Aird25 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I guess your speaking as a Caps fan and not a NT fan. I reckon bringing talented Canadians, that are unsure about national allegiance, back to play on Canadian teams, could be a positive for the NT. And I think he could immediately slot into a gaping hole in the Caps lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Oh for sure it would help in that regard, but you risk disrupting his fine form by changing his environment. That would be good for us at this rate though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Well this sucks but it doesn't look like we'll make the playoffs after last night's crap show. Just keep wasting points to teams below us in the table. Barring an epic run for the last 9 games or an equally epic choke by Portland or Dallas we are not going to be in the playoffs. Hopefully at least one Canadian team will make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Wouldn't trade for Tisho if I was Robo. We've got enough raw talented young strikers thank you very much... Tisho, like our young guns needs maturing and would probably be every bit as streaky in terms of goal scoring form if he was in the caps' line up, as our current options. He hold's down a starting job at Dallas because his main job is to provide space for their other attacking options and pot a few himself, when possible. Who would he be making space for at VWC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I wouldn't panick about the gaolless streak of the Caps. Players have shown they can score and they will score again cause they create chances. Hope it will be enough to reach the playoffs. I'd still put my money on them reaching that goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 I wouldn't panick about the gaolless streak of the Caps. Players have shown they can score and they will score again cause they create chances. Hope it will be enough to reach the playoffs. I'd still put my money on them reaching that goal. We got 3 points off a weak team so that is an improvement. Our new CB (Waston) both scored and drew the foul for the PK. Our forwards looked better off the ball and had several chances but still no goals. At least someone is scoring. 448 minutes without is a record I hope we never break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 That pk was bogus but whatever. It's a good thing Morales seems to have found his form again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 That pk was bogus but whatever. It's a good thing Morales seems to have found his form again. I'd agree on those. Weird how the PKs are going our way this year. In 2012 we had a single PK (out of 72) awarded, 6 in 2013 (out of 81) and 10 so far this year (out of 111). The optical illusion of a large 6'5" guy dropping from an arm in the back (as viewed from where the ref was) looked a lot worse than it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I'd agree on those. Weird how the PKs are going our way this year. In 2012 we had a single PK (out of 72) awarded, 6 in 2013 (out of 81) and 10 so far this year (out of 111). The optical illusion of a large 6'5" guy dropping from an arm in the back (as viewed from where the ref was) looked a lot worse than it was. And all this without Camilo diving like fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 And all this without Camilo diving like fish! Actually that may partly be a factor in your favour. On the Impact both Felipe and Di Viao dive a lot and we don't get any fouls or PKs called anymore and it seems like every ref is against us. Now opposing players can pretty much bulldoze over Felipe or Di Viao and they won't get it called, ie. even when they are not diving the refs think they are. It worked for the first year they were in the league but now I think they have put the whole team at a disadvantage with the diving because no one on the team is getting fouls against them called even when they are really fouled while the other teams often get much lighter fouls against them called. MLS refs seem to really hate any team that has a diver on it which I wouldn't really complain about other than the refs still should be punishing some of the dangerous fouls equally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 And all this without Camilo diving like fish! Camilo actually stopped doing that in his golden boot season and would just fight through or ignore the non-calls. Fernandez is now learning the hard way that diving means the refs will let you get mugged and not call it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Camilo actually stopped doing that in his golden boot season and would just fight through or ignore the non-calls. Fernandez is now learning the hard way that diving means the refs will let you get mugged and not call it. Agreed, he did clean up his act significantly in his final season. Re: Camilo vs. Fernandez... at least Camilo could sell a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWFC Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Twitter rumours that Bustos has signed for the Caps first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Twitter rumours that Bustos has signed for the Caps first team. RT @Lord_Bob " #CapshateCanada " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWFC Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Marc Weber @ProvinceWeber · 12m Residency mids Froese & Bustos have agreed to MLS deals, to be announced this week. Now, about that USL Pro team. Somewhere #VWFC #MLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWFC Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Weber confirms both Bustos and Froese have signed. Today is roster freeze in the MLS so it looks like they made it in time. Wonder if either will get any minutes? Bustos has 5 goals in the first 2 games of the U-18 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 They could give Bustos some late sub minutes in place of Fernandez, who is supposed to be the 'creative' part of the strike duo. That's going to be very context-dependent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Glad to see Froese sign, IIRC he was training with Jalali in Germany a few years back? Bustos on the other hand I couldn't care less about unless he commits to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I hope the caps don't give them the Bryce Alderson treatment aka the Phillipe Davis treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Bustos has signed a pre-contract and will officially join the MLS squad in January. Froese is added immediately and will be available for the remaining games this season. http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/index.php?/page/articles.html/_/aftn/whitecaps-sign-marco-bustos-and-kianz-froese-to-homegrown-mls-contracts-r4852 Hope Froese gets some substitute minutes down the stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I hope the caps don't give them the Bryce Alderson treatment aka the Phillipe Davis treatment. Speaking of Alderson, I'm kinda hoping that if the Caps don't look likely to find a place for him in the squad that he gets loaned out at a decent level next year. E.g. Germany, to try to get a transfer fee out of him... or maybe a transfer to SJ, as I heard Dasovic rates him quite highly. Either way, guy has way too much talent to rot on the bench for longer than he already has... way more talented than the aforementioned Davies, IMO. Hope he finds his opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 For Bustos the precontract sounds like a scheme not to commit in case better options come up. Sound familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I suspect it's more that they are out of the higher-paid homegrown slots for the year and/or he's waiting for the new CBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 For Bustos the precontract sounds like a scheme not to commit in case better options come up. Sound familiar? Doubt that, think they only get 2 HG signings per year (Sampson, Froese)... more like Caps trying to lock him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2014/09/whitecaps-fc-statement-new-westminster-decision Ouch. Wonder what the plan B is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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