Match Thread: April 15, 2023 - Atletico Ottawa v HFX Wanderers

[narduch]

Game is at 1pm ET (2pm AT) on One Soccer and Fubo.

AO has 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses all time v HFX.

Edited April 15, 2023 by narduch

[Copes]

Fired up. Predicting a 1-1 draw here. I think the Wanderers have made some really exciting (if under the radar) moves that will be on display in an hour or so. 

Watch for Fillion, James, Callegari to impress. 

[narduch]

[narduch]

[Copes]

Only XI surprises for me on the Halifax side are Nimick in over Campagna. Also not entirely sure how they're going to look. Looks like 5 defenders (I would have expected Timoteo instead of Ferrazzo) so I'm not sure who is pushing forward. Excited to see how they play!

 

[Big_M]

three former vaughan players straight into the eleven...will be interesting to see what kind of season hfx get openly calling themselves vaughanderers

[Lurker]

Both of these teams have to play each other again mid week so that might explain why some are on the bench to start.

[Big_M]

only five of these 18 were with hfx last year...pretty big turnover

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

0-1, Halifax suddenly look like a Latin American team rather than playing like they are following a CSA coaching manual from about 20 to 30 years ago.

[Lurker]

[Copes]

Oh love this. Great to see. Very pleased to be rocking my Zach Fernandez 2023 home jersey right now (as I watch from my couch in Newfoundland...)

[Senorpopps]

Can anyone at the game give an idea of what the attendance looks like?

[Big_M]

lol pxp gets rampersads age wrong saying hes 25...come on

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

11 minutes ago, Senorpopps said:

Can anyone at the game give an idea of what the attendance looks like?

People at the game will be too busy doing other things like watching the game and drinking a beer to be on their phones and you get better angles to judge with the stream anyway. Likely 5000+ as the normal active part of the stadium is clearly close to full and there is a fair sized number on the far side as well. It's pay what you want for the opener so that's expected.

Edited April 15, 2023 by Ozzie_the_parrot

[Sonny Heung-min]

 

16 minutes ago, Senorpopps said:

Can anyone at the game give an idea of what the attendance looks like?

Rumours of ~7,000

[SpursFlu]

Pretty good crowd... too bad for them Ottawa not looking too good 

Halifax playing a confident brand of football 

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

1-1 Ollie Bassett

[phresh]

Great pass from Singh and great finish from Ollie

[Big_M]

while hfx should have scored at least two and looked to be dominating the best player in the league does it again...olliewood out of english d7

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

He was on a full-time deal with a League Two club as a teenager before that so it's not quite as bad as it sounds.

[Aird25]

27 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said:

People at the game will be too busy doing other things like watching the game and drinking a beer to be on their phones and you get better angles to judge with the stream anyway. Likely 5000+ as the normal active part of the stadium is clearly close to full and there is a fair sized number on the far side as well. It's pay what you want for the opener so that's expected.

They call it that, but I heard there are $20-30 minimums on most sections

[Lurker]

Callegari looks really good out there, his quality really stands out.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Was a bit surprised Atletico signed Salter. Doesn't seem like the sort of player that fits their style of play. Penalty box poacher rather than a guy that can fit a style that emphasized patient possession was my impression but maybe I am missing something.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

7040 announced

[Copes]

18 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said:

Was a bit surprised Atletico signed Salter. Doesn't seem like the sort of player that fits their style of play. Penalty box poacher rather than a guy that can fit a style that emphasized patient possession was my impression but maybe I am missing something.

I don't disagree. Watched Salter a lot last year and I always felt he was someone who benefited from the fact that we had no one else, as opposed to someone who stood out, if you know what I mean. 

Happy with this Halifax performance. Lorenzo looks great. Very happy to see Fernandez score although I don't know if I'm sold on him up top all season long. I think there are lots of positives and lots of upside for the Wanderers. Pleased with many of our new signings.