Osorio just scored a header in the 6th minute for Canada against US Virgin Islands.
Canada playing a 2-5-3 formation. Yes, 2 defenders lol
Last edited by rydermike; 09-09-2018 at 03:26 PM.
Interesting chart on passes by TFC. 0 is straight ahead
Sorry about the size.
Bradley's pic is interesting - I know he lies back dead centre but he's equidistant and almost equal in frequency to all over what's in front of him for over 1K of passes. That is...impressive.
Then look at Seba, with a couple of to the right differences and slightly shorter distances, he's almost the same in distribution spread.
That's our spine right there.
I'm surprised that hagglund's chart is so similar to Moor's, though it would be more east west like Zav's. Based on the chart you'd think Agar would have had more of am impact.
Am I missing something on these passing charts?
Are they charting passes completed or passes attempted?
I also wonder about the term "normalized".
The colour tells you the average distance when done that angle. The length tells you the % completed where the outer ring is 100%.
FWIW, San Jose finally fired their twerp of a head coach.
^ Was he really that bad? How much can be laid at the feet of their Head Office or owner?
Oh, their head office is crap.
But, their coach pulled this stunt
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/...s-being-subbed
What a prick.
Just saw on twitter/reddit about the league discussing the 3rd DP spot. Possibly getting rid of it all together, or putting a cap on how much can be spent on said DP.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/samstejskal/stat...831859712?s=21
For a League who seems determined to match/be better than Liga MX, this would seem like a backwards move.
Away trips: 2014 - Seattle. 2015 - Montreal. 2016 - Montreal x2. Playoffs - NYCFC, Montreal. 2017 - Salt Lake, Philly, Ottawa, Montreal, Chicago, LA, Atlanta. Playoffs - NYRB, Columbus. 2018 - Monterrey, MX (Tigres) CCL, Montreal, Ottawa, Montreal. 2019 - Philly, Montreal, Seattle (MLS Cup final)
Joke league
Just get rid of all of it and give each team a 35M budget.
No GAM/TAM/SPAM/DP bullshit.
Last edited by Richard; 09-21-2018 at 12:51 PM.
Robbo out at Vancouver
I think the downfall started here
No downfall. Vancouver are a cheapskate outfit, he got a ton of success out of that payroll, and developed Davies.
I wish Robbo were the CMNT coach.
"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
Robinson did pretty well with an $8.2 Million budget 31% of TFC's budget. I don't understand why he punted Ousted & then brought in Shea and Jaurez who are both pretty useless. He's developed Davies well.
For TFC I don't understand how we can sustain a $26 Million salary budget vs the rest of the league - not for this season's level of performance. Imagine how empty the stands will be if we went back to an average $11-$12 Million budget? Look at NYRB and Columbus at $7.7 and $6.9 Million...consistently competitive.
Please no. This guy is a one dimensional manager. Everything is about speed and counterattacking. Zero tactical tactical adjustments, constant griping when his stable of dirty players were carded or sent off. He thinks about the midfield of a team like someone who is stuck in the 80s. He probably wouldn’t understand the concept of a victor Vasquez because he doesn’t run really fast or foul people a lot.
Davies handling was good in terms of not throwing a young boy to the wolves (see Henry, Doniel) but in terms of on field assignments was farsical. Should a once in a generation talent commanding a record fee be playing LB with Brek Shea playing in front of him in the midfield? That defies common sense and happened on plenty of occasions this year. One of many oddities.
He’s been rightfully given the boot.
I am just looking at Twitter reaction.
You will never ever see a bigger range of opinions about a manager.
To the extent there's a consensus, it's that Vancouver haven’t developed talent the way Dallas and NYRB have (which seems to me to be a valid criticism of most of the FOs in the league)
Last edited by ensco; 09-25-2018 at 04:51 PM.
"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
To me, everything you need to know about Robinson the manager can be found in one thing he did as a player.
Not once...not ONCE did he take time over a freekick. He HAD to play it quickly, every single damn time. No regard for where the ball was, no regard for the game state, no regard for where players were.
Definitely some odd personnel decisions over the years at Vancouver. Not sure how many of those were decided by Robbo alone.
"Imagine how empty the stands will be if we went back to an average $11-$12 Million budget?" Not sure how much those different things have to do with each other. TFC's high budget is mostly related to our 3 DPs, and 3 players can only do so much on a footy team. Plus other teams find DPs (and an overall roster) that provide more performance per $. That's a question that TFC FO has to consider as a bunch of TFC contracts expire next year, and players age. Surely TFC could get better performance over time with a lower DP budget if they're careful. Will that get more people in the stands? If they win, probably yes.
Or some teams (e.g. Galaxy) pick their DPs specifically to get bums in seats.
NYRB's performance is great, especially for their budget, but I often see their stands pretty empty, especially if you consider the population in the NY area. I think that has more to do with the location of their stadium; competition from the more conveniently-located NYCFC for the casual footy fan; competition of a million things to do in NY & area; and perhaps their FO isn't too great at selling tickets & building loyalty. BTW perhaps a marquee DP would drive up their salary budget, but help them to sell tickets?
Great stadium and competitive team-I could live with red bull sponsorship unless they sponsored the clubs biggest rival as well