7 Games in 20 days :(
18 Jul vs Houston
22 Jul vs River Plate (friendly)
25 Jul at Columbus
29 Jul vs Puerto Rico (CCL)
01 Aug at New England
04 Aug at Puerto Rico (CCL)
07 Aug vs Real Madrid (friendly)
Brutal schedule. lots of mileage
better not affect the CCL games or it's going to suck
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
wow. great for us, terrible for our team.
time to test the depths of our squad
God friendlies are retarded
Until Gerba and Cronin comes back, we don't have muchOriginally Posted by Ossington Mental Youth
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I hope we give Edwards, Velez, Ibrahim, White lots of playing time in the River Plate friendly...even the Gambians...put them in...
yep thats what i was thinking.
use em alot as subs too
as for Gerba and Cronin, they will be back soon enough.
when does the bloody gold cup end?
i wont lie, i was hoping for canada to be knocked out immediately so that we'd get Gerba immediately (same goes for the US)
better not affect the MLS league games or its going to suck
Heck, I would even run out some of the academy kids for the friendlies.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
I kind of wondering about that too. I know that academy players have played in the informal friendlies against CSL and CIS teams and Houston played some of their academy players in a friendly earlier in the year.
I’m hoping a couple of them get a run out, would be neat to see them play and playing at BMO in front of a big crowd would be a great reward for their efforts.
a lot of SSH will get pissed at seeing kids play instead of first team
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I ranted about this when the RM game was announced. I am tired of this topic so all I say with full fervour and commitment is:
I told you so
No one will care if a few academy kids play late in the game against River - no went ape when CSL guest players got into the game against Independiente.
after this stretch, the current schedule only had 1 game a week (expect 6 more though :P)
As far as the club goes, this is really (aka SHOULD BE) 5-games in 20-days, but as far as MLSE goes this is 7-games in 20-days as posted - which sucks...
River Plate should play against our Academy plus a few bench guys, as we have a huge game against Columbus, and a bigger game against PR a week later...
RM, well, at least its after the CL qualifier... If it was before, I'd have the entire team already down in PR preparing for the match...
Carts...
"...Money wasn't tight, but it like, it wasn't right..."
^ exactly, i only really care about the Puerto Rico matches and the match v KKKrew ... bloody friendlies have thrown a huge wrench in everything ... i really want us to go far in champions league
~ illegitimi non carborundum ~
I read somewhere that OBW's first game could be against River Plate (I think Winsper said it).
still, possible scrub line-up? (5-3-2, protect the house, long ball counter attack)
-------------edwards-----------------------
nana----velez---sanyang---gomez----garcia
------wynne-----vitti-----gala--------------
---------ibrahim----barrett------------------
we're really screwed for our MF without cronin, but jimmy brennan can move up as well. but at least we have cover to rest our veterans.
It would make sense. A friendly would be a better opportunity to test him than a league game.
Tough but not impossible. This is our midboss -- defeat it and we get an even bigger boss. Slay that and we win a big silver chalice.
So whip out the Master Sword and start hacking boys...
Still possibly the only known RPB to appear on Masterchef Canada.
(I think?)
nerd
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^ lol
And to that good sir, I say...
Still possibly the only known RPB to appear on Masterchef Canada.
(I think?)
For a schedule like this...it takes some skill to navigate. Of course, mid-season friendlies...I have a hard time grasping.
Still possibly the only known RPB to appear on Masterchef Canada.
(I think?)
Dont play the veterans much in the friendlies, but this will surely help build up Team Chemistry and passing plays. I think this can go either way. It go terrifically and we win and gain something out these games, or somebody could seriously get injured and could set us back
You're stretching it. RM game is at the very end of the run, it's least of the problem. What difference does it make to previous games whether it's there or not? If anything, you should be more concerned with River Plate friendly as it's before the stretch. I know RM friendly bothers you a lot for some reason, but your constant use of scheduling as an excuse is weak and biased.I ranted about this when the RM game was announced. I am tired of this topic so all I say with full fervour and commitment is:
I told you so
We desperately need the points today. Even without factoring in the schedule, we have never yet played a good game at NE or Columbus
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
+1
Hell they can keep those guys in for Columbus and NE. At least keep anybody with knocks out (Brennan, Serioux for two).
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Deperately? Were we not top of the east as of a couple of days ago? I think losing to PR would be a more Desperate situation but I understand. Priorities differ.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
6 of the 7 on turf
7 of 8 on turf if you count the Aug 15th DCU game.
Remember how we were semi decent back in our first year...then after the AV friendly we started losing players to injury.
Here's hoping we have enough healthy bodies to suit up a full team by the time we go to LA to play Chivas
Anyways...as Roogsy said...this has been talked to death, and was even one of the main reasons for the protest by some supporters.
One regular that should play during these friendlies is Wynne...he is well rested and needs the playing time.
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