Allez les Rouges Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Well it's win or go home, as other results conspired to close off potential qualification on 1 point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 18 minutes ago, Allez les Rouges said: Well it's win or go home, as other results conspired to close off potential qualification on 1 point. Hilariously though we finish 2nd if we beat both France and Colombia Floortom and Canuckia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allez les Rouges Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Win vs. Colombia means a likely 2nd place (unless NZ somehow beats France, in which case Canada finishes 1st). Then Canada plays the 2nd place team in Group B, likely Germany, in QF. Win that one, and it's a likely rematch vs. USA in the semi-final. Canuckia, Floortom and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 18 hours ago, Kingston said: Perhaps. And if they threaten that, then play but make a complete mockery of the game. Use a 0-0-11 formation with no players in our own half so that the score is ridiculous. Fake injuries every minute. Do deliberate hand balls. Haul down opponents (non-inuringly) by their shirts. Waste time. Infringe. Dare the refs to hand out enough cards that we go down to six players and forfeit the game. I'm glad that that didn't happen. dyslexic nam, Kingston, Allez les Rouges and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allez les Rouges Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 1 minute ago, BearcatSA said: I'm glad that that didn't happen. Of course it didn't. Canadian players don't have a loser mentality. canucksfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 1 minute ago, Allez les Rouges said: Of course it didn't. Canadian players don't have a loser mentality. We fought til the very end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Allez les Rouges, narduch, dyslexic nam and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingston Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 1 hour ago, BearcatSA said: I'm glad that that didn't happen. Ultimately, I actually am, too, but I would like to see someone stuff FIFA and the IOC. Here’s to hoping for a third place pass. TGAA_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Green Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Amusingly, this is actually (so far) one of the better group stages the ladies have had at the Olympics; certainly better than in Tokyo. Canuckia and Allez les Rouges 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkomar Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 We did well in Rio 2016. We ran the group (Australia, Germany, Zimbabwe) and then beat the French in the quarter final game. Allez les Rouges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allez les Rouges Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 If the penalty had been to forfeit the NZ game instead of 6 points, then arguably Canada wouldn't have pushed that hard for the winning goal against France: getting a point in this game would have been crucial. (A forfeit normally counts as a 0-3 loss, so it affects goal differential too.) Then the standings would be 4-3-3-1, putting Canada in almost the exact same situation: win and you likely finish 2nd, lose or draw and you go home. DoyleG and TGAA_Star 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 So, is Colombia good? They did the business today, and had a nice comeback vs France, but they also went down 3-0. TGAA_Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 (edited) Edited July 29 by shermanator Canuckia, Club Linesman, Allez les Rouges and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 7 hours ago, Allez les Rouges said: Of course it didn't. Canadian players don't have a loser mentality. A few around here didn't get that memo. Hopefully they do now. Allez les Rouges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allez les Rouges Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Shireen Ahmed on CBC's Paris Tonight said that if Canada wins the last game, maybe we'd finish 3rd in the group, blah blah blah. Drones worse than the Ben Johnson scandal? Can't game out scenarios involving just the last 2 games in the group? Why did CBC send a complete idiot to the Olympics? DoyleG, Bison44, reggietfc and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamptern Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, Allez les Rouges said: Shireen Ahmed on CBC's Paris Tonight said that if Canada wins the last game, maybe we'd finish 3rd in the group, blah blah blah. Drones worse than the Ben Johnson scandal? Can't game out scenarios involving just the last 2 games in the group? Why did CBC send a complete idiot to the Olympics? I don’t want to open a can of worm. But I can’t help but say they sent her there because of political right. Edited July 29 by lamptern reggietfc and Allez les Rouges 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 (edited) 6 hours ago, jonovision said: So, is Colombia good? They did the business today, and had a nice comeback vs France, but they also went down 3-0. I was hoping to watch their match vs NZ but CBC Gem doesn't have the replay of it for some reason. As in the WWC, they are prone to defensive brain cramps but they are dangerous on the attack, especially on the counter. Linda Caicedo is a handful on the LW but Ramirez makes things tick up top: she should have scored on some great chances but I think she's best when she sets stuff up for others. Unfortunately for us, she's back from suspension for this one. We might be able to go back to a third forward in this match but I think you can get maximize Fleming's influence by having two other central mids doing more of the defensive work, so I would stick with a similar set up. The questions for me are up top and also do you start the influential Beckie in a wingback role on the right and move Lawrence left. Edited July 29 by BearcatSA Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allez les Rouges Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 2 hours ago, BearcatSA said: I was hoping to watch their match vs NZ but CBC Gem doesn't have the replay of it for some reason. As in the WWC, they are prone to defensive brain cramps but they are dangerous on the attack, especially on the counter. Linda Caicedo is a handful on the LW but Ramirez makes things tick up top: she should have scored on some great chances but I think she's best when she sets stuff up for others. Unfortunately for us, she's back from suspension for this one. We might be able to go back to a third forward in this match but I think you can get maximize Fleming's influence by having two other central mids doing more of the defensive work, so I would stick with a similar set up. The questions for me are up top and also do you start the influential Beckie in a wingback role on the right and move Lawrence left. Radio-Canada has it: https://ici.tou.tv/evenement-en-direct/42052 BearcatSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 18 hours ago, Kingston said: Ultimately, I actually am, too, but I would like to see someone stuff FIFA and the IOC. Here’s to hoping for a third place pass. It is impossible for Canada to finish 3rd and advance to the knockout round. If we win we will be in either 1st (New Zealand beats France by less than 6 or so) or 2nd (France beat New Zealand, or a tie, or New Zealand overtakes our goal difference). If we draw we finish 3rd if New Zealand loses or draws. That would put us on 1 point, which is already lower than 3rd place in the other 2 groups. We can also finish 3rd on 0 points if we lose and New Zealand loses, assuming our goal difference is better than theirs. Allez les Rouges, Unnamed Trialist, Kingston and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Canuckia and rkomar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 11 hours ago, lamptern said: I don’t want to open a can of worm. But I can’t help but say they sent her there because of political right. The word right is not in the CBC vocabulary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 11 hours ago, Allez les Rouges said: Drones worse than the Ben Johnson scandal? Can't game out scenarios involving just the last 2 games in the group? Unless every other country was flying drones you can't compare it to Ben Johnson. Every guy in his race was on the juice, they just timed it better. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diego Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 16 hours ago, Allez les Rouges said: Shireen Ahmed on CBC's Paris Tonight said that if Canada wins the last game, maybe we'd finish 3rd in the group, blah blah blah. Drones worse than the Ben Johnson scandal? Can't game out scenarios involving just the last 2 games in the group? Why did CBC send a complete idiot to the Olympics? Like I get there are practical considerations, but I dislike it when CBC has 'general' panelists giving hot takes on sports they clearly don't know much about. Why is Craig McMorris talking about 'huge' upsets in basketball when he clearly learned who some of these players were a week ago? Not everyone can be an expert on everything, and we need panelists to keep things moving on, but there's no need for some of these takes. phresh, Ivan, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treppy2 Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, El Diego said: Like I get there are practical considerations, but I dislike it when CBC has 'general' panelists giving hot takes on sports they clearly don't know much about. Why is Craig McMorris talking about 'huge' upsets in basketball when he clearly learned who some of these players were a week ago? Not everyone can be an expert on everything, and we need panelists to keep things moving on, but there's no need for some of these takes. I agree. At least McMorris is just a panelist. Nobody else will remember this, but CFL great-turned-broadcaster Ron Lancaster did play-by-play for basketball during the 1988 Olympics. The word didn’t exist back then, but it was beyond cringeworthy due to his lack of basketball knowledge. He was an all-time great quarterback, though. Edited July 29 by Treppy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Sorry for the duplicate comment, but the below comment I made in the dronegate thread also belongs here, in case there are people following this thread and not the other. For fun, some permutations for the possibilities after the appeal. Getting the deduction reduced to 5 from 6 doesn't seem to change anything. We still need a win. Maybe it could help with placing in some scenarios, but I'm not sure. If we are only docked 4 points, a tie could get us through to the knockouts if New Zealand beats France. If our deduction changes to 3 points, a tie would be enough for us to advance. We could advance with a loss if New Zealand beats France. If our deduction falls to 2 points, we would advance with a 1 goal loss if New Zealand ties France. If we are only deducted 1 point we advance with a loss if France draws or loses. If we get our deduction completely erased we would at the very least be in a tie breaker as one of the best 3rd place teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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