CANADA vs Martinique - July 7th - 2:30pm PST (R) Game Thread

[Christian B.]

I have been following the MNT for 32 years or so. I've never been so hopeless. I mean we are playing Martinique. How low can we fall? It should be 3-0 Martinique right now.

[Guest Future CanWNT]

Yikes. That was close. This is awful!

[wcs53]

Off the hook there.

[Bertuzzi44]

Getting badly outplayed by a non-FIFA nation...

[Addona]

41st' - Another terrific chance for Martinique. They do look good at times.

Martinique is not that bad ...

[canadianfoot]

Ok Martinique had Triple the chances Canada had so far. But it's not the chances but the finishing....which we can't even do that...

[mowe]

I can't believe we're getting dominated by Martinique.

[nolbertos]

OMG, Martinique is schooling us so bad. Jeez, we have sunk so low that a non-FIFA affiliated nation is beating us badly in possession. Guess the San Pedro Sula massacre hasn't been ingrained in the players and CSA staff of radical changes required. Hope Floro is taking tons of notes on what not to do.

[Addona]

Why is Piette starting ... it doesn't make any sense. He's not ready for this.

[ag futbol]

Let's not sugar coat it: We're getting picked apart by a minnow.

Somebody lock Colin Miller in the basement and never let him near the national team again.

[David C.]

43rd' - Teibert stays down. Doesn't look good.

[Addona]

So, we're getting outplayed. Johnson has a yellow. And Teibert is injured. Good.

[madmonte]

Martinique is not that bad ...

The next Guadeloupe huh? Honestly, though, I don't think they'd look half this good if they weren't playing a crap team. That being us, right now.

[Addona]

Somebody lock Colin Miller in the basement and never let him near the national team again.

+10^6.

[shermanator]

Our whole attack seems centered around hoofing it to Haber's head. It's as if other options we never even discussed during training.

That's how FC Edmonton plays too. Punt the ball to Cox or Fordyce and hope they get on the end of it. I hope Floro implements a drastically different approach.

[Addona]

The players look confused as to who they are marked. And we have no plan going forward. Miller has to be to blame for this.

[canadianfoot]

Interesting fact: 7people Voted we get 2points or Less in last 20min...

[Canuck in Boston]

Looks like the Ventura County match was a fair measuring stick.

[madmonte]

I think the match changes big time after the first red card, which seems sure to come. But who gets it?

[David C.]

Looks like the Ventura County match was a fair measuring stick.

Ouch!

[Guest Future CanWNT]

Can't say I'd expect more than 2 points at this point.

[TFC07]

Awful first half. Sub out Piette and bring in Osorio and drop Johnson back. Then sub out Ricketts for REB.

[jonovision]

I'm actually not all that discouraged by the first half. Some thoughts:

- Teibert looks like the best player on the pitch.

- WTF Borjan? Catch the damn ball or punch it out. No flapping.

- If we are scored against, it will be Piette's fault. Every single Martinique chance, without exception, has come as the result of Piette being beaten, too slow, or giving away the ball. Very fortunate not to concede the penalty.

- Piette could easily lose 25 pounds and remain an athlete.

- Ricketts actually looks useful. Helps that he is lined up against the Piette of Martinique, a man of Gerba-esque girth.

- Did Haber sleep with this ref's wife? There is no other explanation.

If you were expecting Canada to walk all over Martinique, you either don't know much about the Caribbean side, or you are forgetting that this Canada lineup includes guys like Haber, Ricketts, Henry, and Piette who belong nowhere near a first-choice squad.

Also, despite being French, Martinique are the same sort of whiny bitches as the rest of CONCACAF

[Christian B.]

What are the odds that we score just 1 goal in the next 2 games? I wouldn't bet a dime on that.

[ag futbol]

If this team is supposed to be about "the future" why are we playing a brand of football that's stuck in the past?

I mean really... This style of play isn't going to be successful in concacaf, it isn't using players that have skillsets to be a part of the modern game, and seems to have nothing to do with anything. What was the CSA's criteria for an intern coach? A warm body? someone to prevent Fonsenca from getting his hands dirty ?