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    • WestHamCanadianinOxford
      Next CanMNT manager (Herdman to TFC)

      By WestHamCanadianinOxford · Posted

      Marsch was an internationsl assistant to Bradley for a not unsubstantial number of games.    I have never seen Christiansen even implied as wanting to come to us, so not sure how he is any more realistic than coaches not actually under contract currently.   You do usually have to pay fees  to get people out of those.   I am not sure why he tops people's lists. Panama in the last cycle has beat the teams they should and lost to the teams they should (the USA B/C squad at the Gold Cup the beiing positive exception and Jamaica in the Nations League a possible negative one.)  That says good not amazing to me.  Combine that with him having such a mediocre club record compared some of the others.  But most important, personally, would say his teams are too much build slowly, possession-based to really take advantage of what our best players do.   
    • Joe MacCarthy
      Next CanMNT manager (Herdman to TFC)

      By Joe MacCarthy · Posted

    • shermanator
      Match Thread: Voyageurs Cup - Preliminary Round - Cavalry v Vancouver FC - April 23, 2024

      By shermanator · Posted

      Maybe Ghotbi is trying to deflect from his squad's poor performance but whining about the balls is a pretty lame excuse IMO. Cavalry played far from their best on Tuesday and Vancouver couldn't capitalize. They went down to 10 (rightfully so) and then took it to Vancouver. 
    • WestHamCanadianinOxford
      Next CanMNT manager (Herdman to TFC)

      By WestHamCanadianinOxford · Posted

      If you want him to play leftback and stick to being a left back, then it goes against what you said about being versatile.  He needs a defined role and we need a defined system.  The debate about where is different, but I probably agree he is not a player you hand the keys to the offence and say "go be versatile." But you do say go harass and beat people on the wings and then cut it back to the plethora of finishers we have or make room for yourself because you are not a bad finisher yourself.  That's your role.  And David and Larin are similar, they are not versatile players who create their own chances,  they both can be good in transition but most often they are beholden to service.  We don't have an amazing 10 to unlock defences and give them that service, instead you look for a system that provides it.  Fonseca's at Lille is an example, but if you listen to him speak about his coaching (he has been linked with West Ham) it is a defined system that requires pressing.    I would appreciate the Herdman quote about the World Cup and "pressing".  My impression was he let the players play more attacking because they wanted to, I don't remember much about pressing. I could be wrong.      Again, respectfully ,your last couple of sentences, to me, misunderstand what gegenpress is.  If you have a defence you are confident in, like a number of English managers, you clog your final third and invited the pressure and, win the ball back there, then look to counter.   In Ragnick/Klopp/Marsch ideal, you really never want the ball getting to your defence.   You are trying to get the ball back much higher, where are our good athletic players are - Davies, David, Buchanan, Kone - if he had a coach that could  instill that in him - and Eustaquio who can at least run all day and can pick a pass.  The defence will look to jump in offensively  and protect breaks - we will have a much more athletic group than the World Cup , I am willing to bet - but you shouldn't need, as much, players whose strength is dealing with sustained pressure, which are  what I would say would be the faults of the inexperienced group we might send out.  So if we have good athletic forwards and maybe a suspect tactical defence, the Marsch system is a great fit to use the strength we have and try to lessen the prominence of the weakness.   
    • nolando
      Stephen Eustaquio

      By nolando · Posted

      Let's bloody well hope so!
    • red card
      Match Thread: Voyageurs Cup - Preliminary Round - Toronto FC v Simcoe County Rovers - April 24, 2024

      By red card · Posted

      It has all that. What is usually missing is Concacaf youth qualifiers. Women match info is improving but often don't have player background info & match analytics and at times don't have the lineups.
    • red card
      Concacaf W Champions Cup

      By red card · Posted

    • nolando
      Match Thread: Voyageurs Cup - Preliminary Round - Cavalry v Vancouver FC - April 23, 2024

      By nolando · Posted

      If I'm Ghotbi, I'm not blaming balls but apologizing for not getting the tactics right after the red card. 
    • nolando
      Lukas MacNaughton

      By nolando · Posted

      Someone on reddit is claiming it was a very serious break, and he'll be out at least 4 or 5 months.
    • Kadenge
      Derek Cornelius

      By Kadenge · Posted

      Malmo have  only conceded 1 goal over the 5 games. Derek seems to be a key target on set plays for them and something we badly need. 
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