WOW,
Game day and no pre/in/post game thread.Excitement surrounding TFC is really high,lately.
Starting line up anyone?
Deep down hope for a win,in reality don't give a f*#k,season is finished anyway.
WOW,
Game day and no pre/in/post game thread.Excitement surrounding TFC is really high,lately.
Starting line up anyone?
Deep down hope for a win,in reality don't give a f*#k,season is finished anyway.
If a loss helps get that moron Mariner fired then I'm hoping for a Chicago win....
With the Anselmi promotion I don't see Mariner going anywhere. He will have next season to prove he is capable.
As for who will play for TFC today:
O'Dea didn't play for Ireland yesterday and returned to Toronto early, so he should be available.
Lambe and Hall didn't play for Bermuda yesterday so they should also be available.
Johnson played a full 90 for Jamaica so I don't see him playing.
I don't think Morgan and Dunfield will make it back from Panama in time.
Injury Report:
TORONTO FC -- OUT: GK Stefan Frei (L lower leg); FW Danny Koevermans (L knee ACL tear); DF Ty Harden (lower abdominal strain); MF Torsten Frings (L hip); QUESTIONABLE: FW Eric Hassli (rib contusion); DF Doneil Henry (L knee tendinosis)
CHICAGO FIRE -- OUT: DF Cory Gibbs (R knee meniscus repair); DF Steven Kinney (R groin pain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Daniel Paladini (R calf pain)
Starting Line up:
------------------Kocic-----------------
Hall-----Ecks-------O'Dea------Emory
Lambe---Maund----Avila---Weide---
-----------Silva-------Amerikwa-------
Subs: Hall, Stinson, Cann, Hassli, Henry
Jesus, Aaron Maund and Eric Avila in central midifield? We're in trouble if that happens.
What am I talking about? We're in trouble no matter what. We had no central midfield when we actually had a central midfield.
EDIT: Just noticed bad grammar. Also notable that even with Jesus in midfield, we'd have no chance.
Hmmm, will Boardshorts start a houndstooth pattern, the ever popular large square pattern, something with cargo pockets or go completely off the charts and bring out some capri shorts now the temperature has dropped a little bit?
Wow, I totally forgot TFC were playing today. lol
Anyway, hopefully Mariner plays the kids to give them a chance to prove themselves.
I'll be even more shocked if Kocic WANTS to start.
Bumped in the last important game of the season only to be told he's starting for a game that means nothing with a bunch of other regulars out of the lineup?
And...just had triplets.
I doubt he has any desire to play but I'd think that if he's a professional he'll do what's asked of him....begrudgingly.
Let's roll some Academy kids out there. Why not?
"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
Who wants to bet were going to have less than 25% possesion?
2 FREE TICKETS TONIGHT 133 row 8. First to respond gets them, make sure you use them. You have til about 4:55 to respond
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
I've never seen anything to suggest the guy knows what the word "longball" even means, or any other tactical suggestion. If there were a definition of having an utterly superficial public persona, he would be it. Who knows what the guy knows, other than how to charm in person, which he's apparently very good at.
That and a quarter still won't buy you a pack of gum any more.
From the twitters:
#TorontoFC XI: Kocic; J. Hall, Eckersley, O'Dea, Emory; Lambe, Maund, Silva, Wiedeman; Amarikwa, Hassli .
I guess I was wrong about the keeper. No Avila though.
Bench: F. Hall; Cann, Henry, Morgan, Stinson, Avila
Shortened bench, once again. I guess Makabuya and Cordon aren't good enough to be on our bench, again.
@JohnMolinaro: #TFC still technically alive in playoff race and won't be officially eliminated unless they lose or draw vs. Chicago today, MLS told me.
In the pregame show with Serioux and that dude thats not Bonhomme, the lineup was like this:
---------------------------Kocic--------------------------
Hall----------Eckersley--------------O'Dea-----------Emory
----------------------------------------------------------
Avila----------Maund---------------Stinson?----------Silva
----------------------------------------------------------
-------------Amarikwa--------------Hassli?----------------
I dont remember if it Hassli or Stinson.