USA-Netherlands friendly

[OumaFan]

Actually Spector's been pretty good for us lately. He was very good at the Confederations Cup. I don't pay attention to him much at West Ham.

Beasley up until a month ago was probably gone from the team. Wasn't playing at Rangers, was capital letters horrible for us when he did. So he's working his way back in, he's still got some work to do to start for us at the WC. Actually the only way he will is if Dempsey moves up top and even then he might not.

[HattonTheHammer]

Actually Spector's been pretty good for us lately. He was very good at the Confederations Cup. I don't pay attention to him much at West Ham.

Beasley up until a month ago was probably gone from the team. Wasn't playing at Rangers, was capital letters horrible for us when he did. So he's working his way back in, he's still got some work to do to start for us at the WC. Actually the only way he will is if Dempsey moves up top and even then he might not.

He mainly starts on the bench at west ham, one of those players who doesnt neccesarily do anything wrong but just fails to impose himself on a game.

Everytime ive seen demarcus play he has been the best player on the pitch. Superb little creative midfielder but you can understand bradley not starting him because of the little game time he is getting and if you cant make a starting lineup for a side in scotland then you really cant be all that.

You`ll tear algeria and slovenia to peices, chances are it`ll be germany in the second round for you and thats gonna be a massive ask. If you were to get past them and make it to the quarters who the hell knows how far you could go.

[OumaFan]

Beasley is a regular starter for Rangers when he's healthy but he's almost never healthy.

[OumaFan]

Holden out six weeks at least with a fracture in his leg. De Jong apparently showed himself a yellow piece of paper as a sympathetic gesture.

He should just be glad Holden doesn't play for Arsenal.

[El Kabong]

hattonthehammer, did you see Beasley play vs Brazil?

When Beasley is settled he's a very good player and if we had to move Dempsey up to striker(which may not be a horrible idea) then it's not out of the question for Beasley to start for us.

Donovan showed us in this game that he still needs someone to get the ball to him. I think Cherundolo and Spector are the best assets for us at left back because they are guys that will look for a pass down the pitch to clear the ball (something we rarley do) and they are good at placing some dangerous crosses. Pearce had a couple good crosses go in in the match as well so he shouldn't be left out.

The US has better skill and more importantly we're begining to play like we belong on the field no matter who it's against. Don't get me wrong we can obviously still get shell shocked but the possibility is out there now that wasn't before that we could damn near beat anyone on any given day. Now if our team could play consistently with poise and composure and make cleaner passes/first touches then we're going to be a top 10 team very soon if not by the end of this World Cup. We also have to continue to grow our talent if we can get Zizzo and Sztela and McCarty to produce to replace the older players then we'll be able to build on our successes and limit our failures.