BearcatSA Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 (edited) On 10/10/2024 at 10:19 AM, BearcatSA said: It's one thing to have a bunch of guys called up and not available for this make up match vs LAFC, but three key guys (Ahmed, Cubas, and especially Gauld) are battling injuries. Hopefully none of these guys returns further banged up. And now I see that Gauld is questionable for Sunday with a knee issue. Edited October 18 by BearcatSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Saturday at 10:46 AM Share Posted Saturday at 10:46 AM Maybe this ends up being a good thing and the Whitecaps push for their own stadium again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Sunday at 03:25 AM Share Posted Sunday at 03:25 AM Whitecaps will host Portland in Portland for the 8 v 9 match Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onelessstar Posted Sunday at 04:27 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:27 AM Absolutely shocking collapse to end the season. Is it well past the time to move on from this staff? (Shocking.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onelessstar Posted Sunday at 04:29 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:29 AM 1 hour ago, narduch said: Whitecaps will host Portland in Portland for the 8 v 9 match There is sooo much wrong (with the organization) within that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted Sunday at 04:38 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 04:38 AM what the heck is sartini doing? instead of building up the team to go strong and in form in the playoffs hes rotating constantly and the team is now going into the playoffs completely out of form with two draws and five losses in the last seven... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted Sunday at 06:58 AM Share Posted Sunday at 06:58 AM 2 hours ago, Big_M said: what the heck is sartini doing? instead of building up the team to go strong and in form in the playoffs hes rotating constantly and the team is now going into the playoffs completely out of form with two draws and five losses in the last seven... Injuries. National team call ups. Suspensions. A bit unlucky. Some poor decisions. He himself was suspended today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted Sunday at 08:21 AM Share Posted Sunday at 08:21 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted Sunday at 08:21 AM Share Posted Sunday at 08:21 AM 3 hours ago, Big_M said: what the heck is sartini doing? instead of building up the team to go strong and in form in the playoffs hes rotating constantly and the team is now going into the playoffs completely out of form with two draws and five losses in the last seven... To be fair, this last loss is 200% attributable to Sartini not being in the bench 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Tuesday at 12:00 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:00 PM TSN will be showing the playoff match against Portland ahmedou and BearcatSA 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted Tuesday at 07:43 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:43 PM 7 hours ago, narduch said: TSN will be showing the playoff match against Portland TSN will be showing the Whitecaps home playoff match against Portland, hosted in Portland. Can't miss an opportunity to point out how absurd this is! narduch, saladroit and ahmedou 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted Tuesday at 10:31 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:31 PM (edited) 3 hours ago, kacbru said: Can't miss an opportunity to point out how absurd this is! the entire season has just been absurd. like even beyond the on-field performance part of things, this season felt like such a haphazard slog due to how mls has completely derailed their format/schedule we're a year and a half away from the world cup and this is what we have: - 18/29 teams qualifying for the playoffs, effectively rendering most games pointless and lowering the stakes from a league that already had next to zero with no pro/rel - MLS embarrassingly throwing a tantrum and walking away with their toys when it comes to the open cup - a midseason tournament that maaaaybe like 6 cities in the league actually get behind (cali/texas) and has virtually zero competitive stakes or legitimacy due to having no games in mexico - said tournament completely ruins any chance for the league to capitalize on the summer timeframe where almost nothing else is happening and the weather is good - condensing the regular season to such an absurd degree that piles on midweek games/international break games where the already just-okay on-field product deteriorates even more; you maybe only get like 24/34 games in the season where your optimal lineup plays - said lineups/rosters are comically unbalanced and have minimal depth because the cheap pathetic owners hold the league back, which gets exposed against the international standard of football time and time again and most of this is paywalled even though you're competing on two fronts against other north american sports leagues (which are the best in the world in the respective sports) and other better soccer leagues, all of which are more accessible 😅 Edited Tuesday at 11:02 PM by saladroit masster, kacbru, nolando and 3 others 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago a shocking twist: for once, the whitecaps showed up when it mattered! ahmedou, nolando, Onelessstar and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago They sure exposed a terrible defensive team. Gauld and company punished abysmal marking and organization. Big mo coming into LA on Sunday, for sure. Also, massive props to the crew who went down on the bus and other transport to Portland to support the team. Great bounce back from such a bad run of form coming into the playoffs. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 1 hour ago, BearcatSA said: They sure exposed a terrible defensive team. Gauld and company punished abysmal marking and organization. Big mo coming into LA on Sunday, for sure. Also, massive props to the crew who went down on the bus and other transport to Portland to support the team. Great bounce back from such a bad run of form coming into the playoffs. And they kept a clean sheet. Scoring against Portland seemed possible, but keeping them off the score sheet seemed like more of a long shot. Formats change seemed to work. Thought more players were in more natural positions. ahmedou and Admiral Murray 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago So do people think Whitecaps have a shot against LAFC? ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 2 minutes ago, narduch said: So do people think Whitecaps have a shot against LAFC? Impossible isn't Canadian! Vancouver's Canada! Yes they CAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago Also RDS broadcasted the game between the Whitecaps and Timbers 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 2 hours ago, narduch said: So do people think Whitecaps have a shot against LAFC? No. But let's see if they can at least win a game in the series this time. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Vanni trying to make me like him. saladroit and BearcatSA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 2 hours ago, narduch said: Vanni trying to make me like him. tbh the original phil neville quote that started this deserved to be dunked on kacbru and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 1 minute ago, saladroit said: tbh the original phil neville quote that started this deserved to be dunked on I agree! Should have included it for better context Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 7 hours ago, Watchmen said: No. But let's see if they can at least win a game in the series this time. A great win by the Whitecaps. I hope they win against LA, too, but what is with this format? A three game series and then a single game conference semi-final? Why not a traditional home and away for both rounds? It’s the same number of games. Edited 2 hours ago by Kingston nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 24 minutes ago, Kingston said: A great win by the Whitecaps. I hope they win against LA, too, but what is with this format? A three game series and then a single game conference semi-final? Why not a traditional home and away for both rounds? It’s the same number of games. I'm not saying I agree with the "best of 3" format, but i did find that because goals didn't matter last year (it wasn't tie breaker) that teams that fell behind tended to open up and just go for it. So rather than getting conservative games with teams afraid to concede you had much more attacking playing. saladroit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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