anyone have the highlight of westberg faking the clearance on Kamara
even Kamara thought it was nice, his face was priceless
anyone have the highlight of westberg faking the clearance on Kamara
even Kamara thought it was nice, his face was priceless
We were talking about what to do with Oso last night, at the game, and the general consensus was that, as Poz was a panic buy to replace Seba, no one had really thought this through. Oso's skills make him essentially a back up to Poz in a 4-2-3-1 like they are playing. However, they could try a 4-1-3-2 with Poz and Jozy up front which would mean Oso could play in the centre of the 3. Otherwise, with actual wingers (and Benezet seems to be quality) Oso misses out unless he is seen as preferable to Marky as you suggest.
I wonder if you could play Oso and Marky? As a two person replacement for the general?
The other question is what to do with deLeon. He has been very impactful this year. Essentially you have Bradley playing superbly, Marky very well when he sticks to his knitting, Deleon, Poz, Oso, Endoh, and maybe Gallardo all earning minutes.
A second question we had was, what has happened to der Shaff? Vanney does have a blind spot for developing Canadians. Shaff surely has earned some minutes too.
A highlight would be great. Kamara gave Westberg a thumbs-up after the fake out.
TFC certainly like to keep the games interesting. It looked like it would be a cake walk going up 2-0 early, but some boneheaded errors and bad passing kept it a bit too close.
I was impressed by the Gallardo sub. Lots a pace down the wing, opening up the offense in in the second half.
Lastly, TFC's odd of making the playoff at at 99.3% now, which is great. Now it's just a matter of placing: http://www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/TorontoFC.html.
Vanney is playing his best 15 in the stretch. There's no way Shaff is part of that group. Don't worry, he'll have opportunities as long as he trains hard, just not in the next three league games or the playoffs. Probably in the Canadian Championship though. Also probably next spring when Vanney gives his depth players an opportunity again, leading to TFC losing again, and everyone calling for Vanney's head. Followed by Vanney playing his top 15 again and TFC winning again. That's the Vanney season cycle.
What position do we need to host a playoff game?
I think there's more to that. On multiple occasions, I saw Auro left alone in front of goal with two big attackers. I think sometimes Gonzalez & Mavinga let themselves get pulled too far to one side, and together, leaving the middle open. They even do that sometimes when there are already multiple other TFC players defending on the ball side (e.g. fullback + midfielders). One of the CBs has to stay more central; and/or midfielders have to help more on that side.
4th.
The top team in the conference gets a bye in the first round.
Home - Away
2nd vs 7th
3rd vs 6th
4th vs 5th
If the playoffs started today.... https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings/scenarios
Dates and all are here.
Thanks!
The interesting bit is that this happens NBA style, they don't re-seed, so a lower ranked team can get a later round playoff game if there are upsets
One gets the 4/5 winner at home, but if teams 6 and 7 both win the opening round games, 6 hosts the semifinal against 7
It might be better to be 6th rather than 5th
My two main takeaways from yesterday's game:
1. Be sure to inspect pants before leaving house. I had an 8 inch rip straight down one ass cheek of my jeans. Fortunately, it was pointed out to me while still en route to game and managed to do a hasty purchase of new jeans at the Gap. Now I'm wondering how long that rip was there without me knowing. Maybe that's why a few of my students kept giggling during class the other day.
2. Those Pringles they've been giving away taste like shit. Don't they hire professionals taste people at these companies?
3. (Bonus takeaway)... good game. I got worried there for a bit, but they pulled through nicely.
Yes thank you. I’ve been harping on this since last year. Auro for me is a winger, not a fullback. He is a poor defender, but at times, a brilliant attacker (the play to set up Altidore, which he somehow hit the crossbar). For me, he’s a attacking RB sub when needing a goal. Laryea is my starting RB. Still needs to work on picking his spots to jump up, but boy can that guy beat the first man and create dangerous chances. Fast as hell too. If he starts/works on his shooting, I can see him scoring 5/7 goals a year.
The NHL does this too by locking in either your division rivals/wild car vs division leaders. I like the re-seeding in each round as it gives the higher seed more advantages.
If the playoffs were today and TFC won the conference and and San Jose/Portland won the West, we'd host another MLS Cup! (Note: both the Quakes and Timbers have a game in hand, so that can change)
I just looked through the posts and have not seen anyone really mention that nasty Altidore bull charge he did towards Abubakar. Thoughts on this? i was watching at home and kept rewinding and thought for sure he was going to get a red for it, he watched as the ball started to go up in the air but then immediately charged him without taking another look at the ball.
if you want to see the play, as it is being reviewed.
https://www.wakingthered.com/2019/9/...ble-suspension
Agreed, Abubakar definitely deserved a second yellow on more than one occasion.
The ref let this game get away from him - and shit like this happens when refs fail.
In fairness though, Jozy needs to keep a more level head, regardless of how frustrated he is - if Abubakar fell differently he could have been seriously injured.
Laryea has been great. For someone who never played the position before this year he’s learning quickly. Even seeing his defensive positioning now vs. 10 games ago is a drastic improvement.
He just needs to convert on some of those chances on the box or get a few more penalty calls. But even if that never happens i’m pretty comfortable with these performances. He’s giving teams fits on the right side.
The more interesting tackle was the chop down by Mavinga just after Laryea got pushed down in the box.
Gonzalez and a few others gave him a hand slap for that one - reeked of "Not in OUR House"