Bob Bradley Midfield Quotations

We've very lucky that John is a complete player. He can play an attacking role in the midfield and he can play more of a defensive role.

When I talk about the mentality and how we play and how we're organized, all of that has to work so that now in the midfield we are harder to play against. It's not enough to think that we're good with the ball and that alone will win every game. We want to continue to be good with the ball but that must work now collectively.

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.

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.