Why the MLS is All 'Mixed' Up - UPDATED

It's true that there is plenty to laugh about with the United States football team with Jurgen Klinsmann in charge. The latest is how he often always calls up Mix Diskerud, who has drawn headlines for being named the most overrated player in MLS.

Fine, we get it. Diskerud sucks and that's a fact.  But the player poll revealed plenty more about the MLS than that obvious point. And what it showed is that if you were ever left scratching your head about why MLS players make the decisions on the field they do, just look at what goes through their brains when they answer simple questions.

First off, let's look at the other names on the list of "overrated" players. Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, Giovani Dos Santos, Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey. Does the IMOTGP blog sense a touch of jealousy among the MLS rank and file?

We get it, Pirlo cares more about drinking wine and Deuce is not always loose but those players all have played and succeeded to varying degrees in real football leagues. Even dumber is that the players cited salaries as their reasoning.

"I'm not saying Michael Bradley isn't a good player, but not for what he's getting paid," one player said.

What kind of rationale is that? Bradley didn't hold MLS ransom for the salary.  Plus don't these idiots not realize that football is a team game anyway? This type of jealousy - common in U.S. sports - is not applicable in football.

UPDATE: The dumbest comment goes to this idiot rambling about Pirlo. Keep in mind that Pirlo just started last year in the Champions League final against Barcelona.

"Pirlo. The league needs to get away from guys who are 34 years old and can't move because the league is really athletic and the quality of play isn't as bad as they think it is. You look at Pirlo and it's like, 'You can't move, so why am I going to sit in and let you pass?' I'm just going to hit you and run for a full 90 minutes."

In real leagues, everyone understands the pecking order and underperforming players get sent to the bench. Look at Adnan Januzaj or Memphis Depay if you want to understand what we are talking about. Over at AC Milan, a stud like Keisuke Honda was banished to the bench earlier this season before working his way back into the lineup and helping them turn around their season. Last we checked, these MLS players above are all in the starting XI every week.That's overrated?

Which brings us to Omar Gonzalez's recent comment about playing in LigaMX. Said Gonzalez when asked why the move has brought out the best in him: "To be honest, we have like five center-backs who can play in my spot, so I have to be 'on' every single day and make sure that my game is right, because they could step in and just take my position."

Gonzalez is right and that makes even more of the MLS chatter mindless banter. 75 percent of these idiots think MLS will win the CONCACAF Champions League soon. Why? Last we checked, there is as much evidence to think this will happen as there is that Donald Trump's fictional economic policies would work. 

Even worse is that 50 percent of the MLS players polled believe the champion could finish between 10th and 15th in the Premier League - which means in a group of teams like Everton, Watford, and Swansea. Do these morons even watch football?

Look at this idiot: "Sixth. Guys would play in that league and figure it out. I think guys in this league are a lot better than people give them credit for."

At least one player knows the truth: "Relegated. The best MLS team would get relegated every year in the Premier League. An MLS All-Star team would fight to [survive] in the bottom half."

Here's hoping that the MLS relegates itself out of the headlines with nonsense like this spewing from players who believe they should be paid more. We know they should be heard from less.