Hahahaha the contribution at the end. Amazing. After Ray Hudson goes through a expansive list of hyperbole, the final contribution from his co-commentator is just priceless.
Apparently stories going around of lots of locker room unrest, the team losing faith in Klinsmann and some sort of division between the German and the homegrown players along with the really weak available team for the qualies coming up (vs. the two hardest teams, Costa Rica and Mexico). Stuff like sitting Bocanegra (traditionally our anchor CB) against Honduras and leaving him off for these two as well is making this swirl.
Also I don't think Donovan would get away with these shenanigans (especially in the PR department) anywhere else where he's not the MVP by a country mile.
Did you read the Sporting News article that they linked as well? There's a bunch of quotes from Philipp Lahm about how the team aren't even taught tactics in practices and a lot of the problems we see now date back to when Klinsmann was the manager of Germany and Bayern.
Lahm, the German national team captain, wrote an autobiography two years ago in which he criticized several former coaches, including Klinsmann. The pair worked together when Klinsmann managed Germany from 2004 to 2006 and Bayern Munich in 2008-09.
“We practiced little more than fitness (at Bayern). Tactical things were neglected. The players had to get together before (games) to discuss how we wanted to play,” Lahm wrote. “After six or eight weeks, all the players knew it wouldn't work with Klinsmann. The rest of the season was damage limitation."
Hahahaha the contribution at the end. Amazing. After Ray Hudson goes through a expansive list of hyperbole, the final contribution from his co-commentator is just priceless.
I fucking love Ray Hudson, he is the best most entertaining english commentator, absolutely pure joy! here's another haha
Of course I keep forgetting how forgiving qualifying is for the US here, I mean, out of the final group of 6, the top 3 make it straight in and the 4th plays off against New Zealand, so it's like harder to not qualify than it is to qualify. US or Mexico has to be like offensively, grossly terrible to actually go out and not qualify.
Hahahaha the contribution at the end. Amazing. After Ray Hudson goes through a expansive list of hyperbole, the final contribution from his co-commentator is just priceless.
I don't get the co commentators comment though? Is he referring the records hes breaking?
I was just laughing at how flat it sounded next to all of Ray Hudson's excitement. It really sounded like the entire time Ray was going off he was sitting there trying to think of a good one.. and that was all he got. Like a guy who thinks of a comeback 5 minutes after the put down.
Hahahaha the contribution at the end. Amazing. After Ray Hudson goes through a expansive list of hyperbole, the final contribution from his co-commentator is just priceless.
I don't get the co commentators comment though? Is he referring the records hes breaking?
I was just laughing at how flat it sounded next to all of Ray Hudson's excitement. It really sounded like the entire time Ray was going off he was sitting there trying to think of a good one.. and that was all he got. Like a guy who thinks of a comeback 5 minutes after the put down.
hahah right right.. my friend and i always make fun of how unoriginal and 'robot' like he can be
Hahahaha the contribution at the end. Amazing. After Ray Hudson goes through a expansive list of hyperbole, the final contribution from his co-commentator is just priceless.
Hahahaha the contribution at the end. Amazing. After Ray Hudson goes through a expansive list of hyperbole, the final contribution from his co-commentator is just priceless.
I don't get the co commentators comment though? Is he referring the records hes breaking?
I was just laughing at how flat it sounded next to all of Ray Hudson's excitement. It really sounded like the entire time Ray was going off he was sitting there trying to think of a good one.. and that was all he got. Like a guy who thinks of a comeback 5 minutes after the put down.
hahah right right.. my friend and i always make fun of how unoriginal and 'robot' like he can be
lol Phil Schoen is the perfect Ray Hudson foil. Anyway they do the Barcelona game almost every week for our TV (dunno if that's only for NA or not) it's like weekly entertainment, even my sister who has never liked sports is converted by Messi and Ray Hudson.
I still feel like he creams his pants to much. And yeah hes pretty much NA, I dont think Ive ever seen him on european broadcasts when I used to get them back home.
On March 20 2013 08:09 Ferrose wrote: Did you read the Sporting News article that they linked as well? There's a bunch of quotes from Philipp Lahm about how the team aren't even taught tactics in practices and a lot of the problems we see now date back to when Klinsmann was the manager of Germany and Bayern.
Lahm, the German national team captain, wrote an autobiography two years ago in which he criticized several former coaches, including Klinsmann. The pair worked together when Klinsmann managed Germany from 2004 to 2006 and Bayern Munich in 2008-09.
“We practiced little more than fitness (at Bayern). Tactical things were neglected. The players had to get together before (games) to discuss how we wanted to play,” Lahm wrote. “After six or eight weeks, all the players knew it wouldn't work with Klinsmann. The rest of the season was damage limitation."
Even back in 2006, when Klinsmann "managed" Germany, it was said that Löw makes all the important decisions and that Klinsmann is only good for motivating the players. Hoeness, the president of Bayern, still calls Klinsmann an "enemy".
So yeah, maybe hiring Klinsmann wasn't the best idea.
On March 20 2013 08:09 Ferrose wrote: Did you read the Sporting News article that they linked as well? There's a bunch of quotes from Philipp Lahm about how the team aren't even taught tactics in practices and a lot of the problems we see now date back to when Klinsmann was the manager of Germany and Bayern.
Lahm, the German national team captain, wrote an autobiography two years ago in which he criticized several former coaches, including Klinsmann. The pair worked together when Klinsmann managed Germany from 2004 to 2006 and Bayern Munich in 2008-09.
“We practiced little more than fitness (at Bayern). Tactical things were neglected. The players had to get together before (games) to discuss how we wanted to play,” Lahm wrote. “After six or eight weeks, all the players knew it wouldn't work with Klinsmann. The rest of the season was damage limitation."
Even back in 2006, when Klinsmann "managed" Germany, it was said that Löw makes all the important decisions and that Klinsmann is only good for motivating the players. Hoeness, the president of Bayern, still calls Klinsmann an "enemy".
So yeah, maybe hiring Klinsmann wasn't the best idea.
So why was everyone pulling so hard for Klinsmann to be the new US manager a few years ago then? ;/
Also lol at that Messi play. That was even better than Gary Neville when Torres scored against Barca last year.
On March 21 2013 20:07 Dibella wrote: Because Americans have no knowlage about football?
The same must be true for germans then?
Let's be honest, the DFB was pretty desperate before the 2006 World Cup. It wasn't like top managers were lining up to coach Germany: people were expecting a disaster at home. Hitzfeld, Rehhagel, Wenger, Hiddink, Olsen - they all didn't want the job.
Klinsmann was inexperienced, but he was a legend, had some fresh ideas and above all he was full of.motivation and confidence. Thankfully he chose a good assistant coach ;-)
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