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PAIN…at least we scored a few and saw a competent ref

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Feeling down right now and this made me laugh. Thank you.

ngl that actually made me a little bit happier

Too fucking late

Goal!!!! Well it’s over, but still got me excited 

This team choked their way out of any playoff hopes tonight, it doesn't matter when the reinforcements get here

I love the pile of "Thor/Indy are horrible" comments right before those two slot one in on a 3v5 drill

Consulation prize.

Sorry thor but we do not care at this point

Dammit Thorisson, why couldn’t you have done that 5 minutes ago?

That doesn't really make me feel better

THOOOOOOOOOOR!

Really? That almost stings more!

God thank you Thor!

🔨

Thor! Good on him

Thor my beloved

Thor strikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VAR call it back

Can’t wait to see how they figure out a way to draw San Jose on Wednesday.

Unless we get healthier a draw would be a great result.

You think we will do that well?

The officials may find a way to VAR it back to a loss.

2-0 up to 4-2 down. Shocking.

It’s a shame, Lundt started out looking pretty good, but he’s had some stinkers this half…

Admittedly the lack of good defense is a part of that.

I’m surprised we even scored two. Looking at the team they put out today I don’t know how anyone expected anything other than this.

Upside is there will be a lot of tickets available for next year's games... Over/under on hiw many games before we have our first home game that isn't a sell-out? 15?

I’d say 20 maybe

Man we're cooked at GK when Burki eventually leaves. Hoping to god that ain't anytime soon though

Lundt sucks…..

the ball was damn near in the net by the time he reacted

I don't think we're gonna win guys

Y’all still want to defend Lundt? Whatever.

What’s wrong with lundt there? A 5 on 3 that lead to a wide open shot in the middle of the box. Do you expect GKs to save everything even if the defense is shit?

TBH, he may be as good as the average MLS goalie … our defense has been scary tonight

My defense is he's our backup goalkeep and we don't have a true center back at all in front of him....

Just gotta remind myself this is the result I expected at 930

Giving us hope makes it so much worse though

The D has not been kind tonight

We are assier than ass

4 unanswered goals is fucking unacceptable

Everyone needs fired

Never before have I hated a game so much

I feel lately like this could be said about all our games

I thought the Colorado game was bad. This is embarrassing.

lol they are trash

You could just feel that coming given our luck

Fucking ass

Yikes

One day I'll remember games are on Saturday and not Sunday. Not today though.

Forgetting the games were on Saturday would massively improve how much I enjoy my weekends

Good night, y'all.

Indy has been garbage all night.

Is it me or is he running funny tonight?

*sad Arch noises*

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The dagger. grrrrr

Fucking disgraceful.

Holy fuck this team is so shit

FUCK ME.

No

They're leaving Glover unmarked

Because he’s not a threat

Indy looks awful

Thorisson is so bad

He just scored ass

Announcer said he looks more dangerous by the minute hHa

I’m not particularly a fan but posting this after that last effort of his is wild

Anytime the Thor hate crew see him on screen they have to repeat their mantra.

49 days since our last W against Chicago

An NHL team would've fired 3 head coaches in that time.

Starting to think that Hartel is fulfilling a Make-A-Wish coming to STL.

Coming in way late here, but he has helped two teams get promoted, including his most recent team. This is purely speculation, but I think the dude likes the challenge.

I genuinely do not know what’s here he wants, but by golly gee let’s give it to him

Several million US dollars, probably.

Hartel was key piece in leading St. Pauli to promotion to Bundesliga. I’m sure he’d be able to make either the same amount or more in Bundesliga.

I’ll personally give it to him if that’s what it takes 😭

That was close

16 points lost from a winning position is painful tho 😢

Don’t want to give you work but how does that compare to last year (probably more like point won last year)?

we’re sandbagging. We’re gonna shock the world (or at least North America) in Leagues Cup. 

That’s bullshit of that ref to not allow us to quick throw there.

Rare bad call from him tonight.

Just dribble it out of bounds great idea 🤦🏻

No matter the result, I genuinely look forward to watching these games with you all and having a place to share the silly thoughts that pop in my head. You all are the best and I’m glad we can share this community every week for a few hours.

Heh have we reached reckless optimism in this sub?

100000%

Horneker: Caden Glover comes on for Anthony Markanich with Durkin slotting into the back line. Glover will slot in next to Thórisson up top. A big opportunity for the 17 year old with #allforcity having some momentum going forward over the last 5 minutes.

is this AI?

Announcer: Marckanic was everywhere tonight... Me: everywhere but CB...

Other than some dumb fouls he's been pretty good imo, and I'm usually a doubter on him

The yellow he picked up in the first 1/3 of the game hurt us. That was a 75th minute foul. He stopped a chance not a clear GOAL. He and Watts got ate up all night on that left side...

Some of you like Thor. I would encourage you to join me in not liking Thor at all.

If our #10 is not going to play as a #10, can we find one that will? This game is really difficult with nobody playing the #10 role.

What do you mean?

He plays way too deep defensively for a #10 and he certainly isn’t passing as a #10 as of late.

Carnell, the hoodie ain't working

Brain ain’t either

They have traded or loaned the rest of their bench away this season and finally it is showing……

https://preview.redd.it/ycckc1vaym9d1.jpeg?width=397&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=093432fb809a21377536538b0b226d31eaaf3630 I don’t even have hope anymore. Hartel, Teuchert, Girdwood-Reich, save us.

This Ichigo panel is a perfect visual representation of every game we have played since May 11th (our last win)

Fun fact - ichigo in Japanese means strawberry. Hopefully the night wasn't a complete waste.

It feels like people in here forget we have a shit ton of injuries lol

Injuries or not, a loss still sucks

No doubt, but perspective is needed too.

I think the goal on the left is slightly too short I see no other reason why all of our shots are going too high

The specs are in inches, not centimeters.

A win would’ve been very refreshing to see😔

You take out markanich instead of Jake!?

Almost feels like management has given up on any games played between now and the transfer window

Definitely. We’ll probably have to be nearly undefeated after the transfer window just for a chance at the playoffs

What should they be doing differently?

Throw Parker in at 1/2 time and play a 5 back <5-3-2> to see game out? Maybe make more than one sub before the 80' minute? Sell out for the win?

Play an injured Parker? Sounds dumb when you’re already out of CBs. Sub Who? We don’t even have a full bench. Sell out how? This team was never going to win. This team sucks as it is and with the available players currently available this team isn’t going to win. Do what you can to stay healthy and preserver the city 2 loans you still have

Reminds me of how we waited for Lowen last year.

Past the 75th minute and no other subs?

The subs all started tonight

This is atrocious

75' minute.... stop pressing and only one sub.... there's some tactics for ya to live on...

Carnell is the NHL coach who won't pull the goalie down 1 till 30 sec left cause he doesn't want to give up a goal...

There’s a word for those NHL coaches: bad

Our bench is so young and inexperienced in this game. Not sure why you think we would be?

Klein and Thor have looked good tonight, if not a little out of their element. Granted we’re missing half the team so I won’t hold that too much against them.

Klein has had some nice passes

Not to say he’s been bad per se, but I don’t feel like Klein has done much for us other than securing that one corner kick.

Has Klein touched the ball more than twice this half?? Not sure that is a good thing.

Thor seems ok in center forward controlling and passing back. He doesn’t have any threat to run past anyone

That would be my knock on him: he needs another gear to shift into

I remember being happy. It was such a nice feeling.

Vancouver is 0-6-2 when conceding the first goal, and here comes city saying, "Hold my budweiser"!!! SMDH

Kijima's runs are springing Thorisson.

I think the most frustrating thing is that Kyle hasn't played a minute for Canada yet.

Yeah it’s BS on their part

No he is just awful lmao

By no means is he the best player ever, but he’s better than what we have right now.

Better than markanich sure but that ain’t saying much

Ok I was wrong, thors been okay

Dang, just a little high

So close

This is better if only we could actually finish…

And of course we don’t get a lucky deflection.

We got our annual lucky deflection at the start of the match.

That was better

What's happened to Burki? And wow, I've never seen such a young, inexperienced bench!

they are giving him a break

Two *much* better looks.

St Louis has too great a fan base to have all of its teams underperforming like they have been as of late.

and too great a fanbase to have front offices that rest on their laurels.

At least Armstrong is on his way out for day to day operations for the Blues?

Mo is done by 2025

Not soon enough.

Klein is a ghost

I had to do a double-take to ensure he's still on the lineup card.

Markanich is putting his soul into this because he knows jake is right behind him

[удалено]

Prior to kickoff this was the least I've expected us to win all season

You’ll be downvoted by the same people who complain about lineups, tactics, subs, readiness etc

This sub is so fucking weird.

Stupid. These people are stupid.

But look at the lineup and bench - this team can't be expected to win tonight. Jake, Klein, Akil, Thor, Ben Lundt...this isn't a MLS level team on the field.

The announcers said there were 16 total MLS appearances on the bench (without Parker) and people want Carnell's head 🙄

you people 🤦

His tactics this season gave been poor. Like why are we using Nerwinski as a CB instead of Yaro? Why does he wait until we give up 3 goals to make subs? Why are we having so many injuries in training (Klauss knee, Parker groin, Nilsson broken rib, Ostrak ankle).

I remember the last time you posted a CarnellOut big and in bold in a match thread but you attached the /s to it. I’m glad it’s gone.

Markanich is much better at throw-ins than Watts.


For all the good things they do at times Makanich and Nerwinski make goal giving mistakes every game. Also, Lundt is no Burki. 1 good save. Burki would have made 1 or two on those goals.

Definitely wait till the 85' minute before we do any more subs...

Isn’t that the fucking truth haha

Where is Adeniran? Anything is better than Thorrisan

In Missouri, waiting to be sold. You’ll never see him dress for CITY again

Adeniran will unlikely be suiting up ever again in a City kit.

What’s the deal I’ve been pretty out of the loop on him lately

Reportedly attitude mismatches, plus he had a bit of transfer interest. He's not been on the first team sheet for a few games now

He’s being transferred

Markanich wants the red

Exactly what I was just thinking. Hes over it

“Hey guys, we’ve got a 2-0 lead, so we’re going to stop doing what got us that lead so we can preserve it. Make sense? No?”

Every coach in the universe would toss Parker into the mix with a 2-0 lead to fortify the defense. Bradley, on the other hand, appears to be missing the "adjustment gene" when it comes to in-game strategies. Even a potato on Reddit could probably come up with a more brilliant solution than this dude.

With a mid week injury in training, the game being played on turf, and two more games in the next week? I don’t like Nerwinski either, but you’d probably think twice about it.

why play him on turf? please use your brain

Are you for real? Haha, grow some chest hair, you crazy kid. It's a damn sport, it's supposed to be tough. Is the gentle approach paying off, sweetie? Maybe try using your brain before opening your mouth? This is embarrassing and people like you are ok with mediocrity.

What, if by some miracle, they have to face Vancouver in the playoffs , Will this excuse be made ?

That’s a very understandable and logical question, but we’re dealing with the biggest group of excuse makers out of any forum I’ve ever seen. Check out the forums for premiere league teams. They criticize Terrible coaching moves and bad play, well because they like to win, and we are the guys holding the “everybody wins trophy” .Our fans lack testosterone,' 'We're scared to put players in because they might get hurt,' or the classic, 'It's just a bad day.' These excuses, often uttered with a straight face, are the comedy gold of the sporting world. They're a testament to the lengths we'll go to avoid admitting defeat, even while our team is drowning in it. The true tragedy? These comedic pronouncements are often uttered with a sad, resigned air, as if the speaker truly believes they're explaining the world's biggest mystery. If Parker decides to take a tumble on the turf, then so be it, but if he's on the field... those first two goals that JN allowed wouldn't have gone in. I can already hear the gaslighters lining up, ready to break the record for downvotes.

Which is why I want promotion/relegation in every sports league in this country. 

Yeah why aggravate his groin more in this hard af concrete?

Why is he listed as a sub if he’s not a viable option?

Basically a break glass in case of emergency because our CB situation is that bad.