Octavio Zambrano Hired as new Canadian MNT Coach

[dezza]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/sources-octavio-zambrano-named-canadian-mens-soccer-team-coach/

Poor bastard probably has no idea what he's just signed up for.

On the plus side, we no longer have that bad excuse for an interim coach in charge.

 

[akslop]

@Soccer Coach How did you pull this off ya slimey bastid

 

[Regs]

This may explain why Fonseca was "quietly" canned a couple of weeks ago...

 

[Regs]

At least his first game in charge should be an easy peasy win next week...

 

[Rangerforever]

I had no idea what the fcuk you were talking about until I read it on the Beeb today.

Easter Road tomorrow to play Scotland.
Still sad that I found out from abroad instead of here....

Come on Scanada!

 

[Regs]

Tomorrow's game isn't on TV but TSN is streaming it if you have access to www.tsn.ca/go

Apparently.

 

[Regs]

Good result for Canada.

Happy for Aird, Whitecaps would have ruined him completely if they kept him... always felt he got short changed last year.

 

[dezza]

Yeah, why the hell did the Caps keep trying to force Aird to play RB? He's actually a decent winger.

 

[Regs]

I'm of the opinion that if they let him learn the position properly, he would have thrived at RB... from what I saw, he was getting better with every outing and then for whatever reason, we never saw him again.

When he got forward, he was impressive... consistently whipped balls in behind the opposing back four, no one on the Caps can do that.

 

[dezza]

I'll just leave this here....

 

[Regs]

Oh @zenga where did it all go so wrong for you to make such statements

 

[Dude]

I'll just leave this here....

Barf.

He's giving Canada credit for Aird? Effing kidding me?

On another note, how did Bustos look?

 

[djones]

Hi-lights if anyone interested. Not many of them mind you...

http://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2017/03/22/scotland-vs-canada-highlights/

 

[Rene]

Bustos Looked good in the Ten role better than any of the Caps have this year, definitely has the edge on manneh in that position. Also lasted the full 90 and was involved in all canada's decent attacking moves. Don't know why Robbo won't throw him out there. His tactical rigidity started driving me nuts mid season last year.

 

[Dude]

I'm stuck somewhere between wanting to see Bustos in a 2-3 match run of games for the Caps, to moving him along on a Ian where he can get a lot of minutes.

I know the wing is out of position for him, but he really was very invisible in his last two chances there. Not a bite, night nothing. Show me SOMETHING! That said, I do get it, and he's a square peg trying to fit into a round hole out there.

Maybe it's the Caps ruining Bustos at this point. From a 10, you need to see the player being the stirring my rhe drink on attack. If he was in and around every attacking opportunity, and noticeable that way, that's a good thing.

 

[dezza]

Bustos scored a nice goal against the FVSL All-Stars... just 1 week before starting for Canada against Scotland.

Think about that for a minute.

 

[Dude]

You mean the FVSL is that good?

 

[Dude]

BTW- all my grammar and spelling errors blamed on iPhone....

 

[STD]

You mean the FVSL is that good?

Similar level to the Scottish national team. So no not really.