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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 3989715, member: 1452"] He did not play well in the Nations League game despite being deployed as a winger (the formation was a 3-4-3 but, with 3 centerbacks, Ream effectively played left back and Dest pushed really high and played as more of a winger). And he did not play well against El Salvador. (Need to edit: Note, that this statement applies to the Mexico game. I have already opined on why I think he did not play well against El Salvador) I cannot put my finger on why that is. he is too talented to play that way and we really need his talents on the field. McKinnie may have best the best field player on the pitch against Mexico. He had a tremendous game. So I cannot agree with you that he was not playing well. He did not play well against El Salvador. And, btw, if you want to talk about poor performances, Brooks was poor against Mexico and really poor during the three game qualifiers. Interesting that you have not said a word about him. The media thinks Reyna has played well. I don't agree with that but I think that is structural. He is not a natural winger. He consistently wants to come inside and he both provides no width and creates a lot of congestion by doing so. This is on Berhalter and Berhalter needs to figure it out. And, after these first three qualifiers, I agree with you. So far, Berhalter has not figured it out. We'll see if he does with this second three-pack. The one thing I will say, after looking at the FIFA rankings is that I do tend to forget how young all these players are. Part of our problem is that our most talented players are all so young and our more experienced players just are not as talented. It does create a conundrum for Berhalter and makes his job that much harder. The more experienced players give us a higher floor but a lower ceiling. The reverse is true of our younger players. Trying to get the right blend of both is not an easy ask. But that is what he is getting paid to do. I think I would agree that there is no doubt that a manager like Conte would get more out of this group than Berhalter will but I also think getting a manager of that caliber is a pipe dream and just not realistic. [/QUOTE]

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