Just to add to the derby feel, look who our ref is:
Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact
BMO Field (2 pm ET)
REFEREE: BALDOMERO TOLEDO
AR1: Gregory Barkey
AR2: Gianni Facchini
4TH: Geoff Gamble
Matchday 33: Montreal at TFC 2 pm TSN4
Just to add to the derby feel, look who our ref is:
Toronto FC vs. Montreal Impact
BMO Field (2 pm ET)
REFEREE: BALDOMERO TOLEDO
AR1: Gregory Barkey
AR2: Gianni Facchini
4TH: Geoff Gamble
Wholly Toledo.
This is DiVaio's second-to-last game, so he'll be pumped to score. Montreal's been much improved lately. Fingers crossed.
No Hagglund, Caldwell has lost a step, the Strikers are MIA, and most of the team lacks drive. Montreal wants nothing more than to eliminate TFC in their own house for maximum embarassment. I forsee 2-1 for Montreal and the nightmare will be complete.
If TFC loses by more than that, then it shows that they have no spine and I won't be following TFC for a while. Remember, we need to see the banner "Playoffs... Write it down" - LIEweke in the stands this weekend. I want to see TL pull a Grunwald after the game and personally apologize to the fans. Some humble pie would do him good.
Last edited by Initial B; 10-16-2014 at 11:47 AM.
Actually I thought Toledo did a pretty good job in LA
Henry gives up a PK. Write it down.
Weather supposed to be cloudy with the rain having stopped. Windy from the north and about 10 degrees.
-----------------Bendik--------------------
--Bloom---Caldwell--Henry---Morrow---
----------------Bekker------------------
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Leiweke's stupid guarantee shouldn't be held against the players. He was an asshole for doing that.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
why put Bekker, who's apparently more skilled in the offensive part of the game - I say apparently because its still a mystery as to what he's actually skilled at, unless the 5 yard lateral pass counts as something - and avoids tackles like the plague, in the DM role?......the Impact will have their way all day with him there......if they MUST play Bekker, he should be in an AM role or paired in the middle with Bradley......or it would be preferable to see him in his best position, Left Bench.......
Agreed, way too many variables in sports...nothing is a guarantee. Injuries, coaching, player commitment (or lack thereof), officiating...etc, etc. Yeah, on paper we should make it in (notice I didn't say should have....still that 1 % chance) on paper, and, on the pitch are two totally different things.Originally Posted by ensco
Yeah, unfortunately, no Bradley this game which definitely cuts down on the options at mid.
There's a huge gap between the Impact forwards and their midfield.
There's also a huge gap in front of their defence. Run at them and they panic.
If we were able to play a 4-1-3-2 or a 4-3-3, we'd win easily.
Instead, we will get Moore and Defoe.
Oduro is going to score, just to make the powers that be think.
MTL has an important CCL game on Wednesday for seeding. I'm sure they'll be up for this game but I really don't think it will be their priority. I don't know what to expect from our guys, I really don't. I do hope Gilberto starts up front as he is the 1 DP striker that wants to be here and appears to love this team. No need to waste playing time on payers that don't want to be here and give half asked efforts.
Dom
Wasn't he the 4th official?
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Be interesting with him missing. There's a tendacy in last few games that ball automatically goes to him in our defensive third and he launches a long ball either down middle or to wings, of which the majority not all, go straight out of play or to the other team. We might have to be a bit more creative as we won't have that forceful presence in midfield who we automatically go to everytime.
To be clear, Vanney's love for Bekker is inexplicable to me and I didn't have the heart to continue the line-up.
I would rather see:
--Oduro---Osorio---Warner---Jackson---
-----------Gilberto---Defoe---------------
Or even:
---Moore---Warner---Osorio----
--Oduro---Defoe----Gilberto----
Not a great matchup right now. They are much improved squad of late.
It will be a battle.
Mtl already made the CCL knockout round. They will be playing for a higher seed for knockout round though.
Montreal has been playing better, and di Vaio if he plays wants to go out with a bang, but their defence is still soft.
“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
Nick Sabetti @nicksabetti 1m1 minute ago
Worth noting that Montreal has never won at BMO Field and has yet to win on the road this season. #IMFC #TFC #MLS
So thats a MTL win then LOL
I hope Vanney doesn't play Defoe this game. He isn't coming back, so there's no need for him to play over Gilberto.
More than likely too much pressure "from above" to let him get away with that. I'd love to see Gilberto start, bring Defoe on as a sub later in the game...if at all.
TFC just posted on their FB page:
I think Defoe is finished with TFC. I expect Gilberto to start.Jermain Defoe will not play vs. Montreal after aggravating his groin injury.
UPDATE: Duane tweeting that Gilberto is out (I wonder if it's true?). Maybe we'll see DeRo and the Weidman start.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 10-17-2014 at 11:08 AM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Really it's all about piatti, he's singled handledly changed the team. They are getting better midfield cover out of GLP and Mallace was well.
Di Viao now has several people who can get him the ball, as opposed to just Mapp who couldn't do it all himself and Felipe who is brutally inconsistent.
Isn't that convenient. Should have just stayed in England. Makes things much easier for Vanney.
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN 13s14 seconds ago .@vaxgob @OgtheDim @JoshYunhoLo He's starting tomorrow
That would be Gilberto.
Looking forward to seeing that smiling mug running all over the pitch.
That's better! You know he will be happier without Defoe there. Hope to see him score a couple "up close and personal, in 132f" in the second half!!
Last edited by FRANKIE65; 10-17-2014 at 11:55 AM.
ah right....forgot about that.....
ah ok lol....fair enough then.....
I think we should try Gilberto in the hole, play a diamond, and put Oduro and Moore up top together. Moore is a good second striker/provider who has put some really incisive passes through; Oduro is fast, and Montreal isn't. Gilberto is better running into space; if we put him between the backline and midfield he'll cause havoc. Play Osorio and Jackson as the wide mid options (one can get the ball to the offensive players with a good pass, the other with a good run), Warner as the wrecker, have the non overlapping fullback sit back.
---------------Bendik---------------
Creavalle--Caldwell--Hagglund--Morrow
------------Warner-------------
----Jackson--------Osorio------
-----------Gilberto-------------
-----Oduro--------Moore
If Jackson or Oduro are playing like idiots (every other game) we bring in DeRo in the second half. If Moore is being muscled off, we can give Dike some time up top, or Wiedeman (who has put on a ton of muscle this year.)
Hagglund is out with a red...but, that diamond would be interesting.
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