433, however I am personally ok with him playing out left in a 433 if Puli isn't fit. Forr me another CB is priority No.1 then a DM to get a little more balance in midfield. After that, a CF will be required if Werner doesn't work in a 433 and/or Tammy does not continue to improve. 0007 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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