Subject: »[NT] Update

Oft injured Ismail Mayard out 22 days. He was in the planned starting 11 for Austria this weekend. Seems everyone else got through unharmed.

Amado with a confidence-inspiring 2-15 performance in his league match. :S

And again Giacomi!!!

Skill-Up in pace :)

I had much luck with him!!!

Pace or technique?

pace :)

last week he poped in technique.

I'm back a little earlier then I expected.

You've done well by Giacomi. His talent was never great. If his form ever recovers you could turn a buck.

Speaking of form, the update Thursday was dreadful. At the start of the week players like Bradshaw and Caron looked like they might be factors this weekend. Not so much now. Iginla also had a tough week. :/

You are replying to the opposition team's coach before a big game, telling him about our form concerns? Are you serious. Or is this misinformation? Of course, he could easily check the players form, so perhaps it is misdirection. What secrets are you trying to keep?
I hope that I havent said too much.
In any case, good luck on Saturday in the big game. The stands will be full of boisterous song, just like TFC's stadium for a Saturday afternoon game.

Heehee. I point out form ticks every week - it's intended to give casual Canadian managers a sense of what's happening. I'm sure other NT coaches read them too - most don't have reason to post to the NT Update thread. This post was addressed to Austria's coach more to finish the Giacomi thought then to discuss form.

As you said, there's nothing there he couldn't discern from looking at the roster. And my post didn't really give anything away - I didn't officially rule anyone out. I'd be very surprised if Thursday's form update had any bearing on Austria's game preparations.

To the form-point:

This is not an information, I checked the form from Canadian players, so I knew already about the form from your players :)

I wish you a good and nice game!

Greets

Good grief.

O Lav injured again. He is officially Canada's "Michael Owen". He's worse then Mayard. :S

Defense had a good week for form. Villanueva, Wagenaar and Holden all had nice improvements.

The real form problem at the moment for the team is in attacking midfield. This has long been a position of great depth for team Canada, but the moment no one wants to play. O'Hara is in strong form, but has 2 yellow cards - would rather not use him this weekend. Iginla not great at "excellent". The rest of them look like they've had too much holiday turkey.
Saleem Canizalez - adequate, SI
Ruben Caron - weak
Rex Faria - good
Nenad Klukowski - unsat
Olaf Lavrynenko - average, injured
Dwayne Renda - average

That's the highest form Renda has had in the past 3 seasons. I'm actually quite please for a change :p

NT Milestones - Bolivia

Fichaud - 70th cap (and still just 24!).
Barrera - 10th cap
Biron - 10th cap

Omar - 10th assist (in 75 matches)

Biron - his 1st goal was his 10th (14 in 10 matches)

Lorenzo of New West Stampedos fell to injury today. Tho he wasn't expected to play this weekend, and actually may lose minimal training.

Quite a form recovery by Iginla this week. Decent week for Bradshaw too. O Lavrynenko joining Caron and Klukowski in the depths.

Should mention our poster-boy for poor form - Renda - also had a pretty good week having scratched and clawed his way to "solid".

---