saladroit Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Didn't they finish 2nd in the Conference once? Or am I imaging things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 40 minutes ago, narduch said: Didn't they finish 2nd in the Conference once? Yep, and third overall in the league. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 i think the rationale is that doyle values underlying numbers/style of play more than just results, and those robbo teams played some of the ugliest boring soccer in the league during his tenure Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 11/14/2023 at 3:24 PM, narduch said: Didn't they finish 2nd in the Conference once? Or am I imaging things? Yes, and couldn't have gone out much more meekly in the playoffs. 0 goals scored against Portland over two legs while never looking like they were going to win it. Went in to Portland for a Saturday night game after Portland had to play midweek, and Robinson had them bunker and never attack. It was brutal. saladroit, narduch and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Watchmen said: Yes, and couldn't have gone out much more meekly in the playoffs. 0 goals scored against Portland over two legs while never looking like they were going to win it. Went in to Portland for a Saturday night game after Portland had to play midweek, and Robinson had them bunker and never attack. It was brutal. Yep, that was pretty bad. Stoppage Time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 21 hours ago, Watchmen said: Yes, and couldn't have gone out much more meekly in the playoffs. 0 goals scored against Portland over two legs while never looking like they were going to win it. Went in to Portland for a Saturday night game after Portland had to play midweek, and Robinson had them bunker and never attack. It was brutal. and then the exact same thing against seattle two years later in 2017 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, saladroit said: and then the exact same thing against seattle two years later in 2017 lol 2 years later was actually worse, because he openly said the lesson he learned from the Portland game was "a 0-0 draw at home in the first leg is good, and we'll go down to Seattle and get a result." But this ignored that Dempsey was suspended for the first leg and Seattle's attack was blunted, but that he'd be back for the second leg. So he should have been out on the attack at home, so that he could then play more conservatively on the road when Seattle would be stronger. In other words, Robinson got his tactics for both years completely backwards. Edited November 17, 2023 by Watchmen saladroit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 50 minutes ago, Watchmen said: 2 years later was actually worse, because he openly said the lesson he learned from the Portland game was "a 0-0 draw at home in the first leg is good, and we'll go down to Seattle and get a result." But this ignored that Dempsey was suspended for the first leg and Seattle's attack was blunted, but that he'd be back for the second leg. So he should have been out on the attack at home, so that he could then play more conservatively on the road when Seattle would be stronger. In other words, Robinson got his tactics for both years completely backwards. I remember in the road leg Nerwinski getting lit up like a Roman candle defending 1 v 1 against the attacking forays of the hard running LB Nouhou Tolo and then getting subbed before the half by Jordan Harvey who managed to get a better handle on the sitiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckgbp Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Maybe this will allow the Whitecaps to get off to a good start for once. SpursFlu, Stanley and MtlMario 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 19 hours ago, canuckgbp said: Whoa, that's a lot. Not sure if that will actually hurt VWC, but it's harsh. League sending some serious power trip vibes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 On 12/1/2023 at 7:47 AM, costarg said: Whoa, that's a lot. Not sure if that will actually hurt VWC, but it's harsh. League sending some serious power trip vibes. Power trip? Didn't he allude to murdering the referee? Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 7 hours ago, RJB said: Power trip? Didn't he allude to murdering the referee? No. He jokingly said if the referee was found floating in False Creek that he'd be the first suspect. Anyone who's heard the clip can see it's a clear joke. Most of the suspended is for his extremely poor on field behavior, and the suspension for that is proven valid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Watchmen said: No. He jokingly said if the referee was found floating in False Creek that he'd be the first suspect. Anyone who's heard the clip can see it's a clear joke. Most of the suspended is for his extremely poor on field behavior, and the suspension for that is proven valid. That isn't something to "joke" about as a coach and my humour is very open. Could always be easily misinterpreted. Ivan and Kadenge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Shway said: That isn't something to "joke" about as a coach and my humour is very open. Could always be easily misinterpreted. 1) Have you heard the clip? 2) It wasn't intended for you, or the public. He was jokingly saying it to a group of reporters he knew, thinking the interviews hadn't started yet. One of them accidentally thought it was on the record, and posted it as the joke that it was. Edited December 6, 2023 by Watchmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 6:00 AM, RJB said: Power trip? Didn't he allude to murdering the referee? At least he didn't try and kiss someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 8 hours ago, Watchmen said: 1) Have you heard the clip? 2) It wasn't intended for you, or the public. He was jokingly saying it to a group of reporters he knew, thinking the interviews hadn't started yet. One of them accidentally thought it was on the record, and posted it as the joke that it was. And he came back on the field after being kicked out, and he verbally abused the ref, and he was kicking and smashing things, and following that the fans seemed encouraged to throw things at the ref, and he continued to berate the ref in post game interviews, and he genuinely seemed unhinged and very co confused in post game interviews, and he tried to violate league dress code, and he was never even really able to articulate what specifically he felt so upset about except for a pk that occurred way before he got kicked out RJB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 saladroit and BearcatSA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 berhalter quietly one of the best acquisitions of the schuster era imo, caps got an extremely solid and serviceable number 6 for basically nothing (trade with columbus for ~50K GAM with another 50K in incentives) and he's still in his early 20s Watchmen and masster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/whitecaps-fc-sign-tosaint-ricketts-as-new-emls-athlete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 They have drawn Tigres in the CCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Again? Won't this be the 3rd time the teams face each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 12 hours ago, BearcatSA said: https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/whitecaps-fc-sign-tosaint-ricketts-as-new-emls-athlete I think that esports are fun... but you can't call him an athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 21 minutes ago, masster said: Again? Won't this be the 3rd time the teams face each other? Yup, CL in 2017 and Leagues Cup last year, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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