Whitecaps Friendly vs. Man City

[girth]

So you're saying you'd rather them play the reserves on Wed. against San Jose?

If they can get a win then yes. How long does it take for players to recover after a match? Are they not fit pro's?

 

[Captain Shamrock]

I still think my answer is correct. You cannot score in your own goal from your own goal kick, unless the ball goes outside of the 18 yrd. box and blows back in, with wind, then it would be a corner.
Kicking it directly into the goal from a goal kick would be a restart with another goal kick.
Any Referee's want to clarify?

Jigsaw, you are absolutely right.

 

[bergamascho]

Jigsaw, you are absolutely right.

Spot on Captain...spot on...

 

[Luch]

I was waiting for that topic to pop up...

diabolical...kjohnsob and I were BBm'ing all game and were both shocked to see Mauricio give Janicki a stern talking to for a nothing little foul, then moments later Balotelli hammers Wes Knight in a completely dirty play and nothing...crickets...

How hard did Balo hammer Knight? I didn't notice Knight's skill level decrease after the play.

 

[Gloucester_Boy]

That was funny. Good on Jordan Harvey for getting in Balotelli's face though. Guy's got some grit and some quickness, I like him already.

Seems to be a lot of different views about the game, whether they should have planned it at all, the field debacle, etc. but I had a blast last night. Like Regs, I haven't been that excited for a Caps game since the opener vs. TFC and it was awesome to see Milner, Toure, Lescott, Johnson, Barry, SWP, Dzeko, et al out there, even if the pitch was shite and they were only going 50%. The fact that the Caps played well and carried the game for parts just made it that much better.

And it's already been covered but for those questioning why City didn't bring their "stars," I don't know who the fcuk they were expecting. It was basically a who's-who of English internationals and top-class talent. Not a City fan but I was stoked with the line-up even if it would have been nice to see David Silva out there.

Hopefully they do another one next year!

Btw, wonder if Long Tan is still thinking about that stone-cold sitter he missed on the baby line?

 

[Jigsaw]

It seems that the "Proof Reader" is as good as the team. This was on the Program for the Manchester City game. How embarrassing.

 

[djones]

That is awesome! Too funny!

 

[Dude]

Ummm, Hillary? I think this falls under your department, too.

I'll give her a break, what with all the pumping she was doing leading up to the match. That can be energy zapping and leave a young lady a little less than sharp.

At least it wasn't a match where the program may be considered a collectors editions.



Oh snap.

 

[mtkb]

I was at the game, and concur with most of the observations here... the officiating was curious... I've never seen a referee take great pains to hold off a free kick, run half the field, only to LECTURE rather than card a player who clearly said a magic word or two on the play previous...

That field was hardly safe... I was sitting even with where Toure went down, way up high.... the pitch looked like Confederation Oval in Burnaby... in October...

As for Balotelli, he may be a ****, but I'm going to defend him on this night. What most people apparently didnt see is that well after Baolotelli pushed the ball by Harvey and got around him, Harvey just bascially toe bashed Balotelli in the bottom of his heel as he was running. Filthy, dangerous, **** move for any game, never mind a friendly. If I were Balotelli in those circumstances I'd have swung... It figures that Harvey came from the dirtiest team in the league, because that was bush league...

 

[Luch]

I believe it was Nanchoff who cheaply clipped Balo... then went to hide behind Harvey.

 

[Sir M]

Anyone know if there is any TV coverage of the Man U/Sounders game tonight?

 

[Luch]

Anyone know if there is any TV coverage of the Man U/Sounders game tonight?

FSC in the States. Not sure about FSW since Bell no longer carries this channel. Real/Guadalajara on GolTV @ 8pm. More importantly, Caps @ 7:30 on TSN and TFC currently trailing Dallas 1-0 on TSN.

 

[Sir M]

And way more importantly Paraguay and Venezuela are tied at zeros at the hour mark on SCORETV HD.

 

[Luch]

And way more importantly Paraguay and Venezuela are tied at zeros at the hour mark on SCORETV HD.

Well... the TFC loss is nicely important .

 

[Regs]

Sounders are getting their asses handed to them... 6-0 ManU with about 2 minutes to go (Rooney with the Hatty)

 

[Regs]

7-0 final. Wow, no class.

 

[girth]

Try to stay on topic please Regs...I don't want to have to tell you again!