now Morrow for Rey, pushing Morgan to LM. lulz
now Morrow for Rey, pushing Morgan to LM. lulz
“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
Sorry to say it, but until teams start their best players, this cup will always be Mikey Mouse. You call it a Cup Final, and you start your B team (does Hall qualify as a member of the B team?).
Is Defoe a DP bench player, not a smart move, and another thats not smart is only start substitutes on for last 15 minutes, about 30 minutes is what i would expect, we will have it very tough to win in MTL
So you need a goal, and your aging forward is gassed.
Let's bring on a LB.
About time Gilberto gets a call, jeez
Damn it DeRo that was your chance. Let Lovitz take the next one
What is the results we need to achieve in order to win the tournament
if this leg ends 1-1, TFC either has to win, or a draw of 2-2 or better. 1-1 means extra timeOriginally Posted by gracos
“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
Silky smooth first touch from Lovitz
We want 2-1 or better. They score any more, and we are in serious trouble.
damn gilberto getting into good positions.
I actually like Nelsens subs. Hall was gassed. We need Defoe on Saturday and its interesting to see Morgan at left mid - we need pace there. My worry is actually Caldwell. He had some responsibility for that goal and has been lucky the last couple of games not to have penalties called against him - by my count, three hand ball contacts in three games. Gilberto has looked very good tonight.
Gilberto should stop trying to get a spectacular goal and just fucking tap one in or something.
It's enough now.
This isn't exactly looking like a tour de force
It means squat if he cant get into a good enough position to get an errant ball into the fucking net.
disagree. If he wasn't getting into the positions then there would be a massive issue at hand. Gilberto does many things right needs to bag a goal and get confidence. Don't think we can look at this as a black and white issue…
poor result, I thought Montreal was a weaker MLS team, but seemed like TFC just dont care about advancing in the Concacaf Championship
Well, we were the better team but we messed up for 30 seconds and it was while Montreal's best player had the ball.
Defoe will probably start the second leg. Hagglund, Lovitz, Orr & Gilberto all played well today. Even Morgan had his moments. On the negative side, Bendik's distribution was even worse than usual.
Long ball isn't distribution it's a joke. It's like a jump-ball in basketball. Even if we win 50% of the balls in play, there is still a % that goes out of bounds. Why does Nelsen insist on long ball?
It's even funnier when Defoe is the target. What is he 5'5?
This is old.
Scoring after a ten game duck didn't suddenly solve Chad Barrett's or Pablo Vitti's 'confidence' issues.
Gilberto's not a striker. Striker's finish.
I would put him in midfield, he's not a crap player, just a poor striker.
Hall's lack of positioning cost the goal to stop Mapp from running at the back 4. When Orr stepped, he should have dropped and he didn't. He did that many times against RSL.
I think that's what typically distinguishes the elite keepers with the mediocre ones. All keepers are athletic and capable to dive at a ball. The really good keepers know how to play crosses and how to distribute the ball well. We saw that with Cesar. We won't see it with Bendick.
You don't leave your best player on the bench for two matches without a hint from the boss as to the importance of the competition.
They'll take cup success, but only while preserving the team for the league.
Shame because the path to the quarters of the CCL is never going to be this easy.
What the fuck use would an air pilot be if he could take off and fly extremely well, but couldnt land a plane?
In the UEFA Champions League, do you place your reserves or best 11, i feel we should be doing the same, we need to win now or else we have it even tougher, MTL had an early substitute and we had poor substitutions, shouldnt we have subbed out Dero for even Weideman to allow a new set of fresh legs
Another uninspiring game.We play a very boring game.We do not create very many good chances and give up a goal late.What are the excuses going to be this time.Rey is useless
Also if this tournament is such an inconvenience to teams, maybe we should save the scheduling during the season and have the games played in preseason in Orlando. Or make it a development tournament for player under 23. I know we want to save players for the weekend match, but there is a break coming up and we've played the fewest games in the league. It's disrespectful to the fans when they speak about the cup as being important and then don't put in their best lineup.
I know I'm being harsh, and I LOVE this tournament. I just wished the teams did too.
Agreed it's odd, but even odder when the goal keeper needs to stare down his target and generally doesn't hit the pass accurately. The small odds just get smaller.
Not taking this competition seriously, is coach death for me.
He's a striker. He's also a very good player. We need patience with him. Let's not be so rash with him
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