For Those Who Stand Long
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Have at It People
For Those Who Stand Long
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Have at It People
Home Show is on this weekend. Bear in mind for anyone planning to park at Ex Place since parking lots will likely be busier than normal.
Nashville is bad. Like typical expansion side bad.
No reason why TFC can't take 3 pts
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
2-0 or 3-1 for the good guys.
(With what normaly should have been a 4 goal win, but a lots of great scoring chances being squandered....).
Having just a nerve-wrecking 1 goal win against such side would not go down as a positive, and God forbid, having a collective brainfart or collective no show on part of TFC, resulting in a draw, will be a minor disaster.
Getting beaten at home by Nashville should not be talked even as a slight possibility, but if it happens it's a bigger calamity than the coronavirus. lol...
Nashville have no offense to speak of. Their best offensive threat is Zimmerman. That being said they are solid defensively and I woulnd't be surprised with a 1-0 or 2-0 score for us. They aren't a Cinci kind of expansion team.
Yeah, that's my take.
Nashville started out with a press against Portland that was effective against a team that doesn't play the ball quickly. Then when Portland scored, the Timbers went into bunker ball and Nashville could do nothing.
I expect them to press. I also think we are going to be passing the ball around a heck of a lot. The quicker we move the ball, the more incisive our offence will be.
There is going to be a lot of grumbling in the stands.
This is a good game to see if Fraser can deal with the press & pass the ball quickly.
I expect a 2-0 win. Altidore gets a brace and the team bunkers down for the clean sheet. Exact same lineup as against NYCFC.
I watched that whole game and I did not think Nashville had no offence.
I came away thinking Nashville had good possesion, was a bit snakebit, and couldn't play from behind.
Also Accam and 1-2 other players had their homes destroyed in those tornados last week, so they did not practice properly.
Mukhtar is a pretty interesting player, who hasn't shown anything yet. Accam has burned us before.
I expect goals. Could be a trap game.
Last edited by ensco; 03-09-2020 at 11:37 AM.
"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
I'm more concerned about Og going with Dolly and not Led Zep.
Correct. Our performances in the first two games would suggest we should win - but we still have to win.
I'm encouraged though by what seems to me our much greater attacking penetration compared with last year.
Last year we often had lots of possession without ever looking dangerous, which was not the case in the first two games.
This may be due to Pozuelo playing in his best position.
"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
From watching the highlights, I think we take Nashville lightly at our peril.
How mad will some of you be when Fraser doesn't start again this time? I will make this a running question.
Load management?!?! We just started the season and have one game a week, lol. The LAST thing I would do is mess with the starting 11, especially our Mavinga/Gonzalez CB pairing.
Load management should only be done on the road anyway.
I don't agree with squad rotation when it comes to CB pairings of any of the back line really for that matter. Tinkering with the back line unless you absolutely have to is a recipe for goals against in my opinion. Communication and knowing the other player's defensive tendencies takes time to learn and you can't just swap people in easy and expect the same results. One miscue can be a goal. That is my two cents anyway. Let the other defenders play when they need to only. If you want to give them game minutes give them a TFC II game here or there if that is possible.
On another note
I have made the decision to not go to this game
For me, too much of a risk - I have too many connections with people who me attending would up the risk
Understand why the event would continue
Understand why some people will still go