Floortom Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I also thought Cavalini was strong for the same reasons mentioned above. Let me put it this way - If Larin played instead of Lucas tonight do you really think we would have scored all those goals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRM Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 As a holding forward Cavallini did a great job. Communication and flicks over defenders didn't always work out but you could see the thinking was correct and the attempts failing were due to anticipation errors of his and his teammates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munseahawk Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Loved seeing goals scored from open play. that has been a rarity for Canada. Concerned about Borjan but I think Crepeau will be decent if he starts. Think his issue tonight was coming in cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 American announcers on FS2 just threw some serious shade at Canada for the attendance of the game compared to the Costa Rica/Honduras one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I seem to be in the minority, but I don't blame Crepeau for the 2nd (or the 1st). On the second, he had a long dive to stop the initial shot, which put him way out on the right side (his left). Since that's where the player was with the ball, he challenged and cut down the angle. Sure it is unfortunate that it creeped through his legs, but he made himself big and tried to block it. Keep In mind that if he completely blocks out the cross, there is a pretty good chance he is showing the guy some of the net. IMO, the defence was far more to blame on that one for leaving him out to dry. No defender either challenged the guy with the ball nor stopped the tap in that followed. To me, that is absolutely no reason for him to lose a spot if Borjan isn't okay to start. Having said that, I really hope Borjan is okay. He is our guy when healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Shakmur said: Please AJH instead of Cavallini next game. Cavallini was too static. He won us a few fouls but that was more poor defending than him doing anything special other than turing his back to the defenders. I dont think we watched the same game. Cavillini was a beast out there. If we're going with a single striker he is our guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 49 minutes ago, Shakmur said: You mean the poor defending and the dangerous tackles from FG, yeah. Any forward holding the ball a little would of had the same effect. Did cavillini grab your sister? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, king1010 said: I dont think we watched the same game. Cavillini was a beast out there. If we're going with a single striker he is our guy. Yeah, he played really well. I have to say that I still have some small lingering doubts about his attitude over the long haul, but I definitely can't fault his effort tonight or the skill he showed. Despite Larin's MLS form, he hasn't lit it up in a Canadian jersey, so I think Cav has the potential to claim our starting striker spot in this tournament - at least until Larin starts to show the kind of form/outcomes internationally he displays in MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoginess Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I don't care if it was the GKs fault, it was very tense and I needed to blame someone so I'm blaming Crap-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califax Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 43 minutes ago, harrycoyster said: American announcers on FS2 just threw some serious shade at Canada for the attendance of the game compared to the Costa Rica/Honduras one. Then they can move the fucking stadium out of jersey and towards the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolbertos Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 47 minutes ago, harrycoyster said: American announcers on FS2 just threw some serious shade at Canada for the attendance of the game compared to the Costa Rica/Honduras one. Welll TBF, not many Canadians in the US illegally, so doubt they'd support the national team and Canadian casual fans outside of this forum would attend a Gold Cup game on foreign soil. If the game were played at BMO Field or BC Place, might get 20Kish crowds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 minute ago, dsqpr said: Well, when it comes to dipshit US announcers I give them 10/10 if they actually know who is playing. Did they know who was playing? I mean Brad Friedel is a pretty knowledgeable guy. The other announcer said "It's nice to see the stadium full for this match" and Friedel responded "It's nice to see two fan bases willing to come support their side." Just kind of unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One American Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 No one has said Arifeld was the Man of the Match? OK, I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Canada were so much better take away about 5 minutes There has to be some better communication between our D and Keeper Not faulting Crepeau on the first one but that second I am sorry but it is nice to see Canada get a win and score some goals also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRM Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 41 minutes ago, One American said: No one has said Arifeld was the Man of the Match? OK, I will. Several others in the other thread agree with you myself included. He bossed the midfield start to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolvid Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I'm not feeling optimistic watching HON/CR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club Linesman Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Great game to watch. People have mentioned Junior will need to step it up and after what the opposition saw from Davies tonight - I am sure he will have more space to operate as teams will be intent on shutting down a 16 year old Canadian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 A few thoughts, despite some sounding negative they're all written by a guy with a big smile across his face, incredibly happy with how things turned out. We got some great options going forward. Yeah Davies was the star but Arfield, Cavalinni and Hoilett all put in better-than-i've-seen-in-a-while shifts...especially when you consider this is their first time playing together. I love Petrasso as a player but Im a little nervous about him at RB. he gave up some turnovers in scary spots that could've been bigger trouble if it was a better team. I get the "it's not crepau's fault" take, but when a defense falls off after a GK switch that has to be partly blamed on the keeper. A good keeper holds his defense's ass to the fire, I just wonder if the defense lost concentration because Crepeau wasn't holding them up to the standard the way Borjan did. Piette was sort of quietly solid in a really nice way. Love seeing Russel Hustle play at the end. He's sort of the best at just running down an exhausted foe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 A good performance. OZ wanted to attack and we sure did. Gutsy moves to start Davies and Petrasso at RB but both largely paid off. Cavallini was good but I wouldn't say excellent. His contributions will improve as he gets familiar with his teammates. Different kind of player than Larin. Arfield was awesome. A real leader out there. Captain material after Bernier retires, though Borjan and Johnson are also options. Vitoria needs to get used to Concacaf refs asap. Borjan is so commanding in his box. Really has improved so much since his first GC in 2011. We are fortunate to have him, hope he's ok. Piette is the real deal. He knows his role, wins balls and delivers a responsible pass every time. Took out our keeper tho, that wasn't good. Davies. Wow. Just so proud of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califax Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 So for Zambrano: Are we going with the Wizard of OZ or Doc Oc as a nickname? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Glad to read a few posts recognizing Piette's contributions to this game. He did a great job of blunting attacks all night and, importantly for CONCACAF, rarely fouling. He didn't wow with his passing but made few, if any, mistakes with the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 52 minutes ago, dsqpr said: Well, when it comes to dipshit US announcers I give them 10/10 if they actually know who is playing. Did they know who was playing? I cannot think of a more collectively useless bunch of cunts than US football announcers. It was John Paul Dellacamera and Brad Freidel on the feed I was watching. They knew who the teams were, they just didn't know what the recent history of the teams against Canada is since they are basically saying that we don't belong on the same pitch as Costa Rica and Honduras and have no chance of even getting a draw against either team. Apparently our last three matches collectively against these teams being a 0-0 draw, 1-0 win and a 2-1 loss deliberately played in the middle of the Honduran afternoon summer in order to give their team an unfair advantage means that we have absolutely chance of even coming away with a draw. Not exactly what they said but definitely what they were implying, intimating and insinuating.They also suggested Canada was lucky to win because they FG "should" have scored more goals against us than they did. I hope the Canadian team were watching in the hotel and took some inspiration from these dismissive comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rightback Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 The energy and hard tackles and effort from Cavallini is a major improvement over Larin IMO. He got lots of free kicks from his efforts. All of which is good because Larin has plenty of potential and losing his spot may be the kick in the ass he needs to up his game. Piette had some really nice moves to get out of trouble a couple of times and was solid as usual. I wish he could pass forward more effectively but he's always improving and still young. One thing that's always bugged me about canada is the lack of urgency that you see from teams playing in, say, the European qualifiers. Where's the blocked shots, crunching tackles, chasing down the lost causes?. Now, with the likes of Arfield and Cavallini we can see that energy and hopefully it becomes infectious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Why did Crepeau come in midway ? Also let's not forget that AJH hasn't gotten many full 90's for those saying he's just a super sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rightback Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Dominic94 said: Why did Crepeau come in midway ? Also let's not forget that AJH hasn't gotten many full 90's for those saying he's just a super sub. Piette and Borjan went for the same ball and piette's fist went into Borjan's eye socket. I thought his eye would close right up but he didn't look too bad later on the bench. Going up against Piette generally isn't a good idea, friend or foe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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