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ManUtd4ever
08-25-2011, 09:00 AM
The Gods have spared us. Let's make this count!





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:flare::drum::scarf::scarf::scarf::drum::flare:

.J.B.
08-25-2011, 09:00 AM
Feeds anyone?

Pookie
08-25-2011, 09:02 AM
Anyone else get the sense that our Reds are like golf?

You end up missing that long birdie putt. In frustration, you pull the ball back to the original spot for a "do-over" and with your partners already clearing the green you drain it. You watch, the second one almost always goes in.

QSIM
08-25-2011, 09:02 AM
As seen on Twitter:

#TorontoFC v. #FCDallas to be streamed live on 'channel 1' at 10:15 a.m. -> bit.ly/pxqk2Q .. #TFC #CCL #MLS

Dbl_D
08-25-2011, 09:04 AM
#TorontoFC (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23TorontoFC) v. #FCDallas (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23FCDallas) to be streamed live on 'channel 1' at 10:15 a.m. -> http://t.co/yVlO4Pm .. #TFC (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23TFC) #CCL (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23CCL) #MLS (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23MLS)

TFCREDNWHITE
08-25-2011, 09:04 AM
Will it be on Goltv??

flambe
08-25-2011, 09:04 AM
http://www.torontofc.ca/node/7776

Red Rat
08-25-2011, 09:06 AM
where is the rain?
really it should be down pouring right now

Red Rat
08-25-2011, 09:15 AM
ok here we go

pyppurs
08-25-2011, 09:15 AM
anyone can put up lineups

flambe
08-25-2011, 09:17 AM
no change for toronto except frings is in the backline now 3:4:3

SirBobSaget
08-25-2011, 09:19 AM
Any chance this will get replayed on GOL during "non business" hours ? The GOLTV sched is not updated online. If so then i'd rather avoid finding out the outcome.

Also how quick is the COncacaf site at putting up On Demand games?

Pyeddo
08-25-2011, 09:20 AM
Great audio job guys lol

SirBobSaget
08-25-2011, 09:21 AM
no change for toronto except frings is in the backline now 3:4:3

Harden-Iro-Frings with Borman and Ecks on the wings?

cincy
08-25-2011, 09:24 AM
Stinson is in - Iro is out as far as I know

Fishnicker
08-25-2011, 09:24 AM
Stinson and Zavarise for Iro and Dunfield. Frings to the back. 3-4-3

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 09:25 AM
Starting IX Milos Kocic; Matt Stinson, Richard Eckersley, Ty Harden, Danleigh Borman; Torsten Frings, Gianluca Zavarise, Julian de Guzman; Peri Marosevic, Ryan Johnson, Joao Plata

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 09:29 AM
Toronto doing much better today

QSIM
08-25-2011, 09:29 AM
I think we still have more fans out that FCD would...

Yohan
08-25-2011, 09:31 AM
Dallas is so fast, it's making it so hard for TFC to create except on counters

Yohan
08-25-2011, 09:33 AM
lol. serioux is like a spectator. he hasnt said much

SirBobSaget
08-25-2011, 09:33 AM
The game is REPLAYING 7pm tonight on GOLTV.

for those that are stuck at work and would rather watch without knowing outcome.

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 09:35 AM
Torsten blocks a shot and saves a goal

Yohan
08-25-2011, 09:36 AM
oh fuck. fabian castillo about to come in. game is about to turn into a track meet

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 09:37 AM
Zavarise takes a shot with a wide open Plata and Borman

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 09:44 AM
God damn I can deliver more accurate crosses than Borman

BFin
08-25-2011, 09:46 AM
http://torontofc.neulion.com/tfc/

Game is streamed there.

Ossington Mental Youth
08-25-2011, 09:48 AM
im gonna fight the urge to get info now and watch later

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 09:58 AM
Ecks gives up PK

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 09:58 AM
oh come on Eckersley! I know you wanna take him down but that was pretty messy

ginkster88
08-25-2011, 09:58 AM
Borman is a cunt.

Yohan
08-25-2011, 09:58 AM
lol. marvin chavez is dead

Dv23
08-25-2011, 09:58 AM
Goddammit borman

T.O TILL I DIE
08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
i fucken hate borman he always fucks up!

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
YES!!!

Dv23
08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
YES!

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
Kocic saves the day

Oldtimer
08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
Big Save!!!!!!!

QSIM
08-25-2011, 09:59 AM
Well thats new...

jasper
08-25-2011, 10:00 AM
hahaaha sweet

JuliquE
08-25-2011, 10:00 AM
Borman is a cunt.
This.

Close quarters, attempting a pass back to Harden.

We just got bailed out, again, by the soccer Gods.

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:00 AM
beautiful save!!!

Batman
08-25-2011, 10:00 AM
first PK Save in TFC history maybe?

T.O TILL I DIE
08-25-2011, 10:00 AM
umm are the rpb were NEE is?

Dv23
08-25-2011, 10:01 AM
Well there ya go...

Batman
08-25-2011, 10:01 AM
oh. crap

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:01 AM
FML 1-0 Dallas

pyppurs
08-25-2011, 10:01 AM
ah, so sad couldn't hold out till HT

T.O TILL I DIE
08-25-2011, 10:02 AM
commentator-" kocic has proved he can be an every day goalie in this league". 20 seconds later.....gooall by dallas!

QSIM
08-25-2011, 10:02 AM
These last 5 minutes have been shocking. We stopped playing.

Dv23
08-25-2011, 10:02 AM
Well then.. We go into the second half with the same score it should have been yesterday.

Batman
08-25-2011, 10:03 AM
commentator-" kocic has proved he can be an every day goalie in this league". 20 seconds later.....gooall by dallas!

true.. but I don't think it was his mistake

jasper
08-25-2011, 10:03 AM
alright cue the lightning

ArmenJBX
08-25-2011, 10:03 AM
You get scored on when you stand around...
I swear, none of our defenders have defensive intellect.

JuliquE
08-25-2011, 10:03 AM
We're not making enough of an effort to stop all these crosses being driven into the box. It was too predictable, really.

T.O TILL I DIE
08-25-2011, 10:04 AM
true.. but I don't think it was his mistake

aha i know it wasnt his fault but pretty funny how it went down though.

werewolf
08-25-2011, 10:05 AM
Dallas deserve to be in front, by the way they played, and from last night. We are in the same spot we were against Vancouver in the replay, down 1-0 at the half.

flambe
08-25-2011, 10:06 AM
Time to see how much heart and desire we have.

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:07 AM
We're not making enough of an effort to stop all these crosses being driven into the box. It was too predictable, really.

Yeah that and the fact that Dallas is actually capable of crossing the ball to their own players unlike us for the most part

Ratven
08-25-2011, 10:07 AM
Dallas deserve to be in front, by the way they played, and from last night. We are in the same spot we were against Vancouver in the replay, down 1-0 at the half.

Difference of course being that Vancouver sucks and Dallas is quite good :)

golasogolaso
08-25-2011, 10:07 AM
really rough last few minutes of half....but hey they were 1-0 up yesterday so nothing has changed. Would have wanted Stinson to put in effort to deny the cross there, at least make it more difficult and make him go to his left foot

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:08 AM
this team is shocking shit squad...

Pyeddo
08-25-2011, 10:09 AM
CNE patrons are getting their money's worth today

T-boy
08-25-2011, 10:10 AM
Eckersley should have got a red for that, shouldn't he?! He was definitely stopping a goalscoring opportunity with nobody else to beat than the goalkeeper!

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:10 AM
well u can close up season 5...

ginkster88
08-25-2011, 10:10 AM
It could be 2-0 Dallas right now thanks to that shocking move by Borman. I couldn't believe what I was watching.

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:12 AM
Like I said last night, I have no idea how Borman is in MLS, he couldn't cut it at CSL level! He right in the middle of the goal last night and he's no better today. How is he even in the squad today?!

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:14 AM
because we have a csl squad..

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:18 AM
It could be 2-0 Dallas right now thanks to that shocking move by Borman. I couldn't believe what I was watching.

i completely missed the last 5 minutes of the half, whatd he do?

brad
08-25-2011, 10:18 AM
because we have a csl squad..

Hardly. We may not be a good team, but we are a whole lot better than a CSL team.

Oldtimer
08-25-2011, 10:19 AM
because we have a csl squad..

stop with the hyperbole.

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:19 AM
borman being borman...harden being harden...and me reggie paying for this shit for 5 years

DaBandit
08-25-2011, 10:20 AM
Can someone please explain to me how the worst defense team in the league (maybe the history of mls) thinks it can play with 3 at the back? And one of the 3 is not even a centre back?

Roogsy
08-25-2011, 10:20 AM
Bless the fans that are there and singing their guts out.

lobo
08-25-2011, 10:20 AM
please keep posting updates here guys ... its killing me at work, all video and audio streams are blocked, TFC play by play chat is blocked, concacaf tv is blocked, mls gamecentre is blocked ... and i don't get goltv for a replay later ... you're it for me

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:23 AM
credit to the fans that are their..

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:24 AM
I have to say the ref here is calling a decent game. Why couldn't we have this guy in Panama?

Heathen
08-25-2011, 10:26 AM
please keep posting updates here guys ... its killing me at work, all video and audio streams are blocked, TFC play by play chat is blocked, concacaf tv is blocked, mls gamecentre is blocked ... and i don't get goltv for a replay later ... you're it for me

+1, think my work friend's playing hooky and might be there lol he's not come in yet

Yohan
08-25-2011, 10:26 AM
wow. stinson has some legs

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:26 AM
We need decent centre backs next year or not to have 129387 of them injured

WestStandGeoff
08-25-2011, 10:27 AM
please keep posting updates here guys ... its killing me at work, all video and audio streams are blocked, TFC play by play chat is blocked, concacaf tv is blocked, mls gamecentre is blocked ... and i don't get goltv for a replay later ... you're it for me

Have you tried the soccernet.com gamecast? Not ideal, but at least you can somewhat follow the action. Good for real-time stats too (well, 2 minutes delayed).

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:27 AM
Thank god. Borman out

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:28 AM
Morgan on for Bormann

Fishnicker
08-25-2011, 10:28 AM
Griffit coming in?

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:29 AM
They are playing like such pussies.... Crack some legs!! Dallas wants to play cute and delay, put a body on them!

Also, ditch whatever system bozo is asking them to play today - go man-to-man marking. If you match up in speed and strength against someone in your area of the field, that's who you got!

There's just too much time and space for Dallas and TFC just relies on a long ball to Plata and Maro - NOT GOING TO WORK EVER.

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:30 AM
Griffit for Zavarise

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:31 AM
Oh man Stinson! Could have gone for goal there!

T-boy
08-25-2011, 10:33 AM
Plata seems to be playing in centre midfield? Seems a bit wasted there if you ask me?

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:34 AM
There's just too much time and space for Dallas and TFC just relies on a long ball to Plata and Maro - NOT GOING TO WORK EVER.

this is pretty much the only thing i agree with. play man to man marking on a three person backline and we're fucked. they can outpace us. only reason longballs to the wing wont work is because whenever we cross we're pretty much giving the ball to dallas and/or crossing it to the other side of the pitch so we can fail at crossing again.

its time like this i miss gordon. he was scrappy as fuck.

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:34 AM
Johnson offside for the upteenth time since last night.

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:34 AM
Dallas is really impressive. You can see how they got to the MLS Cup last year

Heathen
08-25-2011, 10:36 AM
Dallas is really impressive. You can see how they got to the MLS Cup last year

agreed but I think they're even a much better team this year than last

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:37 AM
agreed but I think they're even a much better team this year than last

Totally. Surprised they haven't gotten better results in MLS the last few games

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:38 AM
this is pretty much the only thing i agree with. play man to man marking on a three person backline and we're fucked. they can outpace us. only reason longballs to the wing wont work is because whenever we cross we're pretty much giving the ball to dallas and/or crossing it to the other side of the pitch so we can fail at crossing again.

its time like this i miss gordon. he was scrappy as fuck.


Umm the back line is 3-4 players vs. 2 strikers of Dallas. If they do overlaps on the wings that's when you double team a guy like Shea (like the commentator said). But just sitting nice and pretty in your zone while Dallas walks around the park is ugly to watch.

About your point on the crosses, TFC should be doing low/ground crosses - those are even more of a nightmare sometimes, especially on a wet pitch.


The nice thing about an empty stadium is you can clearly hear player and coach instructions.

Sec222_fan
08-25-2011, 10:39 AM
We don't have anyone that can score on this team. No playmakers (short of Plata). Nearing the end of the season, we're worse than last year. This is not good enough.

We had 9 wins last year, finishing 5th in the ladder. This year, 4 wins & dead last!

Technorgasm
08-25-2011, 10:40 AM
So Dallas should get fucked.
No way I can Find any way to keep updated on the game from London.
I take it it's 1-0 Dallas.
Up the reds!!!

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:40 AM
Much better possession play by TFC. Stinson, Graffi and Morgan have been solid. No one to finish in the final 3rd. Dallas' D quickly closes down any runs.

Shea is so impressive. Awesome in attack and defends as well!

Heathen
08-25-2011, 10:42 AM
Griffit for Zavarise

Debut isn't it? player number 39 or 40 of the season

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:42 AM
im with you...this team is brutal...3 dps and not playmaker among them,

Sec222_fan
08-25-2011, 10:42 AM
We were promised prices would be held for next year but we should be demanding a reduction. We're paying premium prices for bargain basement results!

Roogsy
08-25-2011, 10:45 AM
Dan Dunleavy loves the word "knock".

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:46 AM
This Dallas team is super quick, and unlike us can maintain control of the ball at high speeds

brad
08-25-2011, 10:46 AM
How does Griffit look?

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:47 AM
Hasn't really done much

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:48 AM
now we've pretty much lost any shot at the Champions League

Sec222_fan
08-25-2011, 10:48 AM
If we don't press to force the issue, this game will end 1-0. Points count, not goals against so we better get a move on.

Pyeddo
08-25-2011, 10:49 AM
I work on dual monitors, and the game is on the one with my spreadsheets. Sadly, the spreadsheets are winning the battle today

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:49 AM
Serioux "... why are you trying to force the long ball... try to break them down with 1-2 passing" --> smart man

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:49 AM
Umm the back line is 3-4 players vs. 2 strikers of Dallas. If they do overlaps on the wings that's when you double team a guy like Shea (like the commentator said). But just sitting nice and pretty in your zone while Dallas walks around the park is ugly to watch.

About your point on the crosses, TFC should be doing low/ground crosses - those are even more of a nightmare sometimes, especially on a wet pitch.


The nice thing about an empty stadium is you can clearly hear player and coach instructions.


our 3 defenders cant deal with 2 strikers. just like 4 of our defenders cant deal with 2 strikers. just like 5 of our defenders.. you get my point. the crosses i would understand but i dont see anyone finishing them outside of a fluke. we just dont have the vision or the finishing up front for that.

we're just giving the ball away and watching dallas completely control the pace of the game at this point, moreso up front. as for the last comment, whadaya mean empty stadium? LOOK AT ALL THOSE FANS DRESSED UP LIKE CHAIRS!!

JuliquE
08-25-2011, 10:50 AM
"_____ crosses it to Plata."

^ Can you find what's wrong, here?

Canary10
08-25-2011, 10:51 AM
I don't understand the 3-4-3 I have to say. Makes no sense.

Sec222_fan
08-25-2011, 10:51 AM
So Eckersley will miss the next CCL game?

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:52 AM
so close for Peri

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:52 AM
Fuck you Hartman

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:53 AM
Great through ball by Plata from JDG, sadly Marosevic softly volleys into Hartman's palm.

reggie
08-25-2011, 10:53 AM
So Eckersley will miss the next CCL game?
yup...maybe we can play a 2-5-3

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:54 AM
Stinson for Henry?

Probably pushes Frings into Mid

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:54 AM
henry on for stinson..

DONIEL HENRY SAVES US ALL.

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:54 AM
I don't understand the 3-4-3 I have to say. Makes no sense.

Never worked for me in FIFA...

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:54 AM
Is there any way we can pick up another center back or two as a stop gap? I hate seeing Iro and Harden back there and Frings needs to be in the mid to make a difference

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:54 AM
yup...maybe we can play a 2-5-3

maybe we can play the scottish anti-football and do a 4-6-0

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:55 AM
Never worked for me in FIFA...

4-1-2-1-2 FTW

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 10:56 AM
Griffit just wide

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:57 AM
Griffit just wide

wouldnt have mattered. hartman had his sights on the ball the entire time.

vergilg
08-25-2011, 10:58 AM
ANOTHER strong run by Morgan on the left! Persistence pays off as he whips it in dangerously, finds Ecks who lays off for JDG - BLOCKED! Bounces to Griffit who shoots low and hard - grazes the side netting.

Hartman is getting even on the ref's nerves as he delays again.

Replay of the FCD goal shows just how weak it was ... one.. more.. time.

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 10:59 AM
oooh Marosevic that woulda been DIRTY

__wowza
08-25-2011, 10:59 AM
im calling a goal off of this FK.

EDIT: awwh hamburgers!!

vergilg
08-25-2011, 11:00 AM
Frings to Morgan again... scramble in the box, Maro tries bicycle kick... ball gets cleared and Frings wins a long free kick (yellow card), which he shoots low and not very hard. Hartman collects.

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 11:00 AM
Morgan has such an edge in quality over Danleigh fucking Borman

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 11:02 AM
God damn Marosevic HIT THAT OFF THE VOLLEY that was your only opening!

ginkster88
08-25-2011, 11:03 AM
Who is this team!?

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 11:03 AM
Brek Shea is a little cunt btw

__wowza
08-25-2011, 11:03 AM
are we afraid to shoot or something? ive found whenever we have a chance, no matter how minuscule we always opt to pass it out wide or to the edge of the box.

JavierMartini
08-25-2011, 11:03 AM
so lets have the cap of fans at 200 for the return leg. so much for home field advantage x_x

ginkster88
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
Ecks out.

romburgundy
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
Friggin hot head!

ecospice
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
WTF - Eck out?

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
Eckersley gets a yellow for delaying the game in a game his team is losing in the 90th minute :facepalm:

JavierMartini
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
lol ecks red carded

pyppurs
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
eckersley out with double yellow

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
down to ten men Ecks second yellow for skying the ball after it went into touch

vergilg
08-25-2011, 11:04 AM
I knew Ecks would get sent off. I KNEW IT!! He couldn't hold his nerves together.

lobo
08-25-2011, 11:06 AM
think now i'm better off not seeing this game

JavierMartini
08-25-2011, 11:06 AM
as for the 3 minuted of added time , hartman alone took up 3 minutes with shinnanegans

Dkolish3
08-25-2011, 11:08 AM
Season over not enough offensive ambition

LeafsTFC
08-25-2011, 11:08 AM
Damn shoulda brought Kocic up for the corner. Like I do it in FIFA ;)

Oh well game's lost. Gonna be real interesting to see how attendance is at the start of next year after our finish in CCL and MLS

JavierMartini
08-25-2011, 11:08 AM
great, nice home field advantage at 10am. what-a-joke. lol

vergilg
08-25-2011, 11:08 AM
I like the bad blood at the end. Good.

lerxst
08-25-2011, 11:09 AM
Beans. Weak first half; great second half and we came up a little short. Let's get ready for San Jose on Saturday.

smtavare
08-25-2011, 11:10 AM
Winter fails in League play and CCL play... on thin ropes here..

lerxst
08-25-2011, 11:10 AM
BTW if I see another KIA commercial I'm gonna kill somebody.

lerxst
08-25-2011, 11:11 AM
Brek Shea is a little cunt btw

I effing hate him; I wish he played for us.

Suds
08-25-2011, 11:11 AM
Dallas proved to be the solid team they are. Did what they needed to get ahead and then defended extremely well. TFC had no answer on how to break them down.

ManUtd4ever
08-25-2011, 11:12 AM
Well, that hurts. Dallas was vulnerable today, and TFC missed several chances to earn a result.

lerxst
08-25-2011, 11:12 AM
Season over not enough offensive ambition

Not quite. Anything can happen in these group stages. I know. I know. It's a shit sandwich right now and we're all taking a bite, but let's see this thing through.

Red Rat
08-25-2011, 11:13 AM
it is easier just to hang yourself
BTW if I see another KIA commercial I'm gonna kill somebody.

Super
08-25-2011, 11:15 AM
Well, we lost to the team that is likely to win the group. Our goal is to finish second. We can still do some damage in the CCL - but we definitely need to improve.

Razor
08-25-2011, 11:15 AM
Winter fails in League play and CCL play... on thin ropes here..

last thing we need is a coaching change and start all over again.

winter will be back next year. then we can judge him on next years results.

Red Rat
08-25-2011, 11:15 AM
well boys another day another ?&%$

Yohan
08-25-2011, 11:16 AM
oh well. i suppose it's a bit of justice as TFC didn't deserve a point last night. good spurts of controlling the game but yeah, gotta shoot more and less crosses with all attackers well marked.

really like perosevic as he seems to be finding himself in good spots. just need to be more decisive with shooting. better game from plata than previous ones but he's becoming too predictable for opposition defence. really liking stinson and i think he's going to be a good mls midfielder. needs to be more confident with dribbling and better crossing

heh. richard 'the red mist' eckersley

overall, dallas showed why they are a strong team (even without Ferreira) and I thought Brek Shea had an off game but still managed to win. oh, with a makeshift defence too

billyfly
08-25-2011, 11:16 AM
Plata is the new Sergei Berezin.

scooter
08-25-2011, 11:17 AM
we shit the bed again
but there was some nice build up play which gives hope of things to come
we just need to take the next step and finish

Yohan
08-25-2011, 11:18 AM
Plata is the new Sergei Berezin.
lol. how apt. still, the lad is young and he'll hopefully develop into a better all around player

__wowza
08-25-2011, 11:22 AM
post match thread is up