Ah, ok.Originally Posted by OgtheDim
I agree on Baboulli. He may never be a finisher but he looks confident on the ball. I prefer to JHams overall but JHams does score occasionally. Hopefully Moe may do so in the future. I'd love to see him stick.
Ah, ok.
I agree on Baboulli. He may never be a finisher but he looks confident on the ball. I prefer to JHams overall but JHams does score occasionally. Hopefully Moe may do so in the future. I'd love to see him stick.
Right, But as Og said, Endoh has played as a shuttler or under the strikers all season. Neither Hamilton or Babouli can play there. They aren't on the same depth charts. They all have talent and I want them all to get minutes, it's just not a one or the other scenario. Endoh is fighting for minutes with Chapman/Delgado/Oso/Johnson/Cooper/Lovitz not Hamilton, Babouli, Ricketts etc.
You'll notice that Endoh is way down the depth chart now when everyone's healthy. He's behind all those guys I mentioned with the exception of Lovitz, probably. He's had to play a lot due to injuries and a lack of depth earlier in the season. He hasn't played that much over the second half of the season.
I wonder if it could be that they have tried, but his home club wants him back at the end of the season.
I believe that part of the delay in getting him here in the first place was that his team was unwilling to commit to the MLS requirement that any loan deal contain a purchase clause but eventually it happened, he's here which means TFC can purchase him from his Panamanian club.
As to why it took so long to get him in the line-up, your guess is as good as mine. He's fabulous!
Last edited by Blizzard; 10-03-2016 at 12:46 PM.
So I haven't posted in a while but I can't hold back anymore. Is anybody else concerned with the missed calls and the fact that it's going to get worse in the playoffs? The second DC goal was CLEARLY offside and the assistant was in perfect position to see it, but didn't make the call.
Anyone else scared like me?
its MLS, the PRO is shit
we would be better off importing CONCACAF officials that they have for CMNT and CCL games
The linesmen in this league are literally part timers. I don't care if they come from PRO or the moon, you get what you pay for.
I am reserving judgment on Cooper. You could find pages of posts in the archives here on Rohan Ricketts (a guy Cooper reminds me of, a lot), declaring him the second coming, after two games.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I remember thinking Alvaro Rey was going to be our savior. Still like what I've seen from Cooper, but need to give it more time to see how he pans out.
I'm scared that Montreal is only five points behind us with two games left!
Now, regarding the Neagle goal, I'd agree with you on the offside if I could but it's damned close. Here is the still of the pass. This is the last touch as it leaves the foot. It's really, really close and I really wouldn't expect an Asst to call this as offside. It's certainly not "obvious" as such. There is a slight suspicion but I don't think this could be called definitive.
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The difference is Cooper's technical abilities and play making judgement is different from Ricketts. A better comparison of Cooper would be Guevara....which actually is one of TFC’s best midfielders in my opinion.
I still believe Rey would be a good player under our current system, he's just not the type of player that can play under Nelsen's ideology.
They just destroyed that guy's confidence bringing him in and out of the lineup before nailing him to the bench in perpetuity.
He clearly had some skill. Needed to be coached into the system rather than chastised at every turn.
From the TV angle that was in-line with the back four it looked onside. Both goals did IMO. Not sure where all this chatter came from.I'm scared that Montreal is only five points behind us with two games left!
Now, regarding the Neagle goal, I'd agree with you on the offside if I could but it's damned close. Here is the still of the pass. This is the last touch as it leaves the foot. It's really, really close and I really wouldn't expect an Asst to call this as offside. It's certainly not "obvious" as such. There is a slight suspicion but I don't think this could be called definitive.
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Lots of stuff from this game starting 3:45 mark. You make the calls
Last edited by Yohan; 10-03-2016 at 07:39 PM.
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I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
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If it's that close in which u can't definitively say on a replay or still image than its not offside. We're talking about hairs or a limb. Id personally rather give those situations to the benefit of the attacker rather than the defender.I'm scared that Montreal is only five points behind us with two games left!
Now, regarding the Neagle goal, I'd agree with you on the offside if I could but it's damned close. Here is the still of the pass. This is the last touch as it leaves the foot. It's really, really close and I really wouldn't expect an Asst to call this as offside. It's certainly not "obvious" as such. There is a slight suspicion but I don't think this could be called definitive.
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Last edited by DinamoTFC; 10-04-2016 at 12:55 AM.
From 221, Neagle spent 5 seconds dancing long that line - we all saw it. His movement drew your eye.
He was offside.
Does anyone remember that Altidore won that game in Orlando a few weeks ago with a goal that was 100x more "obviously offside" than this one?
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I think it should be noted and talked about every time it happens.
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It was indeed very close, almost too close to expect the assistant to see it. From my view in 110 I saw him dancing the line too and it looked pretty obvious that he was off at the time. Equal/inline with the defender is defined as off-side, I believe.
Anyway, the larger point I'm trying to make is about the officiating in the playoffs. I don't fully believe in all of the conspiracy theories on how the major leagues don't want to see a Canadian team win a championship. However, some do believe that the straw that broke the back of the old NASL was when a non-American, ethnically named team won the cup - Toronto Metro-Croatia. This was not the sole or even a major reason why the league folded but some do believe that it was definitely a factor.
With all off the wink, wink, nudge, nudge stuff that goes on in this completely non-transparent league, I could see some not wanting Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal to win the MLS cup (not for a few more years at least) and doing whatever they thought they needed to do to prevent it.
I'm concerned.
ESPN is covering Toronto vs Montreal in a couple of weeks when they could have covered any other game in the East including NYCFC @ DCU.
If they really hated Canadian teams in the playoffs, they wouldn't cover that game at all.
We bring spectacle - they like Montreal and Toronto and Portland for a reason.
FIFA changed that rule many years ago. Even is on-side.
Not saying that necessarily applies here. However there's a better viewing angle available within the highlight of this goal on mlssoccer.com . It's not perfectly in-line either, so you have to imagine the straight lines across the field. But a much better angle than the one above.
I paused & looked at that one many times. It depends on when exactly you consider the ball to have left the foot on the pass. Definitely close enough that it's not worth getting upset either way. No need to bash MLS officials on this one, there are much worse calls to get worked up about. And obviously the defence has to play in a way that doesn't depend on millimetre-exact calls from the officials.
No, even is on-side.
There's nothing illegal about that. When the ball was passed forward, he was even with the defender. NOT offside.
Last edited by Blizzard; 10-05-2016 at 07:21 AM.
This, and it is usually usual to give the atacking player the advantage
man, look how high up that D is in relation to where the ball is.
what was going on in their heads?
Ya, they fell asleep.
Vanney noted that after the game - he was not pleased.
^Looks like they were playing the trap. Got burned on that one.
Unless he came back from an offside position while "dancing" along the line.
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