Iro looked like a drunk staggering home on that penalty give-away.
Dreadful performance from him, otherwise lots of positives this past 2 weeks.
What odds would you have got of a MeRo hat-trick AND JDG scoring??
Iro looked like a drunk staggering home on that penalty give-away.
Dreadful performance from him, otherwise lots of positives this past 2 weeks.
What odds would you have got of a MeRo hat-trick AND JDG scoring??
Iro's face said it all at the end of the game. He's disappointed with himself, developing some confidence issues for sure.
This is where great defenders are made. Face of adversity. You've hit a low, now work harder and find your high.
3 penalties conceded in 3 games for the man. Must suck having to sleep thinking about that level of mistake.
If we get rid of Iro, maybe it makes a difference TONIGHT.
Truth is that not one of us can predict the future and a guy that has been on the bench for most of the season and spent a total of 22 hours in a plane, 4 hours on a bus and through quite a few time zones in a week might, just might, have an off night.
I won't give up on a guy under circumstances like that.
With this lot, I have no more patience for stupid terrible inept play.
Iro is another of a long list of sub-standard jokers Toronto FC employs in the backline. He needs to go.
I like your (sometimes delusional) positivity but I'd rather play one of the RPBers at CB than Iro.
We have had some bad defensive luck. Cann, Williams, Borman, Gargan, Iro, et al....
"Failure simply isn't an option at this stage. TFC pushed its chips to the middle of the table when it splurged on Bradley and Defoe and reinforced its bet by making savvy acquisitions elsewhere. This collection of players is capable of delivering on the promises made during the close season. There are no more excuses available for TFC. Only success will continue the process of atoning for the past and establishing a higher standard for the future." FOX Sports
I just want to remind people.
Frings is fucking awesome.
I don't actually ever remember Frei guessing right. And yes, that's a skill. So I agree with you, it's something he could work on. Not the end of the world, but if there's something he needs to better it's him reading the players better. It's mind games, and he seems to be losing that battle right now.
Yes, this is true, and how tonight's game is handled is very important. In a salary-cap league every team is going to have some weak links. This is the kind of situation where we see if Winter is a good MLS coach, if he can get better play out of guys who made mistakes or had off-games. I think he will.
Go watch the replay of Peri's goal. While everyone is celebrating, DeGuz is sitting cross legged on the bench with his hand on his chin. Not even a smile. Says it all.
We've had a million different defenders this season and still our defence has been shit in every game, a lot of the blame has to go to Winter.
I was looking for a post that sums up what I'm trying to say, and this one is definitely it.
For as long as the level of expectations here remains so low as to say that coming back from a shitty defender gifting two goals is an achievement, we'll never demand more from this team.
Approach this from another angle: if someone told you that three DP-having team, with a brand new defense, allowed THREE GOALS AGAINST A 10-MAN (for 95 min) SIDE, but held on to a draw, is that a commendable performance?
Much of our offence was invisible and the fact that we allowed three opportunities for DC to exploit our defensive weakness is what you should be worried about. This result is a much bigger disappointment than just Iro.
Shouldn't international superstar Torsten Frings be bossing the midfield of an MLS team with a guy down? Shouldn't Ryan Johnston and Danny Koevermans be running circles around a terrified bunker defence protecting a terrified backup keeper? Shouldn't our overhauled backline be shutting down every ball coming in from a team that's attacking more for the sake of keeping the ball out of their half rather than actually trying to score?
But again, you're right and I'm wrong. It just needs more time. Teams are rebuilt in at least a year. Winter is making progress.
Right?
Why is Iro being blamed for the first goal? Watch the game tape again folks.
Torsten Frings didn't do his job with respect to Dwayne De Rosario. Onus is on him.
Well, while this is true, they also cleared a lot of cap space by letting him go that will allow for better player acquisition next year.
The benefit is just simpy letting him go. That clears $330,000 to sign three very competent CB's.
Don't get me wrong though, I would entertain signing Dero for this club again. He has simply proven himself to be a game changer over, and over again.
I wish he could be more though. Maybe the timing wasn't right. What if he joined us next year for the first time?
That would be gold.