That first half was brutal, one of the worst halves of the season. The less said about it the better! Cavs seemed really confused with what HFX was doing. At the 20th minute they were passing around a piece of paper with notes from the bench and they didn’t really get any better.
Tommy changed the game with his subs. Trafford was able to provide some steel in the midfield and Wright occupied the centre backs which let Tobias run wild (and Musse on the other side). I like what Herdman is bringing on the left. He’s tenacious out there. Would’ve left him on personally.
Sad for Field. Seems his body just can’t keep up physically.
Montgomery. Wow! I knew he had that in him. Tonight I think proved something I’ve been thinking of; Montgomery - Klomp has a higher ceiling as a partnership than Kobza - Klomp. Montgomery allows Klomp to be way more aggressive. I think it also has bigger risk but especially this year as Kobza has been battling injuries that’s the partnership I want going into the playoffs. That might be a hot take but I’ve been thinking that for a while. And the more Montgomery plays the more in rhythm he gets and comfortable he looks.
I really believe if Montgomery plays like that he’s a top player in this league. He was physics, made good decisions on the ball, and covered basically all of defence as Klomp was so aggressive (too aggressive IMO at times, I thought he was actually pretty poor tonight). Player of the match by far, one of the Cavalry performances of the season. And that’s not even taking into account the goal. If Klomp leaves in the off-season I’m very ok with Montgomery leading the line next year.
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