Pre-match: Columbus Crew SC vs. Montreal Impact

we have a game tomorrow

 

Mega doomed.

 

from Mitchell's twitter:

 

some pretty easy assumptions can be made by looking at the minutes played vs Tampa Bay

full 90 - Stuver, Jimenez, Barson, Francis, Saravia, Martinez, Larsen, Hollingsworth

70 minutes - Parkhurst
45 minutes - Meram, Finlay, Trapp, Tchani
20 minutes - Ashe



which will make our starting lineup tomorrow look something like this:

Clark
Afful Barson Parkhurst Ashe
Finlay Trapp Tchani Cedrick
Meram
Kamara

bench - Stuver, Francis, Jimenez, Saravia, Hollingsworth, Larsen, Martinez


I'm really holding out hope that Ola and Cedrick can both play. I'm fairly confident about Ola for some reason, but less so about Cedrick. (Not that I have any clue about either.) Obviously if those two can't go, there's a significant chance of Larsen being in the starting lineup along with someone else from my bench list.

 

I want to know WTF is going on at practice for every 3rd player who is "injured" is getting "Concussion Symptoms".

Are they playing pointy-ball football at practice without pads and helmet???

 

WAIT... Swanson has mono?

EWWWWW! He's been kissing!

 

I think the NFL/rugby arguments have been claiming that no pads or helmets would actually lead to fewer concussions.

 

I definitely wouldn't pick Ola, all we need is for him to tear that sucker and we're done. Wouldn't use Cedrick unless he's fully recovered because being sick on a hot summer's day is miserable. I'd put Martinez on the left because he's not a vertical guy and likes to come inside, this way Waylon can overlap. I'd start Larsen behind Meram with Finlay in the right and Trapp and Tchani (fingers crossed he can go another 45-60, we have to start getting him out there at some point). Back four Harry in for Hector. Hollingsworth as a sub on the left if nec. No real options up top apart from moving Finlay up and sliding someone else over to the right if we need to do that.

 

Lineup doesnt matter, we're wearing the for columbus kits

 

Hernia repair makes it sound like Higuain is a car.

 

aw, man!

 

Aren't we 0 - season with the baby blues

 

Didn't see this posted. Eagles playing the matinee. https://columbuseaglesfc.myshopify....me-ticket-june-18th-2-00pm-10-or-more-tickets

 

We don't wear banana kits.

 

You are correct, we are the Blue and Gold with white on the sides and back.

 

Are you serious in taking my wife to the gm , we are doomed with those minion kits.

I'm saying a prayer to not wear those kits

 

Amazingly this is the final time we play the Impact this season. As one of the teams we are chasing it would be nice to get a win as this is a potential six pointer here. At some point it isn't early in the season anymore.

No Piatti for the Impact. That's huge. The probable return of midfield boss Tony Tchani, also huge. Columbus wearing embarrassing jerseys, also huge and possibly too much to overcome.

I'm going out on a limb and saying Tchani's return and the absence of Piatti shifts this game in our favor. Crew wins 4-3. Just enough goals to placate the we are fine without Kei crowd. Just enough of a shitshow in defense to have continued animosity and disagreement between supporters on this very message board.

Glory to Columbus.

 

Jesus your unbearable.

 

*you're

 

it is big that piatti's out. We've never managed to deal with him, even in the playoffs here last year it was only because he kept blasting it over the bar that he didn't have a bigger, uh, impact.