jonovision Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Might as well get this thing started. CANADA vs PUERTO RICO 7 pm et, BMO Field, Toronto, ON TV: Sportsnet One Dobson tweeted earlier today that De Ro will wear the armband so we know he's starting. We could probably piece together the rest of the lineup fairly easily, but no lineup has been posted yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 HAH Jono you beat me to the punch by 5 minutes I think. Expecting a decent turn out at your match viewing get together? Oh and mods, if you could somehow splice in my post from the thread I started, that'd be pretty slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 Starting XI: Simpson - Hume - Jackson De Guzman - De Rosario - Dunfield Jazic - Edgar - Straith - Ledgerwood Hirschfeld as given by Gerry Dobson on twitter. We can assume De Ro is playing behind the central striker, Hume. Simpson and Jackson on the wings, Dunfield and de Guzman as holding mids. Compared to the lineup against St Lucia (after the Johnson injury) the changes are: Stama and Occean out, Simpson and Hirschfeld in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 HAH Jono you beat me to the punch by 5 minutes I think. Expecting a decent turn out at your match viewing get together? Oh and mods, if you could somehow splice in my post from the thread I started, that'd be pretty slick. Sadly enough I've got somewhere to be early this evening, so my viewing party will be me choking down some Kraft Dinner while I watch the first 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Interesting line up. I expect DeRo to take any penalties if they are awarded in our favour tonight. I'm sure he'd prefer to beat the record during the run of play, but I guess you gotta take em when you can get em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Keeper Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Fifa.com are confirming Dobson's lineup. Puerto Rico is listed as follows: (GK) Brandon SALDAÑA 2 Scott JONES 3 Richard MARTINEZ 6 Alexis RIVERA 7 Tyler WILSON 8 Cristian ARRIETA 10 Petter VILLEGAS 14 Andres PEREZ 15 Scott HORTA 17 Andres CABRERO 18 Hector RAMOS Im not sure of the formation, or exact positional assignments. Go Canada! I hope we run up the score again tonight. I wish we could have seen the St. Lucia match all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Puerto Rico trending on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Pretty excited for this one... have yet to see a CNMT blowout live.... closest was the 3-0 with Guatemala Canadian fans should be allowed to celebrate a few romps over minnows... we've earned it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 how's the atmosphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Soup banners look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 how's the atmosphere? Not bad. playing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Humey shoulda finished that one. We are in control of this early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Not impressed with: Dunfield and Ledgerwood. We already have JDG in a holding role. We don't need a 2nd center mid who just sits back. Ledgerwood is slow in his deicision making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Things look comfortable But dunfield looks the only one who is not having a good start...too many pointless passes...need a touch more creativity and shorter passes - triangles lads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Jazic is a loyal servant of the nats but what we're asking him to do in this formation is ridiculous. Why wouldn't you put klukowski out there? is he injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I hope this game will put the 4-3-3 experiment to rest. It doesn't work without quick, intelligent fullbacks who can provide width... which we don't have. Please just play a 4-4-2 or some variation thereupon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag futbol Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I wouldn't go that far. 4-4-2 (or at least the flat version) is not what it once was to the game, teams have moved past it in many ways. We have no dominant target and no dominant hard men in the middle, both of which you'd prefer to have to play the formation. It's the square peg in the round hole everyone keeps insisting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 It's difficult to watch this game. The players pass but then don't look to move and get it back in a forward position. DeRo is the only guy trying to be dangerous by making forward runs. How many give and go's have we seen out there, 1, 2? Come on guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergkamp Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 We're doing okay. Considering we're missing our two best creative midfielders in Hutchinson and Johnson, and we're up against a opponent who is just sitting in their final third defending. We've got 90% of the possession, I'm sure we'll have chances to score in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Not a tonne to get excited about in that first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 We will get at least one in the second half. When they're defending with ten men it's obvious we arent going to break them down. This half tho is ours and we will get two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I wouldn't go that far. 4-4-2 (or at least the flat version) is not what it once was to the game, teams have moved past it in many ways. We have no dominant target and no dominant hard men in the middle, both of which you'd prefer to have to play the formation. It's the square peg in the round hole everyone keeps insisting on. You know it is possible to play a 4-4-2 while still keeping the ball on the deck, right? I would argue that the 4-3-3 is the square peg. Canada has consistently proven that it cannot play a 433/451 effectively. We're easily exposed at the back and fairly hopeless going forward. Our players aren't comfortable enough on the ball to play a sustained possession game that a 4-3-3 entails. Regarding a hard man in the middle; unless I'm mistaken JDG played the role of ball-winning midfielder at a pretty high level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Extremely poor first half. Not the biggest DeRo fan but he has looked pretty good so far. However, he always seems to make the wrong decision at the last minute, shooting when he should pass or passing to someone in a worse position when he should shoot. Still he was active. Simpson really needs someone to play with him to be effective, hopefully Occean will be able to do so in 2nd half. I love Hume's heart and effort but his lack of technical ability is disappointing. He did nice on that ball he ran down and took away from the defender but should have put away that pass he got and also his backpass early on was really dangerous, no stupid actually, against Honduras the chance were good that would have ended up in our net. The one PR corner was weakly defended but otherwise the defence has been solid. Ledgerwood is the weak spot in the back four but is at least playing physical and putting in a decent effort. Edgar and Straith are a much more mobile and ball moving CB combination than McKenna and Hainault. Our def mid has been extremely weak, I would really like to see DiChiara come in. JDG has been terrible, he seems to have lost any ability to pass accurately. His 1st half can be summed up as short passes to Puerto Ricans. Dunfield just does not seem to have the skill for international level even against Puerto Rico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruud Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 DiChiara for Dunfield - it should happen soon I hope... DeGuz has not been poor for me...just missing a few ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 canada is playing like shyza drek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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