Serenity now (part II)

Well I'm glad I'm in the pattern of writing this the day after the game. After yesterday's humiliating 2-0 defeat to the Chicago Fire, I needed a day to chill out and let the venom subside. But the truth is there a many things that are still boiling inside from this brutal performance from yesterday. Not sure if it was five games in two weeks or just getting a bit lazy after a good run, but pretty much front to back it was a horrible effort from TFC. Yeah there were a few bright spots but man, sorry, the non-finishing is getting a bit tired. Ok many points to go over so i'll just get to it!

So I guess the one good thing that happened was despite these skies, it never opened up and poured at all even though it was calling for it.


The Fire fans owned us. It is true. Sorry everyone in the south end and the north west. Truth is unless the ENTIRE south end is in unison, it doesn't dominate the stadium, same thing with the NEE. But these guys did not shut up the whole game and it was all we could hear in the east side. And to throw on top of it once again these 'guest services' douchebags were throwing out TFC supporters left and right - for standing. Not for being wasted or belligerent but for trying to get 104/105 to match up the the away supporters. AND the Chicago fans were pointing out standing fans to kick out and security was listening to them!! What a joke.





Well that first half was so boring this was pretty much the most action we saw before the second half.


Chicago scores the first goal and this was the second by Brian McBride. Man look at the posture from Frei. That really says everything about what this game was all about.


We had our chance but once again ... finishing anyone?? Pretty sure I have the order wrong here but you get the point.




Chicago wins. BARF.


Really there were only two things to come away from this game - #1


#2


Hopefully we shape/rest up this week and take it to New England who is not the team they've been in the past.

Les Tete-Carées gagne bein sur!!

Come on now, let's not kid ourselves. TFC dominated this game front to back to pull out a 1-0 victory, a scoreline that is very flattering to Montreal. They had chances but few and far between, with hardly any possession and have nothing to complain about because it could have easily been 5-0. If they had come away with points it would have been by pure luck and not by design or any kind comparable gameplay. One great thing about this game for sure was it didn't rain! Man, what gives, it was calling for it all day and we got hardly a drop. Ok so this is how an exciting night went with TFC now having SIX, count 'em, SIX big points to lead the pool.

First things first, Rick and I had some podcast levels to sort out. Peeps be complainin' about the volume but this shit is DIY so give me a break.


Here is the beautiful walk up to BMO field and discovery of the Montreal "Ultras" (oooooooooh).





Everyone's looking good in the warm up.



Ok let's get this started Canada.


OH MY


Lots of action early on and with Wynne getting injured, Barrett comes on and ...


GOOOOOOOOOL. For real best goal so far this season. Chad Barret we'll get to you later though.

Ok so take a good hard look at this guy. This seriously gets boring but his blunders of possibly 2, but 1 definite penalty might have been the worst call I've seen this year. We're in 106 so it was right in front of us, so maybe most people didn't see exactly how brutal his 'non'-penalty was but trust me, it was something else!


Second half gets chippy with lots more chances, red cards and MISSED BREAK-AWAYS.




So my take on Barrett is this - I don't really care so much the guy can't finish when he's all alone. But for real I don't think he should be the target man. That should go to Vitti, who on his few chances at that position, has shown (unfortunately offside) that he can place the ball exactly where it needs to go. Barrett would look really good where Vitti is now, a bit behind because the guy can score mid-range and has an amazing work ethic to win battles and create chances.

Well after all that *deep breath* we came out with the 1-0 victory, which was well deserved.



Vitti the MOM, which could have been him or De Ro who has been a beast three games in a row. But Vitti's dribbling and ability to get back to help out was what does it for me. He hasn't scored, mostly because he really needs a good chance to be the target man, but his skills and football I.Q. are far above most of the players on that pitch.


Good game, great form, bring on Chitown.

De Man

I'm not sure how I feel about this chicken dance. But I DO know how I feel about De Ro's last two games ... AMAZING! Man it seems like after the first game of the season I was wondering where this guy was, where his panache (yes!) had gone but BLAMO! it came back for the Vancouver game. I have to admit though, Vancouver did not look that great (because of the ref?!) but Dwayne had a great game with that perfect cross and the sickest run right at the end, which had he finished would have been the goal of the week. So I have to admit I was not sure if he looked that great because of the opposition and if he could duplicate it against a much tougher foe, such as DC United.

BUT FEAR NOT! Saturday night he pretty much duplicated the length of that run but this time finished against DC for what could turn out to be the goal of the week. YES! There is something good to see in this season despite many draws and 1-0 victories. My first good moment was the road tie against Columbus, where until the game I'm not sure if we had even scored at Columbus Crew Stadium. Saturday we tied DC at RFK, a stadium where we had gotten WHOOPED pretty much every time we played there. The tide is turning! We can bitch and moan about ties and our strikers not scoring heaps of goals, but let's be honest, this team is the best we've had yet and we are starting to quietly make a statement in this league that when we win or tie (on the road ha) it isn't a fluke but because we are legitimately becoming a strong side.

So here is to Dwayne De Rosario who looks to be finding his form and hopefully we are gelling ... oh yes, we're gellin'. But here is NOT to chicken dances. There is only one chicken dance and that belongs to the one and only below. ENJOY!

It was a rainy day ...

Wow, this really has turned into a photo blog. Well what can I say? There are seven, COUNT 'EM, seven games this month, so I have five definite home photo blogs! Hooray! Last night was the first game of the 2009 Nutrilite Canada Cup (or whatever it's called), where the winner of this round-robin tournament goes on to compete in the CONCACAF Champions League. We needn't look any further than the Montreal Impact playing in February to know these games are worth winning. Let's review an exciting night!

It started off with a mad rush home. Despite wanting to be at the stadium early to watch the warm-ups, it wasn't in the cards and I left Tim in the lurch with a lager in hand two games in a row. There was a surprising amount of empty seats at kick-off, but I guess it's Wednesday night, not a league game, the kids can't be out late AND it was calling for rain - all things equaling AN AMAZING NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL!





WTF 3 mins in De Ro to Harmse - HEADS IT IN!! DEJA VU 2008!!!


Oh boy here comes the rain. Falling on my head like a memory.


There was not tons of action but some good moments. We need more consistent play from our "superstars". Amado I'm lookin at you amigo!


This guy is close to the best thing in our section. Tyler next to me is pretty amazing who loves to get up and yell "COME ON EVERYBODY, IT'S A CORNER, STAND UP! STAND UP!!" but this guy's secret move (up, down, A+B) is his referee song, which is not the super lame "I'm blind! I'm deaf! I wanna be a ref!" but the far more grandiose:
Who's your father?
Who's your father?
Who's your father, referee?
Haven't got one
Never had one
You're a bastard, referee.


Ah pure class.



So we held off the Whitecaps right to the end. I also wish now I had taken a picture of the crazy west indian woman in front of me who was losing her mind all game for Vancouver and jumping up and down until she went totally nuts and the guy beside us had his beer knocked out of his hands and it spilled all over her!! PURE CLASS!!! She didn't say a word after that and I was sad.

TFC 1 - Vancouver 0. Nice nice, hopefully this year isn't like last season where we win the first game by a header and stink out the joint for the next three games. Montreal next week is going to be bananas and I can NOT wait! Montreal is going down.

Trillium Cup thriller!

Ok ... maybe not. What a weird day. It rains. It's sunny. It rains. It's sunny. Columbus leads, then we tie it up. We look good, we look terrible. So many mixed emotions *sigh sigh*. 1-1 again, so I guess this "cup" is still up for grabs - my question is, if we tie 1-1 at Columbus do we win on away goals?? With a pile of games coming up this would have been a great one to win because the next month is TOUGH. Vancouver, DC, Montreal, Chicago, New England! Man, we can't take any of these for granted and we HAVE to figure out how to score more than one goal!!

This is how today looked from the my lens:

First off - this boner who lives across the street from me, his car alarm at this point had been going off for THREE HOURS. Add the fact it went off a 1am three times this week for up to 45 minutes, man. Well as you can see we took care of him - "Hey jerkface, move your car away from the fire hydrant! That's not safe."


Grrrr hate Columbus.



Ok let's make it happen!


De Ro makes his appearance


This guy is hands down TFC's most valuable player so far this season. SOLID.


MAN. TERRIBLE DEFENCE.


Barrett!!!!



1-1. Brother. We could of had that one. Disappointing.


Well at least you're still in last place, no wins! *tear*


Voyageurs cup this week! Super stoked to see Vancouver and Montreal, those games are going to be bananas!

PS NEW PODCAST UPPP.