Montreal Impact Thread XLIV - 'Sont payés pour la mettre dedans' edition

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I hope Drogba actually starts the game on the 22nd. No second half shenanigans!

 

[Laurent]

Did we really play a 4-1-4-1? To me it looked more like a 4-3-4 that converted to a 4-2-4 in the last 10 minutes. Either ways, lets not put too much stock in to the performance. We wont dominate oppositions as much as we dominated DC. Ive never seen a team park the bus so much

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I hope Drogba actually starts the game on the 22nd. No second half shenanigans!

From what Klopas said on Saturday, I wouldn't be surprised if he is on the bench on Wednesday and gets in at the 70th. 20 minutes to get his legs back + 10 days of training before the next game. That would make sense.

If they do that, I am pretty much convinced that he'll start on the 22nd.

 

[TRG]

Hopefully we destroy the Whitecraps

 

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Not going anywhere.

 

[68*]

Tired of hearing about Bernier. All this commotion for a USL player.

 

[Bud2790]

Not going anywhere.

I wonder if his wife is aware he's suspended for Wednesday or if she's going to make another post about him not starting

 

[68*]

I wonder if his wife is aware he's suspended for Wednesday or if she's going to make another post about him not starting

Loool that would be funny.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I hope the two days he spent home were used to restrict his wife all access to social media.

 

[BigFatPapa]

Not going anywhere.

Not even on the field

 

[QuebecPride]

Amazing

LOL. Perfect

 

[DekeLikeYouMeanIt]

In other news, our potential wunderkind Tabla is attending a Generation Adidas camp. Good stuff

 

[QuebecPride]

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CMAU0ZDW8AEV-E2.mp4

Someone needs to GIF that

I'm willing to accept that Mapp is the inferior player, but from what I remember of his play he was constantly creating things from the wing (strikes me as a pass-first type of player), whereas Romero stubbornly charges the middle mostly to no avail

Which makes the Drogba-Mapp combination a lot more appealing to me than with Romero. Of course time will tell

Yeah Mapp brings some versatility. Currently our Forwards all are 'rushers': Oduro, Piatti, Romero and Romero all love to create things by themselves.

Venegas stood out a lot because he plays quite differently, and also because he's a terrific talent. Here's one guy who is not afraid to pass the ball. I also loved how he would roam all around the field to get himself open for a pass.

That Donadel/Alexander duo was the best we've seen this year. It makes you wonder what the hell Klopas was thinking before playing Alexander at his prefered spot. Probably not to get on the wrong side of the vets and the bigger contracts. I was afraid at first when Alexander went off that it would expose the defense, especially since he put a forward to replace him but everything went great.

 

[TRG]

Tired of hearing about Bernier. All this commotion for a USL player.

He's much better than a USL player. He's still our captain and the main media figure (until Drogba arrived).

 

[Paul Dipietro]

Yeah Mapp brings some versatility. Currently our Forwards all are 'rushers': Oduro, Piatti, Romero and Romero all love to create things by themselves.

Both Oduro and Piatti can get away with their style of play, Oduro because it's often a foot race against the last-man back, and Piatti, because he's just so damned skilled (but he still ends up getting smothered more often than not)

Romero call pull the odd rabbit out of his tattooed hat but his unwillingness to pass is reaching Eller levels

 

[Bud2790]

Not so great game by Pirlo. Imagine how bad our D would be exposed with him in front. I still love the guy and he still has good passing range but he would've been a bad fit for us.

 

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[Emanresu Wen]

edit : Pyretta's gif is better

(from last page)

 

[TRG]

I wonder if they thought it would be a piece of cake coming here. Lampard also got embarrassed by Mike Grella on the second goal. I personally love it.

 

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I prefer Emanresu Wen's gif, tbh.

Nice closeup!

 

[Bud2790]

Larry's link wasn't working for me earlier. This is just too good

I wonder if they thought it would be a piece of cake coming here. Lampard also got embarrassed by Mike Grella on the second goal. I personally love it.

Was that when he got nutmegged? Definitely wasn't his best performance!

 

[Emanresu Wen]

I wonder if they thought it would be a piece of cake coming here. Lampard also got embarrassed by Mike Grella on the second goal. I personally love it.

I'm also enjoying this situation. It shuts down my european friends who all thought that the oldies would breeze through the MLS

 

[TRG]

Larry's link wasn't working for me earlier. This is just too good


Was that when he got nutmegged? Definitely wasn't his best performance!

Haha yes, une belle toilette sur Lampard.

 

[QuebecPride]

Thanks guys, those are great

I wonder if they thought it would be a piece of cake coming here. Lampard also got embarrassed by Mike Grella on the second goal. I personally love it.

Fingers crossed Drogba looks better than that though.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Thanks guys, those are great



Fingers crossed Drogba looks better than that though.

He is a target forward, not a DM/CM. He doesn't have to cover as much ground.