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You can see that Jozy doesn't quite have the confidence he had. There are some instances, obviously not finishing on the called back play opportunity, or the one where he did have a brilliant cut back, but couldn't put it in the back of the net. Also, he did have another play where he was rushing at the goal keeper with the ball with a bad angle, if he had been playing with confidence, I believe he could have cut that back in, and then fired at goal. Even though he did put in a good cross to Mix in which Mix's chest trap went a little to high allowing the defender enough time to knock it away. However, other than those moments, I thought he put in a solid game, both defensively and holding the ball up top to help with setting our offense. And that is key! There is NO ONE else on the US team that can do that, the last player who had that ability for the US was McBride. And in my view, in order for us to have a shot, that unique ability he has will be key. In my view, He has to be on the field for the US team. You just gotta roll the dice and see if he can get out of his slump. I do believe he is coming close. I just hope that proverbial monkey does come off his back that leads to renewed confidence. And let's face it, in just about everything we do, confidence is key to performance.

You'd have to be a complete tard to want to cut Dareus.

Good Grief! Indeed! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/03/republicans-have-a-mandate-for-their-benghazi-probe/

Bush's negatives: 1) The Iraq war took a huge toll on his presidency, and he never recovered from it. 2) The perception of his handling of Katrina, fairly or not, he took a beating, specially within the minority community. 3) Medicare Part D, unpopular with conservatives popular with older folks. 4) He just sounded like a dumbass. Obama: 1) A complete and utter incompetent Goob. Never seen a president in my life time that was as incompetent as him and his administration of political hacks.

He's not just a defensive mid fielder. Just because he didn't do as well in one situation doesn't mean that is how he is defined. He has played by US standards marvelously as the attacking midfielder. That pass he had in this last game is a prime example of that, or what about the game vs. Mexico? Two recent games, two really strong games as the attacking midfielder. Those are quality opponents. He's going to play well as the attacking midfielder in the world cup, that I'm not worried about, AT ALL! The real questions I have are: 1) Is Jozy Altidore gonna execute and score? 2) Is Jermaine Jones going to be disciplined and not veer upfield too much exposing our defense? 3) And is the back four going to be organized and gel with one another?

With this I agree. I believe in balance. Having said that, I was responding to the view from Beckman or whatever his name is, which endorsed the polar opposite perspective, which you happened to imply your approval. So, I was essentially subscribing to the extreme case on the other side and stating that if I had a choice between the two, I'd choose substantially improving people's lives over the cost that brings towards the environment. In any case, it's not so much the policies on the books that were the cause of some of these environmental mishaps, but more so gross negligence and the attitude towards the environment at the behest of regulators looking out for business. This could easily be fixed. And you really aren't the best spokesman for advocating against dualist thinking when you are the quintessential dualist of the board. Just sayin'

What you call "expediency and efficiency" is another man/woman's ability to pay their bills. But thanks for chiming in.

No, I'm open to your interpretation. Just looking for your explanation, I don't believe that to be unreasonable.

If you didn't lack basic reading and comprehension skills this question would have never been posed. Look at your question and now look at what I posted http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3 9.1 percent in January of 2011 for the national rate to 6.3 percent for the current rate. Meaning that the decline has been considerably faster than the National rate. Coincidence? Most likely, no.

Ok, explain how? Specifics Thank you

Well, you may have not rated any of them , but others did, Luis Figo was FIFA world player of the year in 2001, and Rui Costa was top 10. http://en.wikipedia....yer_of_the_Year I use to love watching Figo play, so much speed, skill and a wicked left foot, one of the best modern day crossers of the ball that this world had seen. He was my favorite from 2001-2003.

Not sure if you remember but the 2002 world cup, Portugal was one of the top teams heading into the tournament, they were a popular selection by many to possibly win it all. http://sportsillustr...power_rankings/ Remember, Luis Figo? Rui Costa, Sergio Conceicao, Fernando Couto, Nuno Gomes? That team was loaded. Odds are that the US won't make it out of the group, but to state that the only shot US will have of getting out into the next round will be dependent on an injury from Ronaldo, is ....well, lets just say that I disagree.

This is why Bradley is the best option we have as the CAM. Love that dude. I also believe that Fabian is one of our better players as well.

http://www.washingto...3d19_story.html I'll take the "anti-science" guys that create significantly more jobs than the job-killing, over regulating liberals you support any day of the week.

Whether he is a play maker on the elite world stage is to be seen, but he is our best play maker and there is very little doubt about that. He has played at a high level for the US in the vast majority of our games and was certainly our best creative force through world cup qualifying and our recent game against Mexico. He was magnificent. In regards to what is his most natural position, well I think he displays the ability to play both roles, ideally I'd wish we had another play maker in the middle to go along with him, but I am perfectly content with Bradley and Jones manning the middle. From my perspective, it will be mainly what the back four do, do they make some of those cringe worthy forced errors or lapses in defense where they take their eyes off their marked man for that split second that lead to those devastating game-deciding goals?

This must be the "snark" example.

The worrying about the possible relocation of Buffalo due to Mr. Page may be much ado about nothing, but it certainly does get me a little nervous.

I can't speak to what he did in Italy, but as a midfielder of the US team, he is THE play maker on the team, without Bradley this team falls apart. Don't forget that the team has been scrimmaging often and having three-a-day practices over the past couple weeks. They had "heavy legs" and it showed. Plus lets put aside that Azerb. was playing in a defensive crouch the whole game, stuffing eleven men back. And if you look at their world cup qualifying, they didn't give up all that many goals. I think this team has been working primarily on "getting in shape", Klinsmann talked about how we needed to get in game shape and get our legs under neath us. My guess is the chemistry/technical aspect is what they will be working on.

3 years 15m with 7m guaranteed. Git-r Done!

It's more of a 4-4-2 Sorta Dempsey the way he could possibly be envisioned is as the withdrawn striker. Altidore the guy who would hold the ball up top on fast breaks. Bradley as the playmaker that pushes up (even though I believe his natural tendency is to stay more withdrawn), Jones as the pitbull midfielder (Even though he has a tendency to sometimes play a little undisciplined and pushes up at times more so than he should). Bedoya a guy that can be effective on the offensive side (5 goals for Nantes (first division French league) this year, more than any midfielder on his team) but excels playing defense on the wings, very good up and down abilities. Zusi has some excellent crossing abilities. ----------Altidore----------------- ---------------------Dempsey-------- --Bedoya-----------Bradley-------------Zusi -------------------Jones----------------------- Beasley---Cameron---Besler---F.Johnson -------------------Howard-------------------

The amount of vitriol coming from some posters is pretty funny. The majority of the ones that are adamantly opposed to Trump being an owner of the Bills are staunch Liberals. Coincidence? Most likely no. Having said that, I also share some of the criticisms, I do believe he is an egomaniac, I do believe that he can be extremely petty and just like most other business men, he is not always as successful as some make him out to be. In regards to what sort of owner he'd be, I think it's a mixed bag. From my perspective, I think there is a risk that he could be a meddler a' la a Jerry Jones. I also think that with Trump we also run the risk of him bringing some negative publicity, I mean look at all the froth coming from peoples mouths when the name Trump is brought up, he has the uncanny ability to elicit this sort of response. And to be fair, he does bring it upon himself and provides plenty of ammunition for his detractors. On the other hand, he does seem to be a "winner", he holds people accountable and I believe that he would do everything in his power to bring a winning team, which means he may be more apt to spending more money to get the pieces necessary. He's not my first choice, but I absolutely welcome him to the effort of keeping the Bills here in Buffalo.

Some of you guys are reading too much into this. I think it's clear that just about everyone knows that Spiller is a 15-20 touches a guy kind of running back, which is about half the work load of the total touches our RB's receive. Jackson is at the twilight of his career, and we are looking towards his eventual replacement.

Sherman is the best right now, and the play he made in the superbowl epitomized his worth.

In order for it to be worth the heavy price tag, Sammy would have to become a perennial pro bowler. Having said that, he passes the eye ball test, his acceleration is top notch, he is good sized, very good speed, great character and phenomenal production throughout almost all of his career. I happen to believe he was worth the risk.

I know from some quarters of the Bills faithful that frequent this site, believe that Stevie has much more trade value than he actually he does. We'd be lucky to get a 5th rounder for him. Don't get me wrong, I believe Stevie has been a fine member of this team, great cheerful attitude, all about Buffalo etc. But in my view, it is clear that the Bills brass don't see them as part of their future. And now that we have signed the kid from Tampa and with drafting two wide receivers last year and now Sammy the Stud Watkins, it simply doesn't make sense to keep Stevie long-term. At the end of the day, if the Bills see very little interest for Stevie, they'll trade him for next to nothing so they can unload that contract. If not, they will probably keep him rather than cut him to put out the best team possible.