Bahrain vs Canada - Friday, November 11th - 10:30am EST / 7:30am Pacific - Isa Town, Bahrain

[Stryker911]

Edwards has had so many opportunities to run and done nothing. Can we put Laryea on the left and bring in ZBG on the right?

[Cheeta]

Someone needs to check and make sure Edwards put his boots on correctly.

R is right.  L is left.  We've talked about this.

Can't be happy with himself today.

[Califax]

1 minute ago, jonovision said:

That was always the case, and this match has not changed anything in that regard.

I think that’s the point, we were hoping for a positive change with good play from Waterman. 

[vancanman]

5 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said:

Brother half the guys on Bahrain look like they have a day job. Score isn't everything here but there is absolutely no reason for this to be remotely competitive.

and half of ours look unemployed

[Razcal]

Just now, Kadenge said:

All you guys saying it's rust, haven't played in a month...we play Belgium in less than 2 weeks. 

That's why this camp and these warm-up games are important.

Also, is this the team we will be facing them with?

[jonovision]

Just now, trc2014 said:

I wasn’t as worried as most with Henry slotting in (who is likely now off the roster) and before this assumed Waterman would be OK.

I think we should be careful about jumping to this conclusion, given the record of all the Davies injury experts a week ago.

[PegCityCam]

2 minutes ago, sebdeserio said:

Bahrain's ELO ranking is 81st, while El Salvador is 80th and Honduras 84th. They're not as bad as you'd imagine.

This Canada B squad would be what, around 70, 65? What do you think?

[Floortom]

Edwards on goal from thirty yards out? Are we even trying to win this ?

[jonovision]

1 minute ago, Califax said:

I think that’s the point, we were hoping for a positive change with good play from Waterman. 

I think anyone expecting Waterman to be a World Cup capable CB was deluding themselves.

[Razcal]

2 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said:

I think we should give Honduras and El Salvador more credit here. The team that has won the Bahraini league 3 of the last 4 seasons hasn't advanced passed the AFC round of 16 since 2010, and most of their best players aren't even Bahraini. A CPL team should be able to beat these guys.

Look at their ELO ranking.

[trc2014]

Just now, jonovision said:

I think we should be careful about jumping to this conclusion, given the record of all the Davies injury experts a week ago.

He needed a 90, this game was everything to him.

[dyslexic nam]

This pitch is absolute dog shit.  It is falling apart under our feet.  

[jonovision]

This pitch is worse than anything we experienced in WCQ. By a mile.

[sebdeserio]

1 minute ago, PegCityCam said:

This Canada B squad would be what, around 70, 65? What do you think?

Jamaica's 68th and Haiti's 76th so somewhere around there. Reminds me of our 2017 Gold Cup team

[footballfreak]

I think what this half emphasizes is how important it is that the team defends from the front. Having David/Davies/Tajon/etc takes so much pressure off the backline. 

[WestHamCanadianinOxford]

Just keep the ball a bit, boys.  Build up your fitness. No need for more injuries.

[rydermike]

Our guys got cocky after the first 10 minutes, got lazy and now Bahrain has them shook a bit. We have the quality to take over again, just need to do it

[Califax]

Just now, jonovision said:

I think anyone expecting Waterman to be a World Cup capable CB was deluding themselves.

I mean… JH called and started him today so… that’s not reassuring for one of two reasons. 

[trc2014]

Just now, jonovision said:

This pitch is worse than anything we experienced in WCQ. By a mile.

It will never beat that Honduras NL game.

[Razcal]

Just now, jonovision said:

This pitch is worse than anything we experienced in WCQ. By a mile.

You did watch the game on the waterlogged pitch where the ball would be floating half the time right?

[dyslexic nam]

3 minutes ago, Stryker911 said:

Edwards has had so many opportunities to run and done nothing. Can we put Laryea on the left and bring in ZBG on the right?

100% this.  I kind of forgot about ZBG on the bench but he should absolutely be given a chance to showcase what he can do given what Edwards has shown so far.  

[canuckgbp]

Just now, jonovision said:

This pitch is worse than anything we experienced in WCQ. By a mile.

Jamaica was pretty bad lol 

[rydermike]

Just now, Califax said:

I mean… JH called and started him today so… that’s not reassuring for one of two reasons. 

Only after Henry got injured in warmup

[dyslexic nam]

Glad Dayne didn’t punch that one…

[footballfreak]

1 minute ago, Razcal said:

You did watch the game on the waterlogged pitch where the ball would be floating half the time right?

I think that was Honduras away in the nations league. None of the WCQ games reached anywhere near that level iirc.