Altidore on my fantasy team was the best gamble ever.
Altidore on my fantasy team was the best gamble ever.
oh yay back to curling so soon
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Altidore was fun to watch today.
“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
Solid performance. Very impressed with what I saw. Full marks to Vanney - he adjusted the shape as needed at half and it paid off.
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It brings in the ratings, so we can't complain. At least they didn't cut away early.Originally Posted by Defoe
“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
I can't believe we sucked in the first half and made the proper adjustments in the second half to pull away a victory!
When has that ever happened?!?
lol. same here
“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
Congrats you REDS!!!!
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I remember this one game against Columbus last year, where we did that. It was great.
Aside from that? Never.
“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
He'll tear this league apart. :-)
Seriously though - impressive display. He will be a handful
this.
other than Jozy being a baller, Vanney outcoached Robbo. 2nd half adjustments were no suicide high line and pushing fullbacks forward, and Bradley and Cheyrou being more disciplined means less space for Caps attackers to exploit, esp Morales finding gaps for passes and Manneh running at CBs. game slowed down considerably in TFC favour and less pressure on Caldwell (who looked fine in 2nd half) and Perquis to make desperate plays. TFC always does better when Bradley stops trying to do everything and work in context of a disciplined team structure
“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 re Alitidore, wasn't previously a fan but he looked good 2nd half.
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One thing I will say, is there was some significant rust on a few of our guys, but I suppose that's to be expected from their first full-speed game this season, with a bunch of new guys.
“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
Giovinco's first game? six shots, two on, drew three fouls and set up a goal. Not too shabby.
curling kills soccer on Cdn tv. only soccer that can compete is World Cup. this tfc match might get max 300k while standard MLS game is below 200k and below 100k if TFC is crap.
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh...09904-spt.html
So happy about this I'm over the moon.
It's like they're watching our thread live!
Seriously, they didn't park the bus!?! WOW, just great team management so far.... knocking on wood, and fingers crossed that it continues.
i have no words for what just happened
Ok, so after a very iffy first half, I'm back on the bandwagon.I'm kidding so no need to troll.....
Nice display in 2nd. TFC picked up their game while Vancouver dropped theirs off a bit but good adjustments by Vanney to get the win.
They're never gonna believe us,
They're never gonna believe us,
They're never gonna believe usssssssssssss,
We're gonna win the league!
Dom
..... Love it
I'd agree with that, thought Vancouver looked good in 1st half but lifeless in 2nd half
We wo... woooo..... won?
I'm not sure about out-coached. TFC had better finishing on the day and clearly Giovinco was one of a kind.
Rivero and Manneh wasted a few great chances that were similar to what TFC players finished. Findley trips over his own feet and Rivero finishes that goal... everything we say flip-flops.
Full credit to TFC but it was a competitive match. And props to Findley and Altidore for not missing a thing.
Robbo gambled with a high tempo first half and it cost him in the 2nd. By halftime, his midfield was spent.
Altidore was exceptional. Bradley and Cheyrou seemed to figure out their roles in the second half. A lot of this was down to Vancouver mismanaging the game; they were pretty gassed by halftime.
From Friday afternoon, pg 3 of this thread.
Looking for some love here.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Wow. I know it's just one game, but this was impressive. Compare this to our 2-1 win over Seattle to start last year, it's night and day.
Started awful, didn't get into the game for 25 minutes. Got extremely lucky that Rivero botched the sitter or it would've been 2-0 and maybe over. Fair enough.
But after that, we looked pretty good. And damn good in the 2nd half. Full credit to Vanney, he adjusted the defensive setup and we pretty much shut the game down. Can't even remember the last time a TFC coach made a tactical change with such drastic positive effect.
Giovinco's touch compared to basically any MLS player is unreal. He is so valuable roaming around in midfield and ahead of the defense. Just slot the ball into his feet and he'll do something good.
Cheyrou's technical ability and smarts are off the charts. He just needs to realize he can't pull something flashy every time he gets the ball. Quality player. Bradley was responsible. As much as I miss the Bradley that did literally everything against Seattle last year, this is probably a good thing. Perquis and Morrow were both excellent as well.
And Altidore, my god what a debut. Strong as an ox, wonderful hold up play, looked better and better as the game went on. Easily Man of the Match.
This is encouraging stuff.
First half was weak. Second half was monstrous.
Vanney out coached Robo.
This team is going to be the death of me.
Ps. F*** curling.
I'm not so sure. They had enough opportunities to easily put TFC 2-0 in the hole through 20 minutes. They just have young / new players that squandered changes or are typically inconsistent.
I prefer the narrative that (for once) we are getting what we paid for and high-priced talent was the difference on the day.
From Friday afternoon, pg 3 of this thread.
Looking for some love here.
Ok I'll help out here, Good on you Ensco!
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