(Yes, I resisted the obvious choice)
Letting it go is the name of the game
Is to dance with the tiger
And laugh at the rain
*******
Have at It People
(Yes, I resisted the obvious choice)
Letting it go is the name of the game
Is to dance with the tiger
And laugh at the rain
*******
Have at It People
Tigres are in mid-season form and will be taking this seriously. They've been good the past few years, but we shouldn't fear them. We need to keep them off the board at home and try to bang a few in before we head down there.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
NOTE:
This game is being posted as being played on Tues March 6th 8 PM @ BMO
GlenM
"You play to win the game"
Herm Edwards - Former NFL Coach
Our tickets read March 7th, 8pm. Also, why is this game free? Is it suppose to be included in our SSH package?
Edit: I investigated.
Package
• All 17 MLS regular season home matches
• 1 CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) Match
• 2 additional matches, CCL or Canadian Championships
• Priority Access to 2017 Home Playoff Matches
No date or time confirmed as of yet on the official SCCL website:
https://www.concacafchampionsleague....am=all-matches
Any Leaf fan old enough to have seen Tiger Williams play will remember that the Gardens organist played Hold That Tiger every time he fought.
So I heard this song a lot in my youth.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYPwxJQZTNo
Last edited by ensco; 02-28-2018 at 11:05 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
They play a league game on Sunday against Veracruz then us on tues/wed. Followed by another league game on Saturday with Club Tijuana then us on the following tues/wed.
Tigres sit 6th in Liga MX, Veracruz sits 14th and Tijuana is 10th.
We have Cbus this weekend but then no game between the 2 Tigres matches.
I wouldn't be surprised if they send a reserve squad here for next weeks game with the hope of squeaking out a close one or even lose by 1-2 goals. Then play the big kids the following match at home.
This is a huge game... Ideally we need to win by a couple of goals and keep a clean sheet...
I think playing 3-5-2 is the way to go as, Moor has looked shaky when we played 4 in the back.
In our package the tickets we got outside of the MLS regular season are:
First CCL game (last night),
And then the next 2 either CCL or Can Champ (whichever happens first).
So, we will need to pay later on for the CCL final (if we reach it), and at least 1 Can Champ game right now.
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"The Harder the Struggle, The Greater the Reward" - @OsoJ92AWAY DAYS - CHICAGO August 2017, MONTREAL March 2018
Herediano gave them some trouble, they won’t be feeling that confident. I bet they will send everybody. Forget home field, like Vanney said, it's a 180 minute tie.
This competition matters in Mexico. Everybody wants to play a Barcelona or a Bayern in Tokyo (or wherever they do it now)
"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 can't do anything with my tickets on the account because it says:
There are no actions available for the seats below.
- Due to an outstanding payment on your invoice, some seats may not be eligible for certain actions. To make a payment, click here.
Section xx, Row xxYou have 2 seat(s)
seat details current entry method to event ticket status Seat xx Not Available for Action Seat xx Not Available for Action
I'm on the instalment plan but I don't seem to see where I am required to, or can, make a payment (other than accelerating my regular payments)?
Does anyone else have this? My suspicion is just that the ticket setup is incomplete at this time. My league game tickets are fine for download etc.
Guys, let's be totally honest about this:
Will be an incredibly difficult two legged affair for TFC.
We'll need to play the first leg keeping in mind that it's almost impossible we'll not get scored on us at least twice in Mexico.
IMO anything less than a 2 goal victory at BMO will lead us not having more than 25% chances going through after the 2nd leg.
I hope we bust out the 3-5-2 in this one.
This is a good read on Tigres
Consistently competing for trophies under longtime boss Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti, Los Felinos have won three of the last five Liga MX championships (the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Aperturas) and finished as runners-up in last year's Clausura.
One of only two men in Mexican soccer history to coach more than 1,000 league games, their hard-boiled Brazilian manager is as savvy and ruthless as they come, and has steered the club for more than a decade – a lifetime in Mexican coaching terms. US-based fans may remember Ferretti as the one who took over El Tri for a brief stint in 2015, orchestrating Mexico’s dramatic CONCACAF Cup win over the USMNT at the Rose Bowl to book tickets to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Just as daunting: Tigres, fuelled by success as well as the investment of investors Cemex, a construction-industry titan, have relentlessly built on one achievement after another, splashing out on some of the biggest transfers in modern Liga MX history.
The headliner is French striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, a powerful finisher and mercurial personality who has turned many heads in Europe towards the Mexican game. Chilean attacker Eduardo Vargas, Argentinean Ismael Sosa and their Ecuadorian colleague Enner Valencia are cunning, athletic frontrunners who’d be welcomed into the starting lineups of just about every pro team on the continent.
Goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman is a quirky, combustible presence capable of winning matches himself on the rare occasions that his teammates do not. Mexican internationals like Javier Aquino, Hugo Ayala and Real Salt Lake target Jesus Duenas are also key cogs on a roster bursting with elite talent. Even US international Jose Francisco “Gringo” Torres, rarely called upon in recent seasons, made an impact for Tigres, rising from the bench to assist on the final goal of their 3-1 win over Herediano on Tuesday.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/...s-ccl-quarters
Interesting fact ahead of the tie is that Chris Mavinga played with Tigres Timothee Kolodziejczak on French underage teams (U20 WC + U19 Euros)
Last edited by Areathrasher; 02-28-2018 at 11:39 AM.
I looked at the Heridaino-Tigres highlights and if Tigres puts out the lineup and play the way I watched on there, I think TFC can take them.
If anyone comes across the day and time of both legs on the official club or concacaf sites can I get a post or a link? Thanks.
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"The Harder the Struggle, The Greater the Reward" - @OsoJ92AWAY DAYS - CHICAGO August 2017, MONTREAL March 2018
I just watched the extended highlights for both Tigres vs Herediano games. They're easy to find on YouTube: 9 to 10 minutes highlights per game.
I would love to hear the opinion of people who watch the Mexican league more often. I think Tigres will be tough for TFC. And if things are really tight, I believe Tigres can shift into another gear and really make things difficult for Toronto. HOWEVER I was thoroughly unimpressed after watching those extended highlights.
A couple of the Tigres goals were massive gifts by Herediano. A few of the other Tigres goals were OK but not really awe-inspiring. Also they seem to run a huge number of plays up the wings with crosses into the box. I don't think teams score many goals against TFC that way.
Tigres defense also had sleepy moments and let in some iffy goals.
It's hard to see in the highlights, but I think Tigres will press TFC high and hard, making it difficult to build up any plays. TFC didn't look great yesterday when Colorado were playing like that. They will need to rejig their midfield vs. Tigres. Also Vazquez's passing has been off a bit in the first two games; hopefully off-season cobwebs will have been swept out by next Wednesday.
If Toronto can convert, I think an upset is possible. They won't get many chances though.
it will be nice to see 2 teams play futbol next week unlike last night where one team played rugby.
tough to go by Tigres vs Herediano game results, Gignac wasn't even a sub for those