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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeFoo, post: 3990301, member: 210"] I question whether Conte would be a good national team coach... he's a little bit like Mourhino in that he forces clubs to buy "his" players and if he doesn't get them he complains or leaves. The reason he left Chelsea after winning the EPL is because he wasn't going to get control of player acquisition. With a national team like the US, you get the players you get. This might be a hot take, but I think the USMNT plays better this next set of three than the past because so much of the Euro talent is not available. I think Berhalter will find it easier to make the pieces fit together because the MLS-based squad has players who are easier to fit on the board. That's not to say the MLS players are better or worse than Euro players, but the Euro based players have a ton more individual skill, play in similar positions, and as noted Gregg has no idea how to put them together into a system where sum is great than individual parts. Reyna needs to be in the middle, but it's not clear that he has the defensive aptitude for that at the International level. McKinnie needs to be in the middle, but it's not clear if he's able to create enough for others at that position and he's not dangerous enough on his own in the middle. Pulisic probably plays best as a winger or false 9, but given our lack of midfield skill he's too isolated as a winger and doesn't see enough of the ball at that position so he ends up dropping in midfield. Adams is perfectly suited as a 6... but Gregg seems to want to play him at RB. Dest is a winger for the nats, but so far has not played to his full potential there. Brooks seems to be a huge liability as a CB when we are not able to provide more cover for the D and turn the ball over so often in the middle of the field which we OFTEN do with Dest and McKinnie and Reyna playing as poorly as they did in the last set of games. [/QUOTE]

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