Bob Bradley
Bob Bradley
Robert "Bob" Bradley is an American association football coach who is currently in charge at Le Havre...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth3 March 1958
CityMontclair, NJ
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They take a different look all the time. There's times when there are four in the back but an outside back has pushed into the midfield so now there's only three. There's time when there's three in the back and one of the wide midfielders is pulled deep and it looks like four. It's not the most important thing in terms of our organization and our understanding of the field.
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Youri was not pleased with the way he played early on. He seems to raise his level of play when most needed.
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A sea of humanity. What a wonderful sight to see at the start.
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We're a different team. We are making progress. That doesn't mean it's always going to happen all at once. The game can be cruel sometimes. I still remind the players that that's true on all levels. I mentioned Bayern Munich-Manchester United to them today because that is one of the most obvious examples.
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That's the reason why we brought him (here), because we felt that he can bring those types of special qualities to our team. ... I think it's been great to see.
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I know what happened last year but I always try to look at what's going on this year. I try to see the whole picture and try to figure out with the rest of the staff who we think can make us a better team. I don't know if there's a definite formula of how much of last year counts but it's part of what you do every year.
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I know that's really important and yet I also try and create an environment where there's a strong group of players to provide leadership, not just one.
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I'm interested to see where he is because I have not seen him play in a few years. He's one of these ageless, timeless veteran players that always seems to know how to play in the defense. Hopefully over time we can size that up.
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I'm assuming he'll be down in Cary but then it's going to be up to him that all this work that has gone in thus far is going to mean that by the time he gets there he will be ready to go at it every day. Bruce has been pretty clear about that.
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In terms of getting him back, it was slower than we all hoped. This past week was disappointing for him and disappointing for us because we were all hopeful to have him on the field.
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In the back I hope that the addition of Claudio Suarez will help because I feel that his experience will go a long way in terms of organization.
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He's still working his way back into full fitness and it's a wet field, so it didn't feel like it made sense to use him. We'll gauge where he is and hopefully we can keep moving along.
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It's not just about the defenders because we must defend well as a team starting with the frontrunners and make sure that in the midfield things are tighter.
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It's important that we push him along but not push him to do too much too soon, so we've got to gauge that in the next few days. It's always enticing to get him on the field as much as we can.