BrennanFan Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Recent friendlies by Concacaf countries eliminated from WCQ: Venezuela - Guatemala Colombia - Haiti Nigeria - Jamaica Our direct competition takes advantage of every FIFA date. They are facing relevant teams with similar styles to what we see in Concacaf, while we sit on the sidelines and watch the world pass us by! Why couldn't we have played a friendly on this FIFA date? Is it money? How is it possible we have less money than HAITI??? Is it because we suck and no one wants to play us? We destroyed Guatemala last time we played them! Haiti too. Inferior teams, but they still manage to find better opponents than us. OR CAN IT BE that our Association is so incompetent and lacking in any level of ambition, that they just don't bother to GET OFF THEIR ASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklefan Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Maybe the CSA now focus on the U17 and U20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKottonmouthed1555362307 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 CSA is incompentent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by BrennanFan Recent friendlies by Concacaf countries eliminated from WCQ: Venezuela - Guatemala Colombia - Haiti Nigeria - Jamaica Our direct competition takes advantage of every FIFA date. They are facing relevant teams with similar styles to what we see in Concacaf, while we sit on the sidelines and watch the world pass us by! Why couldn't we have played a friendly on this FIFA date? Is it money? How is it possible we have less money than HAITI??? Is it because we suck and no one wants to play us? We destroyed Guatemala last time we played them! Haiti too. Inferior teams, but they still manage to find better opponents than us. OR CAN IT BE that our Association is so incompetent and lacking in any level of ambition, that they just don't bother to GET OFF THEIR ASS! I know how you feel, BF - it's like a broken record sometimes. I will say it again and again and probably say it every pre-WCQ stage until I am old and gray, but THESE are exactly the kinds of games we need to be playing, every possible FIFA date. Without this valuable and continued experience in our zone or against countries similar to those countries we never seem to overcome in our zone, I flat out think we can forget about qualifying EVER, plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbrad Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Thank you BF. Another extreme example of incompetence. Thank God we are playing European superpowers and fan favourites, Cypress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthAfricaOrBust Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 The sad part is did anyone think they'd have one scheduled for this date? It's amateur hour 24/7 in the CSA ivory tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 For christ's sake, Iceland even played today! And their country is bankrupt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 ^ Is their Football Association, though? After talking with a member of the SSA (Saskatchewan Soccer Association, yes... it exists, we play too!) who used to work for the CSA, they are on such a tight budget that they generally can only afford the single friendly before large competitions like the Gold Cup. After asking him why they didn't bring Cyprus here, he didn't really have an answer. Any speculations as to why Cyprus aren't coming here to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Tuscan ^ Is their Football Association, though? After talking with a member of the SSA (Saskatchewan Soccer Association, yes... it exists, we play too!) who used to work for the CSA, they are on such a tight budget that they generally can only afford the single friendly before large competitions like the Gold Cup. After asking him why they didn't bring Cyprus here, he didn't really have an answer. Any speculations as to why Cyprus aren't coming here to play? Probably because if we play on their soil, they pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 It does seem a little odd that a bankrupt country (Iceland) and a country we prop up with millions of dollars in finacial support (Haiti) are able to play friendlies! Something just doesn't seem right here! I don't care who we play, where we play or who is going to show up, we need to play friendlies whenever possible! If we aren't going to play, why even have an incompetent coach on the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I find it unfathomable as well that Canada didn't play yesterday. I mean Jamaica hasn't qualified for the Hex either and they played a friendly against a pretty good side, Nigeria. Is it that hard to arrange a match somewhere in London at a smaller ground (e.g. Brentford, Leyton Orient, Watford) with a European country that needs practice for a WC qualifier? Or how about playing it in that country itself? Disgraceful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklefan Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 After what the players said against DM at the end of the WCQ, the team chemistry must be at his worst. I'm not sure all the players want to play again with DM as coach. We saw too much smoke, there must be fire somewhere, maybe that's why there's no friendly this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by JamboAl I find it unfathomable as well that Canada didn't play yesterday. I mean Jamaica hasn't qualified for the Hex either and they played a friendly against a pretty good side, Nigeria. Is it that hard to arrange a match somewhere in London at a smaller ground (e.g. Brentford, Leyton Orient, Watford) with a European country that needs practice for a WC qualifier? Or how about playing it in that country itself? Disgraceful! I don't know if you've noticed but a lot of L1 and L2 have been called off because of pitch condition since January. The idea is a good one but if I'm at one of those clubs I wouldn't want international games to be played on it at this time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by loyola I don't know if you've noticed but a lot of L1 and L2 have been called off because of pitch condition since January. The idea is a good one but if I'm at one of those clubs I wouldn't want international games to be played on it at this time of the year. But the friendly would have been organized 2 or 3 months ago not last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by leafdolfan But the friendly would have been organized 2 or 3 months ago not last week I know but those clubs are surely aware of the kind of weather the UK is having at that time of the year before accepting that an international game take place on their ground...no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I know the weather hasn't been great in the UK lately but the Jamaica-Nigeria match was played at Millw*&^ (sorry, I support Charlton and I can't even write that team's name) and that match was only arranged a little over a month ago. If you offered money to these clubs to host a friendly, they'd be all over you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of playing at a neutral venue if possible. I was just pointing out the fact that February in London might not be the best moment to do it, but your example shows it's possible too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I'd be happy with a game at The New Den although I'd prefer Loftus Road! I think we all agree it doesn't matter where we play these games, as long as we play them! It would be great to get some V's together to watch a Canada match at one of the more modest London grounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by JamboAl I know the weather hasn't been great in the UK lately but the Jamaica-Nigeria match was played at Millw*&^ (sorry, I support Charlton and I can't even write that team's name) and that match was only arranged a little over a month ago. If you offered money to these clubs to host a friendly, they'd be all over you. I'd perfer our players not to get attacked - so no Millwall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by leafdolfan I'd perfer our players not to get attacked - so no Millwall I have to go by there everytime I take the train to Charlton and generally have my radar on for stuff happening. I'd have to think long and hard whether I'd ever go watch Canada play there...ok, thought about it and no, I wouldn't! [] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Josh Simpson and Adrian Sieroux spent some time playing at The New Den for Millwall, how bad can it be? I've been there to see the ground, it was daytime in midweek so maybe that's not a good indication of what it can be like on matchdays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Danny Dichio played at Millwall for a bit and I saw him about a week ago and was talking to him about the recent crowd violence in Millwall's FA Cup game vs. Hull, his response - "That happened every week when I played there" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Wales and Croatia played their friendly in Spain on one of the islands. They didn't seem bothered by a small stadium and 500 or so paying fans. They seemed more concerned with actually playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by gator Josh Simpson and Adrian Sieroux spent some time playing at The New Den for Millwall, how bad can it be? I've been there to see the ground, it was daytime in midweek so maybe that's not a good indication of what it can be like on matchdays! It's probably better than it was even 10 years ago; I've had a couple of "issues" when visiting the original Den but not yet the new one (the old Den was very scary and a cesspool). Most of their supporters are good people but they have a higher proportion than usual of yobs and racist elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Loud Mouth Soup Wales and Croatia played their friendly in Spain on one of the islands. They didn't seem bothered by a small stadium and 500 or so paying fans. They seemed more concerned with actually playing. What a wild idea. Has somebody forwarded this to the CSA? If we play our cards right, this "you get better at things if you practice them" concept could revolutionise the sport in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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