With the players available, and knowing the way USA AND JAMAICA PLAYED (i watched the whole game 0-0) if i were Herbert i would go with
MOSS
SIGMUND DURANTE SMITH LOCHHEAD
VICELLICH CLAPHAM/JAMES
BERTOS/HENDERSON MC GLINCHEY/ROJAS BROCKIE/kOSTA
WOOD/FALLON/SMELTZ
The right hand side has zero pace.
YES, but thats up to the tactic , if you wait dont need pace but positioning and grit, that's up to herbert's tactics any way, if you go for it, you need pace to cover up their fast forward counters, this Mexico team is there for the taking because they are not sure about it and the public is against them and BIG RICH MONEY FROM TELEVISA AND FRIENDS, they just defeated a local based Finlandia with players taking their firsts caps 4-2, but the main issue here is the altitude, and the mexicans will try to take advantage of that, so how do you cope with it, since this team is use to the altitude, just wait and play your fastest, MORE MOBILE and more experienced team, and play , the first half you wait, and made it hard to break and play a mind game with the tiem clicking , second half you can bring young legs with kosta and rojas, i would like to see 3-4-3 kosta, brockie and wood up front but could be too risky...because of their 2000 mts
I agree, this under-fire Mexico team is there for the taking but only if we attack. Let them get confidence by the AWs just sitting back in defence and they will eventually tear us apart. I'd much rather Roux than Lochhead, he has shown enough composure and ability for CCM to warrant it and he's fast. Bertos is no good in defence because he's not a good tackler. Love the idea of three attackers as their back line is shakey.
But this is Ricki Herbert we're talking about - we'll have a lone frontman and try and park the bus. It's not going to be pretty.