Herdman new head coach

[PastPros]

Is it too early to start a GoFundMe to keep him?

[Gian-Luca]

 

[PastPros]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/18/john-herdman-canada-soccer-coach-world-cup-qatar-2022

[The Ref]

Is our team going to play in Qatar better than the 1986 team of Tony Waiters (RIP)

 

[Unnamed Trialist]

5 hours ago, The Ref said:

Is our team going to play in Qatar better than the 1986 team of Tony Waiters (RIP)

 

Remains to be seen.

Sort of sad that too.

[Joe MacCarthy]

What does Herdman say to his troops after Egypt beats Belgium.  That must have changed the narrative. I wish that hadn't have happened, it kind of kills the underdog approach.

In the recent past "New Canada" has drawn bigger opponents (USA, Mexico) and come out thinking they should have won, will this come to pass vs Belgium?  Did Egypt expose the Belgians as being on the wane or will they come out with a vengeance.

 

[Ally McCoist]

2 minutes ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

What does Herdman say to his troops after Egypt beats Belgium.  That must have changed the narrative. I wish that hadn't have happened, it kind of kills the underdog approach.

In the recent past "New Canada" has drawn bigger opponents (USA, Mexico) and come out thinking they should have won, will this come to pass vs Belgium?  Did Egypt expose the Belgians as being on the wane or will they come out with a vengeance.

 

Herdman will emphasize the stat that 82% of teams who win their first match advance out of the group stage. They will come out hard.

[jhoops__]

The underground role will undoubtedly be front and centre of Herdman’s messaging to the club.  

[Joe MacCarthy]

50 minutes ago, jhoops__ said:

The underground role will undoubtedly be front and centre of Herdman’s messaging to the club.  

Build a tunnel to escape?  Cue Elmer Bernstein theme.

[Joe MacCarthy]

56 minutes ago, Ally McCoist said:

Herdman will emphasize the stat that 82% of teams who win their first match advance out of the group stage. They will come out hard.

First matches are vital but I remember being tremendously disappointed in Carolina Morace after Canada lost their first round game to Germany in the 2011 WWC.  This was when Germany and the US were far and away the best teams over everyone else and the Germans had the home field advantage. It should have been seen as a tremendous effort but apparently Morace treated it as an epic failure and then they spiraled out of control. 

If Canada can put in the effort like they did vs Uruguay and (even better) Japan and still lose the game, it will still be something to build on and not a catastrophe.

[CanadianSoccerFan]

 

[VinceA]

most if not all of the presser.

[Floortom]

Herdman getting a ton of praise from international media / pundits. This tourney might raise his stock as much as any of our players IMO.

[Bison44]

Hilarious, he is getting praise now, because no one paid any attention during CONCACAF qualifiers.  When we beat Mexico and the US on one was interested,  

[frmr]

52 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Hilarious, he is getting praise now, because no one paid any attention during CONCACAF qualifiers.  When we beat Mexico and the US on one was interested,  

Of course people were interested but not everyone follows Concacaf qualifiers believe it or not. Do you know all the storylines in the Asian qualifiers? Of course you don’t. 

[Kadenge]

1 hour ago, Bison44 said:

Hilarious, he is getting praise now, because no one paid any attention during CONCACAF qualifiers.  When we beat Mexico and the US on one was interested,  

and the same will happen for our players. This is one advantage to playing in Europe notwithstanding You Tube   

 

[Bison44]

1 hour ago, frmr said:

Of course people were interested but not everyone follows Concacaf qualifiers believe it or not. Do you know all the storylines in the Asian qualifiers? Of course you don’t. 

I'm not getting paid to be a media pundit.  You'd think they would know a little about the top team from each region CONCACAF, AFC or Asia etc.  

[frmr]

1 minute ago, Bison44 said:

I'm not getting paid to be a media pundit.  You'd think they would know a little about the top team from each region CONCACAF, AFC or Asia etc.  

If they're getting paid to cover Concacaf they would surely know how good he is. If they're not getting paid to cover Concacaf they likely wouldn't be looking that up in their free time. Of course many people will only be learning about Canada now that we're in the World Cup, media included.

[PegCityCam]

2 hours ago, Kadenge said:

and the same will happen for our players. This is one advantage to playing in Europe notwithstanding You Tube   

 

On this line of thought, where do you stand on making the WC every two years? I understand the purist side of things but as it stands the WC is pretty much the only way our nat team can get high quality tournament competition...not to mention exposure. Concacaf is great and all but it isn't given much credit or attention on an international scale and the we're clearly growing beyond most of the competition in our region.

[h coach]

Canada and Herdman with some very positive Eurosport coverage 😃 part way down the artickle.

https://www.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2022/world-cup-2022-maybe-we-should-start-writing-off-the-germans-after-japan-shock-the-warm-up_sto9241184/story.shtml

[trc2014]

at this rate, is there much chance he sticks around to 2026?

[The Ref]

Any of the other countries in the World Cup have a coach who never played the game?

 

[The Ref]

Herdman will need to step off his pedestal.

[VinceA]

Embarassing from Herdman. Take the L gracefully.

[DeRo_Is_King]

16 minutes ago, VinceA said:

Embarassing from Herdman. Take the L gracefully.

I'm sorry to say this, but Dalic is right. No experienced coach would have made that comment. Herdman has a lot to learn.