RS Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hmmm must have missed that...could have sworn the announcer said Hagglund was going on as a striker. If that was the case then I agree that Hamilton was obviously a better choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Can anyone who was watching the TFC-Revs game on tv explain why New England was given a bonus re-try at a corner kick, which of course naturally led straight to the winning PK NE goal? Everyone in the part of the stadium I was in was thoroughly bewildered, and the fact that both teams had moved up the field for the ensuing kick by Julio Cesar suggests that nobody on the field thought or expected the corner to be re-tried. I was just wondering if an explanation was offered by the tv commentators. The only thing I could possibly think of is that the original corner taken didn't have the ball in the corner circle, but I can't believe that after TFC dealt with the corner and gained possession, they would then blow the play back and reward the cheating team with another corner. So that leaves me stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Can anyone who was watching the TFC-Revs game on tv explain why New England was given a bonus re-try at a corner kick, which of course naturally led straight to the winning PK NE goal? Everyone in the part of the stadium I was in was thoroughly bewildered, and the fact that both teams had moved up the field for the ensuing kick by Julio Cesar suggests that nobody on the field thought or expected the corner to be re-tried. I was just wondering if an explanation was offered by the tv commentators. The only thing I could possibly think of is that the original corner taken didn't have the ball in the corner circle, but I can't believe that after TFC dealt with the corner and gained possession, they would then blow the play back and reward the cheating team with another corner. So that leaves me stumped. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/03/toronto-fc-boss-ryan-nelsen-questions-referee-call-led-decisive-penalty-vs-r Apparently the linesman was incompetent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/03/toronto-fc-boss-ryan-nelsen-questions-referee-call-led-decisive-penalty-vs-r Apparently the linesman was incompetent That's just maddening and completely ridiculous. Rewarding the team that cheats is the "right call" according to the MLS? If an attacking player enters the 18-yard box when a teammate misses a PK, do they give the attacking team another chance for their own encroachment & infringing of the rules? This reasoning simply goes against common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 As of today, the only team with a worse Goals per game ratio than Toronto is Montreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Disappointing loss yesterday for sure. Defoe wtf? I get that you're coming off an injury and want to get back on the score sheet but has the guy ever scored a 25 yard shot with his left in his career? Because apparently that was the right choice instead of passing in one instance. Bradley was weak. I had some morons behind me saying how he was a waste of a DP and I wanted to turn and say something but I couldn't, he was really poor yesterday. Poor decision making at times and wasn't the dominating presence he usually is. Thought he made the wrong call asking to take the FK in the first half, a ball that close needs to be Bekker's. Henry.. well what can you say? Not his best match. Mark Bloom needs to take a seat. Not sure he would even be a starter on Edmonton or Ottawa. You need to put away a team. BURY them. TFC has no killer instinct. NE was there for the taking, they aren't a good team in this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Bradley is still hurt; the spacing of the team was awful yesterday. That's on Nelson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Yeah I though the team played far too narrow. It is sad to look at the RPB forum and to see people blaming the teams performance yesterday (and every other year) on the fact that they have Canadian players. That is one thing I definitely don't miss about living in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Yeah I though the team played far too narrow. It is sad to look at the RPB forum and to see people blaming the teams performance yesterday (and every other year) on the fact that they have Canadian players. That is one thing I definitely don't miss about living in Toronto. I agree with this. Especially infuriating are those trying to pin the loss on Henry! That annoys me to no end. Sure, his bad pass led to the first goal, but the entire team was making those same kind of passing all game. And on the 2nd goal the ref allowed the free kick to be taken again plus Morrow's original clearance was awful. The lost because of the collective effort: Gilberto's awful finishing, Gilberto and Defoe not gelling well (how many times were they running on top of eachother during an attack?), and Nelson's coaching among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Everyone sucked vs NE, maybe except Oso. But Henry, Bekker and Gilberto were the most horrid. And Nelsen. Don't get how an in form Nakajima-Ferran doesn't get a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironcub14 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I'll say this, I think Henry has good defensive skills, but his passing has been just terrible compared to the rest of the team, week in, week out. Hoofing the ball up in the true North American style, or giving bad short and mid-range passes away. If there is one position where you cannot be making weak short passes, it's from the CB position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Holy handball central Batman. What a game. Fun to see NYRBs get Petrescu'd, looks good on them. In the end you got the second goal but at least one of those handballs should have been called. I think if they let you have your arms 2 feet away from your side and still consider it "ball to hand" then that is just wrong. Ah well 3 points is 3 points and on to the next game. Bekker looked very sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I'll say this, I think Henry has good defensive skills, but his passing has been just terrible compared to the rest of the team, week in, week out. Hoofing the ball up in the true North American style, or giving bad short and mid-range passes away. If there is one position where you cannot be making weak short passes, it's from the CB position. His passing is definitely the thing he needs to improve on the most. On the other hand though how good was that splitting through ball from Osorio to Defoe in the first half.. my word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachtory Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 If you mean the assist on the goal, that was Orr doing the passing wasn't it? Sweet play all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Bekker also had about a 40-yard pass splitting the centre backs to Defoe. Don't recall Osorio making one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 There was a ball from Osorio in the first half that seemed to have eyes in that it found its way through everyone. To me, it was actually only the second best pass Osorio made in the game (the best being the through ball to Bloom in the second half that led to Lovitz's big chance). EDIT: I posted a link to the highlights but they didn't show the pass Keegan mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 There was a ball from Osorio in the first half that seemed to have eyes in that it found its way through everyone. To me, it was actually only the second best pass Osorio made in the game (the best being the through ball to Bloom in the second half that led to Lovitz's big chance). EDIT: I posted a link to the highlights but they didn't show the pass Keegan mentioned. I remember those two passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Yes, two great passes. Didn't think Osorio seemed himself Saturday though. He seemed to be labouring - maybe the old injury is still bugging him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Yes, two great passes. Didn't think Osorio seemed himself Saturday though. He seemed to be labouring - maybe the old injury is still bugging him. Quite possibly. However, he seemed a non factor for much of the first half and had to move centrally more often than usual to see the ball. He seemed easily frustrated when things didn't go right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Quite possibly. However, he seemed a non factor for much of the first half and had to move centrally more often than usual to see the ball. He seemed easily frustrated when things didn't go right Well, he did just play 120 minutes on the other side of the country about 63 hours beforehand, and he recently came off an injury layoff so his fitness may not be where he needs it to be. I'm just putting that possibility out there. He also could have just had an off day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I read on Twitter that Osorio had his hand stepped on by Kimura during the first half and that it may be broken. Could be it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Crampton Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 [Osorio] also could have just had an off day. It's interesting. I felt the same way and saw commentary to that effect around but, when looking at the stats, he still looks to have had a far more efficient day than Alvaro Rey. Osorio: 26 successful passes, 3 unsuccessful passes, 2 through balls, 2 successful crosses, 0 unsuccessful crosses, 2 key passes Rey: 13 successful passes, 8 unsuccessful passes, 0 through balls, 1 successful cross, 4 unsuccessful crosses, 1 key pass Osorio's heat map is spread out all over the field thanks to his tendency to come central looking for the ball while Rey's is almost exclusively pinned to the right touchline (which would be more useful if the ball ever made it into dangerous areas once it got out there!). Granted, Rey did a little bit better on the dribble (as is his tendency) and only played about three quarters of the game to Osorio's full game but even that is probably telling. Apparently we have high standards for what we expect from Osorio. Not that that's a bad thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well, he did just play 120 minutes on the other side of the country about 63 hours beforehand, and he recently came off an injury layoff so his fitness may not be where he needs it to be. I'm just putting that possibility out there. He also could have just had an off day. Definitely fitness/fatigue/jet lag is a factor. Gotta remember the context of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Did anyone watch the latest All for One? Seriously Wiedeman? Him crying during his story about not playing and wondering if he would be a pro player was hard to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Don't want to clog up the "Canadians in MLS" thread so responding to recent comments on last night's game here. TFC were lucky to steal a point against SKC. Gilberto is just not working out and I think Moore deserves to be in the starting XI next game. The Henry penalty was harsh, but with Toledo reffing it had to be expected. IMO Henry needs to sit for a few games as Hagglund is simply outperforming him right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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