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Michael Bradley is the American Jason Statham. A bald man who kicks rear end, and in doing so makes all those around him feel both safe and full of hope. In the past, his physical commitment and mental tenacity have combined to make the midfielder a virtual security blanket simmering away at the heart of the U.S. national team. So exactly how many Premier League teams' starting XI's would instantly be improved by the arrival of Bradley? The magic number for me is 15 -- all of the teams apart from the five below: 1. Liverpool: Based on the belief that I would not have the temerity to mess with the midfield alchemy that has propelled the team on their intoxicating charge to the top of the table. 2. Chelsea: Jose Mourinho publicly craves a "real striker," which Bradley is not. The imperious return of Nemanja Matic suggests Bradley would be in danger of gaining a John Obi Mikel-esque number of minutes. 3. Manchester City: Hard to believe that in competing with coach Manuel Pellegrini's first choice of Yaya Toure, David Silva, Fernandinho and Samir Nasri, Bradley would not experience a Roma situation redux. 4. Everton: Though the Goodison Park faithful would no doubt welcome another team-first American with open arms, undersung heroes Gareth Barry and James McCarthy behind Ross Barkley would prevent Bradley from walking into the starting lineup. 5. Tottenham Hotspur: A gaggle of midfielders including Aaron Lennon, Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Mousa Dembele, Andros Townsend, Nacer Chadli, Christian Eriksen and Gylfi Sigurdsson present too many options and too many possibilities for a coach like Tim Sherwood, whose selection process can veer toward the avant garde. A real possibility exists that Bradley could be "Clint Dempsey'd" at White Hart Lane. Of the remaining 15, the biggest eyebrow-raiser would be Arsenal. Yet Arsene Wenger's arm-long injury list, which has claimed the erratic talent of Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott, the suspect fitness of Aaron Ramsey and the degrading returns of Mikel Arteta must all be factored into the equation. Though Arsenal fans may resent the suggestion that a Serie A-defecting MLS player could immediately slot into their first team, with the North Londoners' grip on fourth place so tenuous the Toronto FC midfielder would be an instant upgrade.
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Apr 8, 2014 19:04
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christ. CHRIST.
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Apr 8, 2014 19:07
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lol what makes it worse is that the "michael bradley is the american jason statham" is a tongue in cheek Men in Blazers joke that this guy has stolen and coopted into a serious blog post as though no one would notice. shocking stuff. e: also lacking the awareness that he literally couldn't even make it on the pitch for villa when he was on loan
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Apr 8, 2014 19:11
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That post doesn't seem that unreasonable imo
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Apr 8, 2014 19:21
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Blue Screen Error posted:That post doesn't seem that unreasonable imo It's just an insane overanalysis that could've been simply stated as "Michael Bradley is a pretty good player and could do a job for most Premier League teams".
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Apr 8, 2014 19:23
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I don't even know where to put this so gently caress it, I'm putting it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3sWiZ-iO8&hd=1
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Apr 8, 2014 21:27
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Baldo Di Gregorio posted:christ. CHRIST. Baldo Di Gregorio, please rename me to virtual security blanket simmering away at the heart of the U.S. national team I almost wish Bradley leaves MLS to come (back) to England so he can be Jozy 2.0, just to watch insanely deluded USMNT fans melt down all over again when he makes 8 sub appearances for a team that doesn't truly appreciate his talents and somehow are too dumb nay REFUSE to build the team around him. edit: He is actually a decent player who works hard and could probably do a job in England. Unlike Jozy. Who is terrible and fat and lazy. sticksy fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Apr 8, 2014 |
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Apr 8, 2014 21:40
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My favourite part is 'Tim Sherwood, whose selection process can veer toward the avant garde'.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:52
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sticksy posted:Baldo Di Gregorio, please rename me to virtual security blanket simmering away at the heart of the U.S. national team I'm actually a Bradley fan, it was more the terrible writing Americans seems prone to re: football, but the assumption that he simply walks into any of the unlisted 15 PL teams is a bit much, I think he'd always be used in a rotation.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:55
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Michael Bradley is a proper good player, are mental USMNT fans obsessed over him too or is it just Jozy?
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Apr 8, 2014 22:07
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euroboy posted:Michael Bradley is a proper good player, are mental USMNT fans obsessed over him too or is it just Jozy? No, the baffling delusion is really around Jozy. Bradley is a good player and has proved himself in Europe, far more than Jozy has. Like Finn said, it was more the hyperbolic writing. I think it's just more than USMNT fans are desperate to be validated and for US players to be on the biggest stage since  #1. So any player with a whiff of potential or talent is suddenly bigged up and therefore should be a lynchpin in every team in the Champions League.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:11
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euroboy posted:Michael Bradley is a proper good player, are mental USMNT fans obsessed over him too or is it just Jozy? Must be USMNT stuff. Hes a good player imo, good defensive mid who is quite a good finisher when he gets forward.
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Apr 8, 2014 23:50
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One of the biggest things with Jozy is that he puts up really impressive performances in matches that mean absolutely nothing, which deludes US supporters into thinking that he's actually world class because he scored a hat-trick against Bosnia in an international friendly. I honestly can not remember Jozy being impressive at all in competitive fixtures for the US team- and this is four years back, but he was absolutely dogshit at WC 2010.
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Apr 9, 2014 03:18
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He scored a hat trick* in like his first ever competitive international. It was all downhill from there. *against Trinidad & Tobago, so
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Apr 9, 2014 05:48
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Did We Just See the End of Borussia Dortmund’s Hipster Football Dream?
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Apr 9, 2014 16:28
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Fag Boy Jim posted:Did We Just See the End of Borussia Dortmund’s Hipster Football Dream? e: loving hell quote:There’s a script to it that’s developing, though: A club with some not-quite-astronomical amount of money and maybe some history stumbles onto a lunatic-brilliant manager, signs the right undervalued players, and develops young talent. The club tastes success, the manager loses some of his best players, the team buys even better replacements, the team continues to punch above its statistical and financial weight, but then those new best players leave, the coach eventually and understandably gets fed up — and then he leaves, too. It’s happening at Dortmund, it’s going to happen in some capacity to Atletico, and get far enough ahead of yourself and you can already picture it happening at Juventus (the stripes!) and Liverpool. this is worse than the silly fans crying for me, this is people getting paid to write on america's most reputable "thinkpiece" website that completely lack self-awareness&context/are cunts/shouldn't be paid. straight up brolic fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Apr 9, 2014 |
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Apr 9, 2014 17:27
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sticksy posted:Michael Bradley is the American Jason Statham. Americans have a really loving weird sense of national identity imo
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Apr 9, 2014 17:31
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Butterfly Valley posted:Americans have a really loving weird sense of national identity imo It's not surprising considering their history.
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Apr 9, 2014 17:31
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mynameisjohn posted:I dunno how grantland gets away with having such poo poo football writers http://grantland.com/the-triangle/did-we-just-see-the-end-of-borussia-dortmunds-hipster-football-dream That whole article is some cringe worthy poo poo.
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Apr 9, 2014 19:03
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General Probe posted:http://grantland.com/the-triangle/did-we-just-see-the-end-of-borussia-dortmunds-hipster-football-dream  good lord
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Apr 9, 2014 19:43
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Butterfly Valley posted:Americans have a really loving weird sense of national identity imo not not luvd posted:It's not surprising considering their history. It's pretty much drummed into them from day one in school, isn't it?
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Apr 9, 2014 19:52
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I don't even know what the criterion of a "hipster" football club is, Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in the history of Germany. I don't want to think about this.
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Apr 9, 2014 20:00
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Fag Boy Jim posted:I don't even know what the criterion of a "hipster" football club is, Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in the history of Germany. I don't want to think about this.
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Apr 9, 2014 20:03
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oh my god lads, i've found it...i've found the worst post about football in the history of the internetquote:I'm actually researching the possibility of a less wealthy team achieving success in soccer. All my research points to Association Football in almost every league besides the MLS and the A-League to be pretty financially deterministic.
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Apr 9, 2014 20:05
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Mickolution posted:It's pretty much drummed into them from day one in school, isn't it? Yeah, it's weird looking back on it.
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Apr 9, 2014 20:35
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Mickolution posted:It's pretty much drummed into them from day one in school, isn't it? You're really surrounded by it all times tbh
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Apr 9, 2014 20:37
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quote:But hey, looking at the debt levels present in the association football world, I laugh at the "rich" teams spending money they don't have. When the footballing order collapses in a few years due to the unsustainable levels of debt, the financially prudent will inherit the world! Wenger was saying this a few years ago lol
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Apr 9, 2014 20:38
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Shrapnig posted:Yeah, it's weird looking back on it. It's kinda weird that it still happens now but not really. It totally makes sense considering the way the type of people who founded your country and the American Dream stuff.
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Apr 9, 2014 21:35
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What about our national identity is weird? Not really disputing anything I'm just not sure I'm following the conversation.
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Apr 9, 2014 22:00
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blue footed boobie posted:What about our national identity is weird? Not really disputing anything I'm just not sure I'm following the conversation. It's weird because most non-Americans aren't patriotic in the slightest let alone fiercely so. Without wanting to generalise too much it tends to be the uneducated people over here who are whereas in America it's spread out across p much everyone. I'd imagine it stems from the whole immigrant / escaping persecution thing and it's just grown into your culture.
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Apr 9, 2014 22:02
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blue footed boobie posted:What about our national identity is weird? Not really disputing anything I'm just not sure I'm following the conversation. Think back on it and tell me saying the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in school isn't weird. Or do they still do that in court as well?
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Apr 9, 2014 22:03
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Shrapnig posted:Think back on it and tell me saying the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in school isn't weird. Okay I thought that's what we were getting at, but I wasn't sure. Anyway, it's because we were less exposed to post WWI far-right nationalism and were able to swoop in at the end and kick some rear end. And I don't think they ever said the pledge of allegiance in court?
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Apr 9, 2014 22:19
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blue footed boobie posted:What about our national identity is weird? Not really disputing anything I'm just not sure I'm following the conversation. hmmmm... lol. manifest destiny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1GIa-zINE
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Apr 9, 2014 22:19
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blue footed boobie posted:And I don't think they ever said the pledge of allegiance in court? I seem to recall they had but obviously you would know better than me.
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Apr 9, 2014 22:24
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There are many adjectives to describe Manchester United's performance this evening. Passion. Desire. Hunger. Courage. Commitment. Alas they fail to convey the true greatness of this away day endeavour. But one word truly sums up the performance today. And I'm quite certain you'll all be in agreement. Yes. COURAGE!! For many young men a night in the Reeperbahn is the rite of passage into manhood. Tonight David Moyes young charges entered the Allianz Arena as boys. They left the pitch as MEN. Bravo, Europe is proud of you.
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Apr 9, 2014 22:24
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oliwan posted:There are many adjectives to describe Manchester United's performance this evening. what the gently caress
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Apr 9, 2014 22:37
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Butterfly Valley posted:Americans have a really loving weird sense of national identity imo Tom pm'ed me to tell me the article was written by a British Jew not as a pejorative he seemed keen for me to make this known
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Apr 9, 2014 22:39
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Butterfly Valley posted:Tom pm'ed me to tell me the article was written by a British Jew not as a pejorative he seemed keen for me to make this known I love this post.
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