Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
It was a beautiful afternoon.
There was some nice offensive pressure in the first half.
Dichio played, mixed it up regularly, and didn't get hurt.
Johann Smith showed some real moves.
The rent-a-players at the back really did very well, all things considered.
It would have been easy to roll over and concede the result, we didn't do that, we had some decent chances late.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Agreed, I enjoyed most of our performance. Two meltdowns by a young kid out of his depth. Other than that, our kids looked HUGE. Rosenlund is going to be a force if he keeps playing like that, and I thought both Ricketts and Barrett were dangerous. Smith was in the first but kind of faded. Gaudet looked ok, too.
It was a great game. I enjoyed seeing other players we have. Rosenlund looked good, Regan should still be playing, fans were great.
next year's squad.....
Wynne -- new CB -- new CB -- Brennan
----------- Rosenlund
----- new AM -----Guevara
Ricketts ------------------- Jo.Smith
------------ Barrett
Luca,
Barrett doesn't do well as the lone striker. His time in Chicago proved that when they dropped Rolfe back to the wing.
But I agree with the two new CB's and would consider making Roselund an AM as he seems to be pretty involved in the attacking plays.
Looks intriguing.Originally Posted by LucaGol
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I'm glad to see this thread. I was expecting the usual fire-breathing negativity we always get in the wake of a defeat.
I thought it was a pretty good showing by the club, considering the problems. Lots of great offensive pressure, and Barrett looked pretty dangerous on a few occasions. I'm really glad we've got him with us for a few more years.
And, as was already mentioned, Dichio played, and didn't get re-injured!
As far as losses go, that was a good one. And as a supporter, I thank all of the kids and patchwork signings who played hard and made a game of it.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
This system seems to be gaining popularity all over Europe.
Many teams play like this now...
...Scolari uses it at Chelsea, Ramos at Tottenham...O'Neill at Aston Villa...Hughes at Man City....
...its a decent formation, i like it.
I tend to agree....hopefully we can resurrect the centre-forward position.
Macoumba Kandji anyone?
Guevara and unknown south American midfield partner supplying the creativity with Jo.Smith, Ricketts and Kandji providing the legs and the industry to get the goals.
Luca ,
I like this lineup
We definetly need 2 Cb and the only good defenders we have are Wynne and Brennan.
Rosenlund impressed me today. I now he missed several opportunities but at least he ha dchances.
Smith looked good also.
Dichio needs to retire. I would move him to assitnt coach. he would be good with the younger players as a mentor.
I was pissed that the Jays game made me miss the first 60 minutes. Bollix!!
I would have enjoyed it more if I could have seen the game in its entirety.
The CBC could have shown it on tape delay and even "caught up" a bit by skipping over those inevitable 2 minute stretches when players are rolling about and holding up play. But no... they kept advertising how we could pay for the game like a pay for view deal. If it wasn't for the Guiness it would have been a total loss for 60+ minutes.
No use complaining about the Jays game running into the TFC game...their numbers are just too good for us to have a leg to stand on.
I must say that I was very entertained watching tfc play today. Even though we were down so many players, it was good to see us put up a good fight. Their are many positives we can take from this match.
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