BearcatSA Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 I think Fraser is a flatter-to-deceive guy, frankly. His strengths are linking play as well as some good long ball passes when he is afforded the time/space to make them from deeper midfield positions, but I am not confident in the defensive side of his game, maybe as a taller body in a low block, but what we really need from his spot, imo, is a big engine range guy to search and destroy to force midfield turnovers and feed our counter attacking track meet with Davies and Buchanan feeding David and Larin. We'd all love to have a guy like Vancouver's Cubas emerge in that role but that is not happening, so I wonder how Marsch deals with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Anyone else refreshing this page every half hour to see if the roster dropped? costarg, jhoops__, Canuckia and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastPros Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 minute ago, Obinna said: Anyone else refreshing this page every half hour to see if the roster dropped? Yes Obinna, Shway and yomurphy1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 I have notifications turned on, nothing yet. They teased, and then announced the CANWNT pride friendly in Toronto (cool matchup), so I don’t know if we should expect two big pieces of news in a day. jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 30 minutes ago, Obinna said: Anyone else not refreshing this page every half hour to see if the roster dropped? Fixed it. The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 17 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: I have notifications turned on, nothing yet. They teased, and then announced the CANWNT pride friendly in Toronto (cool matchup), so I don’t know if we should expect two big pieces of news in a day. Don't think they will want to overahadow that Canwnt news. But who knows? Quite possibly we wait another day. Cue roster drop.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhoops__ Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Doubt it matters… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 10 minutes ago, jhoops__ said: Doubt it matters… It’s more that they typically tease the announcement a few hours before it drops and they usually drop the announcement mid afternoon. Unless it’s a surprise drop, I think it’s too late in the day to drop it today. toontownman, jhoops__ and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 minute ago, InglewoodJack said: It’s more that they typically tease the announcement a few hours before it drops and they usually drop the announcement mid afternoon. Unless it’s a surprise drop, I think it’s too late in the day to drop it today. And usually you hear from the media guys that a conference call with the manager is happening later that day too. Nothing on that front jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 28 minutes ago, toontownman said: Don't think they will want to overahadow that Canwnt news. But who knows? Quite possibly we wait another day. Cue roster drop.... If they ever did overshadow the Canwnt news . We would never hear the end of the constant whining from there side . Obinna, Kadenge and jhoops__ 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Maybe slightly playing catchup but back from a looong weekend in the "greater" white north, I got to listen to all of Jesse Marsch on his last Call it What You Want. The centre back discussion was interesting. He knows Bombito and mentioned him first - which was a great relief, to be honest, to me. As mentioned earlier, the others he named were MLS guys (almost, see below). He mentioned Bombito and Hiebert played "in the same system" (I think those were the words). Meaning a back 4? as compared to Waterman, sometimes Miller and maybe McGraw. The other thing he mentioned was playing Johnston at CB, which he considered an option. Obinna, Shway, jhoops__ and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) Roster drop Monday according to Twitter Edited May 24 by spitfire Canuckia, johnyb, chalms04 and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally McCoist Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Announcement for an announcement. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 To add another announcement, the press conference is set for 2 pm ET on Monday. Canuckia, Corazon and Obinna 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Pre-weekend roster prediction: 27-man roster GK - Crepeau GK - St. Clair GK - Sirois RB - Johnston RB - De Fougerolles RCB - Waterman RCB - Bombito LCB - Miller LCB - Cornelius LCB - Kennedy LB - Ahmed CM - Eustaquio CM - Kone CM - Choniere CM - Piette CM - Fraser CM - Paton CM - Hoilett FW - Davies FW - Buchanan FW - Millar FW - David FW - Larin FW - Russel-Rowe FW - Ugbo FW - Bair FW - Corbeanu Injured: Osorio, Adekugbe, Laryea Notable ommissions: Shaffleburg (things seem to have cooled down club-wise) Borjan (I don't think we bring him back) McGraw (not having a great season) Brym & Nelson (both haven't done enough for the level they play at) Zator & Loturi (no fault of their own, but too far down the depth chart for an A selection There are a lot of players deserving of a look, but we cannot look at everyone, and as much as I would love to see a mega squad, I don't see us bringing more than 30. TGAA_Star, lamptern, Mihairokov and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod818 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I think Shaffleburg has to be there. He's been a spark off the bench. He scored in the most recent big game against T&T. Rated the second fastest player in MLS. I don't think you can leave him off Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 28 minutes ago, pod818 said: I think Shaffleburg has to be there. He's been a spark off the bench. He scored in the most recent big game against T&T. Rated the second fastest player in MLS. I don't think you can leave him off Over who? johnyb and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, Obinna said: Pre-weekend roster prediction: 27-man roster GK - Crepeau GK - St. Clair GK - Sirois RB - Johnston RB - De Fougerolles RCB - Waterman RCB - Bombito LCB - Miller LCB - Cornelius LCB - Kennedy LB - Ahmed CM - Eustaquio CM - Kone CM - Choniere CM - Piette CM - Fraser CM - Paton CM - Hoilett FW - Davies FW - Buchanan FW - Millar FW - David FW - Larin FW - Russel-Rowe FW - Ugbo FW - Bair FW - Corbeanu Injured: Osorio, Adekugbe, Laryea Notable ommissions: Shaffleburg (things seem to have cooled down club-wise) Borjan (I don't think we bring him back) McGraw (not having a great season) Brym & Nelson (both haven't done enough for the level they play at) Zator & Loturi (no fault of their own, but too far down the depth chart for an A selection There are a lot of players deserving of a look, but we cannot look at everyone, and as much as I would love to see a mega squad, I don't see us bringing more than 30. Few observations, peferences - For me, Shaffellburg over Corbeanu, almost 7x the minutes this calendar year and relationship with the team. Scored some. - LdF - has been playing centre back, but I guess if we want the option to play 4 at the back, we need some cover there. (Maybe Zator if that is really the case) - Paton - position of need, has a number of appearances, almost the exact number of minutes this season as Loturi. I wish I could see them more. - Kennedy was subbed in the 70' (ish) 2 games ago and wasn't on the team sheet last game. Not sure what his status is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 10 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Few observations, peferences - For me, Shaffellburg over Corbeanu, almost 7x the minutes this calendar year and relationship with the team. Scored some. - LdF - has been playing centre back, but I guess if we want the option to play 4 at the back, we need some cover there. (Maybe Zator if that is really the case) - Paton - position of need, has a number of appearances, almost the exact number of minutes this season as Loturi. I wish I could see them more. - Kennedy was subbed in the 70' (ish) 2 games ago and wasn't on the team sheet last game. Not sure what his status is. Shaffelburg vs Corbeanu is one I struggled over. Ultimately though, Theo has played (albeit sparringly) for a club in La Liga. Moreover, he's been out too long not to be called for these two European based friendlies. Wasn't an easy decision for me. For Shaffelburg, I still rate him. He's been excellent for Canada. I haven't seen him with Nashville much this season, but they are struggling. He's starting for them still, but I basically sacrificed him for Corbeanu for this specific window. I guess the other thing you could do is not call a Kennedy (who's recently back from injury), but that would be 4 CBs on a 27 man squad. In a way I included Kennedy by default, as I think Marsch will want to see what he's got with him. Paton is on there, at least for me. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Shaff might get the edge for me based solely on his performances with Canada. Yes, he is playing consistently with Nashville this season but like we've seen every year from him. He's streaky. And I can't sit here and say I've watched more than a couple Nashville games this season so I can't comment too much on play. However, he hasn't scored in 12 games for Nashville since his double against Messi & Miami and only 2 assists in those 12 games after starting the season with 3 goals and 1 assist in his first 5 games this season. But as I mentioned already, he's played well and scored twice in recent games for Canada, so I'm leaning towards his inclusion for the extended squad for sure. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 If it's an extended squad 30? we may see both included. Let them battle in practice/2 games to make the Copa squad. Canuckia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I guess we can use this as a general news thread for the Copa too. I noticed that Keylor Navas has recently announced his international retirement WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 18 minutes ago, narduch said: I guess we can use this as a general news thread for the Copa too. I noticed that Keylor Navas has recently announced his international retirement Man just wanted his summer off. I'm surprised he didn't retire after the tournament. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 On 5/24/2024 at 4:05 PM, Obinna said: Pre-weekend roster prediction: 27-man roster GK - Crepeau GK - St. Clair GK - Sirois RB - Johnston RB - De Fougerolles RCB - Waterman RCB - Bombito LCB - Miller LCB - Cornelius LCB - Kennedy LB - Ahmed CM - Eustaquio CM - Kone CM - Choniere CM - Piette CM - Fraser CM - Paton CM - Hoilett FW - Davies FW - Buchanan FW - Millar FW - David FW - Larin FW - Russel-Rowe FW - Ugbo FW - Bair FW - Corbeanu Injured: Osorio, Adekugbe, Laryea Notable ommissions: Shaffleburg (things seem to have cooled down club-wise) Borjan (I don't think we bring him back) McGraw (not having a great season) Brym & Nelson (both haven't done enough for the level they play at) Zator & Loturi (no fault of their own, but too far down the depth chart for an A selection There are a lot of players deserving of a look, but we cannot look at everyone, and as much as I would love to see a mega squad, I don't see us bringing more than 30. I'll take a stab at it myself but as far as my roster predictions go: GK- Crepeau, St Clair and Sirois (3) Defenders- Johnston, Miller, Bombito, Cornelius, Waterman, de Fougerolles, Kennedy, Ahmed (8) Midfielders- Davies, Eustaquio, Piette, Kone, Choiniere, Hoilett (6) Forwards- Buchanan, Millar, David, Ugbo, Larin, Corbeanu, Bair, Shaffelburg, Russell-Rowe (9) 3+8+6+9= 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 58 minutes ago, TGAA_Star said: I'll take a stab at it myself but as far as my roster predictions go: GK- Crepeau, St Clair and Sirois (3) Defenders- Johnston, Miller, Bombito, Cornelius, Waterman, de Fougerolles, Kennedy, Ahmed (8) Midfielders- Davies, Eustaquio, Piette, Kone, Choiniere, Hoilett (6) Forwards- Buchanan, Millar, David, Ugbo, Larin, Corbeanu, Bair, Shaffelburg, Russell-Rowe (9) 3+8+6+9= 26 I think i’d remove a forward to make space for Osorio in the midfield. I feel he’s shown enough. 5 strikers is a lot, i don’t think that is where these games will be played. Corazon and TGAA_Star 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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