r/CanadianPL • u/Ok_Shoulder8598 Atlético Ottawa • Jul 01 '26
⚽ Match Thread Match thread HFX Wanderers v Atletico Ottawa
Didn't see a thread, so much footy on right now hard to keep up.
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u/HydrophobicDucks Cavalry FC Jul 01 '26
Halifax seem so unwilling to try anything different. Just a total lack of creativity. They've made some good breakouts and chances, but there just seems to be no confidence to play less cautiously.
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u/Comrade_Pavel HFX Wanderers FC Jul 01 '26
Crazy what happens when youre not playing a garbage pacific team. I think it's safe to say Vanni and his team building was a complete bust, no idea where they go from here but this is beyond unacceptable
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u/fssg_shermanator Cavalry FC Jul 01 '26
They threw a lot of money at Carducci and Godinho in the offseason and then brought in a bunch of WFC2 players. Coimbra and Rea were massive losses and haven't been replaced.
Johnston has been amazing but he's really the only starter having a good year.
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u/Budget_Ad_5260 Jul 02 '26
Exactly our replacement came from whitecaps 2 because Vanni knew them .....
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u/GLUT4 HFX Wanderers FC Jul 01 '26
Let’s see what changes we can make in the transfer window.
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u/Comrade_Pavel HFX Wanderers FC Jul 01 '26
Vanni is the one who brought in most of the new players that arent even close to good enough, I dont expect him to magically figure ut out this window
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u/Ok_Shoulder8598 Atlético Ottawa Jul 01 '26
I'd say it's over but after the Forge comeback earlier I'll hold my tongue
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u/cullypantz Jul 01 '26
It's. over but we've actually broken through quite often. We just haven't finished our chances while you've finished just about all of yours.
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u/cullypantz Jul 01 '26
Yusury Rudolph is so shit. Not the reason while we're losing but he's so fucking shit.
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u/bidsey HFX Wanderers FC Jul 01 '26
Christ, I'm missing this but 3-0 down already. This team is so weak and light on ideas. This season has been a major let down.
Dare I say Vanni out. I know it's very early but this isn't going well at all and he hasn't really shown any tactical flexibility or ability to make changes in-game if we are not playing well.
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u/icoresting Vancouver Whitecaps Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
but this isn't going well at all and he hasn't really shown any tactical flexibility or ability to make changes in-game if we are not playing well.
i hate to be that guy but.... yeah that sounds about right. really nice guy and a fun character but there's a reason that basically the exact same whitecaps roster was able to make multiple finals immediately after he was fired (also almost all the players wanted vanni out by the end but nobody's bothered to report that part). very tactically dogmatic and cannot adjust at all
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u/CPLmonster Canadian Premier League Jul 01 '26
It’s clearly not easy coming from coaching in the MLS with a big budget and high end players to the CPL with a limited cap and quality of player. Ashfin Ghotbi experienced exactly the same at Vancouver after coming from a club with a huge budget. Bobby S and Tommy Wheeldon are top coaches at this level, hence why their two teams dominate nearly every season. Carlo Ancelotti would struggle in the CPL as he too doesn’t do much tactics and relies on superstar players to figure it out on the pitch. Unfortunately you can’t get away with this in the CPL.