Weather getting better - now saying 5 degrees that afternoon.
Weather getting better - now saying 5 degrees that afternoon.
A fresh coat of green paint on the pitch will fix it up for the game viewing....haha.
I imagine they'll probably do something like that. They have a lot riding on this season helping a steady recovery from the last two years.
I looked at NYRBs performance from last week and they have some serious vulnerabilities. We should be able to get three points out of this one.
The Red Bulls are press, press, press. THey only completed 57% of their passes last week and had 35% of the ball. They won two more tackles than San Jose, but only 12 total.
But they won 3-1.
They committed TWENTY TWO fouls. So basically, they benefited from MLS' shit reffing and just pressured the ball insanely, then took advantage of turnovers.
They're young, inexperienced, and have two relatively inexperienced centre backs. But Cowell, Klymala, Fletcher are all dangerous.
I think we break out and get at least two this week, say 2-1 for the good guys.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8656822/t...r-crowd-covid/
Manning says he's expecting 23k+ to be in attendance.
Anyone know if Heggie and his guys had the grow lights going? Maybe they didn't bust out the grow tent this year?
Neil answers your question in an excellent article right here:
https://www.thestar.com/sports/socce...me-opener.html
I'll say 1-0 TFC. The Red Bulls are an awful team to watch and play against though.
Haggie basically says late Argo game cost us, then difficult winter. But with no Argos, and an early TFC exit last year, I’m betting the field was in good shape before the winter and would have survived much better. It really matters now that we are getting players like Insigne here. They need to report back to the facilities are class.
February was really unusual in the amount of snow we got in January on that one day was coupled with a few more days of snow wallops & not having any sustained periods of thawing - like usually there are 4 days in a row of +5 sometime in January & February.
I think in this case, the answer to our field woes truly is "[insert Curtis' favourite phrase]"
Interesting that he noted in the article they cannot use the lights in 35km/h winds..you'd think with the amount invested in everything that they would have a way to weigh down the lighting system in order to prevent them from falling over. At the same time, maybe that much weight would somehow damage the field. However, it was a good article and I enjoyed reading it. I actually saw an interesting short video the other day about the science behind football pitches if anyone is interested the link is below
https://youtu.be/frGHtxOkVl8
I was going to respond to you, wondering why they just haven't used the Downsview bubble for training this winter. But I guess it's explained in the excellent Neil Davidson article linked below: "With the fields at TFC’s north Toronto training centre still frozen and an aging artificial pitch there not a desirable option, the club has been training all week at BMO Field where the pitch looked sparse and spotty in places." So probably the Downsview bubble is over the aging artificial pitch, and they don't want to use that to avoid injury.
But then I have to ask: why didn't they replace that artificial turf at Downsview, considering how much they're spending on players? There was plenty of time to do that last year due to all the forced breaks for both pro & amateur sports. Anybody know if there are supply chain problems with artificial turf at the moment?
The weather really has been crazy this winter, with extended cold periods plus snow, and more and bigger fluctuations than normal. (We just kept marching on though: we walked and hiked over 150 km in January, despite being forced into COVID quarantine at the beginning of the month...)
I'm not going to bother listening to what Bill Manning says about sales and attendance. There are way too many variables. Could by hyping scarcity to sell more tickets for the game. Could be lots of tickets sold, but not many attending due to a variety of reasons. Could be fairly well packed if people are happy to get out of the house again, and with Insigne creating a bit of a buzz in the off-season. We'll never know the full picture on sales, but we will see actual attendance tomorrow.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Do the games give on the radio? Going to be driving and am going to miss the first half.
Officials
Toronto FC vs New York Red Bulls
BMO Field (2PM ET)
REF: Rubiel Vazquez
AR1: Lyes Arfa
AR2: Gianni Facchini
4TH: David Barrie
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard
AVAR: Cory Richardson
Source
http://proreferees.com/2022/03/03/20...nments-week-2/
Gotta think we'll see basically the same lineup as last week except with Achara starting over Kerr. Could probably put in a shout for O'Neill over Mavinga.
I find the marketing for this game strange. They are treating it like they didn't play at all in Toronto last year and there wasn't 4 months of fans being there (albeit not many showed up).
2 years
Lost time
Lost family
Lost lives
Lost just lost sooooooo damn much
😔
Don't know if I'm ready for this
But... It's time
Wearing a mask
Wearing red
Wearing some tears about all this at some point too 😢
And still...
Home
Finally
TFC till I die
Enjoy the day everybody
I think we see a bit of rotation. Perhaps McNaughton along with Salcedo. Priso sighting. The big question is, who can handle the press? What other skills do we need ie quick recovery (JMR) heading (?)(McNaughton) positional discipline (Priso)
Loved what Achara and O'Neill brought last game, hoping Priso makes an appearance as well. JJ gonna open his TFC account today just watch
That field looks rough based on pregame photos on Twitter.
Petrasso makes his MLS debut.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/TorontoFC/status/1500171733269110796?s=20&t=d_FtWtJpy84_vWYVhZxlAQ
Gonna assume Petrasso will be the LB with Shaff moving into a more advanced position. Nelson to the right side.
I'm enjoying seeing the youth movement in effect.