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Match Day 11 - NER @ TFC Saturday May 6 7:39pm - Don't you wonder what we'll find
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And Jozy comes home , he will always have that 66th minute.
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Didn't realize he was back from Liga MX.Originally Posted by Red CB Toronto
Anyway I predict a low scoring game. NE defense and goaltending is top notch.
Plus, their main striker was stretchered off the field on Saturday. Probably out for our game. Hope it's not as bad as it looked.
That was Dylan Borrero, their young attacking midfielder. Knee injury of some sort.
Their main striker now is Vrioni, the former Juventus youth. Good, good player.
Borrero was their Tajon replacement and a big part of why they're doing so well this year.
NYCFC should not have been as bad as they were last night - this turnaround was fast and one of two things is true:
1) the turnaround really was solidified and we're going to put in a pretty good showing against NER
2) we've still got a ways to go and will either grit towards a 2-2 draw or lose
Hopefully it's option 1.
Doyle speculating the Borreo injury means NER return to a 4-4-2 diamond with bombing WB's providing width and a LOT of midfield possession fighting.
I suspect this match might come down to who can get the ball to the wings quicker.
Coello at centre-mid it is then.
Coello has really solidified himself as a viable option, hasn't he? If he starts, I'm expecting this to be his 'test' game and for one of the other three to start having to make room for him if he succeeds.Coello at centre-mid it is then.
I am enjoying his play and progress; I hold a lot of hope in him. I really liked his sort of hybrid DM effort against <EDIT- Philadelphia? NOT! Meant…> NYCFC; for me, a hybrid between a volante de contencion and de salida.
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Also, from Doyle - about the last match and Sapong’s influence. I expect more of the same.
“DP wingers Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne both hit season-highs for passes received in the attacking third as per TruMedia via StatsPerform“
Alright, a time to get your football manager spectacles on ask… Fede, now on four yellow cards? Do you, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, him, and instruct he take a deliberate foul in this match, in order to miss the subsequent ‘MLS’ match against CFMTL? Perhaps, have him do so, if the option remains, in the MLS CFMTL match, so he then misses the following match against RBNY? Or, do you do/say nothing and see what happens organically; whenever and wherever that chip may fall?
You want him out there for every match - he kept his head a bit more the last game - see he does it for this one as well so he gets to the derby.
Don’t want to get too far ahead of myself but this is a crucial month for our season.
7 games, 5 at home including a Voyageurs Cup tie. And all winnable IMO. Would be really disappointing to not see a charge up the table with this schedule:
5/6: vs NE
5/9: vs MTL (VCup)
5/13: @ MTL
5/17: vs NYRB
5/20: @ Austin
5/27: vs DC
5/31: vs CHI
There is a good behaviour policy in MLS, if he plays 5 games with no cautions, a card gets removed from the accumulation. 1 down.
5/6 vs NE and the 5/20 @ Austin are really the toughest matches.
I agree with you though. This should be at least 4/6 wins for league games.
O'Brien, klisch and Benteke have made a considerable impact on DC. They've won four in a row.
NYRB always causes us fits & MTL is MTL.
Yep. In other words they’re almost all tough matches this month and a few too many of them.
Forgot they got O'Brien. He's gone in July though right?
Really I guess any game in MLS is tough. I still stand we need 4/6 wins this run to turn the season into a winning one.
Games like that are always unpredictable but MTL are proper absolute garbage this season, their record is better than their performances and their record is pretty bad. They seem, per the numbers I'm looking at, to be both the leagues worst team on Xg and on Xg against so there's a good argument they may have the leagues worst defence and the leagues worst attack. There's no excuses, if we can't beat them we're in real trouble
Last two games they've been much better. Mathieu Choniere is turning into a decent midfielder.
Still should beat them, though.
Yes, correct. While hopeful about his good behaviour, IIUC, historically, more often than not, he has tested, met or exceeded such a threshold. Tactically, I would prefer his absence to be of TFC choosing; against the most desirable/manageable opponent.
Who can blame him? I'd be collecting cards out there if I had to deal with PRO refs on a weekly basis.
I don't as dissent was my usual yellow, it would be exactly the same for me, probably worse.
Mind you, I was at my pomp 75-90 so you could do almost anything in those days.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/WakingtheRed/status/1654227519694856193?s=20
Looks like last week's lineup starts this week again.
Good thing Arena rarely changes his lineups to match his opponents
And theoretically Dio is available off the bench. Definitely a helpful addition.
Lower body is and always will be our thing.
At some point shouldn't somebody, somewhere start wondering why we're getting these non-stop for years on end with most of them being training injuries?
Given the complexity of the body, Lower body/upper body seems an almost meaningless designation. I think most football injuries involve the “lower body” which is, what?, anything below the waist?
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