WCQ: Honduras vs Canada - Thursday, Jan 27, 8pm EST / 5pm Pacific - San Pedro Sula, Honduras

[CanadaFan123]

9 minutes ago, theaub said:

Projected Honduras lineup from the local papers

Lopez

Quaye - Gomez - Figueroa - D. Rodriguez

Mejia - Arriaga - E. Rodriguez

Quioto - Elis - Lozano

That’s a deadly front 3 probably the second best attack after Mexico that we’ve faced this past year. As Herdman pointed out, as a team Honduras hasn’t had trouble creating chances at home.. so we need to be alert. 

[jonovision]

22 minutes ago, theaub said:

Projected Honduras lineup from the local papers

Lopez

Quaye - Gomez - Figueroa - D. Rodriguez

Mejia - Arriaga - E. Rodriguez

Quioto - Elis - Lozano

Who is Gomez? I don't see him listed here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras_national_football_team#Current_squad

Not a lot of inexperience in the back, other than Figueroa.

Edited January 27, 2022 by jonovision

[theaub]

3 minutes ago, jonovision said:

Who is Gomez? I don't see him listed here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras_national_football_team#Current_squad

Not a lot of inexperience in the back, other than Figueroa.

lol I was thinking Maldonado and wrote the manager's name instead.  Updated.

[Free kick]

19 minutes ago, Floortom said:

The Quioto/Elis/Lozano trio is dangerous but the rest of the team looks quite poor. I think they will really miss Najar

Najar was IMHO their best player in that game at BMO field back in Sept.

Edited January 27, 2022 by Free kick

[jonovision]

Just re-watching the highlights from the first Honduras match. Both penalties were kind of soft, no? Especially the Buchanan foul? I think with VAR at least one gets overturned.

[gator]

The Honduran club team that eliminated Forge featured 3 or 4 internationals in the backline, Forge caused them all kinds of problems, this gives me some confidence with our attacking ability!

[Mattd97]

5 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

The last time someone made a post about praying there was a new age atheist on here who of course had to be a smart ass and mock the guy.  I posted don't tempt the Gods it won't turn out well.  It didn't turn out well.  If you wanna pray, pray, if you don't, STFU. 

It was a joke about our history in Honduras, not about prayer or religion...

[LeoH037]

I have a feeling we'll match up better against them this time around. At BMO they parked the bus on us and we seem to have a hard time breaking low blocks, but this time I fully expect them to take the game to us. We can really punish them in the counter, and it will be glorious if we do.

[Free kick]

1 hour ago, jonovision said:

Just re-watching the highlights from the first Honduras match. Both penalties were kind of soft, no? Especially the Buchanan foul? I think with VAR at least one gets overturned.

I just re watched them now and agree that both were soft.  But to be perfectly honest, the penalty resulting in a  PK awarded to Canada was far more soft than that one awarded to Honduras.   Had we not been the home side in that game, i dont think we get awarded the PK in that one.  

On the first PK,  at least there was contact by Buchanan with the Honduran attacker.   But on the second PK,  i didnt see any intent to foul by the Honduran defender.   For the defender, it was a case of "being in the wrong place at the wrong time"

On the balance of play, we deserved the draw.   But it was still the weakest performance by Canada in this WCQ campaign in my opinion.

Edited January 27, 2022 by Free kick

[Unnamed Trialist]

41 minutes ago, Mattd97 said:

It was a joke about our history in Honduras, not about prayer or religion...

I understood it. You just attached it to a sincere comment about daily mass attendance. 

We did our Edmonton meet-up in a church and that went rather well it seems. 

[Ally McCoist]

1 hour ago, Free kick said:

I just re watched them now and agree that both were soft.  But to be perfectly honest, the penalty resulting in a  PK awarded to Canada was far more soft than that one awarded to Honduras.   Had we not been the home side in that game, i dont think we get awarded the PK in that one.  

On the first PK,  at least there was contact by Buchanan with the Honduran attacker.   But on the second PK,  i didnt see any intent to foul by the Honduran defender.   For the defender, it was a case of "being in the wrong place at the wrong time"

On the balance of play, we deserved the draw.   But it was still the weakest performance by Canada in this WCQ campaign in my opinion.

To be fair there was also a clear penalty shout for Canada at some point in the game that wasn't called. There was booing for a solid 2 minutes that's how bad it was. I forget who it was on or when it was during the game but it was definitely there. But yes, a draw was fair.

Edited January 27, 2022 by Ally McCoist

[CanadianSoccerFan]

 

 

 

[Ally McCoist]

2 minutes ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

 

 

 

Oh my god I live for these pre-game hype videos. They're so well put together. I love the music in that video too - I believe it's the same one they used in their Jamaica and Haiti games too. It has that eerie vibe that lets you know that they're playing on a hostile environment.  

The goosebumps mannnn

[Canadamnt]

There seems to be some innaguration cermony earlier in the day at that stadium. It could affect attendance, field attendance, etc. somehow.

[lenny]

35 minutes ago, Canadamnt said:

There seems to be some innaguration cermony earlier in the day at that stadium. It could affect attendance, field attendance, etc. somehow.

The inauguration is in the capital, Tegucigalpa, not San Pedro. 

[Blackjack15]

 

[prairiecanuck]

The hourly forecast has a high of 29, but at kickoff it's showing 23 in San Pedro Sula.  Should be perfect weather for us.  

[scullion44]

Borjan shared a story on insta of a projected lineup, even if that ends up not being the lineup what a weird thing to share 

 

Adekugbe-Miller-Vitoria-Johnston

Buchanan-Hutchinson-Kaye-Lareya

Larin-David

[narduch]

20 minutes ago, scullion44 said:

Borjan shared a story on insta of a projected lineup, even if that ends up not being the lineup what a weird thing to share 

 

Adekugbe-Miller-Vitoria-Johnston

Buchanan-Hutchinson-Kaye-Lareya

Larin-David

Is he the starting keeper?

[blueseeka]

That lineup would definitely make sense. Nice to see both David and Larin start together

[blueseeka]

FINALLY GAMEDAY

[scullion44]

12 minutes ago, narduch said:

Is he the starting keeper?

Yes lol

[CanadianSoccerFan]

38 minutes ago, scullion44 said:

Borjan shared a story on insta of a projected lineup, even if that ends up not being the lineup what a weird thing to share 

 

Adekugbe-Miller-Vitoria-Johnston

Buchanan-Hutchinson-Kaye-Lareya

Larin-David

His instagram lineup had the wings and backs on the other sides

[blueseeka]

1 minute ago, CanadianSoccerFan said:

His instagram lineup had the wings and backs on the other sides

Yep...Just saw it. It is a share from @canadamntonly. Defintely not official

[prairiecanuck]

Just now, blueseeka said:

Yep...Just saw it. It is a share from @canadamntonly. Defintely not official

I like the lineup though.  I wouldn't be disappointed if that's the way it played out.