Can you imagine a 10 am kickoff the next morning ala the Champions League match vs. Dallas. That would be a disaster on so many levels.Originally Posted by OgtheDim
Can you imagine a 10 am kickoff the next morning ala the Champions League match vs. Dallas. That would be a disaster on so many levels.
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Only in Montreal, where they blame all poor infrastructure on "harsh" winters, do they build an unwinterized outdoor stadium right next to an indoor backup that can't be used if it snows more than a few centimetres.
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Just back from Montreal. After a generation of decay & municipal corruption the entire city is a construction zone. Would not recommend driving there if you can avoid it. Rush hour in tuesdAy will be mental.
Glad I am going to be there around noon, after great afternoon at the pub, subway out to the Big O. It can't come soon enough.
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I may have an extra ticket for the game. Does anybody want a seat in section 414 Row C, Seat 8 ($30)? PM me if you're interested. I'm coming from Ottawa and could give you the ticket there, or I could email/fax you a hardcopy of the ticket I printed out.
I knew the Big O was an absolute dump but I didn't realize the roof was that weak.
I thought you only had to worry about falling concrete in that shithole but apparently, even snowflakes can ruin your evening.
Despite snow, Impact gets green light for Big O playoff game
http://montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/montreal-impact/despite-snow-impact-gets-green-light-for-big-o-playoff-game
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Thank god, considering we're on the train & arriving in Montreal soon!!!
This snow/cancellation/reschedule business reminds me of this:
Don Garber on winter schedule: "it's not an if, it's a when"
This would be a nightmare. I like soccer in cooler weather - it is actually a very tough game to play in high heat because of all the running - but our winters would ruin the game.
With Blatter gone the issue is dead. Don't worry about it ever happening.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
Now that we know the game is happening, my nerves are starting.
So what would everyone realistically be happy with for this game? Something like a 1-1? A goal or two is so important.
A draw would be fine, as long as we score. Away goal is so key.
The Reds are about to take the pitch ie concrete carpet at the Big O. You can see our sections in the top right corner of the photo below.
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Greg will be on Prime Time Sports with Bobcat tonight. 5:40 PM
Today's PTS guests include...@NHLFlames GM Brad Treliving at 5:10, @torontofc Coach Greg Vanney at 5:40, @BlueJays GM Ross Atkins at 6:35
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Just look at how its coming up, someone could blow their knee, etc on it.
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN 4m4 minutes ago
Horrendous playing surface inside the Big O. I wouldn't play putt-putt on this. #MLSPlayoffs
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I took a tour of that stadium when I was in Montreal for the first time. It's just not fathomable that it can exist in a first world country. I'd always heard the stories, but that thing is a debacle of monumental proportions.
No game should ever be played on any fake turf in my opinion/experience. It grips way too much. That's how knee and other ligament injuries happen.
That's so horrible, all those blue coloured seats,The Reds are about to take the pitch ie concrete carpet at the Big O. You can see our sections in the top right corner of the photo below.
That's what you get when the Mafia run your construction industry, as happened in Montreal in the 1970's.
Expressway overpasses built during the same era are falling apart now, requiring rebuilding.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
In the 1970s? Didn't they have a public inquiry into that like last week?That's so horrible, all those blue coloured seats,
That's what you get when the Mafia run your construction industry, as happened in Montreal in the 1970's.
Expressway overpasses built during the same era are falling apart now, requiring rebuilding.
The stories about the trucks of concrete going through the gate, getting counted and going out the gate, all in a circle over and over and the dollar signs went up.
That's so horrible, all those blue coloured seats,
That's what you get when the Mafia run your construction industry, as happened in Montreal in the 1970's.
Expressway overpasses built during the same era are falling apart now, requiring rebuilding.
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There's still an open question how much organized crime still runs Montreal construction.
I can hardly wait for this game, sleeping may be harder tonight!
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
I don't understand why there turf there is so bad, wasn't it replaced for the women's world cup?
It was, but this isn't that turf.
Apparently that turf is now being used elsewhere (I heard someone on twitter say it's at Impact's practice facility).
This is the shitty turf.
OMG that's effin unbelievable. What happened to the WWC turf? Does this shit even meet MLS requirements?
Kurtis Larson @KurtLarSUN 59m59 minutes agoMontréal, Québec
Kurtis Larson Retweeted Shane Clausing
I'm told it's at Montreal's training ground.
Kurtis Larson added,
Shane Clausing @ShaneC06
@KurtLarSUN @ricardofartura what ever happened to the turf from the World Cup? Or is that the turf?
Kurtis Larson Retweeted Gavin Day
Different.
Kurtis Larson added,
Gavin Day @gavinlday
@KurtLarSUN Is it the same surface from the women’s World Cups? That stuff wasn’t bad at all...
I. can't. wait. any. longer!
I hate this international break.
Just took a time machine to 1976. Looks like it, smells like it, feels it. And I can't wait, Big O here we come.
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Beers are going down smoothly in Montreal!! Patiently awaiting tomorrow!! COME ON YOU REDS!!
John Tory dumping the Impact out at the curb. ( :
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