mr_goodwrench
Well-Known Member
Yeah, there is no neutral feelings when it comes to Man United...
martinworswick said:i just read this whole thread,am i the only bolton wanderers(who?) out there? the f.a. cup final was in sight last week and they choked,the might as well have just stayed in the changing room.
gonna upset arsenal this weekend though!
After a good start, the Fire have been quite disappointing.
Like I said in my preview, Houston has been spotty... I think a strong and smart effort could result in points for the Fire.
Houston Dynamo at Chicago Fire -- 1-1
Bummer, Fire fans.... but they looked focused, strong and despite the late goal the backline looked solid. Looked kind of weird not seeing Sean Johnson out there, though.
Attendance: 12,473 -- Not bad but while watching this one on TV I would have thought it was more.... mofos were loud!
I still get chills when I watch the TA National Anthem
I posted these vid's in another thread but it didn't go anywhere, I have season tickets to the Timbers and am a proud chanter/singer in the TA section. :rockin:
We fully bring it at every match.
WooooHoooo!!
My lot (Southampton) Got promoted back into the second tier on Monday! That is unless we somehow lose our +17 Goal diff. advantage on the last day!
Also, did anybody watch the LA-NY match on ESPN last night? Instant Classic.... IMO the best match of the season thus far.
I missed that one but my Timbers are slowly climbing the ranks. Took Real Salt Lake at home and actually undefeated at home (don't come here we are vicious fans ).
Plus their red kits were sweeeeet on Saturday.
OK, that's it. You are officially banned from the soccer thread, you bloody girly!!
What can I say, I'm a geek for all aspects of the sport:
- Keeping track of attendance records
- Watching webcams of new stadiums go up (I sh*t you not... I've watched Sporting Kansas City's stadium since it was a plot of land)
- Admiring new kits
- Speculating where the All-Star and MLS Cup matches will be (HOME DEPOT CENTER FOR THE FINAL, BABY!)
- Getting into the hype of new expansion clubs and the unveiling of crests/kits
Seriously, I can't wait until the end of the month... that's when Montreal will officially announce the club name and unveil their crest. I don't know about kits but definitely crest.
What can I say... I have a boner for the sport.
I can see BC Place going up from where I work. Pretty exciting.
I hadn't heard about Chandler asking to stay home, but I still don't like Bornstein in there. Really the only reason guys like him and Heath Pearce get any play is because we have such a gaping hole in the left back spot. I don't think Bornstein played terrible in the WC, but he adds so little to the team, and is almost always a risk to play an I'll advised square ball in our own half. In the last set of friendlies he looked horrible. As soon as any opponent discovers that they can pressure our backs and we'll just hand them the ball, then our whole team starts to panic.
As far as the keepers go, the point I was making is that neither Hahnemann nor Rimando will ever play an important role on the MNT. Howard will start every important game for us until he gets beat out by someone, retires, or gets hurt. That includes the Gold Cup. The other keepers might get a game or two in the first round against poor competition, but in the knockout rounds Howard will be playing. So if in all reality the #2 and #3 keeper get at most one game each against weak opponents, then why didn't we bring someone that shows some promise, and can contribute after Howard is no longer with the team? Howard is 31, Hahnemann 38, and Rimando 31. Those other two will never play an important role on our team because their career paths are either ahead of or right in line with Tim Howard's.
I see that there's another giant dust cloud covering the Atlantic.
Arsenal just opened the door of their trophy cabinet.
I like Shea, but I haven't see much of him in the back. I've mostly seen him playing on the wing. He has good size and seems to prefer to play wide on the left side, so I could see him transitioning to leftback. The problem I have with our left back situation is that we are continually trying to plug someone in there. The way I look at it, if we don't have a player that fits the mold, then change the mold. Our central midfield seems to frequently get out classed by other good midfields. To remedy this we usually play with 3 center mids. But we do so by going down to one forward. Why not play a 3-5-2. Keep 2 strikers in the game, have the 3 backs worry about the other teams strikers, and let the wing players worry about the flanks.
Interesting idea. My one concern (and I will state for the record that I am no expert in soccer strategy) is based off of the general lack of good distribution from our back line. Our back line tends to just clear the line and boot it halfway up the field. If we have the wings coming back to defend the flanks, my concern is that that's just two fewer guys to be there to try to win the ball and the clearance. I can just picture gooch booting it up the field, one of the forwards winning the ball but having nothing to do with it because our center mids are defensive minded and now our wings are back farther cuz they were defending the flanks.
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