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By Daniel Fernandes, Special to sportsnet.ca Next, Asmir Begovic special to sportsnet.ca about JDG2 time in England...

The players destroyed a lot here. I've said it back in 2008 when players started talking about Mitchell when were still alive, I've always found this group of players to lack character. What we saw yesterday was directly caused by the players mental weakness. I'm done with this and I really don'tr care anymore. I enjoyed this board a lot but now I'm taking a pause because the players (and coaching staff) destroyed everything yesterday.

I'm pretty sure that some of our players, if it isn't most of them, would be making the same choice OH, JDG2 or Vittoria made if they had the same opportunity. I doubt the fact he played for Portugal would be too much of a big deal in the dressing room. If he's going to play for our MNT, please don't invite him until this round is complete. It's not the time to mess with team chemistry. Then, invite him for a friendly or a camp and if he's really good (starting 11 material) then include him in the squad.

I don't think those were posted in this thread: 1996 Gold Cup Canada 3-1 Honduras (note that Honduras was refused a valid goal at 2-0) Brasil 4-1 Canada (Great to hear Graham Leggat)

If I'm not mistaken JDG2 announced during a soccercentral episode that he was going to bring his talent to The Netherlands.

Just for the record and because some kids could read this and fail a geography class, Suriname isn't an island. It's situated in the north of South America. It seems like Suriname could've had a top CONCACAF team in the 90's with Davids, Seedorf, Winter and Hasselbaink born in Paramaribo.

Wouldn't that be Carmine Isacco? I think he's the head coach at York University.

True. I had forget about this player. With the kind of progress he's made in the RPL he should be called! Not sure he'll solve our problem instantly but I would like to see him included in a future roster.

The problem with JDG decline is that we don't have much better options at the moment to play DM. On any given night I think players like Johnson or Dunfield could be able to do a similar or a better job (Ecuador game might be an example of that) but I doubt one of them will be an improvement on the long run. I've always felt like Jakovic could do a decent job at the position but so far no one has played him there in his pro career so I guess it's out of the question.

I think he's spot on. Julian isn't the player he was in 2007, his defensive side of the game is average at best and offensively he brings very little. Also, his body language tells me that he isn't in to it at 100 %. No one will forget the 2007 JDG but at the moment he sadly looks like a player who's running his last miles. At the MNT level he isn't a sure starter like he was 3 years ago.

If that ref had called the PK Marc Bircham would've never scored that famous goal.

Not sure it's been posted but here's the highlights of 2008 Olympic qualifier against Mexico (1-1):

The second goal was credited to Marco Reda. But yes, nice strikes by Brennan.

First, I'm not sure how you can promise Asmir that he will Canada number one for years to come. On what basis are we going to make that claim? Pompey are looking at buying Yohann Pele from the French league and Asmir could find himself back at the number 3 spot and a loan move might be in the work for him. What if Lars is playing in B1 next year while Asmir is playing in League One? You have to tell the players that he is important for us but I'm not sure you should go that far because players talk and know each others and that's not an habit I would like to see our coaches starting. BTW, Bosnia is currently second in their WCQ group and have a very good chance at a playoff spot if they can at least 7 points in their last 4 games. I think they are in a lot better position than Canada to qualify for a WC. The Euro is always possible for Bosnia.

Hi Cassano10, do you have a link to that article?