Match Thread: September 18, 2022 - Pacific v Forge

[narduch]

Game is at 5pm local time (8pm ET) on One Soccer 

[Cheeta]

Probably best, from a Valour perspective, if Forge take the 3 points today.  However, a Valour win and a Pacific win today put Forge, Valour, and Pacific on 39 points, just 2 points a-stern of Cavalry & Atletico.  Weee!!!!!

(Forge & Pacific with a match in hand still).

[davey_twelve]

After all the recent hardship for Pacific fans, tiny car finally makes it to the island to set things right.

 

[Aird25]

Have they done anything to promote this game? I feel like it’s a crucial one, but I don’t recall hearing anything about it. 
 

Regardless, I’m pissed about the Manny news, and I again don’t know where the goals are going to come from. I wish I was feeling more optimistic 

[davey_twelve]

No Didic either so that means the only players available who have scored more than 1 goal this season are Heard, DoS and Daniels. 

Months back I expected this to be a big game so I organized a work outing and should have almost 40 people coming out for it. Shame it's gonna be a weak game.

 

[gator]

1 hour ago, davey_twelve said:

No Didic either so that means the only players available who have scored more than 1 goal this season are Heard, DoS and Daniels. 

Months back I expected this to be a big game so I organized a work outing and should have almost 40 people coming out for it. Shame it's gonna be a weak game.

 

That's good on you organizing that many people to come out to the match, no guarantees how this match will go, Forge just ended a long winless streak where they couldn't find goals, I am not sure the ship is righted yet although defensively we should be stronger with key players returning from injury!

[Ftduck]

5 hours ago, davey_twelve said:

No Didic either so that means the only players available who have scored more than 1 goal this season are Heard, DoS and Daniels. 

Months back I expected this to be a big game so I organized a work outing and should have almost 40 people coming out for it. Shame it's gonna be a weak game.

 

40!?! That's amazing, good job! As far as the game goes anything can happen. Hope you all have a great time. 

[Big_M]

[Big_M]

Key for each team

Forge: go at Pacific fullbacks as they have been weak defensively

Pacific: go very fast on counter attacks with Heard and Dos Santos..dont slow the plays down

[Big_M]

goal by hojabrpour after a couple minutes..pacific is truly a mess this year

[Ftduck]

That might be the first time I've seen the short corner actually produce for Forge.

[K Edgar]

[Cheeta]

Pitch starting to tilt towards Henry's goal isn't it?

Well, at least when you can see it on the broadcast.

[Cheeta]

BUGGER!

[gwsmith63]

Bit of a lost weekend with three draws and only Cavalry picking up maximum points. I suppose they are the big winners!

[Aird25]

Well that was pretty dire. What's happened to Forge? They used to play attractive soccer. Pacific have lost the majority of our championship winning team, but I feel like Forge have mostly strengthened their squad.

[narduch]

13 minutes ago, Aird25 said:

Well that was pretty dire. What's happened to Forge? They used to play attractive soccer. Pacific have lost the majority of our championship winning team, but I feel like Forge have mostly strengthened their squad.

Maybe the core got old?

[BearcatSA]

5 hours ago, Big_M said:

goal by hojabrpour after a couple minutes..pacific is truly a mess this year

That was awful marking.  Ugh!

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

 

[Unnamed Trialist]

5 hours ago, BearcatSA said:

That was awful marking.  Ugh!

That was especially Dos Santos staying in front of the goal and not moving with the rest of the team to put the crosser offside. Must do on that kind of short corner. Sleeping on that, then he was the closest to the 2nd post and missed it. Tactically poor.

[BearcatSA]

4 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

That was especially Dos Santos staying in front of the goal and not moving with the rest of the team to put the crosser offside. Must do on that kind of short corner. Sleeping on that, then he was the closest to the 2nd post and missed it. Tactically poor.

No situational awareness whatsoever.

[Aird25]

9 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

That was especially Dos Santos staying in front of the goal and not moving with the rest of the team to put the crosser offside. Must do on that kind of short corner. Sleeping on that, then he was the closest to the 2nd post and missed it. Tactically poor.

He made the exact same mistake on the next corner and Campbell really should have scored, if not for a good save. I thought he had started to put things together earlier in the season, but he's just so inconsistent. When he's on he can cause problems but otherwise he's a liability