Match Thread: May 20, 2024 - HFX Wanderers v Valour

[narduch]

Game is at 4pm AT (2pm CT) on One Soccer.

Halifax have 11 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses all time against Valour

[Cheeta]

Just read that Valour have never scored at Wanderers.  Run out of the V's Cup 7 nil by York and -10 on goal difference in league play and counting.  Lovely.

Almonst think they have a better chance next week at Spruce Meadows.  Almost.

Anyway, fingers & toes crossed.  Maybe the lads are due.  

[jonovision]

https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/match-preview-vs-hfx-wanderers-5

First start for Mourtoudoukas on the cards? Didn't look ready in limited duty last week. 

Does Hundal start on the bench again?

[Soccerpro2]

Hundal was the big offseason striker signing. How come he is relegated to the bench these days?

[jonovision]

4 minutes ago, Soccerpro2 said:

Hundal was the big offseason striker signing. How come he is relegated to the bench these days?

From the matches I've watched (all but one), in the central striker role Swibel has been much better. I don't think Hundal has the legs to play in any other position.

[Big_M]

[Big_M]

interesting that facchineri is on the bench...looks like a 4-2-3-1 with campbell at rb a greek pairing at cb with mourdoukoutas who indeed didnt look ready and a weak duo at dm of sanchez and verhoeven...if rampersad lapare are on a good day they should walk all over it

[jonovision]

20 minutes ago, Big_M said:

interesting that facchineri is on the bench...looks like a 4-2-3-1 with campbell at rb a greek pairing at cb with mourdoukoutas who indeed didnt look ready and a weak duo at dm of sanchez and verhoeven...if rampersad lapare are on a good day they should walk all over it

Could also be the usual 3-5-2 with Campbell playing at the back and Antonoglou and Diogo (or other) taking up the wingback spots.

[K Edgar]

23 minutes ago, Big_M said:

interesting that facchineri is on the bench...looks like a 4-2-3-1 with campbell at rb a greek pairing at cb with mourdoukoutas who indeed didnt look ready

Tass is captain!?!  Hundal still on bench.  Diogo starts again, not shown much in previous games.

[Big_M]

 

[Big_M]

3-4-3 for hfx

[Big_M]

a classic verhoeven giveaway and chantzopoulos is forced to foul at the top of the box

[Big_M]

15' murasiranwa gets a yellow

[jonovision]

Verhoeven what are you doing?

[Big_M]

21' ferrin hits the bar

[Big_M]

43' verhoeven gets a yellow

[jonovision]

These teams are not very good.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Only watched about 10 minutes of that first half but from the little I saw I have to concur. Halifax had a quality short passing possession style when Gheisar first arrived but now play like a bunch of lumberjacks. THe Valour are the Valour and nothing much more needs to be said than that.

[jonovision]

Halifax suffer from the same problem Valour does: lack of talent. You can have all the tactics and style you like, but with a team of plumbers it can only ever go one way.

[Big_M]

ressurreicao scores a super goal 49' 0-1

[K Edgar]

Binate assists

1 minute ago, Big_M said:

ressurreicao scores a super goal 49' 0-1

Valour's 1st ever goal in Halifax!

Edited May 20 by K Edgar

[Big_M]

now we see how mistaken dos santos was for not starting him earlier in the season

[jonovision]

Dirty tackle from Coimbra.

[Big_M]

mourdoukoutas falls badly as hes fouled by coimbra and gets stepped on...get facchineri ready

[jonovision]

3 minutes ago, Big_M said:

now we see how mistaken dos santos was for not starting him earlier in the season

To be fair, there have been no signs he's been capable of something like this. He may have some quality but he's also a lazy player.