Thoughts anyone?
Post game: TFC v Real Madrid
Thoughts anyone?
Seeing some of the replays... and as much as I hate him... never realized exactly how quick Ronaldo is and looks like he played reasonably hard for a friendly.
There's been talk that Sanyang is more talented than Gomez.
From what I've seen of the Sanyang I don't believe it.
The usual suspects played poorly... Robinson, Velez.
Marvel Wynne impressed me, honest to god. He wasn't doing too badly dealing with ronaldo pace wise. I don't think anyone is too surprised by the score, and if at all it would be with our goal lol. Least we got one!
Yes we chased them the entire game but we had a number of decent individual performances. One of Wynne's best games in a Toronto jersey.
Thank God that circus is over.
All things considered, I think Wynne did a fantastic job covering him...Originally Posted by Whoopee
Gala lookslike an up-and-coming player.
I was very impressed with Gomez. I'd like to see him regularly in D.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Against DC Cummins should put this linup:
--------------Frei---------
Wynne --Gomes--Serioux--Brenan
Dero--Robbo--Guevara--Gala
-----OBW---Dichio---
Yeah Wynne showcased himself really well tonight.
Which raises the question... what the fuck is wrong with him the rest of the time?
Gomez played well... some brain farts at times, but the good outweighed them.
I thought there were a lot of positives tonight.
First off, Gomez is the real deal. That one error early where he played it too far ahead of himself on the first touch was goofy, but the rest of his game was solid. Ditto with Sanyang, and OB White really looked good. Good for Gabe, too.
Velez... nothing new to add there. Marvell did a good job most of the night. Garcia almost chested the ball right to Arjen Robben's feet.
Edwards was really sharp. DeRo was solid.
Everyone else was mediocre to poor, although I guess Jimmy B did OK.
Vitti really had a howler.
Guevara looked really strong and had some very skilled passes. He's probably our best player - with DeRo of course. However, in the last few games (and including tonight) DeRo has just seemed a little off. Not sure why. Must be tired.
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It was a friendly. We scored a goal. I'm content with the result.
We got killed by a team that routinely crushes other teams in THEIR OWN LEAGUE. No shame in this result, as far as I'm concerned.
It was a good chance for our guys to enjoy a game against some of the best in the world, and I'm sure they loved it. And every 11pm new commercial I'm seeing, is mentioning the game before everything else, so I guess the publicity buzz for the club is good too.
It was a friendly, and it was reasonably entertaining. Back to games that matter.
- Scott
Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt. ~Christopher Hitchens
Ronaldo was great tonight. Yeah I hated him before but he showed his skills tonight.
Player of the game: BENZEMA. This man created every goal and played the whole 90 I believe. He was fantastic. Damn!
Gala Scored. ROFL! I admit, I was REALLY happy. Yeah TFC lost but at least they scored. PRI has a tougher defense apparently.
Viiti showed some talent but really didn't amount to anything ... as usual. Brennan f'ed up on that attempted pass across the goal twice.
Dero was pretty good. Wynne and Ronaldo should've had a race at the conclusion of the game just for fun. Gomez had some mistakes but showed promise. Sanyang .. same. Robbo .. was okay. Serioux f'ed up on that first goal.
Garcia and Velez ..
All in all, it was great to see world class players on Toronto grass.
GRASS.
GRASS.
May've been a bit problematic but DAMN it looked heavenly compared to turf.
Last edited by Inklink; 08-07-2009 at 08:52 PM.
DeRo just said the result was embarrasing.
Entertainment.
Nice of Gol TV to remind my feeble mind, which was fuming over the lack of an HD feed, that it was free on 501. So I saw the 2nd half in HD. You could push the + button and watch TFC lose, next HD station Jays losing, next station Argos losing. Hmmm.
I liked Wynn's game. Gomez was good. We should have had one more goal at least. The most glaring thing was that when they got the ball in the box they did stuff and moved, and we went oh no oh no and fumbled around.
Hope Gabe Gala will get more time from his contribution. Look to the future.
I'm with ya. Gomez had a great game. liked Vitti too.
DeRo says it was so good to play on grass he feels like he could go on for another 90 minutes.
+1 yup I'm a big Wynne fan and i think he did very good tonight.I love how people say " Sell him " I just don't get it.
That's why I like DeRo - he doesn't sugarcoat it. He knows they were playing a world class team but he demands the best, doesn't give in.
They should be playing that quote all day long in the tfc offices, and the mayors office until they get this deal done.
i like the way the ball didn't bounce miles high on the grass... and players seemed to be able to control the ball much better than usual.
that stuff is shit to play on. it feels funny beneath your feet and the ball rolls and bounces funny.
I will be SO depressed if we do not get grass next year.
I will be SO depressed if Gomez doesn't start next week.
Seriously, how can Cummins not, at this point. Serious player. Sanyang too, although he's a bit too reckless. But Cronin and Sanyang looked like a strong central pairing.
Let's all say goodbye to Marvell Wynne, soon we will see him playing in Europe
It will be done. Batman says so.
It's weird, we get killed but I saw some things out there that gives me some hope for the future, so to me, not a bad night.
You might be right after that. I half thought "y'know, he's young enough that Real Madrid might still see him as a youth prospect, given his speed."
Probably not, but worldwide highlight reels of him running down Cristiano Ronaldo like a bitch on that one ball won't hurt. (Although fucked if pretty boy isn't quality, he actually held up on it, realizing he'd been suprisingly beaten on the cold run and cut towards the box instead, in case Marvell misplayed it.)
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