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Grilli has 7 wins now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well that tie with the rapids pretty much assures the caps of a 9th place finish in the western conference damn but on a happier note, read in the paper today that there might be thoughts of pursuing camillo when his contract is up in january 2017 if i recall correctly he is a striker who is capable of scoring in the mls .... mmmmmm

Grilli got the win

big win yankees now pretty much have to win out to get a wild card spot solid game by the jays way to go joey bats

i think stroman can still be an ace type pitcher though he needs some time to gain experience as you said he is young

well it was good to see stroman pitch a strong game he has been so erratic this year... he was supposed to be the ace and he likely only now rates as the jay's 4th best starting pitcher this year

man this is getting me down teams i support are fading down the stretch blue jays appear to be the latest team after the whitecaps completely blew up recently thank god the lions are looking like a competent professional team and i'm not really much of a football supporter

in fairness to the team i believe teibert has been injured a lot it is hard to remain match fit and compete for a starting spot if that is in fact the case

hind sight is 20 - 20 but i think that the failure to retain Camilllo is proving to be a disaster at the time i was against Camilllo's demands to renegotiate an existing valid contract and was puzzled and offended at him signing a contract with another team while he still had a contract with the whitecaps but the team has not had a similar high quality striker since and i think he was only looking to double the annual pay in his existing contract so he would have stayed with the team for under 1 million a year now we are forced to look for a dp striker who could cost significantly more before the contract issues came up camilllo was talking about become a canadian citizen and playing for our national team seems like the team missed out on keeping a talented and valuable striker who was motivated to play here.. artificial turf or not over a business dispute about compensation i think the caps were unwise in how this was handled and have come out losers as a result

seems to me 20 - 18 is a bit too conservative a view for the blue jay remaining record more likely to be 23 - 15 or 24 - 14 then boston would need 25 or 26 wins and baltimore 27 or 28 i think baltimore will not get that many wins boston has been playing well though but the jays are the stronger team overall in my view

yeah it does suck when the team scoring production has been down and the bull pen has sucked even more than normal lately but damn, they are still winning nice to feel so bleh about a team's play when they are in first place in their division can you imagine how good this team will be if everything is clicking they appear to have the best starting pitching when they are on their game they can be right near the top offensively and a bit of consistency in the bull pen and this team will steam roll teams they played so well at then end of last season with lesser starting pitching i think everyone is waiting for them to break out again this year

well i'm a bit early as the game is not quite finished yet it seems unrealistic that the caps can make the playoffs now they seem to have a lot of problems lately competing well when the chips are down i am very interested to see what changes will be coming

i watched many games last year the team was mostly worthy of its record they played much more like a team i am not a big believer in teams winning over time by fluke it is more likely teams can lose that way though the breakdowns on the caps team are more than fluke the goals against them are not hard luck type goals too many are goals in the weaker category which reflect poor play by the caps but it does make me wonder just how bad this year's team would be if their record was not propped up by the early season morales penalty spot goals

though i am not on the "we need a new coach" bandwagon soccer is unique in that the coach has greater power in terms of recruitment and team building this team was largely shaped by robinson we moved from more of a european roster when robbo came aboard and started to sign more latino players this seemed to be pretty exciting at first as the team appeared to get better pretty quick but something clearly is missing now . the players may have tuned out the coach? really hard to know but it is his team and he should be required to explain why it is now performing so poorly i'd give him another season (from now, not the end of this season) to show this year was a bit of a bad blip but i am very surprised how fast and far this team has fallen in the past 1 year can someone please explain what has happened ? i already know key players have performed poorly but why ?

i think that caps have been dealing with some strange player performances key whitecap players seem to only perform at a high level for 1 year, and not 2 or 3 consecutive years ousted being really the only exception waston, morales, and laba are having an off year and their play has hurt the team badly that is basically the team spine that is remarkably not stiff this year caps went from a tough defensive team last year to a bunch of marshmallows this year except for right back the team is largely unchanged in it's defensive make up from last year this inconsistency makes it hard for team management to plan and develop the team management was hoping to add a few pieces and tweak the existing team... .. it did not count on the core to play so poorly the upfront positions are in shambles and it is too late to get that sorted this year now i think perez should have been played more .. and played until he is spent, i never understood the plan to baby him and his playing time, he is the only front player who knows how to hold the ball and distribute it we lack his level of possession on the front line and this results in our attacks being remarkably one dimensional the notion of saving perez for later in the season and playoffs was clearly mistaken as the team will not get there now the caps appear to need a leader.. a true captain on the field who sets the standard they do not seem to have this presently not sure why that is missing and their system of play does not really seem to suit the players they have oh well, they'll likely sign a dp striker in the offseason and maybe things will go better next year

burrows contract calls for a salary of $3 mill next year cap hit is $4.5 mill we'll see how he does next year but i still would want him back for another 2 years after that to play 4th line and move up the line up when necessary at $2.5 mill or so per year edit: remember he basically came out of no where, was undrafted, became a critical part of a very good canucks team, was the only player smart enough to play with the sedins, and has earned close to $30 million over the course of his career. you want to show a player what a very good work ethic might get you? introduce him to burrows. no one in canuck history has done more with such low expectations than burrows has

you underrate burrows he is paid based on his production others were not able to produce and read the sedins' game like he was he fit the role so well for so long that is reality your perspective is completely hypothetical

GOOO WHITECAPS GOOOO

THIS

just saw torts interview "I don't know" was his first statement the rest of what he said is just blah blah blah he is the coach and he does not know

i decided to post under this topic since it seemed the most appropriate one i have considered the canucks to be a professional organization their performance in 2014 is challanging this view where is the accountability Aquaman? the time for patience is now done this is an bloody embarrasment heads need to roll no professional or executive could get away with this putrid showing this goes well beyond the players on the ice they are playing, . and have played extremely well in the past they are being mismanaged and improperly utilized this year the time to act is now or the team will lose it's fanbase standing pat is giving up ..and at this point it is unprofessional and a snub to the fans

EXACTLY ... an olympic story that simply could not be topped

or luongo he could just replace an injured price with 5 minutes left and canada up by a goal sweden pulls its goalie luongo clears puck down the ice into an empty net sweden then scores a goal with goalie again pulled canada wins luongo`s goal stands up as the winner hurray

makaveli 96 great video . really enjoyed it

great game boys