TFC @ Rapids Game Thread

[TFC USA]

Toronto FC @ Colorado


4:00 PM ET (Sportsnet, FSC)


TFC's last 5 games: 2 draws, 3 losses


Colorado's last 5 games: 1 win, 2 ties, 2 losses




Can the streak end here? Here is my line up for TFC:





..........................Sutton.................. ............

James............Harmse.............Marshall...... ....Attakora-Gyan

....................Robinson..............Brennan. ......................


.........Ricketts..................Robert......... .........Barrett.........


................................Ibrahim........... ..........................



Prediction: I had a dream Ricketts and Robert led us from 2-0 down to a 2-2 draw, but I see another 2-0 or 2-1 kind of loss, with a late goal given up.


EDIT: I'm also thinking of a 4-1-3-2, with Robinson or Harmse playing that one man position, and Ibby and Barrett up front.



Officially, 2-1 to Colorado (Gomez 44, 85) over TFC (Barrett, 72)

[Flipityflu]

i don't think your line up is right. 4 4 2, james, attakora-gyan, marshall, brennan in the back, ricketts, hemming, robinson, robert in the middle, with barrett and ibrahim up front.

[Stryker]

Thats the most ridiculous postioning of players immaginable.
Why don't you throw Rosenlund in goal for Suts while your at it?

[Nuvinho]

------------------Sutton---------------------

Gyan------James-------Marshall------Brennan

Ricketts-----Harmse------Robinson----Robert

-----------Ibbe-------Barrett---------------

[Bars92]

2-0 TFC (Barrett, Ricketts)

[Stryker]

I think Dichio will start with Ibbe getting subbed in around the 30 min mark or maybe making it to half.

[Kickit09]

we are tied for last place right now and if we dont win today there is a god chance we could hold that last place spot all to ourself. i'd say this is a must win, but thats been said so many times already over the 12 game winless streak so im not even going to bother. all im going to say is they BETTER win... thank god we are playing one of the worst teams in the west too, allthough will it even matter.

[zeelaw]

i feel we will lose.

[rocker]

i feel we will lose.

brighten up!

[kitchener-TFC]

I think that Ibbe and Barrett will start up front, with Dichio coming in for Ibbe around the 60th minute.
I won't have high expectations for the boys though .

[S_D]

aye!...look at the injury report.

http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/t280/news/

Robert - questionable - hamstring injury
Nana Attakora-Gyan - questionable - groin injury

common Mo get your boots on, or we will only have 3 subs for the game

[Yohan]

I think Dichio will start with Ibbe getting subbed in around the 30 min mark or maybe making it to half.

Why the heck would you start Dichio when he is only going to last 30 mins? (and not match fit yet)

[NateDoGG]

all i can says is, we better effin win today..................... if not i want carver fired, and i bet he will blame the refs too

[Bobo]

I want Hemming!

[ExiledRed]

i feel we will lose.

Things arent looking great are they?

With everything against them, from altitude to inexperience, a win would be something special, and there would be new heroes in the squad.

It's something to hope for, I've seen crazier shit happen.

[Kickit09]

Things arent looking great are they?

With everything against them, from altitude to inexperience, a win would be something special, and there would be new heroes in the squad.

It's something to hope for, I've seen crazier shit happen.

you know times are bad when a win would be considered crazy shit.

[The Kingpin]

all i can says is, we better effin win today..................... if not i want carver fired, and i bet he will blame the refs too

Thank the lord you're not in charge then, I love people who want managers fired after 65% of one season. So since you seem to really understand management and it's nuances, do you have a replacement in mind that you feel can execute exponentially better. Carver is class and wants to win, I like his heart and desire. He supports the fans and feels their frustration. If he blames the officials I will always understand as the MLS officials are a supreme embarrassment.

[tlear]

Hoping for a draw..

----------------Sutton----------------------
Gyan------James-------Marshall------Brennan
----------Harmse-------Robinson------------
Smith-----------Rickets---------------Robert
-----------------Barret----------------------



Sub Harmse for Dichio and change to 4-4-2 if/when we are down 1

[torfchamilton]

Going to be a difficult game. Nice big GRASS field and a bit of altitude to contend with. I think at most we perhaps can get a draw, but more likely a loss. Is it true that BMO has the smallest playing surface in the league? If it is you can see why our defenders always look like they are flopping around out of position on our away games.

[GBV]

betting line:
colorado -138
draw +287
toronto +421

[kitchener-TFC]

Robert - questionable - hamstring injury
Nana Attakora-Gyan - questionable - groin injury

common Mo get your boots on, or we will only have 3 subs for the game

Don't worry about Robert, as he'll probably end up playing.

Here's my set-up:

-----------------Sutton
Gyan------James-------Marshall------Brennan
---------Harmse------------Robinson
Ricketts------------------------------Robert
--------------Smith----Barrett

Smith will probably come off around the 60th/70th minute for Dichio.

[bhoybobby]

Guaranteed TFC win.

P.S. Would all the geniuses calling for Carver to be fired, kindly STFU

[Rhapido]

Thats the most ridiculous postioning of players immaginable.
Why don't you throw Rosenlund in goal for Suts while your at it?

Actually, he left out the part that in his dream, the TFC trainer had played in goal in place of Suts, but since he got tossed the last game, he couldn't realistically pencil him in.

[TFC USA]

Okay, you want a real line up?


.................Edwards.........

.........Barrett.........Rosenlund.........Hemming ........Robinson

............Harmse....................Brennan..... .................Ricketts.................

.................James...................Marshall. ...............Hemming...........



Hmmmmmm........maybe not a bad idea, come up with the craziest lineup.

[ilikemusic]

Time to settle in for another painful road performance by TFC.

[rocker]

Nice big GRASS field and a bit of altitude to contend with. I think at most we perhaps can get a draw, but more likely a loss. Is it true that BMO has the smallest playing surface in the league? If it is you can see why our defenders always look like they are flopping around out of position on our away games.

i heard this somewhere too.. that BMO's pitch is not as wide.. but I dunno if that's true. it doesn't seem smaller to the eye or compared to any other fields I see in MLS on TV. Except colorado, which is purposely bigger.

[TFC USA]

Guaranteed TFC win.

P.S. Would all the geniuses calling for Carver to be fired, kindly STFU

In a year where he started off by getting 6 wins (and a road win) in a much faster time than last season, only to witness a failure to best two USL teams at home, failing to hold onto a lead in two of them, failing to keep his cool at press conferences, failing to use his subs wisely, failing to keep Cunny off of the pitch, yeah I'd say he's good.

[rocker]

Okay, you want a real line up?


.................Edwards.........

.........Barrett.........Rosenlund.........Hemming ........Robinson

............Harmse....................Brennan..... .................Ricketts.................

.................James...................Marshall. ...............Hemming...........



Hmmmmmm........maybe not a bad idea, come up with the craziest lineup.

Marshall was actually a forward in his younger days.. might work..

[TFC USA]

What concerns me is TFC, home or road, keeps giving up goals in the last 10 minutes of the game, and the only way I see TFC winning is jumping out to a 2-0 lead...somehow.

[Dub Narcotic]

Could we have a separate thread for the inevitable complaining about the announcers? Please?