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    • This is one of a few instances where your hypotheticals clash with my real football observation.  How often do you watch Millar? He has very good pace, works very hard - including on defence, has has a lot of tools going both ways.  However, to go up a level, he has to have a more consistent final ball.  Including finishing.  You can YouTube highlights of some nice finishes (playing from wingback) but if you watch full games he does still wastes some of his excellent earlier work, too often.  From years of observation, Davies is a better finisher than Liam at this point. Full stop.  Your hypothetical (have they ever played together in that formation?) with silly overblown language aside.   I actually have get on with my day but a few factual errors in there but overall if you look at your post you are trying to compare hypotheticals backed up by Google and YouTube with real game observations backed up by stats. In my view, obviously biased, I know which I would take more seriously. always fun 
    • You said he "will contribute whenever playing. As a sub or a starter, he would be playing. Not sure what's stupid about that?  If you meant, "he will contribute as a sub when we have the opportunity to counter". Then I fully agree with you. 
    • Everything you stated suggests he should get on the field at some point, especially if we are needing a goal. Hes great at the transition game, the same game that I said is what we need to get back to. I've also NEVER put Jacob in my starting lineups, and I don't think I've seen it here either so it's stupid to ask "how will he do as a starter" just to make your point.   I'm just not going to put Davies or Buchanan (on the bench) in another position to get Millar on the field.
    • I just saw noticed that:  they have matches scheduled right before their showing of the World Series of Fencing.
    • He is a very good player at attacking space in a direct manner.  When the other guys are really good at coordinated pressing or are set up holding a lead with numbers back, I have doubts that he is going to be able to hold possession in the former situation or make something happen in the latter.  So I agree:  context is everything here.  
    • Yes, ok champ.  You're correct, I YouTubed and could not find any examples of Davies being an offensive threat from FB.  Absolutely no videos or evidence.  Seriously man, if you can't open your mind for 10 seconds and consider the balance, killer offence and defense that Davies and Millar would offer as a duo on the left side, i don't know what to tell you.  With all the evidence of matches without Davies where Canada still generates offence and plays really balanced and beats the big teams.  Then add all the recent matches with him where he struggles and tries to do too much at RWB, you're just ignoring reality.  All you're throwing as an argument is stats where Bayern asks him to focus on defense. Don't just read my comments, check the media man.  Everyone sees what is happening out there.  You're ignoring the obvious. The point is, a system requires balance in the 11, not reliance on your one major star.  Davies trying to do it all alone from LWB is limiting the team.   Your theory seems to be Davies is doing it all for us, modify the 11 to benefit him.  All chances come from him, yet you ignore the turnovers, the weaker D, benching one of our best 11 in Millar for an extra CB of lower skill. All evidence shows we play worse when Davies tries to do it all.  We and he need to rely on the team, play a balanced 11 not focused on one star that is already trying to do too much.       Google says Davies is the best LB in the world, not me.  Bayern plays him there and have never played him at LW.  But ok, you can take Herdman and Biello's word for it. Weaker CB's should not be overlapping when no one seems to realize they need to cover for them.  They need to keep it simple with Canada.  We'll see what happens with Bombito, LDF et al, until then, our CB's need to focus on staying home.  T&T's best chance of the game came from exactly that.  The team is not built for this system.
    • I agree that I put buchanan in first.  I think shaffelburg needs more context He has:  a couple friendlies less than 10 minutes in 2 WCQ  3 sub appearances at the gold cup  1 sub appearance at the nations league.  He has 2 goals for canada.  Therefore his sample size is soooo incredibly small to say that he is going to contribute whenever he plays for canada.  Both his goals came in transition.... how does he do as a starter? against a team with a low block?  I love shaf but just because hes been incredible in 2 games as a sub on counter attacks, doesnt mean he will contribute as effectively in build up play, defensively, or in different attacking situations.  If shaf doesnt score, do we think the same of him? All he did was blast the ball in the net. JRR's turn deserves more credit, david played a good weighted ball. Any of our attackers should score from that position. To extrapolate that he will always contribute based on sub appearances vs a "b/c USA team" and T and T is just not a fair expectation.
    • Against Argentina I do. I was really disappointed (and so would Inter be if they watched) with his defensive awareness against T&T - he was still playing wingback. Maybe just a bad game overall and hopefully he had some chances to show me different before the end of the season. I have just seen Millar go both ways week in, week out.
    • Yeah I agree. Waterman doesn't seem imposing enough to be played there, especially when parking the bus. I thought about bringing up Vitoria but figured people would freak out about it. I do think in this type of game he could still be solid though. I wouldn't really want him playing in an open game where we are playing a high line, but if we're absorbing pressure all game hes a good fit. Bombito in the middle is interesting too, but then you have to put Johnston back at RCB, or play someone like Waterman, McNaughton, etc back there. I actually forgot about McGraw as well, it's possible we could use McGraw in the middle with Bombito on the right side. Not sure I'm convinced by McGraw, but at least stylistically, his strengths should be a good fit for the middle.
    • Guys like miller and waterman arent going to be able to defend messi and co. Our only hope is to prevent them from getting into the dangerous spots in the first place which means midfield is more a priority than CB. 4-5-1/4-1-4-1 for me as well. bombito to be extremely disciplined as the 6 and just cut passing lanes into the strikers feet. Don't get sucked out and let staq and kone run.  Who plays RCB though. I dont want waterman as one of the 2. His skill set is passing more than defending. Cornelius on his bad foot? or.... LDF and miller?  Bold. Huge risk. But our only other option assuming a similar squad to the one biello just named. 
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