Vocal Minority: Facts, Frivolity, Football
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I was wrong.
I was wrong. There, I said it. It’s been a generally good season, a great playoff run, and probably the most dramatic 2 legged series I’ve ever seen, certainly the best I’ve attended, so it may be time to let go of some of my long held beliefs about many people and things in TFC…
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THE STARTING 11: Other TFC Superstitions
In a week of good vibes in TFC Land we don’t want to dwell on the somewhat negative effect the MLS Cup ticket situation had on many fans. It sucked for some and the league should know better. A funny aside of the episode however was TFC staff’s explanation that they didn’t want to discuss…
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Feeling warm and fuzzy? Surprise, here’s TFC and MLS to take care of that for you.
So, Wednesday night was awesome, the playoffs have been great, hell most of the season has been very very good on the pitch. Even off the pitch, things are much better, there’s very few really annoying decisions, playoff pricing and season seat renewal were reasonable, they took the Voyageurs Cup seriously, didn’t play a friendly,…
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Toronto FC 5: 2 Montreal Impact. The South Stand Report 2: The reportening!
I’m a bit too stunned from it all still to put this together into any kind of well crafted narrative, so instead here’s a more or less chronological word vomit on my thoughts and feeling around an absolutely fucking ridiculous game. Mark’s report started with “I’m not about to write anything you haven’t already heard…
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The South Stand Report : Toronto v Montreal, 2nd leg
I’m not about to write anything you haven’t already heard or don’t already know. You know what happened. You know. It’s been a blur. It’s incredible. This is still bonus time. I just wanted one home playoff game. Just one, and I’d be happy. Everything else is bonus time. Now we’re on the cusp of…
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Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact: Eastern Conference Final Leg 2 – Aaaahhhhhh!!!
Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact ~ 7pm ET ~ BMO Field ~ TSN Anxiety level: High That’s it really – the excitement, the nerves, the ANXIETY! But at the same time I’m strangely relaxed – tonight’s game (historic, one of the games we’ve longed for the past 10 seasons, etc) is much more than…
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Episode 164 – 16/11/29 #IsItVanneyTacticsNow
The gang is mostly here as Tony secretly enjoys the Grey Cup by himself to review the Montreal game, review the Western Conference final, look ahead to the second leg at home, lament the departure of Jurgen Klinnsman and the usual silliness. In this episode, Kristin is selective with the reigns on the show, Mark…
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THE STARTING 11: TFC Lawn Products
Congrats to the Redblacks – whatever one of those is – now get off our lawn! Yes the mulch-munching menace that is the CFL’s Grey Cup has come and gone from Canada’s National Soccer Stadium and leaves only the pitch condition fears of TFC supporters in its wake. This will be the biggest test so…
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The South Couch report: Montreal vs Toronto, 1st leg.
So, a couple of weeks back, in the podcast we wondered what other events might cause a scheduling conflict at the big O. One of the options put out was ‘Just for Laughs gags. Live!’ Guess what we got today at ‘the Big D’Oh’ (TM Vic Rauter). Yes, with the game just a few minutes…
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Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact: Eastern Conference Final Leg 1
Toronto FC vs Montreal Impact ~ Tues. Nov. 22nd ~ Stade Olympique ~ 8pm ~ TSN These are heady times for TFC fans; after what’s felt like non-stop futility for close to a decade, the team has become the sum of its parts and are poised to head to the MLS Cup – assuming that…
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