General Discussion on CMNT

[Obinna]

7 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Like you I am also impressed by our 8-game win streak against minnows and teams below us in the ranking, and am likewise comforted by us not winning but maybe almost tying a team that is higher than us. That is certainly the sort of benchmark all professionals should be subject to.

If your sarcasm translates to: I am unimpressed with the fact we "played well" in a loss, then I am on board. 

Yes, there are things to be encouraged about in the loss, but results breed confidence more than "playing well". To be honest I don't even think we played well enough to be satisfied. We had possession but were chasing the game. They were bunkering and protecting the lead. Games play out like that all the time.

It's kind of unremarkable if you ask me. I am still left dissatisfied with how that game played out. There'd be a wow factor if we were taking the game to the USA in 2015, but this is kind of unremarkable for Canada in 2021. 

[TOcanadafan]

I’m positive that we played well, and the result just shows you need difference makers in attack to break down a defense like that.  I’m encouraged that when healthy we have some of those (Davies, David, Larin) that weren’t available to us at the end of that game.

[Unnamed Trialist]

20 minutes ago, Obinna said:

If your sarcasm translates to: I am unimpressed with the fact we "played well" in a loss, then I am on board. 

Yes, there are things to be encouraged about in the loss, but results breed confidence more than "playing well". To be honest I don't even think we played well enough to be satisfied. We had possession but were chasing the game. They were bunkering and protecting the lead. Games play out like that all the time.

It's kind of unremarkable if you ask me. I am still left dissatisfied with how that game played out. There'd be a wow factor if we were taking the game to the USA in 2015, but this is kind of unremarkable for Canada in 2021. 

Did you see how they celebrated? 

I think this was a good result for us thinking ahead to September. They will return from El Salvador sure of themselves. 

[Obinna]

2 minutes ago, TOcanadafan said:

I’m positive that we played well, and the result just shows you need difference makers in attack to break down a defense like that.  I’m encouraged that when healthy we have some of those (Davies, David, Larin) that weren’t available to us at the end of that game.

The downside is there'll also have better defenders. Brooks wasn't there. Richards wasn't there. McKenzie wasn't there. You could make a case that Robinson and Sands are McKenzie level, maybe even Richards level (probably a stretch), but them having Brooks would change things for sure. He seemed to have David in his pocket at BMO, despite our win there. 

I have confidence in our difference makers, but there should be a better CB pairing for them to contend with next time around. 

[Obinna]

5 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

Did you see how they celebrated? 

I think this was a good result for us thinking ahead to September. They will return from El Salvador sure of themselves. 

If they are sure of themselves as in overconfident, that's great for us. If they are sure of themselves as in they are confident, not so good. With all the talent they have we don't want them building confidence against us. 

At least on the bright side they still have the Davies/David fear factor. At least their fans do. If we managed to lose that game with Davies we'd lose some of that. 

[Cheeta]

Passing grade but not really moving the needle a whole lot for me.  The match performances and results have to be measured in real time.  By that I mean in context.  Losing Larin, all the players out from COVID, these are real things that have real meaning.  So yeah, enough to dull the short comings and celebrations for me.

So far so good, has to be said.  Expecting a win against Costa Rica.  Larin or no.

[Blackjack15]

 

 

[SwedishBadMan]

I just found this forum, have you gotten hyped about Dieu Merci Michel yet? The kid is insane. I've only known about him for 6 months or so.

[Floortom]

10 minutes ago, SwedishBadMan said:

I just found this forum, have you gotten hyped about Dieu Merci Michel yet? The kid is insane. I've only known about him for 6 months or so.

I’m amazed that anyone obsessed enough with Canadian Soccer to know who Dieu Merci Michel is wouldn’t be on this forum lol

[dyslexic nam]

18 minutes ago, SwedishBadMan said:

I just found this forum, have you gotten hyped about Dieu Merci Michel yet? The kid is insane. I've only known about him for 6 months or so.

 

[SwedishBadMan]

3 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said:

 

Ah sorry, I should've clarified; I have frequented that forum (I now realize that is perhaps the wrong word), but I was wondering if "General discussion on CMNT" was aware of this incredible talent currently playing in the Future of Football Cup with Brugge u23.

Edit: my question has been answered, you are aware.

Edited July 22, 2021 by SwedishBadMan

[dyslexic nam]

7 minutes ago, SwedishBadMan said:

Ah sorry, I should've clarified; I have frequented that forum (I now realize that is perhaps the wrong word), but I was wondering if "General discussion on CMNT" was aware of this incredible talent currently playing in the Future of Football Cup with Brugge u23.

Edit: my question has been answered, you are aware.

Yeah, we all generally lurk on almost all of the threads.  

[SpecialK]

Omar Marmoush Wasn’t named to the Egyptian Olympic team 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[Corazon]

1 hour ago, SpecialK said:

Omar Marmoush Wasn’t named to the Egyptian Olympic team 🤔🤔🤔🤔

It was touched on earlier this month in the Omar Marmoush forum

 

[Unnamed Trialist]

Concacaf announces a mens' and womens' Concacaf player of the year award. To be voted for any player representing their senior national team, or playing in a Concacaf league.

Voting from head coaches, captains, media (designated) and fans (online).

First awards in the early new year.

No question Davies would have won in 2020. This year it could be a bit more complicated, I'd say quite so--but as we stand, who is the Concacaf male player of the year so far? Could the Gold Cup be a factor in determining a winner? Or the first rounds of WC qualifying?

https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-launches-new-annual-awards-focused-on-men-s-and-women-s-player-of-the-year-categories/

 

[Corazon]

Canadians in MLS:

Player	Team	Position	GP	GS	MP	G	A
Cristian Gutierrez	Vancouver	LB	14	14	1229	0	3
Richie Laryea	Toronto	RB	11	11	990	1	0
Russell Teibert	Vancouver	CM	14	12	932	0	0
Alistair Johnston	Nashville	RB	11	11	932	0	0
Lucas Cavallini	Vancouver	ST	11	10	922	3	1
Tesho Akindele	Orlando	ST	14	10	800	3	4
Zach Brault-Guillard	Montreal	RB	12	8	788	1	2
Michael Baldisimo	Vancouver	CM	11	8	788	0	0
Mark Anthony Kaye	Los Angeles	CM	10	9	758	0	1
Kamal Miller	Montreal	CB	9	8	757	0	0
Tajon Buchanan	New England	RW	12	9	742	3	3
Ayo Akinola	Toronto	ST	11	8	649	3	0
Zorhan Bassong	Montreal	LB	11	6	590	0	1
Jay Chapman	Miami	CM	11	6	554	0	1
Samuel Piette	Montreal	CM	8	6	543	0	2
Tyler Pasher	Houston	ST	8	7	534	3	3
Joel Waterman	Montreal	CB	7	6	529	0	2
Mathieu Choiniere	Montreal	CM	7	5	445	1	0
Ralph Priso	Toronto	CM	8	5	403	1	1
Luke Singh	Toronto	CB	5	4	396	1	0
Jonathan Osorio	Toronto	CM	6	5	373	3	0
Liam Fraser	Columbus (from Toronto)	CM	7	3	324	0	0
Raheem Edwards	Los Angeles	LW	9	3	306	0	0
Jacob Shaffelburg	Toronto	LW	8	3	293	1	0
Clement Bayiha	Montreal	RB	7	2	217	0	0
Noble Okello	Toronto	CM	5	2	186	1	0
Ryan Raposo	Vancouver	CM	12	1	173	0	1
Derek Cornelious	Vancouver (to Panetolikos)	CB	5	1	144	0	0
Jayden Nelson	Toronto	RW	3	2	113	0	0
Ashtone Morgan	Salt Lake	LB	2	1	86	0	0
Tosaint Ricketts	Vancouver	ST	4	0	58	0	0
Jordan Peruzza	Toronto (to San Antonio)	ST	1	0	45	0	0
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	Toronto	CM	2	0	35	0	1
Kamron Habibullah	Vancouver	CM	2	0	30	0	0
Theo Bair	Vancouver	ST	3	0	26	0	0
Patrick Metcalfe	Vancouver	CM	4	0	22	0	0
Damiano Pecile	Vancouver (to Venezia)	CM
Simon Colyn	Vancouver (to SPAL)	CM
Gianfranco Facchineri	Vancouver	CB
Rocco Romeo	Toronto	CB
Julian Dunn-Johnson	Toronto	CB
Sean Rea	Montreal (to Valour FC)	CM
Tomas Giraldo	Montreal (to FC Edmonton)	CM
Karifa Yao	Montreal (to Cavalry FC)	CB
Keesean Ferdinand	Montreal (to Atletico Ottawa)	CB
Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla	Montreal	ST
Jean-Aniel Assi	Montreal	ST
Nathan-Dylan Saliba	Montreal	CM
Rida Zouhir	Montreal	C
Callum Montgomery	Minnesota	CB
Player	Team	Position	GP	GS	MP	S	GA
Maxime Crepeau	Vancouver	GK	11	11	990	35	18
James Pantemis	Montreal	GK	7	7	630	20	9
Dayne St Clair	Minnesota	GK	4	4	360	11	10
Thomas Hasal	Vancouver	GK	4	4	360	9	7
Greg Ranjitsingh	Philadelphia	GK
Jonathan Sirois	Montreal (to Valour FC)	GK
Isaac Boehmer	Vancouver	GK
Sebastian Breza	Montreal (from Bologna)	GK

[CanadaFan123]

On 7/24/2021 at 12:49 PM, Unnamed Trialist said:

Concacaf announces a mens' and womens' Concacaf player of the year award. To be voted for any player representing their senior national team, or playing in a Concacaf league.

Voting from head coaches, captains, media (designated) and fans (online).

First awards in the early new year.

No question Davies would have won in 2020. This year it could be a bit more complicated, I'd say quite so--but as we stand, who is the Concacaf male player of the year so far? Could the Gold Cup be a factor in determining a winner? Or the first rounds of WC qualifying?

https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-launches-new-annual-awards-focused-on-men-s-and-women-s-player-of-the-year-categories/

 

So far it has to be Jonathan David. One of the most in-form/top players in the French league in 2021 and 4 goals in 4 matches in WCQ.

[Floortom]

I think it will probably be Pulisic - Champions League winner + goal scorer in the Nations League final and will get all the American votes IMO

[dyslexic nam]

1 minute ago, Floortom said:

I think it will probably be Pulisic - Champions League winner + goal scorer in the Nations League final and will get all the American votes IMO

Yeah, like it or not, I think this is the way it will go.  

[Shway]

I've always said before that we were a Davies injury away from not being dangerous. The bittersweetness of his injury, allowed a lot guys to step up and we have shown that we can win, we can perform without 5 of our best players in Davies, David, Larin, Hutch, and Borjan*.

[CanadaFan123]

38 minutes ago, Shway said:

I've always said before that we were a Davies injury away from not being dangerous. The bittersweetness of his injury, allowed a lot guys to step up and we have shown that we can win, we can perform without 5 of our best players in Davies, David, Larin, Hutch, and Borjan*.

I thought the same after the Suriname game. But now I realize that feeling was just because we didn’t get a chance to see Buchanan or Hoilett. We have a “next man up” that only two other teams in CONCACAF can boast.

[LeoH037]

fucking proud of this team. Excited for the hex, so many players have stepped... once Atiba, Wotherspoon, Arfield(maybe) come back... do any of them play? I really liked that trio of Kaye, Oso, and Eustaquio. Also, our defense has not looked too shaby. Gold Cup was just the apetizer, I'm sure not winning it just made the boys hungrier, good, because in a bit over a month they'll have a chance to feast

[DigzTFC]

I watched the entire game.  The standouts were Kaye, Miller, Buchanon, Crepeau, Johnstone, Laryea, Osorio.

I was stunned how good Miller and Crepeau were. I've been anticipating Buchanon's arrival since the Olympic qualifiers and he delivered.

I'm starting to rethink how good a league MLS is.  Is it possible that MLS is actually producing European quality players at young ages and I've been hung up on the perception of MLS 3-5 years ago?    All the guys above will start getting calls if not already from European clubs.  I mean Crepeau had one of the best games a keeper could have against a top team in the world.

[Ruffian]

2 hours ago, DigzTFC said:

I'm starting to rethink how good a league MLS is.  Is it possible that MLS is actually producing European quality players at young ages and I've been hung up on the perception of MLS 3-5 years ago?    All the guys above will start getting calls if not already from European clubs.  I mean Crepeau had one of the best games a keeper could have against a top team in the world.

Honduras has been breaking our hearts for years with a mostly MLS and local based players dominating our European based players.

[dyslexic nam]

7 minutes ago, Ruffian said:

Honduras has been breaking our hearts for years with a mostly MLS and local based players dominating our European based players.

Honestly, I get that MLS isn’t a top 5 league (yet) but anyone who thinks it isn’t good enough to produce good players and great youth prospects is probably just a Euro snob.   Guys who consistently perform well in MLS are more capable of playing well on the international stage.