Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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The South Stand Report : Toronto v Portland
The Part I Write Before The Match : I honestly don’t know what to put here. I expect Toronto to field a good team. Portland will do the same. Hopefully it doesn’t rain. Um… No lightning delays either. Toronto came off a less than good outing against a very underachieving, bottom of the table…
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Toronto FC vs Portland Timbers: Will It Be Timber To The Visitors, Or A Chainsaw Massacre?
Toronto FC vs Portland Timbers ~ August 12th ~ 6pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN2 If a Portland teams falls at BMO and there’s no one around is it still a loss? Trick question, even in the dark times BMO Field was never empty. Lame attempts at joking/philosophising aside, this afternoon’s (is 6pm still…
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Episode 199 – 17/08/10 #thisMetaphorSucks
The gang is all here but separately as they record from their personal abodes to cover the DC United match, look ahead to Portland, talk VAR and the usual nonsense. In this episode, Tony has strong opinions about Luxembourgish players, Kristin goes back on her own rules about Man of the Match awards, Mark apparently…
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The South Couch Report : DC v Toronto
The Part I Write Before The Match : Well, the line-ups are out and Toronto are not about to phone it in against the bottom side. The only change is the debut of new signing and Liechtenstein international, No. 26 Nicolas Hasler, and his timing couldn’t be more perfect with Beitashour still out and Alseth…
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Episode 198 – 17/06/03 #VezAndBanneyOut
The gang is mostly here with special guest from The Athletic – Toronto, TFC beat writer Joshua Kloke (@joshuakloke)to talk the thumping of New York, look ahead to a thumping in DC (mostly), talk All-Star Game, VAR, CBC and other acronyms. In this episode, Duncan flaunts his rarely-bridled pessimism, Kristin may hate Canada but loves…
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The South Couch Report: Toronto vs New York City
Another South Couch report for a home game? I’m afraid so, it’s a poor showing from the vocal minority as other commitments means a lonely afternoon for full time supporter Kristin. Your humble correspondent relaxes on the air conditioned couch and so it’s on to the report. The Part I Write Before The Match :…
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Toronto FC v New York City FC: They’re ba-aaack.
These guys again. For whatever reason MLS seems to have scheduled a bunch of teams to play each other twice in quick succession round about now, Columbus-Philly, Orlando-Atlanta, probably others I’m too lazy to track down right now. For TFC, we get the joy of playing against the Pizza Rats again on Sunday, a mere…
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Episode 197 – 17/07/27 #cheersYouFuckinMuppet
The gang is all here to review the Gold Cup adventure, conduct an autopsy of the NYCFC and Colorado matches, look ahead to more NYCFC, and much more. In this episode, Tony crushes a theatre pun, Duncan tries to soften an trolling on Kristin with something she would favour, Kristin gives a Canadian rocker a…
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Duane’s World: Is Armando Cooper This Year’s Chad Barrett?
I want to talk about Chad Barrett for a moment. The Chad. Duncan’s beautiful, long-gone, but not forgotten Chad. The striker who couldn’t find a net too open to miss, a ball too far away to chase, or a bro too bro-y to out bro. Chad freakin’ Barrett. In hindsight, he’s become symbolic off the…
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The South Stand Report : Toronto v Colorado
The Part I Write Before The Match : Anything can happen, it seems. An undermanned Toronto can somehow hold their mettle to steal a point in historic legendary Yankee Stadium missing too much of their first team. So why not a thumping of Colorado. Bold Predictions : Colorado wearing their buttery Sweden kits Vazquez man…
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