Shway Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Alex said: Jamaica is supposed to host Suriname tonight, they have said they aren’t talking the field unless the general secretary resigned. It worked and he resigned. are you insinuating something....😁 Obinna, MtlMario, Kadenge and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Grenada, still coached by Canada's Mike Findlay, drew El Salvador 2-2 in Nations League. They play the US next. He's doing a great job with them. Also: I like those Spice Boys shirts. Obinna and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/7/2022 at 11:52 AM, Shway said: are you insinuating something....😁 I've decided not to fly out west to Vancouver for the game until Nick Bontis resigns. Hope it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 The US are all over Grenada. Just banged in the 3rd in a 3-0 game in the 56th minute. Don’t think Grenada have a shot yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 7 hours ago, dyslexic nam said: The US are all over Grenada. Just banged in the 3rd in a 3-0 game in the 56th minute. Don’t think Grenada have a shot yet. Grenada are a much lower-ranked team than Curaçao, so if you want to compare, the States only scored late in the first half. Our result was better than theirs. They are getting decent results lately, drew El Salvador. They did a minnow tour of Europe recently and competed equally vs. Gibraltar and Andorra. They qualified for last Gold Cup. So they are another team that could push out of minnow status into the next tier, making Concacaf a bit more competitive. Coached by Mike Findlay, I keep track of them not only because he's Canadian and formerly with our programme, but also because a Vancouver buddy asks occasionally, I think their wives know each other or something. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Remko Bicentini took in the US-Grenada game last night. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 4 hours ago, jordan said: Remko Bicentini took in the US-Grenada game last night. Interesting. So he is still part of the coaching staff? Haven't seen him at any of our games or pics for the last few windows. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, Kadenge said: Interesting. So he is still part of the coaching staff? Haven't seen him at any of our games or pics for the last few windows. Yea I doubt it. Unless he's working as a scout. He isn't listed anywhere on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSoccerFan Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Surprised to learn that Panama is playing Uruguay in Montevideo today and against Martinique tomorrow. They've been all over the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 This is on One Soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksfan Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Attendance in Mexico for Mexico v Suriname doesn't look much better than BC Place on Thursday. johnyb, Jedi Ram and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 6 hours ago, narduch said: This is on One Soccer. Odd they start Lainez, he's probably on his way out at Betis, he's "peaked" already and may not be ready to be a top player. OK, it's mostly a B team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Odd they start Lainez, he's probably on his way out at Betis, he's "peaked" already and may not be ready to be a top player. OK, it's mostly a B team. Their Canadian kid subbed on in the 80th minute and missed a penalty NVsoccer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 46 minutes ago, narduch said: Their Canadian kid subbed on in the 80th minute and missed a penalty He seems like he could end up being similar to Lainez. He needs to fill out physically and get some more time vs the men. And even then. I am not worried about missing Flores. But I would like to get Lucas Dias and Koleosho. The Real Marc and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod818 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Mexico beat Suriname 3-0. Reading some of the comments from Mexican fans they seem to like what the Canadian kid did despite missing the PK. He fed the pass through that led to the PK. Either way, don’t think he’s headed to Qatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerkick Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 does anyone know the story with Panama playing a friendly with Uruguay yesterday? They are scheduled for a game against Martinique today, so they must have sent a youth side or B team for the friendly? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, cornerkick said: does anyone know the story with Panama playing a friendly with Uruguay yesterday? They are scheduled for a game against Martinique today, so they must have sent a youth side or B team for the friendly? Panama had a team at the Toulon Tournament, they played two days ago, so that’s likely 20 less players to choose from. cornerkick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, cornerkick said: does anyone know the story with Panama playing a friendly with Uruguay yesterday? They are scheduled for a game against Martinique today, so they must have sent a youth side or B team for the friendly? They had very few regulars in the starting lineup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 League A in UEFA Nations League is 16 teams. 8 matches to get to the final. More than you play in the World Cup. And arguably just as hard, if you consider the ranking and level of rivals. League A in Concacaf is 12 teams. 6 matches to get to the final. You could argue that Concacaf has too many A teams, in comparison. You could also argue it is potentially an easy tournament to win, or should not be hard. The group stage is not overly challenging. Then you have semis and a final, you really need to be on form fo 2 matches. While the Gold Cup also gives you 6 matches, you have quarter finals and so a harder model of a knock-out match: it would be more challenging in principle to play three knock-outs. The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: League A in UEFA Nations League is 16 teams. 8 matches to get to the final. More than you play in the World Cup. And arguably just as hard, if you consider the ranking and level of rivals. League A in Concacaf is 12 teams. 6 matches to get to the final. You could argue that Concacaf has too many A teams, in comparison. You could also argue it is potentially an easy tournament to win, or should not be hard. The group stage is not overly challenging. Then you have semis and a final, you really need to be on form fo 2 matches. While the Gold Cup also gives you 6 matches, you have quarter finals and so a harder model of a knock-out match: it would be more challenging in principle to play three knock-outs. CONCACAF nations league has too few games to be considered “a league”, but expanding the number of games would put too much of a strain on players who don’t even really care about the tournament. Would be interested in a March madness type tournament with single game knockouts. It’s less on the players, higher stakes, and fans will actually understand how it works instead of- play these bottom feeders a couple times, then we’ll throw you into a 4 team knockout at some point. Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: League A in UEFA Nations League is 16 teams. 8 matches to get to the final. More than you play in the World Cup. And arguably just as hard, if you consider the ranking and level of rivals. League A in Concacaf is 12 teams. 6 matches to get to the final. You could argue that Concacaf has too many A teams, in comparison. You could also argue it is potentially an easy tournament to win, or should not be hard. The group stage is not overly challenging. Then you have semis and a final, you really need to be on form fo 2 matches. While the Gold Cup also gives you 6 matches, you have quarter finals and so a harder model of a knock-out match: it would be more challenging in principle to play three knock-outs. It's hardly new information that the level of play in a CONCACAF competition isn't as high as in a UEFA competition. However, the view that it's easy and you really only need to be on form for 2 matches is overstating it. That point of view is probably only valid for USA, Mexico, and maybe "new Canada" (but let's see if we still think so after tonight's away game in Honduras). Even USA last time around only won their group (against us) on a tie breaker. Costa Rica is one of the top 4 seeds in this edition, and they have 1 win and 1 loss, 4 points behind Panama but with a game in hand, so I'm not sure which team should be having an easy time in that group. I think CONCACAF League A has a good number of teams, not too many. There have been a couple blow outs but Grenada is the only team that I think is clearly not good enough. Curacao, Suriname, and Martinique are all capable (or could be with more experience playing together) of pulling off good results. Edited June 13, 2022 by Kent Just adding some clarity on a couple things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 Whata shit show of a window. Worst ever. And worst game ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, Shway said: Whata shit show of a window. Worst ever. And worst game ever. Other than 8-1, this was literally the worst CanMNT game I've ever seen in my life. Are there any other games that take the cake? Maybe Haiti 3-2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ally McCoist said: Other than 8-1, this was literally the worst CanMNT game I've ever seen in my life. Are there any other games that take the cake? Maybe Haiti 3-2? Haiti 3-2 was frustrating in a different way; it was more the team itself than the ref. Other bad ones that I recall being just as emotionally frustrating were Canada vs Martinique at the start of the 2013 Gold Cup and friendlies against Australia in 2013 and against Azerbaijan in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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