The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Charlotte FC 3-0 Toronto FC
Everything isn’t just bad, it’s worse.
I agree with my esteemed Toronto ’til I Die Co-Host. This is the lowest this club has fallen in it’s relatively short history, and a swift kick in the ass to the idea that 2015-2019 was the beginning of a new age, and not just a rounding error or a blip.
Doubled with the other massive institutional failures around Toronto Sports teams (I’m looking at you, Blue Jays), can we honestly expect anyone, beyond the TFC hardcores, to give a crap about TFC in their own market moving forward?
To say this club is back to square one is a misnomer. There is no square one at rock bottom, just mud and dark and sadness.
THE GOOD
Only two more games left… Luka Gavran; those TWO (???!!!!!) first-half penalties weren’t on him, and he possibly saved us from deeper embarassment, though how much is surely up for debate, considering we lost 3-0 and shipped them two penalties inside the first 45 minutes…
John Herdman is in the house! (please don’t be checking Transfermarkt on that company laptop)…
THE BAD
VV starting on the left in a 3-4-3? MB4 as a sweeper in between Mabika and Rosted? Oso and Coello double-pivot? Look, these games are MEANINGLESS, and we’re not starting C.J. Sapong, so credit where it’s due, but that formation with that personnel is basically a punt…
Seriously, can we just forfeit the rest of the season? Literally cannot be worse — in this case we’d lose by the exact same scoreline (3-0) by default, and we wouldn’t have to lose 90 something minutes to pain and crisis and nightmare fuel…
THE UGLY
John Herdman, is he actually in the house? Is the call coming from upstairs?
That 3-4-3 was YIKES.
Charlotte exploited the space on the flanks and absolutely cooked us, it was never close… VAR is having a ‘mare all over global football right now… Mabika did some great stuff, for two minutes, and then reverted back to the mean… Cassius and Prince, nothing to see here, move along…
The good: gavran in goal, ummm maybe a couple of nice movements by berna to get a shot or two on goal (yes the bar is very low).
The bad: like where do u begin in short the midfield got destroyed, mabika is showing us why miami gave up on him, MB 4 he has to retire at the end of the season please some beer league team pay for his pints and registration to save us from more embrassment trotting him out there next year. Prince stinks horrid signing, the south African lad not sure yet but doesn’t inspire confidence at the moment. The body language of the team, how bad has coello gotten. I’m sure I’m missing tons but others in here will lend a hand.
The ugly: the fact that manning and his minion hernandez maybe back year. ALL YANKS OUT (with the exception of Sean Johnson)
More ugly: remember Bernadeschi’s press conference calling the team/coach out? The team has had a worse record/more losses since then. It can’t be good for him, the young players, anyone.
The end of this season can’t come fast enough.
They’re a poorly coached team full of bad players that have checked out months ago. Might be best just to send everyone on an early vacation to preserve whatever is left of their sanity because I could definitely see this carrying into next season.
Bill Manning is the architect of this unmitigated disaster
The fact that he is still calling the shots screams “we’ve given up, there is no hope for 2024, mlse has other things to worry about, don’t worry the fans are stupid enough to renew”
It is becoming abundantly clear that the honourable course of action for TFC President Bill Manning is to resign at the end of this season. Time to step down, Bill.