Donovan Leaving LA [?], the thread that should always have been...
#16
Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:33 PM
Let's Eat!
#17
Posted 25 May 2012 - 08:43 PM
/Intelligent critique of this thread
#18
Posted 25 May 2012 - 09:42 PM
Proud "been a fan since '96" douchenozzle
Cogito me cogitare, ergo cogito me esse. Et futuito istam pullam!
http://www.nybooks.c.../15/our-moloch/
#19
Posted 25 May 2012 - 09:45 PM
Let's Eat!
#20
Posted 25 May 2012 - 09:51 PM
I'm surprised Donovan has been able to keep motivated in MLS for this long. I think he's beginning to regret the "I want to grow MLS" stuff. I know I would. Ultimately a soccer player has a very short career. If I had his talent I would be bummed if I played most of my career in half empty stadiums. You only get one shot at this and I'd rather have played in several different places (Leverkusen & loans don't really count).
Agreed. I think that disaterous first stint in Germany messed with his head to the point that he just couldn't do it.
#21
Posted 25 May 2012 - 09:54 PM
Fish came back. Greg Vanney came back. Buddle came back. How have those been working out? Arguably Gavin Glinton had a more successful second stint as a G than any of those guys.I can't wait for the "Please Come Back aka Landon Returning to L.A." thread.
But you're probably right that there will be such a thread.
Proud "been a fan since '96" douchenozzle
Cogito me cogitare, ergo cogito me esse. Et futuito istam pullam!
http://www.nybooks.c.../15/our-moloch/
#22
Posted 26 May 2012 - 11:27 AM
Should Donovan really want to leave the G's, whether it's for a new challenge, retirement or a last hurrah of some sorts I sincerely hope that the G's, MLS and AEG allow him to go (even if it's a smaller or no transfer fee at all).
Simply as a "Thank You" for his impact and influence on the sport over the last decade or so.
I'd be very sad though, wish him the best and hope that once he hangs up his boots, he'll return to the G's, MLS and US Soccer in some capacity, even if it's after a break.
#23
Posted 26 May 2012 - 12:05 PM
I blame Buddle for all of this...check out his salary before he leaves for Germany. Check out his salary now. He scores fewer now, is out of shape now, and the team made special arrangements to sign him at a salary they were willing to pay him after a season in which he produced massive goals for the club. Now he's back, out of shape, and not scoring... when landon follows this path, he'll come back looking like Beckham! STTRAAAWBERRY BANANANANANANANANA!!!!
#24
Posted 26 May 2012 - 12:46 PM
-- U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Landon Donovan, who he sympathized with. Donovan said this week that he was finding it hard to find the hunger for the game. (Reuters)
#25
Posted 26 May 2012 - 05:23 PM
Insightful interview with Klinsi.
“Landon is a very intelligent player and very experienced by now. I think it’s also normal that your thoughts go all over the place when you think, ‘OK, what’s next? Where are my next challenges? How long will I play this game?’ At this moment right now, where he has already played in three World Cups and has had many different experiences, I think it’s just normal. For us it’s important that once he’s here that he focuses in, he zooms in, and he gives everything he has then for the National Team. That’s what we saw in these 10 days – he came a bit later, the five or six days that he spent with us. He’s been tremendous in every training session. I didn’t see there any lack of not being hungry or not giving everything he had. He did that. He’s very, very professional. When he has these open discussions with you as journalists, I think that’s good to see. He’s a thoughtful guy and we had good talks after our Italy game where he couldn’t come in and obviously we will follow every player’s path and we will follow every player’s approach and attitude. There’s nothing to complain about with Landon. He’s a highly professional guy and time will tell how much he wants to continue on the highest level.”
~Jurgen Klinsmann
#26
Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:48 PM
That's how he plays his best.
I think he got the ball in that position more times tonight then he has all season.
It seemed that JK set things up to maximize Landon's abilities, and when he's with the G's Landon always has to adapt to Keane and Beckham.
Maybe that's why he's not feeling it.
#27
Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:51 PM
It seemed that JK set things up to maximize Landon's abilities, and when he's with the G's Landon always has to adapt to Keane and Beckham.
Close. But I think people generally like to point the finger at the other DP's. The truer statement is: "with the G's Landon always has to adapt to Bruce Arena."
Bruce is very much a round peg / square hole type guy.
#28
Posted 26 May 2012 - 11:36 PM
This... +1Tonight in the Scotland game we saw what Landon can do when he gets the ball in space running at the goal.
That's how he plays his best.
I think he got the ball in that position more times tonight then he has all season.
It seemed that JK set things up to maximize Landon's abilities, and when he's with the G's Landon always has to adapt to Keane and Beckham.
Maybe that's why he's not feeling it.
And this... +2Close. But I think people generally like to point the finger at the other DP's. The truer statement is: "with the G's Landon always has to adapt to Bruce Arena."
Bruce is very much a round peg / square hole type guy.
All of this makes sense to me if Landon is not only frustrated with himself but Bruce as well.
#29
Posted 27 May 2012 - 06:03 AM
The search for be for our next fearless leader to guide us for a few years.
#30
Posted 27 May 2012 - 11:03 AM
I think if Landon wanted - seriously wanted - to leave the Galaxy, he'd have left by now. Why would he be honest to the point of TMI on every other subject, but super-cagey and manipulative about staying with the Galaxy? Wahl's "hunger" question was in the context of the national team.
I think (1) Landon knows perfectly well whatever problem it is that Arena is talking about, and (2) Landon is not that problem.
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