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Ps: That pitch sucks
Ps: That pitch sucks
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
good for us and our high energy, aggressive, pressing style - that small pitch
Giovinco is so small.
And he wins a penalty
And he wins a penalty
yaaaaaaasssssss
Whats this game for?
I only put it on to see if Pirlo and Lampard are still decent. But no they are getting dominated by PL legend Altidore
True. It doesn't look very good on TV, that's what I meant.
What! Viera is the manager 
losing 4-0!
losing 4-0!Holy shit, what a goal Altidore....hes like the MLS Van Persie
Holy, that was good hit.
Am in heaven!!!
Basically like the QF (second leg) for the whole thing
For the league title? Or is it like the FA Cup?
This is the first MLS game I've seen and I have to say it's pretty good. Not sure how Viera ended up managing in America but he looks like he's about to cry
For the title. They do a top 6 then knock-out (American sports eh!)
Easiest to understand via this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_MLS_Cup_Playoffs#Bracket
ps. MLS Cup means the league title...
ps. Bradley - our Keano
Thanks
Looking at that link...LA Galaxy with Stevie G got knocked out by the Colorado Rapids with...Kevin Doyle!
Edit -
Viera - There's still the second half to go (losing 5-0)
Yeah these teams with (old) well known players don't tend to very well. Orlando with Kaka, etc! They're just too slow and don't have the legs anymore....nor the aggression/commitment IMHOThanks
Looking at that link...LA Galaxy with Stevie G got knocked out by the Colorado Rapids with...Kevin Doyle!
Yeah the likes of David Villa have been shite in this match. Googled it and I'm really surprised he's younger than our Ibra
No surprise to see Toronto win, by far the better side and much smarter with their DP's. Should be some atmosphere in Montreal might try and go to it
Indeed, this all-Canadian final is going to be massive.
I was hoping that the home leg would be played in BMO Field, and I'm very glad that it is being played there. I want football matches to be played on proper football pitches. I'm not a fan of football matches being played on the Rogers Centre. The pitch there is not suitable for football.
And the best part is that the Toronto crowd psyched him out big time. Normally, these sort of players tend to stay calm and composed in the MLS, but against TFC at home, Villa looked unsettled, and it showed in his performance.
I must say, for all of the criticism I gave Vanney, at least he learns his lessons and sets up his teams right for the matches. He realised the weaknesses we had in the regular season and fixed them with the 3-5-2 and the shrewd loan signing of Armando Cooper (please keep him for next season!). I really have been impressed with how he's developed as a coach in the past couple of years.
If I had to rank TFC's top 5 best performers, it would be like this:
I included Cheyrou in there because he was the player who turned our form around by providing a calmness and assurance to the midfield. His playmaking repertoire brought the best out of Giovinco, and his reading of the game made our midfield more solid.
- Giovinco (no idea how he wasn't nominated for the top 3 of the MLS MVP award)
- Zavaleta
- Irwin
- Altidore
- Cheyrou
I included Cheyrou in there because he was the player who turned our form around by providing a calmness and assurance to the midfield. His playmaking repertoire brought the best out of Giovinco, and his reading of the game made our midfield more solid.
huh? 2 leg final right?
Of course, but remember what happened when TFC faced LA Galaxy in the CONCACAF Champions League a few years ago? That was played in the Rogers Centre. TFC already made a great choice to stay in the BMO Field for the Eastern Conference final. I'm just hoping that they make the same choice if we do get past the Impact.
Wasn't close to MLS then
Why would they do that? Anyway guessing a newly refurbed BMO field sorts all of that out...
Probably because they could potentially make more money out of the matchday via the Rogers Centre. I just hope that they don't do that. The BMO Field has to be set as our home, and we should continue to play there. It's football pitch is the best I've seen in North America, and it suits our team's passing game quite well, too.Wasn't close to MLS then
Why would they do that? Anyway guessing a newly refurbed BMO field sorts all of that out...
But the attendance has been ramped up, much difference between the two?
edit: just seen, Rogers = 18k-ish, BMO = 31k-ish
No way does the Rogers Centre have 18k-is seats. Its capacity for football matches is more than 45k (I know this because I watched Manchester United vs. Celtic there 5 years ago, and the attendance was confirmed to be more than that amount). The BMO Field will go up to 31k at most.
Anyways, I do think that MLSE will let us play in the BMO Field throughout the season, but I still have that small doubt about them given how they allowed the Argonauts to play in the BMO Field as well as have the Grey Cup final be hosted in the same stadium.
Toronto FC and Montreal Impact game delayed because penalty area was measured too small!!
Unbelievable and small time. Delay is said to be 20 mins. 60 thousand in attendance. Oh ya, game is being played on artificial turf in a stadium that`s an eye sore and falling apart.
Go TFC!
Unbelievable and small time. Delay is said to be 20 mins. 60 thousand in attendance. Oh ya, game is being played on artificial turf in a stadium that`s an eye sore and falling apart.
Go TFC!
They are literally painting the penalty area lines green and waiting to paint new white lines. Couldn`t make this up.
What a joke! Were the stadium pitch prep group really that dumb? *Sigh* I guess it is the MLS after all...
Allez Montreal.
Couldn't they just have moved the bits of carpet around with the white bits on them?
How'd they get in with that bell? under somebody's jumper?
Just tuned in and we're 2 down.
Montreal are shooting towards the bellend
I kind of expected that typical Toronto mental weakness to rear up today. We didn't look settled and mentally prepared to play this match, and only when we went down 2-0 did we start to settle down and start playing our game, but even then, Montréal look comfortable, and I wouldn't be surprised if they win 3-0 again like last season.
Jesus, this game....
Honestly, wasn't expecting the comeback.