Will we get 5 wins?
Will we get 5 wins?
Just kidding around here with you, Denime.
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March 2008 - Columbus; March 2009 - Kansas City; April 2010 - New England; July 2010 - Philadelphia.
In how many years?Originally Posted by Bars92
It is hilarious that the Vancouver fans are booing Bettman and cheering Boston!
Unlikely, they're probably on the next flight back seeing as how they play on Saturday.
Overall, the team moved the ball around well against a really awful team and failed to get any real chances. Gordon was good in the first half, Ecks was solid, Henry was good, Frei did his job and Sturgis can cross a ball really well.
Season V
Best moment:
Cordon turning Joseph inside out.
I thought is was Twellman saying "It's the frickin' Stanley Cup, man" during the broadcast.
All in one season? Wow that's setting the bar high...
Good road match. Given the crap we've seen over the years on the road, this was probably one of the better games. Even Twellman was talking about TFC having the run of play for the most part. First 20 minutes were all TFC. They stumbled from about the 65-75th and then after Zav's red. But I see positives in the interplay.
I wish I watched this match instead of the Canucks vs Bruins game
Gordon looked dead tired by the end, I agree with Twellman's assessment why take of Santos who was having a decent game and leave on Gordon who was struggling with match fitness. Some times Winter's tactics require some subtitles...
Looking forward to Saturday's game, I except a better match than the first blow out. Mind Seattle are a much better team than NE.
I was pleasantly surprised as I hadn't had the chance to see a TFC game since before I went away on vacation (and the last one I saw was the rainout!)
I see progress and I saw some solid stuff from Eckersley, especially.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
Not bad, not great. It will be interesting to see if TFC can keep building against Seattle.
I'm sold on Henry, Cordon not so much.
I think Henry's at a physical level that allows him to compete, Cordon has a way to go still. Henry did make a couple or errors that a better team would have made TFC pay for.
This was 2 of the league's worst teams showing how inept each are. They took tooks losing the ball to each other for 90 minutes. It was a pretty poor level of football on both sides. It was no surprise both are scraping the bottom of the standings.
http://www.sportsclubstats.com/USA/MLS.html
Probability stats show Toronto with a 3.4% chance of making the playoffs. In June! You have to reach a certain level of suckitude to achieve this accomplishment, especially when 2 extra playoff spots have been added this year.
Call it a year, play the kids and retool.
Last edited by Roogsy; 06-16-2011 at 12:16 AM.
The East is terrible this year.
That only makes us look worse.
Been asking this for a while.
A couple of things to ponder maybe. After the 2-6 game with no JDG and no Cann (and then no Attakora after the KC game) things looked potentially problematic to say the least given the lack of depth to the roster. Three games later it's clear that even with the existing squad no JDG, no Cann and no Attakora is no problem so the resident malcontents are in no way pivotal. There is genuine competition for places now so JDG and Attakora could easily be dropped from the starting lineup between now and the end of the season and then moved on once their contracts are up now that Canadian content requirements are much less stringent. That strengthens the position of Mariner and Winter considerably and reduces the scope for the sort of mischief that may or may not have undermined Preki last season after the promising run of form prior to the World Cup break ended due in part to a dramatic dip in goal scoring from a certain high profile player after Mista became second highest paid on the roster.
Beyond that despite the two extra teams the bar on reaching the playoffs is slightly lower this year now that 10 out of 18 rather than 8 out of 16 teams get in. Although 15 points from 16 games is less than stellar with 18 games remaining and the transfer window soon to open it doesn't take an outrageous swing in fortunes to get up to around 40 points so it's way too early to talk about the season being over.
Last edited by CSO_BBTB; 06-16-2011 at 03:56 AM.
game report says attendance was 6680
^Absolute horseshit. Closer to 600 but whatever. Don't care how many were at the Boston pubs instead.
Henry had a great game with finally some time to show his skill. Although we wouldn't be singing his praises as much if that cross that got over him connected square with the NE player that shanked it wide.
In retrospect, Gordon shouldn't have played as much as he did but damn if he wasn't the best player on the pitch for us again. If he could just stay healthy we'd see a crucial ingredient added to this team.
Last edited by Fort York Redcoat; 06-16-2011 at 07:05 AM.
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I hope people set expectations on Henry realistically (which I'm sure some will and some won't). He's an 18 year kid with a bright future. 18 year olds are generally going to make mistakes though, and they aren't going to be solid week in and week out.
After seeing what he did last night, I'll gladly take some mistakes as he continues to develop. This kid is a player.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
It's better if people don't get excited and start thinking playoffs at this point. It could happen still, anything can happen in MLS, but it's not overly likely.
Last edited by Oldtimer; 06-16-2011 at 07:49 AM.
Of course he'll make mistakes, but his potential upswing overshadows that. Honestly, he has Cann's job (who I've never rated anyway) as far as I'm concerned. The reason he has it is that he shows a good reading of the game (for anyone, never mind just for his age), is quick, and doesn't look too shabby with the ball at his feet. Neither Cann nor Attakora have all three of these attributes in my opinion.
I don't know how NE even has a team with such consistantly bad attendance.
Agreed. I've been pleasantly surprised with Henry's level of maturity on the pitch so early in his professional career.
I can't take much more of Youassowsky's rolling around on the ground like a stuck pig. It's getting a bit embarrassing.
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