The Footie Fool

Do or die only counts when you have been mathematically eliminated. And we haven’t been yet. But it’s hard to find a whole lot of confidence that we are going to move onto South Africa after tonight’s performance.

The long desperate ball. Is this really what we have come to? This is not the Canada I have come to know and love over the past year and a half. The Canada I know passes the ball, controls the midfield, and creates chances. That was the Canada I saw for the first 25 minutes tonight.

Certainly, the pitch doesn’t suit our style of play. We should be ashamed of the mess in Montreal. But Honduras had to play on the same crap as we did. That is not an excuse.

This was such a classic Canada CONCACAF game. I was hoping for more. I was expecting more with a team that, I think, has been one of the best we have assembled. But in the end it was the same old.

Where to start? Well, here is what I’ve taken away from this game.

Radzinski was so crucial to this game, and his early exit hurt us. DeGuzman said that this game would be won by Canada on the wings. He was right and the 10 minutes or so that Radz and Klukowski were ripping it up were the best we had of the night. I love Iain Hume, but Radz was the man. Make no mistake how important this guy is to our team, especially when we need to get our play out to the flanks.

Speaking of JDG…oh, how I missed you and your control of the game tonight. DeRo…how I would have loved to see your spirit and fire tonight.

Dale Mitchell…what the hell are you doing pulling Gerba for Friend and Hume for Jim Brennan when the thing we needed the most was a goal? Bernier for Friend didn’t make sense at the time?

Okay, I might have more to say on this, but right now I am gutted. Gutted. I had so much fun watching this team for the first 20 minutes of the game, then…

I was so hoping this time things would be different this time around.

I really want to leave on a high note. And I will with this. I really belive we have the oppotunity to nick a point against Mexico Wednesday. I still believe we have the team and the talent that can do it. And if we can do that, then I will hold onto the hope that it might still happen. That is what I am hanging on to right now.