A W in Cincinnati is a must, hope the Reds can catch this first year last place club in a venus flytrap. Have at it !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2drv0joKUcA
A W in Cincinnati is a must, hope the Reds can catch this first year last place club in a venus flytrap. Have at it !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2drv0joKUcA
i can see us not performing well, and it may come back at the end of the year and haunt us
Must win and should win.
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Another game on turf. Another game without jozy?
Late sub for this one. Maybe. Shouldn't need his services tho.
If we can't beat a crap Cinci, we have no business taking part in pussplops.
A definite must win. If we can't beat the worst team in the league, we are done for this year.
2-1 for the good guys. Late goal by Poz, just to keep it interesting and give us heart palpitations.
this is the huge question with this gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Mikmacdo
according to sportsclubstats TFC has a 76% chance of making the playoffs
If TFC beats Cincinnati the chance of making the playoffs goes up to 89%
so do you start Jozy on turf or not??
risk injury if he plays but are virtually guaranteed to make the playoffs if he plays and tfc wins
If we lose, the chances crater down 16%, so we would be down to 60% chance of making the playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevep
A win is essential, so perhaps sub in Jozy in the second half? The guy's legs are made of glass, so you have to weigh those risks... and Cincy is garbage. It's a tough decision.
You keep jozy as sub. If we ain't winning by 65th minute you sub him on
3-0 TFC
start jozy.
too important game to not take that risk.
next game is away in NYCFC and is not a must win.
Jozy in NYC is a must - he can wreck their defence and the technique of the side speed we have right now will cause them fits.
We have 7 games in 22 days - expect some turnover.
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Originally Posted by TFC1986
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Originally Posted by leedsandTFC
I see the same line-up as was against the Revs.Quote:
Originally Posted by OgtheDim
Jozy as a Sub just in case we need to finish the game off.
my 2 cents, NYC is a win-able game not only with our wide players but the fact that we can really run 'downhill' at our opponent when we need to
From a Wheeler tweet: Morrow questionable, Jozy progressing and probable to play, and Vanney likely to stick with Westberg.
Westburg
Auro omar moor mavinga
Bradley Delgado
Gallardo pozuelo benezet
Jozy
I don't see Mavinga at LB and I don't think Moor is good for 90 on plastic. For this match I would rather see Jozy as a sub. No chances on plastic at this point in the season and NYCFC away on Wednesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikmacdo
Hopefully our offense fires up and becomes better than the shite it currently is then we can rest a few guys in the second half.
Moor played 90 in Ottawa and Mavinga can play LB. If not Mavinga then Morgan. Actually I think Deleon can play LB so maybe we will see him there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultra & Proud
Auro didn't look bad switched to the left. I would probably rather do that and have Laryea on as well or else DeLeon as you said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikmacdo
Keep in mind Laryea will be at BMO with the Nats.
So it's tied 0-0 at the 65th and Jozy comes on for a hat trick deep into the 2nd.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFC1986
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Hey all. A few friends and I are heading to Cincy for this weekend’s match. I’ve been to a few away games but this is the first time sitting with the traveling TFC supporters. Does anyone know how I can connect with other TFC supporters making the trip? Any of you lot headed down?
Haha I hope so :)Quote:
Originally Posted by magmadragon
Also ufc earlier on from 2pm as well. This is going go be a nice Saturday
According to TFC Pravda, Wheeler states that Vanney wants to play his "best 14" consistently over the remaining games. He also states that Jozy is almost over his physical issue.
So we can expect (1) Jozy to play at least some of the game (2) a strong team, no more playing a weak side to "rest" the team.
Based on the above, I expect a solid win this weekend.
I am fine with only giving Jozy the last 30 minutes off the bench in this one. If we cannot beat Cincy without Jozy playing a full 90 we are not a playoff team. If there is any hope we need all 3 points here. Hopefully Westberg can put that softy behind him.
My guess is Jozy was effectively "rested" in New England and the injury was probably largely an excuse.
That's what I thought too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canary10
I never paid attention to Cinci's carpet this season. Not sure I ever watched them play at home and if I did, I didn't take notice. Is it as bad as New England's?
Am I the only one that thinks the CSA is stupid to schedule Canada-Cuba in Toronto at the same time as TFC are on TV playing this crucial game??
I would usually go to ther Canada game, but I'll instead be in front of my TV rather than at BMO Field.
Not really much they can do, it was planned well in advance. I’ll be at BMO and recording the TFC game for later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lil'John
Despite their follies, CMNT has my interest right now. Just need to start scheduling games against stronger teams to find our a) how good our team is b) if Herdman actually knows what he’s doing.
TFC is more to blame for choosing to play during an international window. The CSA is usually incompetent but this one's not on them.
It's the MLS FO that schedules the games, not TFC. Each team can request a certain number of changes to the draft schedule but MLS makes the final decision. So it's on MLS, as is the policy of playing during many international dates in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by magmadragon
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Originally Posted by magmadragon
Don't forget MLS FO also back-loaded the TFC schedule anticipating a deep run in the CCL again too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldtimer
But did they actually? We fielded a second team in the tournament and showed very little ambition. Why would the club ask for a schedule slanted towards CCL when they aren’t even taking it seriously?
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Originally Posted by ag futbol
Apart from Dorsey, that lineup in Panama was not a second team (for the team we had at the time)
25 Alex Bono
96 Auro Junior
26 Laurent Ciman
23 Chrys Mavinga
5 Ashtone Morgan
2 Justin Morrow
8 Marco Delgado
4 Michael Bradley C
21 Jonathan Osorio
19 Griffin Dorsey
91 Terrence Boyd
That's our starting defence, midfield baring Dorsey (without Poz remember) & striker at the time.
The formation though was overly ambitious.
I've always understood it to be that teams have the option to not play during international windows when the schedule is being drawn up. They simply end up playing more midweek games. But since the gates are generally weaker during the week, lots of teams forgo doing so and rather play the weekend during an international window. We had a couple seasons like that in that past where we specifically avoided those weekends because we knew Bradley, Altidore etc would be called up.
Heck this league is so opaque, us playing Cinci this weekend could have been part of the price for Haglund.
It's not unlimited. They can request a certain number of games to be rescheduled. Plus both teams have to agree and the MLS FO ultimately calls the shots.Quote:
Originally Posted by magmadragon
TFC has had their schedule requests turned down before. They wanted to reschedule a league game in 2018 during their CCL run and the other team declined. More notoriously, the league turned down a reschedule in 2007 when both teams agreed but the MLS FO didn't, and TFC (this was before they had an academy) had to play one of their coaches and an amateur player to fill out the squad.
The 2018 one was after the schedule came out (fuck you Houston). I meant moreso during the original drafting of the schedule. Some obviously are avoiding these breaks since it's not a full slate of games this weekend. But I take your points.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldtimer
Jozy on the flight to Cinci
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1170029795163422722
Yeah pre-season reschedule requests are different from in-season reschedule requests.
Oldtimer, when you say the league decides, when does the opinion of the broadcaster come into play? I'm sure that TSN has significant sway (anyway since they're owned by TFC's part owner). Different broadcasters for different teams, might be more or less flexible.
CCL / Gold Cup / VC surely played a role for TFC's scheduling; as did TSN. Add the Argos schedule: i.e. TFC can't play on the same day or shortly before the Argos, to leave time for the switchover. Plus they want the grass longer for the Argos. And TFC can't play until a week after the Argos, to leave time for pitch recovery / cutting grass & repainting / switchover. (Not sure if the latter break can be shortened since the hybrid pitch was installed?)
All that adds lots of inflexibility.
Yeah, that’s not a winning side (as we painfully found out). Maybe we took the opposition lightly or over estimated our own players, but there was nothing in particular about our preparedness at the start of the season or our urgency in getting signings ready for this game that suggested to me we were all that serious about that matchup.Quote:
Originally Posted by OgtheDim
I don’t think a front four of Boyd, Dorsey, Osorio, and Morrow terrifies anyone.