Goooooch! ... spells 'Oguchi Onyewu'

An article on Onyewu:

http://ussoccerplayers.typepad.com/usso ... ndard.html

 

Agree!

His basic points are valid, {eg he needs to 'pair' with one who gets his playing style} but he MIGHT have pointed out that Gooch has the ability to learn from his mistakes, and constantly improve his 'vision', particularly on the defensive end.

I think the boy writer is preaching to the choir and perhaps a little too 'enamored' of the subject. Gooch is good, real good, but he still needs the playing partner, as shown several times.

 

I love the Hangman, but I continue to wonder whether picking up Gooch and pairing him and Boca full-time might have been a great benefit (by way of improved chemistry, which I think the two already seem to have) to both FFC and the USMNT.

I'll tell you who he's better than: Aaron Hughes.

 

Good performance by Gooch on Sat.

http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news ... &att=index

oh, except for that penalty thing - he's got to shake that habit b4 2010

 

i too thought that gooch's absence was due to a possible transfer, but is he in the u.s. right now for the w.c. qualifier match next week? i'm stoked that he didn't feature b/c most likely it is because he is being transferred.

0-0 is a good result for liege as no away goals were conceded. however, i support the 'pool in the CL and want them to thrash s. liege at home.

 

Settle. He had a red card or accumulated yellows, or something along those lines (so I was told by a Belgian Liege Fan) in a league match. Which means no play for Gooch-ay, to-day.

0-0 ain't bad for Les Rouges.

 

Anybody get any feedback on how Gooch did against 'Pool in the 1-0 heartbreaker? Soccernet had one line mentioning that he did well against Torres. :shrug: just fishing I guess - does anyone think he did enough to get picked up by a decent side in the next few days? He's cup-tied, but for mid-tier teams, that's not really an issue.

 

I watched (while listening to Fulham). He was a MONSTER......and without getting thrown out.

 

...and wouldn't he be cup tied only until the next window...and only relevant if he landed at Marseille or Lyon that is? Mid-table Serie A would do him a world of good in my opinion.

I could be wrong...I could be right.

 

Needs to refine his skills somewhere, and while playing catanaccio would not be a bad place, I think he is a little too rough and tumble for that league. The amount of cards he would accumulate would be astounding and render him ineffective. I am afraid it is either Eridivisie, Ligue 1, or The Premiership again for the big lug.

 

Sounds like Reina saved Liverpool's bacon. Have to imagine that Gooch wanted to show every "expert" in England that thinks he can't hack it from his brief stay in Toon town that they don't know squat. Think he'll stay until the Jan. window, but a last second swoop wouldn't be shocking.

 

Gooch seems like a good guy - I could see him signing an extension so that Standard could get a good transfer deal for him, like vdS did.

As for a possible destination - maybe Scotland? That seems like one place he could go and not have little Portuguese guys falling over every time he breathes near them. Of course, he's much more likely to progress as a player by playing in a league where he learns to deal with that kind of player.

 

Italy would be best for him. A touch of catenaccio would serve him (and the U.S.) well.

 

I second the Italy notion, Gooch could become a true force on the back line if he is in the right situation

 

I think the French League....Rennes, perhaps ;-)