Ok, so proving my point even further....once upon a time the VMSL All stars drew Sunderland when they were here on a pre-season tour.
It’s preseason. Means nothing.
The decline has been steady for the past 15 years.Roughly 15 years ago.
I did some digging around. The Allstars lost 1-0. The caps beat Sunderland 3-0. Sunderland didn't bring 6 starters. Still a good result for the Allstars.
My question is this, how do you think Mick Macarthy feels about losing a preseason game to the Whitecaps? Do you think he's telling his bosses, "it's preseason, it means nothing". Lol
Sunderland go on to get relegated that season dead last. I guess they should have taken preseason a little more seriously.
https://www.takethepiss.com/threads/sunderland-vs-pcl-vmsl-all-stars.7747/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ch...ancouver-whitecaps-3-sunderland-0-1582959.amp
I did some digging around. The Allstars lost 1-0. The caps beat Sunderland 3-0. Sunderland didn't bring 6 starters. Still a good result for the Allstars.
My question is this, how do you think Mick Macarthy feels about losing a preseason game to the Whitecaps? Do you think he's telling his bosses, "it's preseason, it means nothing". Lol
Sunderland go on to get relegated that season dead last. I guess they should have taken preseason a little more seriously.
https://www.takethepiss.com/threads/sunderland-vs-pcl-vmsl-all-stars.7747/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ch...ancouver-whitecaps-3-sunderland-0-1582959.amp
Ah, thanks. It was a long time ago. I remember sitting in the stands in Coquitlam and Millar was by far the loudest guy out there. I thought for sure that was a draw. Maybe since it was only 1-0 it felt like one. Still sort of makes my point. The Caps were in USL then, and an arguably lower quality version of today's USL. It'd be like a 6th div. Japanese team beating the Caps 3-1 in the Caps preseason. I will share your concern if, as we move through this pre-season, the squad isn't gelling enough for the March season KO.
And hey, you don't know exactly what the boss was looking for in those matches. Maybe it was to see how the kids reacted, maybe he gave instructions to his A guys to keep it friendly, while the other squad was out to prove something. Maybe the Sunderland boys were over here on a BC vacation getting bombed every night. Who knows.
LOL, here it is. 2-1 Millwall. Fcuk me. But I was there. Nearly 54% sure.
https://www.takethepiss.com/threads/local-all-stars-vs-the-world.4072/page-3
still needs service, still not a great fit for a lone striker set-up... we'll see if MDS has the answer for one or both of those issues...