Portland Timbers Player Ratings: Away to New York

by Ryan Gates on Sep 24, 2011 9:34 PM PDT

Usually I wait a day to digest the game and rewatch it but after today's game I really don't think I have to because all but three of the players will get the same score. So I am going to break it down into Three groups.

Group 1 - The good - 7

Troy Perkins- Without him it would have been 4-0 or worse.

Group 2 - The Bad - 4

Kenny Cooper, Mike Chabala, Diego Chara, Kalif Alhassan, Eric Brunner, Futty Danso, Eric Alexander, Sal Zizzo, Darlington Nagbe, Jack Jewsbury, Lovel Palmer

I don't even know where to start, they all lost their marks, had terrible passes, thought the ref should make a call and look at him as New York Red Bulls took the ball and attacked, ran around like the were clueless and basically look like they were playing their first game together.

Group 3 - No Rating -

Bright Dike and Jorge Perlaza just didn't have enough to judge on because of what the rest of the team were doing...

The Coach

John Spencer - 4 - In his post game he says he can't fault the effort his team showed tonight but I saw more of a lack of effort.

Anyone else want to rant?

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Lame Game

Timbers took a collective dump in NJ. Red Bulls didn’t impress much either. Ref looked unqualified for rec league stuff at Indoor Goals in Beaverton.

It sounds like Spencer has packed it in for 2011. Just pat the boys on the back, hand out the honorable mention ribbons and prepare for 2012. While they’re preparing they should go find players who don’t play like wussies on the road. That is why they’ll miss the playoffs.

by yepyou'reright on Sep 24, 2011 10:00 PM PDT reply actions

Eric Alexander

was terrible.

Cooper has no touch.

I was at the game. Army was killin it. Although there was a point when everyone was drowned out by a god-awful combo of the black eyed peas and teenage girls.

Yellow Mamba FTW!

by northwestj on Sep 25, 2011 8:45 AM PDT reply actions

I could hear the TA on TV a few times

As always, their support was top notch.

by yepyou'reright on Sep 25, 2011 10:19 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions

Pretty sweet that I decided to stay home to watch the game on a beautiful Saturday.

by Dustructo on Sep 25, 2011 9:02 AM PDT reply actions

I was working during the game...

And the number of people in Timbers gear that started showing up to do their shopping around the 80th minute of the game told me just about everything I needed to know about how the game was going.

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by William Conwell on Sep 25, 2011 10:31 AM PDT reply actions

I wonder what Spencer's angle is here

I know he’s smarter than his comments suggest.

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by almost awesome on Sep 25, 2011 10:33 AM PDT reply actions

It's been a while since we played poorly and he said as much

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by almost awesome on Sep 25, 2011 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions

Not there yet

Play off wise… San Jose game was crusial…
Ratings are mostly OK, but can not agree with Al Hassan. I think he was bright spot in team, and player who have extraordinary vision of game, but not understand very well by his teammates.
Palmer, is to blame for first goal, and if you remember last game, San Jose forwards passed him and get to our box from left side, over and over again.
Also, Spencer’s substitutions, are enigma for me since beginning. In 70th minute, we were down 2-0 in crucial game for playoff. For me at least, there is no difference between lost 2-0 or 4-0. We are down anyway. In that situation WHY would you substitute striker with striker; move defender on bench and put 2 extra strikers on the field. Try everything to win…

by Beaverton 97007 on Sep 25, 2011 11:28 AM PDT reply actions