4-0 means a more empty stadium too. 4-2 wont be.
Would love to see us bang in a quick one next week. If we score 2, we'll win.
4-0 means a more empty stadium too. 4-2 wont be.
Would love to see us bang in a quick one next week. If we score 2, we'll win.
it was Mtl's B team on defenceOriginally Posted by jloome
“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
yes. And they played well with the ball too. Most importantly, it was fun!
Seeing the highlights, I'm impressed. Lots of skill and good combo play on the goals. Although Montreal's marking was atrocious.
The late goals aren't the story, TFC's overall game is the story. Vancouver played their kids and looked like they didn't belong in NASL.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
That was far more encouraging a performance than May. Really like Morgan's play - he is a dangerous crosser of the ball. Osario had a great game as well. I thought we were going to get a hiding to be honest. So the result should be satisfying - Drogba left alone with kids is going to do that. Next week we will have Will Johnson and Cheyroux and our starting line up in defence. I'd be tempted to play Morgan on left wing Delgado on the right ..Oso as #10 and Gio in a free attacking roles. That should do the job..play for 0-0 draw and the odd counter attack.
This is a good confidence builder for the youngsters.
Given that Altidore is still out, I think Hamilton earned some time with the first team.
Just caught the highlights, the kids looked good!
And that dive by Piatti at the end LOL. Grabbing your face when someone pushes your chest. Typical.
Should that late free kick been given? Looked a lot like ball to hand to me. Sigh.
Where's the main players? Ciman gone, where's the rest?
At 4-0 with 10 minutes left, can you really blame him for giving a couple kids a reward and putting them on? Besides, I don't think his subs had anything to do with Montreal's goals. That was all Drogba. No other player in the league could take down that hopeful long ball like he did and play that pass, and no one else is that automatic on free kicks. He was poor and we were good for the rest of the game, but on those plays, he beat us. Tip your hat and move on IMO.
Hamilton showed his eye for goal today, really happy to see him take his chance because he's struggled recently. I thought Babouli put in another one of his typical performances. He's dangerous around the edge of the box, seems to have a great sense for making that quick move and delivering a killer pass. At times though he struggles deeper in midfield or tries to do too much with the ball. He will improve a lot if he tries to play simpler until he gets into those dangerous areas. Morgan was good as well, I wonder if he sneaks into the eleven next week, though now that it's a defense-first approach given the aggregate score he may not be able to displace Morrow. Lovitz' best game of the year as well.
Tactically, the 4-2-3-1 worked well today. I'm wondering if maybe we should switch to it full time, because it's really the only way to incorporate Cheyrou, who's a luxury player, excellent, but still a luxury. I'm not sure you can safely play him in a diamond or 3 man midfield, he'll get overrun. But now that Bradley is actually dedicated to the DM role, maybe the answer is to play him alongside Bradley as the two in front of the CBs. Assuming a full strength roster, it would mean Altidore plays up top and Giovinco at LAM. Could work. Also allows Osorio to play the #10 role, which is definitely his best position. Johnson would be a bit misplaced at RAM... but given our recent scoring issues if I was Vanney I would really try to come up with a way to get Cheyrou into the team, he just controls things so well with the ball, both with his passing range and his dribbling. That pass he played to Babouli on Hamilton's first goal - pretty sure every other player on our team would have just slid the ball on the ground to Babouli before he made the run, and by the time he got it he probably would have had players on his back. Cheyrou sees the play before it happens.
Watching that replay again of the red card, Gantar is such a clueless boob. Everyone starts getting into it and he just stands there with his card in the air.
By far the worst official out there. Has no idea how to manage a game.
disagree with your first point, agree with the second and third. We were in full control a man and 4-0 up, and lost control of the game when the two TFC II players came on. While the goals immediate cause was Drogba's individual brilliance, you could feel that Montreal had taken over for several minutes before the first one. We had lost our shape and discipline. It's too bad because Morgan, Hamilton, etc deserved to end the game on a high. If it was a league game and all that mattered was the three points, maybe, but in a Cup game with the away goals rule it was a very poor decision to make two unneeded substitutions.
as for the formation, it's a really interesting issue. When Altidore is back you have to play variants of 4-4-2. Would be interesting to see the 4-2-3-1 with Seba on the wing but it is pretty unlikely IMHO because of the defensive responsibilities required.
the first 85 minutes last night were so much fun.
To me that 100% gets called because Drogba turned around and demanded it.
Was going to tell him that at the bar last night. The whole officiating crew showed up at Joe's last night lol
Hey ensco, where were you sitting at the game? If you were in the north stands, then likely you weren't among the usual fans since its normally only the south stands that are open for the game. You probably saw spectators that came to see what all the fuss was about. The game was pretty heavily advertised on radio so I'm pleased that 9000+ showed up. Hopefully that will continue the upward trend. I get the feeling that the Fury will be an anchor team for giving the new Canadian League legitimacy. Speaking of, I was disappointed that there was no comment from Montigliani at half-time about this supposed league.
Read the other day that 2 are away with international duty and 2 are injured.
They have no excuses though they put drogba, piatti, oduro and ontivero out and we put Hamilton, Lovitz, Osorio and Babouli.... looking at those two groups it would be hard to say we should outscore them 4-2
Funny, my buddy said the exact same thing.
It was totally this. Drogba asked for a couple handballs earlier in the game and I noticed a few times in the box he would try to chip the ball up to our defenders arms to get a penalty. He was after Gantar all night and he finally obliged him. There was no whistle until Drogba turned around and screamed at the ref.
Section R, north stand.
My comment wasn't fair, the fact that there is a limited soccer culture in Ottawa has nothing to do with the potential, which was very obvious.
MLS caliber stadium, for starters. Well worth the trip if TFC plays Ottawa in the final.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
That's what it seemed like. Not sure if it was the right or wrong call, but it was made with a healthy dose of intimidation from Drogba.
Can't lie, I expected our B team to get seriously damaged last night. The performance showed a lot of the reserve guys still have the drive to make the most of their opportunities, which is good to see. Can't expect that MTL will be as indifferent as last night at their home leg, though.
Also, given the scoreline, most anyone would have subbed in some newbies. Didn't work out so well but it wasn't bad game management.
I really disagree about the substitution of the newbies. This is a two game series and away goals count extra. The clean sheet was very important. A better sub would have been Morrow for babouli and push Morgan up to the wing. Drogba was trying to play off Morgan all night, I assume because he has the advantage on the long balls. Shore it up for the 4-0 win and then the big advantage going into montreal. If it was a league game, a different story, of course. Poor decision in those circumstances.
Very exciting result but those two goals up a man really sting.
A 2-0 scoreline is technically better for us...
don't know if its been mentioned yet, but was so happy to see Morgan wear the armband after Cheyrou was subbed....great stuff for Ashtone!
Lol for real? Ballsy move
Was that Dan Lovitz best performance in a TFC jersey last night?
More than likely, really liked that he was cutting in with his left foot from the right. He appears to be more effective going that route that having both him and either morrow or morgan trying to get to the same space to cross.
As a fellow NSS alumni, it meant a lot to me. Hope to see him get even more minutes this season. He looked great last night against Piatti, Oduro and Drogba.
2nd half much more so than the 1st, he seemed to be still figuring things out in the 1st half. But his intensity and confidence were great to see
And babouli is really turning into something special. Its like watching a Dero in the making. Hopefully he can work on his shot accuracy, he really needs that to complete the package
we had starting defence on the bench, there was no reason to put kids in that arent even on the team in this game. Bad coaching move, really bad.
forgot how a sweet of a long pass haglund has too. He has to be worth something in a trade.
Interesting Williams wasnt dressed.
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