If true then I say he'll be seeing ALOT of red cards heading his way and putting the Impact in PK situations.Originally Posted by [NBF]
If true then I say he'll be seeing ALOT of red cards heading his way and putting the Impact in PK situations.
Actually, if I read your first couple of posts right it's that Rivas will shut down Koevermanns all of next year because he is like Chad Marshall.
Some real definitive stuff there.
Last edited by BFin; 10-04-2011 at 08:12 AM.
^ LOL
I don't see Rivas being able to shut down Koevermanns at all. If anything has taught us usually players that ping pong around teams and leauges are not as good as they sound no matter what there pedigree. See Ali Gerba.
So what if this Rivas dude shuts Danny K down 1 v 1! Unless when they go to an unbalanced schedule they also decide that 80% of the match will be played 1 v 1, Montreal will still have to deal with Plata (if he's back) and Johnson. Both of which have proven to be effective strikers.
Besides, even if Rivas tries to man mark Danny K out of a match, I have enough confidence in Danny K's intelligence to change what he does and where he goes on the field. Good strikers do this - its one of the things that set them apart.
And also, it's just about impossible to eliminate a player for an entire match. We have players in the midfield (and wing backs a la Morgan and hopefully Eks) that will find ways to get the ball forward to the strikers in a position to score.
TFC will be better than the L'impact and will beat them like we have in the past.
I guess if Rivas is physical like Chad Marshall, that may mean TFC will only able to score four goals per game against Montreal, like they did the last time they played against Chad Marshall.
If Koevermans gets marked heavily, I've seen him switch off to the wing for periods of time, with Johnston, Soolsma, Plata, etc. In that case I guess Rivas will play fullback in order to shut down the Koef, which should work real well for Montreal...
LMAO!!! Thanks for the laughs......
Wow. you must be trolling. he has never shined at any level. could not even stay afloat on the colombian national team.
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Congrats. You're the first to infer that Montreal will finish higher than us next year. Did you say the same for Vancouver last year?
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Well on that level ... neither has Hurtado (he doesn't even have one cap) but he's among the best defenders in MLS.
Anyway, this is just another run-of-the-mill MLS prospect. Speculating on him is well ... speculative.
Given people's critical opinions though, I wonder what they were expecting? Did people look at Richard Eckersley and say: "OMG he's struggling to get time for league two clubs".
This is what MLS prospects generally look like, ahah.
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Honestly, I would have thought that Vancouver would have a better record than TFC considering that TFC had Harden and Cann penciled in as our starting Centre Backs and Vancouver had Jay Demeritt and Michael Boxall, but I guess the only thing the Vancouver Whitecaps can be proud of is the fact that they have a legit scoring duo in Hassli(10) and Camilo(8).
To be honest redcoat, I figured Vancouver'd be better than us too. We were going into a rebuilding year, they'd been building for this season for the better part of 2 years. I actually think their lack of success has been staggering. It def lowered my expectations visa vis MTL. This leagues gotten tougher in the past few years, D2 players can't cut it anymore. Next year if we aren't by far the best Canadian MLS side I'll be shocked. Though I expect us to be in the top 1/3 of the table anyways.
D2 players can cut it in MLS, they just have to be good enough for the depth role they will be asked to play.
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You're right. I mean in key starting roles. Though with the infusion of academy players around the league who knows how long they'll have those depth roles.
while at loan with dnipro, he played a total of 1 game
many people would rate the Dutch > Ukrainian league and the top 12 or 14 teams in the Dutch league > than every team in the ukrainian league except shaktar donestk and dinamo kiev
Maybe they got confused and thought they were getting this other shutdown defender whose name also sounds like Rivas... he's the best in the league after all!
Looks like they have Chimbonda in camp as well
http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/co...al-with-Impact
Damn. After reading some of this thread and the links I think we should just shut down the league next year and hand the cup to Montreal.Montreal will enter this league proper. They will win the Nutrilite next year and will also contend in the league. They will be a playoff team. French players will want to play there.
The management will not accept failure and they will succeed. It will be great to have them in the league and that game at BMO will be a must attend. It will be very professional at the MLS level.
Montreal will show Toronto/Vancouver how its done right from the start and will embarass Toronto on all levels.
Great to have them in. More excitement. Hopefully it will make Toronto more accountable to their fans and team.
We are not worthy. MONTREAL IS THE BEST.
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