Author: Duncan Fletcher
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 27
Find out what Didier Drogba really said, by listening to the audio version of this when this week’s Vocal Minority Podcast comes out! A quiet week really in MLS, only 4 other games aside from TFC, though the international games did of course give Jurgen Klinsmann another chance to dump all over MLS which he…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 26
As always, this will be available as part of the vocal minority podcast later this week if you can’t be bothered with all this reading stuff. It was rivalry week again in MLS. Grrrrrrrr, though only half heartedly, with just 4 proper derby games being played this time around. After a midweek that saw both…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 25
As always, this will be available to listen to, with interruptions, non sequiturs and ridiculous impersonations as part of the Vocal Minority Podcast, coming out later this week. Some entertaining, star studded and or important games in MLS this week, but we’ll start with probably the most important, Chicago vs Colorado. Two teams at the…
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Toronto FC vs Orlando City SC: Statement game for Vanney, TFC.
9 Wins, 6 ties and 9 defeats, 33 points and sitting comfortably in a playoff place with games in hand. Such was TFC’s position last season after 24 games, and in ‘a results based business’ as Tim Bezbatchenko said and faithful reporters dutifully reported and argued, that was more than reason enough for Ryan Nelsen to…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 24
Yeah, this is very late, I’m forgetful, so maybe you’ve already listened to this in this week’s podcast, if not, what the hell are you waiting for. Anyway, it’s all old news now, but at the very least scroll down for the Kaka tantrum. Well the theme for this year’s Voyageurs Cup is set. We’ve…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 23
As always, catch the audio version of all this in the Vocal Minority Podcast, coming out later this week. Giovanni Dos Santos is here and he’s playing and ai ai ai and sit down everyone, Chad’s scored already. Yes Chad Barrett opened the scoring within the first minute of what would generally be a big…
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It’s Bezness time: Creavalle out, Herculez Gomez in!
Have you been looking on with envy at all the other MLS clubs recently as they’ve added exciting new players? Been trying to make yourself feel better by forcing yourself to think ‘we did our big business at the start of the season, we’ve had an entire half season of our guys already! and hey…
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MLS Wins and Losses: Week 22
As always if you’ve got no time for this reading thing, you can hear this all as part of this week’s Vocal Minority Podcast, available soon in all fine podcast storing places. Frank Lampard’s here and finally playing but no-one really cares so let’s move on and right into a massively entertaining and goal filled…
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The South Couch Report: New England Revolution vs Toronto FC
Your regular South Couch updater Mark is absent so Duncan again takes the reins from his East Side Couch. Last time this happened was against new England as well, Mark’s clearly terrified of the the Gillette Stadium pitch. Injuries, suspensions and 11 goals conceded in our last 3 away games, that’s the backdrop here, what…
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In praise of Vanney and the 3-5-2.
When TFC’s lineup was announced last Saturday, and announced as a 3-5-2, there was a lot of consternation and snark from some people on twitter (hi!) with many predicting doom and some (hello!) questioning whether the change was forced on Greg Vanney due to the fact he only had one healthy and competent full back at…