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Honduras - July 14th Pre-game thread


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9 minutes ago, jpg75 said:

Yes it does.

I doubt there's a lot of action on these Gold Cup lines, but the CAN-HON probably reflects moreso what the two teams realistically need from the match rather than the relative strength of both teams. It may swing towards a draw as the favoured result if/when Honduras is awarded 3 points for the French Guiana match.

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It's a friday it's Honduras, it calls for a drinking game. 

Take one sip if :

You hear the commentator say "The 16 year old..." 

A Honduran player stays down and rotates on his back at least 180 degrees 

Borjan quicks the ball out of play 

Arfield sets up Davies for a shot

Cavaliini shields the ball for more then 5 seconds 

Figueroa trips or plows someone over and pretends to be the victim 

 

Finish your drink if :

Canada scores a goal

They mention "The loss" in qualifying 

The stretcher comes out for a Honduran player

AJH gets subbed on after 75

You see @Sport Shaman on TV 

 

Feel free to add to the list for my buddies and I 

 

Cheers

 

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Ricketts has a horrible first touch

Borjan fumbles the ball or has an adventuring in goalkeeping

Magic spray gets used or Honduran gets on the stretcher but quickly recovers

A Honduran dive in the box

Either Vitoria or Jakovic gets beaten for pace

Piette punks off a Honduran off the ball

Canada gets CONCACAF'D by the red

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9 minutes ago, Yohan said:

Ricketts has a horrible first touch

Borjan fumbles the ball or has an adventuring in goalkeeping

Magic spray gets used or Honduran gets on the stretcher but quickly recovers

A Honduran dive in the box

Either Vitoria or Jakovic gets beaten for pace

Piette punks off a Honduran off the ball

Canada gets CONCACAF'D by the red

Easy, there!  Don't want to get alcohol poisoning before the first goal is scored.

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9 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Arfield starts, and Borjan: after that you can start speculating on the other 9.

I think starting Arfield is the way to go. If he picks up another card so be it. If we bring Johnson in for the knockouts at least we have a decent replacement.

on the topic of Johnson, I think him and Arfield with Piette behind would be solid.

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15 minutes ago, Yohan said:

Magic spray gets used or Honduran gets on the stretcher but quickly recovers

A Honduran dive in the box

Forgot to add that stoppage time is only three minutes, yet getting that Honduran up took 15.

I'm sure we'll see lots of this, especially if Honduras has a lead. Not sure why this sort of behaviour isn't penalized more often and more strongly. Can't CONCACAF refs wake up??

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6 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said:

Honduras may have both starting strikers out through injury (or maybe they are trying to psych out Canada with a false sense of overconfidence):

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/07/13/honduras-enter-gold-cup-showdown-vs-canada-pressure-also-history

You have to ask why the strikers in MLS are higher rated than the ones in La Liga or Spanish 2nd division. Lozano was just signed by Barcelona for the 2nd team. But this could be because they are younger and less experienced.

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I say win tomorrow and just keep winning. I think the U.S. looks very vulnerable, so I relish the idea of hearing the Fox Sports homers trying to explain how an obscure country wearing red is running rough shod over there B side....yes, there will be much emphasis on this as there was against Martinique last night. Go Canada Go.

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2 minutes ago, One American said:

Should I go to the game? Are Canada going to play aggressively or sit back and rest starters? 

Zambrano said the former

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23 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said:

If you are nearby and whether or not you should attend is even a question, why are you here?

Don't want to make assumptions, but a reason could be he is short on cash

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32 minutes ago, Yohan said:

I wouldn't mind this at all. Rotate some one of our CBs and I would like to see Osorio and Edwards put in. I am confident both will be able to contribute. Hoilett can play on the right as he swapped with Davies before Davies scored our first goal

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