HOLY SHIT!!

I can't believe it! This guy has impacted a team I support AGAIN!! (Arsenal this time) And he is going to be in the world cup! I really hope he ref's all of England and Frances games. LOL. I know its impossible but it is nice to dream.

Last night in Portugal he really gave Porto the advantage when he let them take a quick indirect kick. He was out of position and obstructed Sol Campbell from defending the kick. I guess it was only a matter of time before Arsenal got burned by one of these. Henry was pretty good at them. I just hate the fact that it had to be Martin Hansson the Sweddish Douche that was involved. The truth of the whole matter is. Arsenal needs a new keeper BADLY!

Last Nights Game Highlights.

FC Porto v Arsenal

Toronto FC... Limp

As Travis stated earlier..Toronto FC managed to knock themselves out of Concacaf Champions League play last night. The Puerto Rican Islanders keeper Bill Gaudette looked stellar last night as he faced wave after wave after wave of useless attempts on goal from outside the box. Toronto sent everything they had but just like an impotent old man they were unable to rise to the occasion. I do not understand why they would not play Marco Velez against his former team. That should have been a no-brainer. I would be the first to jump on the get Velez out of town band wagon but this guy used to play for PRI! He has something to prove put him out there and let him prove it! I have no idea why Cronin showed up for the game he was shit and if he’s not going to play then don’t waste the money on a plane ticket. We needed goals last night and by the time Coach Cummins realized it was to late. The team pounded in shot after seemed like everyone was trying to win the game from a distance. Some of those shots had a real chance. Gerba had a nice attempt on a free-kick; DeRo had a nice strike that was deflected over the bar. Vitti had some nice headers. The Ref was totally useless making some horrific calls and non calls last night. If you looked at PRI’s Delgado the wrong way last night he was going down and getting the call. There were fouls called in the game were no contact was made at all with that guy. Vitti was tripped up in the box by the keeper and there was no call and Gerba was molested in the box and there was a no call. ARGH!!.. I guess best not harp on this loss to long really this team was not going to go very far anyways even if they did make it past PRI.

TFC vs. New England Revolution... tonight

Today is an almost soccer filled day for me as I am watching Arsenal play Athletico Madrid for the Emirates cup (on GOL TV) this morning. Tonight TFC faces off against the New England Revolution (the Rev’s). I am almost at a lose for words when it comes to TFC now. Do I want them to put out there best line-up tonight. YES. But will that mean we are going to get ousted from Champions league on Tuesday against PRI? I hope not. It would be nice if our man MO would give us some depth that we desperately need. If Amado is not at 100% I do not think we have a chance in either game. It clearly looks to me that Serioux is Seriouxly injured right now and probably needs a bit of a break. He looks a little ginger walking on and off the field before and after games.

Chris Cummins commented on the game tonight “I don’t think it’s a must-win, but I do think it’s a game that we can’t lose, just to keep that distance between us, By all means we’d love to go there and get the three points but if we go there and get a point, we can build on that. What we can’t do is go in there gung-ho, and go all-out attacking and lose the game. It’s important we come away with something — even if it’s a point, it gives us a bit of confidence going into the next game.”

I’d say every game is crucial especially when there is no sign of any help on the way to the team. They are looking pretty desperate right now. With a game tonight against the REV’s, then Tuesday against PRI, then Friday against Real Madrid, and just coming off the midweek lose to PRI. Can’t wait to see Ibrahim back in the line-up at least he shows promise.

Toronto FC Blows... Champions Opener

I am honestly going to lose my mind if I hum and ha about what to write about last nights game. What a shit show. TFC must have one of the worst managers in football history. Come on you dickhead enough with the set plays for every corner kick… you guys clearly did not practice any of them. WTF!! If you are going to suck that badly play Velez. I take back the comment from earlier in the week when I said a monkey with a bag of shit couldn’t make a bigger mess than he does. The whole “D” sucked some serious balls. They have no idea how to move the ball up the pitch to the strikers. Normally I would say that Frei had a great game but seriously that goal was his fault... I am positive you could blame most of the team for it but at the end of the day it’s up to him to stop it. I honestly thought I heard that the Gambian kids were going to be solid players for us. Gomez in my opinion was really not that great. I don’t think a champion’s league game is the time to test the water with new talent. ARGH so frustrated about the game... Anyways in case you did not know we lost 1-0. TFC had a few decent chances but in no way dominated the game. In fact the game was awfully boring. So here are some links to stories about the game

New York Times
CBC
MLS

St.CatherinesPost

Forbes

Puerto Rico tonight!!

I am way to excited for tonight's game and very concerned the team will let me down. On "The Offside" blog I was reading about the Islanders last game in Vancouver and I noticed they rested 2 of there key players against the White Caps just so they can have a healthy team when they face TFC. The fact that they are willing to take a lose in league play to improve the Champions League result scares me into believing maybe I am underestimating the team. If Toronto does not have the depth to rest players in Columbus then that would indicate to me that maybe The Islanders are going to come into the game more prepared.