LeoH037 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Really hard to take anything away from rolling over Bermuda and/or Cayman Island to be honest. I personally take nothing away from these games. The Suriname game should be more telling, so far they are proving to be one of the better teams in this round of qualifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 2 hours ago, LeoH037 said: Really hard to take anything away from rolling over Bermuda and/or Cayman Island to be honest. I personally take nothing away from these games. The Suriname game should be more telling, so far they are proving to be one of the better teams in this round of qualifying Wait, it’s hard to take anything from us beating Bermuda and CI, but Suriname are proving to be one of the better teams by beating Aruba and CI??? canucklefan, MtlMario, narduch and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Addona said: Wait, it’s hard to take anything from us beating Bermuda and CI, but Suriname are proving to be one of the better teams by beating Aruba and CI??? I give Suriname the benefit of the doubt because their team has not been together for long. They have the potential to perform better than they currently have. And come on, that Cayman Islands team was made up of semi pros. Not long ago even we would struggle to put 4 past these teams, despite knowing we could do better. Edited March 31, 2021 by LeoH037 Addona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Addona said: Wait, it’s hard to take anything from us beating Bermuda and CI, but Suriname are proving to be one of the better teams by beating Aruba and CI??? Even in the broadcast for Canada-Cayman Islands Edgar said the field plays a huge role. Grass means ball moves better around Suriname played on turf for their match against CI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 7 hours ago, VinceA said: Even in the broadcast for Canada-Cayman Islands Edgar said the field plays a huge role. Grass means ball moves better around Suriname played on turf for their match against CI. Was that in relation to grass vs turf or a high quality grass field vs some of the Caribbean potato fields we have played on in the past? I thought it was the latter as opposed to an indictment of turf. NVsoccer, MtlMario and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I watched most of the Suriname v Cayman Islands game and they basically let up in the 2nd half. Their fans were jeering them for this. They basically scored the 3rd goal right after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 55 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Was that in relation to grass vs turf or a high quality grass field vs some of the Caribbean potato fields we have played on in the past? I thought it was the latter as opposed to an indictment of turf. Edgar specifically mentioned a cricket pitch in St. Lucia, so it was a "good grass vs. bad grass" debate. Canada would dominate these countries on artificial turf, as well. johnyb, NVsoccer and dyslexic nam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, RS said: Edgar specifically mentioned a cricket pitch in St. Lucia, so it was a "good grass vs. bad grass" debate. Canada would dominate these countries on artificial turf, as well. That was my thinking as well. I have played on a few glorified potato field here in PEI, and when we got to play on turf (including the UPEI pitch for the Island Games) it was always amazing because it was so flat and even - despite the fact that the ball ran pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, narduch said: I watched most of the Suriname v Cayman Islands game and they basically let up in the 2nd half. Their fans were jeering them for this. They basically scored the 3rd goal right after this. How did Surinam look against them compared to how we looked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 8 hours ago, narduch said: I watched most of the Suriname v Cayman Islands game and they basically let up in the 2nd half. Their fans were jeering them for this. They basically scored the 3rd goal right after this. Thanks, but we are more worried about you watching that game than anything else shorty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 9 hours ago, narduch said: I watched most of the Suriname v Cayman Islands game and they basically let up in the 2nd half. Their fans were jeering them for this. They basically scored the 3rd goal right after this. Did they let up or were they not able to sustain the pressure in the second half? There is a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Thanks, but we are more worried about you watching that game than anything else Hahaha.. wait. I watched that game too.... Unnamed Trialist and Addona 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Thanks, but we are more worried about you watching that game than anything else I would have watched Bermuda v Aruba but I couldn't find a stream for that one. Addona and Unnamed Trialist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Ivan said: How did Surinam look against them compared to how we looked? We are still miles ahead of them. Ivan, kclee and Trois Reds 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) In the Eerste Divisie (2nd division Netherlands) he has played full games in the last two matches. Den Bosch won both with some really wild scorelines. His greatly-named teammate Jizz continues to score many goals. I think they are still in the race for the promotion playoff spot through the standings in the Fourth Period; they have 3 matches left in the season and would likely need to win them all + other teams drawing or losing matches.http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–21_Eerste_Divisie If I recall correctly, he was the left side centre-back vs The Cayman Islands and Ferreira was on the right? However, seems to be a right-side centre-back at club level with Den Bosch ( good news I guess, since Cornelius, Kennedy and Miller are left side centre-backs). With Ferreira still not playing we could see a Guti - Kennedy - Sturing - "insert your favourite RB here" back line vs Aruba. Edited April 26, 2021 by Olympique_de_Marseille johnyb and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 So with the merger(kinda) of Netherlands/Belgium next year how would it effect Frank and his team? Are they getting bumped down to 3rd division? Does anyone know whats going on there? Hard to find definitive info on the situation johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I'd rather Sturing be in a better league before he enters any conversations with a full strength Canada. Realistically he should be behind Vitoria, Henry, Miller, Cornelius, and Singh. MM3/MM2/MM, deschamp86, Ivan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 hours ago, SpursFlu said: So with the merger(kinda) of Netherlands/Belgium next year how would it effect Frank and his team? Are they getting bumped down to 3rd division? Does anyone know whats going on there? Hard to find definitive info on the situation I thought the merger was for 2025 at the earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: I thought the merger was for 2025 at the earliest. Maybe? I thought I read next season https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11906/12248000/eredivisie-belgian-clubs-vote-in-favour-of-cross-border-league-with-teams-from-the-netherlands I guess they just said they're going to do it but not sure exactly when and how Edited April 25, 2021 by SpursFlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer21 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 16 hours ago, VinceA said: I'd rather Sturing be in a better league before he enters any conversations with a full strength Canada. Realistically he should be behind Vitoria, Henry, Miller, Cornelius, and Singh. Are we still putting Singh in that territory? I’m not putting any new TFC starters in the MNT until we see what happens when they return to full strength. If we’re putting Singh in the NT conversation, maybe Waterman should be in there too. NVsoccer, Ivan, Kent and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Sure, hes right in there with Sturing, Kennedy, Waterman, Didic..sort of the B team call ups. But we are so thin, if any of them plays well they could take a big role with CMNT. We havnt seen Kennedy or Singh yet, so they would be good guys to fill out the next roster. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 21 hours ago, VinceA said: I'd rather Sturing be in a better league before he enters any conversations with a full strength Canada. Realistically he should be behind Vitoria, Henry, Miller, Cornelius, and Singh. One of those things is not like the other.....yet. But what a start to the MLS season! Great to see another option start to emerge, but let's keep our feet on the ground for now. Ruffian, toontownman and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Obinna said: One of those things is not like the other.....yet. But what a start to the MLS season! Great to see another option start to emerge, but let's keep our feet on the ground for now. Yeah but Henry has always been an anomaly of nature. Long may he reign. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 12 minutes ago, toontownman said: Yeah but Henry has always been an anomaly of nature. Long may he reign. Doneil Henry.....the antithesis of "keeping your feet on the ground." toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 An article on Sturing's time with Canada in March:https://www.gelderlander.nl/sport-nijmegen-e-o/frank-sturing-debuteerde-al-voor-canada-maar-was-er-nog-nooit-het-volkslied-heb-ik-helemaal-meegezongen~a19d5e21/ An interesting little read. On Insta, some of the guys were calling him Frank the Tank; seems to be well liked. Despite FC Den Bosch finishing the Eerste Divisie 19th out of 20, he had a fairly decent end to the season. He played every minute of the last 5 matches of the season; 3 wins & 2 loses with his team outscoring the opposition 15 goals to 7. That's very good playing time for a Canadian centre-back. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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