Pre-Match/Match/Post-Match Thread - Toronto FC vs. New England Revolution - May 3, 2014 (R)

Watching the Raptors game....Defoe, Bradley and Julio Cesar are all there. Cesar is even wearing a Raptors jersey.

 

Dare I say "Must Win".
Seriously. Nevermind the percentage. The important stat is we lost 3 of our last four. Really need to get some momentum going or we'll quickly start sinking.

 

Let's make Paul Mariner cry

 

Phrase it as "must" win and I definitely agree with you.

 

Saw him walking on King Street today...he didn't look like he was about to cry.

 

Better yet, challenge him to a fight.

 

How about NE losing on a late goal by weiderman - mariner's best finisher of the modern era

 

Guy from The Sun calling it a "make or break" game. Close enough to "Must" win.

 

When Gilberto fails he fails spectacularly.

Oh and Henry too

 

One more missed chance like that and I'm going to start calling him GilBarretto

 

Gilberto is having a howler

 

Great. That's 2 goals now that Henry has caused.

 

Lost 4 out of 5 and World Cup is drawing near.
Well, there's always next year.

 

Awful game by Henry and Gilberto, subpar from Defoe and Bradley, and why didn't the coaches tell Osorio to get off the field? Clearly a fairly serious injury. So get ready for more Kyle Bekker I guess

On the bright side, bahahhahahhahahahhahahahahhaaha Bunbury

 

I didn't consider this to be a "must win" game like some others, but I figured that with a mostly healthy line up, at home vs a beatable team, this was a "should win" game. In the first 10 minutes, TFC looked like they were going to make this a 6-0 game, completely dominating the game and creating a number of chances. Then at some point they went back to their old form, complete with bad giveaways, terrible crosses, and weak weak weak passes.

The most frustrating thing is that NE were playing for the tie and we gifted them the win.

 

I'll give Henry blame no the first one....sure......but Morrow's insane "clearance" into the middle of his own box where Henry's arm just happened to be is hardly Doneil's fault......have no idea what Morrow was even attempting there!

 

KJ kept saying how Henry is a year or two from "Europe". I don't buy that. I do believe he'll mature to be a solid MLS defender, but I think KJ overrates him.

 

From watching how the Revs set up to defend, I think TFC has become predictable whether we have 40% possession or 60% possession. We're a counterattacking team. The instances where we were able to build a sustained attack were when the Revs didn't park eight guys behind the ball.

Say what you want about Jackson, but at least he's willing to run at people. There aren't enough guys on this team who can do that to create time and space so that Defoe or Gilberto can get open.

On the topic of Defoe and Gilberto, it looks like the two of them seem to be playing the same role. It looks like both are playing as the lone striker. Kurt Larson mentioned that they're both making the same runs and that's probably the reason. One would hope that Nelson drops one of them back a bit so that they can receive service and do something with the ball.

 

Was at the game. One of the worst experience I've ever been at BMO Field regardless of the all-star roster. Bugs were all over the place from the start, then came rain, and when the rain stopped then came the bugs again.

The supporters were pretty quiet today, not sure if they has been this quiet so far this season. But the supporters section I used to be was a lot rowdier than that.

 

saw the last bit, pretty awful. tfc needs some skillful fullbacks. Bloom and Morrow just don't have any delivery on crosses.

 

As a person I like Nelsen but watching the last few games with an elite squad I do not think he has the coaching
skills needed. All kinds of things are blamed except the players and himself. The team should be given a full day learning how to pass a ball. Another day how to control a ball when a pass is received.

The players are telling one another what to do while Nelsen stands mute on the sideline. He needs to be more animated. What goes on in the dressing room or on the training field I don't know so perhaps he lets loose then,
Still early days but if we are adrift in mid season then surely a more experienced coach should be considered.

 

You open with calling this an elite squad and then suggest they need to be taught how to pass a ball and control a pass when it comes? Is Nelsen coaching an "elite" MLS squad or a peewee rep team?