Fratastic423

I saw that teaser post from Red Dragon and after clicking to see "All Comments" Red Dragon confirmed he is coming back. Ticket information available after the weekend

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Cory Branan not so much… Just didn’t do it for me.

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I was expecting so much more from his set; but boy was it not good. It was awkward and really felt like he hated being on stage. I know touring without a backing band is going to change the sound (obviously) but he didn't do his albums any favors with how he translated the songs to just an acoustic guitar.

AA were great as always.

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Dest is ok at rb but he’s arse on defense.

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Dest was amazing this tournament outside of the knockout game.

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Reyna and Aaronson should be starters. Even if that means you have to sacrifice one of the midfield trio to fit Reyna in. I know Weah is great, but Aaronson not starting for us was criminal. He’s been class this season at Leeds. That’s 3.

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Weah was also amazing. I don't know if you noticed Gio not playing ANY defense in the second half of the game on Sat. Which means he cannot be relied upon to play as one of the 8s in a 433; replacing Weah or Christian are the only options if you are going to play everyone in their preferred positions. I don't necessarily disagree that Weah out wide was the best decision for this team as he has been too good for us out wide. Christian was also our best attacking player in the tournament.
Aaronson gets manhandled when he has played in teh middle for the US. You saw that against the Dutch and Iran when he came in. He cannot progress the ball the way our 8s need to and is better out wide as well.

So four players for 2 spots. Someone has to sit.

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is that the lack of Pepi opens itself up for negative recruiting by the Mexican NT for dual nationals.

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The fact that Mexico brought zero duals nationals makes this concern obsolete imo.

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Anyone has a presale code other than hounds?

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Looks like that was the code nation wide. I didn't get into the queue early enough it seems and missed out on NOLA tickets. Didn't realize we had a Taylor Swift level situation trying to get Childers tickets. :banghead:

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Aaron Long. He provides no value to this roster outside of a veteran locker room presence

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Hey now, I've been told he is fast. Which helps if you are getting beat on every play after you turn the ball over.

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He deserves a chance more than any other 9.

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I agree and actually think him not being in this camp helps his chances to be at the WC as our system definitely didn't work again today. We will need the ability to hoof balls up to a target man at some point.

I think he has already secured a spot and the 3 strikers here are fighting for the other 2 spots. Maybe that is just wishful thinking.

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I’m in the camp that he is not athletic enough to start alongside Zimmerman, who is all but a nailed on starter for Qatar. Add to that Long has the turning radius of a cruise ship. That being said he is a big presence and good in the air.

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This is the current knock on Brooks (if you assume its just about form) without Brooks ability to make forward passes. As high up as we will push our FBs, I don't see how you can play both Brooks/Long and Zimmerman. Robinson's injury really screwed us as it completely tore apart our depth. Hoping Richards will be healthy enough to step in as he is our best hope with his athleticism.

I was impressed with CCV, he looked very calm on the ball which can't be said for some of our other CBs. EPB getting a knock limited what we were able to see from him. In his brief appearance he didn't shower himself in glory but wasn't a huge liability.

Was Mckenzie even playing for his club at the end of the season?

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Hrrm, maybe appeal to your target audience, straight men?

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Of all the bad takes about why fans don't show up to matches, this might be the worst I've seen.

Wasn't able to make the first home game last week as I was sick. Was looking forward to this weekend to take some kids from my sons team out; only to find that they have rescheduled half of the home games from Olympia to the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in damn Gonzalez. I know things happen, especially with the Capitals now playing again and how BRSC has a strangle hold on soccer in BTR. But it definitely doesn't make it easy to go watch if I have to drive 30 mins there and back.