Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Just to confirm: Addona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I don't understand all the fuss on here. It was a semi-competitive run out for the players. Do I care what the score was? No. In fact, I wouldn't have been bothered if no score had been kept/publicized. All I care is that the players and staff are ready for the real thing that starts on Saturday. spitfire, apbsmith, Olympique_de_Marseille and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, JamboAl said: I don't understand all the fuss on here. It was a semi-competitive run out for the players. Do I care what the score was? No. In fact, I wouldn't have been bothered if no score had been kept/publicized. All I care is that the players and staff are ready for the real thing that starts on Saturday. A reasonable post that: 1) Doesn't needlessly sh!t on the CSA 2) Doesn't involve a Christine Sinclair #CanWNT conspiracy theory I'm not sure how to handle this.... Edited June 11, 2019 by Olympique_de_Marseille paul-collins, apbsmith, BuzzAndSting and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) I only say heck to the CSA on their use of Google Translate for this match. Edited June 11, 2019 by Blackdude JuicyHam, Ngravs, BuzzAndSting and 2 others 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 39 minutes ago, JamboAl said: I don't understand all the fuss on here. It was a semi-competitive run out for the players. Do I care what the score was? No. In fact, I wouldn't have been bothered if no score had been kept/publicized. All I care is that the players and staff are ready for the real thing that starts on Saturday. A-fucking-men. The game was never going to be streamed. Not sure why everyone needed confirmation that a game that they were never going to see was going to happen in an empty stadium. If I was running the CSA twitter, I wouldn't have announced the game either because then I avoid answering the same question over and over (and over and over)... Greatest Cockney Rip Off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 1 minute ago, El Hombre said: A-*******-men. The game was never going to be streamed. Not sure why everyone needed confirmation that a game that they were never going to see was going to happen in an empty stadium. If I was running the CSA twitter, I wouldn't have announced the game either because then I avoid answering the same question over and over (and over and over)... Sinclair got to you. Olympique_de_Marseille, johnyb, JamboAl and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 23 minutes ago, Blackdude said: I only say heck to the CSA on their use of Google Translate for this match. Ivanovski94, BuzzAndSting and Ngravs 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 35 minutes ago, El Hombre said: A-*******-men. The game was never going to be streamed. Not sure why everyone needed confirmation that a game that they were never going to see was going to happen in an empty stadium. If I was running the CSA twitter, I wouldn't have announced the game either because then I avoid answering the same question over and over (and over and over)... 1 hour ago, JamboAl said: I don't understand all the fuss on here. It was a semi-competitive run out for the players. Do I care what the score was? No. In fact, I wouldn't have been bothered if no score had been kept/publicized. All I care is that the players and staff are ready for the real thing that starts on Saturday. The fuss actually comes from not playing any matches, let alone legit friendlies, ahead of basically the most important tournament Canada actually participates in. If Canada had been playing friendlies during international windows (including at least one in the run up to the Gold Cup), running B camps, etc, no one would give a sh!t about a closed-door friendly and its lack of stream/highlights. But the fact is we get hype but no games, and certainly none again respectable competition. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite the team, but regardless, as a supporter it is beyond frustrating. So, yeah, can we at least get video of the goals? FFS.... CanadaFan123, Stryker911, Obinna and 10 others 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuicyHam Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Bertuzzi44 said: The fuss actually comes from not playing any matches, let alone legit friendlies, ahead of basically the most important tournament Canada actually participates in. If Canada had been playing friendlies during international windows (including at least one in the run up to the Gold Cup), running B camps, etc, no one would give a sh!t about a closed-door friendly and its lack of stream/highlights. But the fact is we get hype but no games, and certainly none again respectable competition. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite the team, but regardless, as a supporter it is beyond frustrating. So, yeah, can we at least get video of the goals? FFS.... I recently watched an interview with Sardar Azmoun of Iran and he attributed Iran's(who were favourites to win the tournament) disappointing Asian cup to the lack of friendlies against quality competition. It's not the end of world but it's beyond frustrating when Nicaragua can get a game against Argentina or when Haiti can get in a game against Chile but all we can get is a scrimmage that they don't even acknowledge until 10 minutes before. Edited June 11, 2019 by JuicyHam Bbeto and cronaldo7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 54 minutes ago, Bertuzzi44 said: The fuss actually comes from not playing any matches, let alone legit friendlies, ahead of basically the most important tournament Canada actually participates in. If Canada had been playing friendlies during international windows (including at least one in the run up to the Gold Cup), running B camps, etc, no one would give a sh!t about a closed-door friendly and its lack of stream/highlights. But the fact is we get hype but no games, and certainly none again respectable competition. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite the team, but regardless, as a supporter it is beyond frustrating. So, yeah, can we at least get video of the goals? FFS.... I would rather get the team together than head thousands of kilometres to S. America to play a friendly. The travel for the Gold Cup group games is going to be bad enough. So in this case, I'm not fussed. But I might be in the minority on this board. BTW, there is no hype. The hype is all on the Raptors or the Women's World Cup. red card, Obinna, Pottsy3 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, JamboAl said: I would rather get the team together than head thousands of kilometres to S. America to play a friendly. The travel for the Gold Cup group games is going to be bad enough. So in this case, I'm not fussed. But I might be in the minority on this board. BTW, there is no hype. The hype is all on the Raptors or the Women's World Cup. Who said anything about a friendly in south america? one in florida or california would have done the trick. South and central american teams love their US friendlies to get all the expats out and make a quick buck. Edited June 11, 2019 by king1010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 15 minutes ago, king1010 said: Who said anything about a friendly in south america? one in florida or california would have done the trick. South and central american teams love their US friendlies to get all the expats out and make a quick buck. Or we could get REAL crazy with it and play a match in Canada against a South/Central American team. Get expats AND Canadians out to see this guy called Alphonso Davies. Hey, wouldn't that be neat?! hamiltonfan, Bison44, king1010 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Just saw the highlights I hope Arfield saves some of that magic for the tournament, because both of those goals were absolutely filthy. The second was a very high level team goal as well. The guys looked very high on confidence. Jonathan David's composure to wiggle away and then later in the move he has the awareness to tee-up Arfield with a header in the box. Just sublime. It's not hard to see why he had so many assists in Belgium. That guy is just an all around smart player with the ability to pull it off. There had to be at least 10 players touching the ball. I gotta go back and check and watch it again. Thing of beauty! Edit: 11. There were 11 passes on that goal between at least 6 different players. Edited June 11, 2019 by Obinna johnyb, LeoH037, beachesl and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Damn, that run by Davies to dribble past the defenders and send in the cross on that first goal... Obinna and apbsmith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 https://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN/status/1138306011465314306 https://twitter.com/CanadaSoccerEN/status/1138306011465314306 johnyb, apbsmith, Obinna and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, LeoH037 said: Damn, that run by Davies to dribble past the defenders and send in the cross on that first goal... Yeah Davies looked like he had a strong game out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkuseisLoose Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On their break it looked like we had 2 at the back hope that isn’t a permanent strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I think this team is going to be a joy to watch. Quite exciting. I still think it’s inexperience will do it in at some point in the competition but that’s what these competitions are for. To get the experience needed to qualify for 2022 Greatest Cockney Rip Off, Obinna and apbsmith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Good win by Canada! Our American friends are quite nervous about this rematch 😊 LeoH037, Obinna, Shortdutchcanuck and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) I have to say, Herdman's thoughts that Friendlies aren't helpful, I don't agree with that at all. I'm starting to understand why Zambrano was fired. Also the fact Herdman only brought two CBs along is ridiculous. And once again, Canadian soccer media is a joke and haven't at all questioned him or the CSA on how they're operating. Edited June 11, 2019 by VinceA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Bertuzzi44 said: If Canada had been playing friendlies during international windows (including at least one in the run up to the Gold Cup), running B camps, etc, no one would give a sh!t about a closed-door friendly and its lack of stream/highlights. I call bullsh!t on this. Unless there are three friendlies lined up with two in Canada all against top 20 teams with national broadcast rights secured, we would still see the same griping. It doesn't change. And even then, the contingent that thinks we should only be playing central american teams would get their keyboards ready at that point... Why cater to a group that has absolutely no understanding of fiscal considerations and is never satisfied? Like I said, if that was the case, I'd go dark too. Let the coach work with the players without any distractions and actually get a chance to figure a few things out on the pitch. Edited June 11, 2019 by El Hombre Zem and JamboAl 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Fun to read through the Rangers fans comments telling the club to sign the left winger, only to be told he plays for Bayern lol NVsoccer, gator, apbsmith and 9 others 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikmacdo Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Would have been nice to see how the team lined up and the box score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullback Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 58 minutes ago, VinceA said: I have to say, Herdman's thoughts that Friendlies aren't helpful, I don't agree with that at all. I'm starting to understand why Zambrano was fired. Also the fact Herdman only brought two CBs along is ridiculous. And once again, Canadian soccer media is a joke and haven't at all questioned him or the CSA on how they're operating. We have three and it looks like Hutchinson will also be playing some CB for us. Maybe not what I would have done but I don’t think it’s ridiculous CanadaFan123 and red card 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mikmacdo said: Would have been nice to see how the team lined up and the box score? Yeah, no kidding. I assume Godino came in for Brault-Guillard. Him and Miller looked to he involved in the build up to the second goal down the right hand side. It didn't look like Kaye was on the field, so perhaps it was Miller who came on for him with Davies dropping to LB. No. 7 looked like Johnson and he likely came on for Osorio and David must have come on for Hoilett. Not sure who No. 5 was, but my guess is that it was Straith in for Cornelius. Don't recall seeing Larin, but I am sure he came on for Cavallini at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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