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Right, and for me, it's not just the chip on the shoulder but also creativity. You just don't develop creativity playing in a highly-structured travel-team league with a coach looking over your shoulder. That's how you develop things like discipline and tactical knowledge. But you develop...

Yeah he's been horrendous.

Klinsy on the changes: Klinsmann Q&A: “Now It’s About Knockout Games. It’s Do-or-Die.” - U.S. Soccer

Right, I think it's not a bad deal from the Man City perspective. They don't care what they spend there, and the sky is the limit for Raheem Sterling. He's the future of English football. Get him while the getting's good. Sterling is not a finished product, his finishing leaves a lot to be...

But isn't he suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards? I hope it didn't seem like I was saying that Brooks should be benched. He's looked pretty good in what I've seen of this tournament.

I only saw about 30 minutes of the game, but it looked like Panama had more and better scoring chances. We've got to get that back line together. And no Brooks in the next game, right?

It's just way too much money for that kid right now. But you put your finger on a huge part of it. Having the next big thing in English football has some serious benefits. In hindsight it may turn out to be a decent deal.

Yeah, it seems crazy, right? I guess the only thing you can say in defense of it is that Sterling is only 20 and the sky's the limit for him, in terms of his potential. Might seem like a bargain in a few years.

There are persistent rumors linking Reus with Liverpool for a price of 46 million pounds, which Liverpool can certainly pay since they just earned 49 million in the Sterling deal. But then I've also heard that Reus isn't going anywhere. I don't know what to believe.

Yeah, 'pool made the best of a bad situation with that deal. I'd rather Sterling have gotten an attitude adjustment and stayed, but if he insisted on leaving, at least we got top dollar for him. Now let's put that money to good use. Marco Reus, maybe?

Only way to use Stevie these days, imo. He doesn't really have the legs to run box to box any more, but his long passes are fucking incredible. He can change a game in an instant with those.

Oh yeah, I did hear something about that, but I never heard the full story. Did not realize it was so serious!

No way! Bizarre. I hadn't even heard that Nigel Pearson had been let go. Why do that, after Leicester ended last season on such an amazing run of form? That late-season run might have been the start of something.

I like all the Reds' acquisitions but they still need a proven #9 who fits Rodgers pressing, high-energy style. Suarez was the perfect striker for Rodgers, and he never found a substitute. Firmino is great but I think he is better in the hole. He didn't show me much in the Copa America as far...

It annoyed me so much when everyone called Chicharito a "hero" after that Champs League goal. Ronaldo did all the work. Chicharito just had to put his foot through the ball.

I agree. It was embarrassing. On the strength of the other CONCACAF representatives, you could have argued that we deserve another spot in the WC finals. Honduras totally torpedoed that argument.

Whoa awesome if true. The 2022 Cup is the one Bill Clinton was trying to get for us, and broke a mirror when he heard we didn't get it, right?

Yeah I have always thought that 3 isn't enough, although for a different reason. It just doesn't allow for much in-game coaching. The games would be more interesting if managers were freer to change tactics by bringing on players with different attributes. The problem is that the clock is...

LA Galaxy fan here, as soon as Stevie crosses the pond.

Yeah, that was awesome. Real is the easiest team to hate. Classy of Morata to refuse to celebrate, but it had to feel really good to stick it the club that didn't want him. I am pumped for the final.