Posted by Creaven on March 4, 2010 under United States, USMNT | 
In six months, the United States-Holland friendly on March 3 in Amsterdam will be remembered by U.S. fans for one of two reasons:
1. People will vaguely remember Jonathan Bornstein throwing away any chance of a starting spot at the World Cup and the national team resurrection of DaMarcus Beasley.
Or.
2. People will vividly remember it as the match Stuart Holden’s 2010 World Cup ended before it began.
I really hope it’s No. 1. Not only do I like Holden, but I think he’s a critical player for the U.S. If it was up to me, he would be the starting right midfielder against England even if everyone is healthy. But that’s assuming Nigel de Jong didn’t snap his shin in half (see the previous blog post).
When it comes to the team’s performance, I thought it was a mostly positive 2-1 defeat. To the grades…
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Posted by Creaven on March 3, 2010 under United States |
I usually don’t write short blog posts, but the Nigel De Jong tackle on Stuart Holden has fired me up.
On a scale of 1-10, it was a 9.3 on the horrific scale. It was way worse than Ryan Shawcross’ tackle on Aaron Ramsey last weekend. I have no idea what De Jong was thinking, but watching the play a half dozen time it looks like he was trying to break Holden’s leg. How he got away with not getting a card goes far beyond unbelievable.
It’s halftime of the match right now and ESPN has said practically nothing about how terrible the tackle was. I should be amazed by that but I’m not. More on this later when I come out with the report card but I just hope Holden doesn’t have a broken shin.
Posted by Creaven on June 2, 2009 under England, Premier League |
Manchester City is so much fun. They are reaching a level where they can do anything and it wouldn’t be surprising.
Since the Abu Dubai United Group bought City they have stole Robinho from Chelsea’s grasp, offered £100 million for Kaka when the rest of the econimic world was imploding, swiped away Newcastle’s best player when the Magpies desperately needed him and infuriated Villa fans by buying Gareth Barry. I didn’t even mention Nigel de Jong, Wayne Bridge and Craig Bellamy.
There’s little doubt more players are coming but — last time I checked — only 11 players can play at once, so some players will have to go. But who?
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