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Post by Usapang Football on Sept 29, 2010 5:27:45 GMT 8
www.mb.com.ph/articles/279518/rp-ready-asean-football-tiltRP Ready for Asean Football Tilt By FRANCIS SANTIAGO September 28, 2010, 6:40pm MANILA, Philippines — “We are ready to rumble.” This was the message the officials and the players of the Philippine national football team want to deliver when they see action in the Suzuki Cup Asean Football Championship Qualifiers starting October 22 in Vientiane, Laos. “We have a team that is ready to redeem Philippine football,” said team manager Dan Palami in Tuesday’s PSA Forum at the Shakey’s U.N. Avenue in Manila. Beefed up by at least six foreign-based players with Filipino roots, the national team is confident of it can pull off big wins in the tourney where they will meet Timor Leste, Laos and Cambodia. The top two teams from the qualifying event will move into the main tournament in Vietnam and Indonesia. The top team in the qualifier will join Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, while the runner-up will be grouped with Vietnam, Singapore and Myanmar. “We’re not just there to participate but to win,” said Simon McMenemy, the new English coach of the national squad, who has served in various capacities in top clubs in England. “The preparations have been superb the past 10 months. We have evolved as a team. The players who are fit, willing to play for each other, fight for each other and assist each other.”
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Post by booblehead on Sept 29, 2010 13:24:09 GMT 8
Music to my ears!
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Post by Usapang Football on Sept 29, 2010 14:47:11 GMT 8
Mr. Mcmenemy is very confident of his team and I admire him for that! I spoke to him once about Taiwan and he told me he was very excited about it. I told him, "Good luck, coach!". And he said, "Thanks. But I don't think we need it."
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Post by booblehead on Sept 29, 2010 15:48:46 GMT 8
I hope its not false bravado and that he really has something planned and a couple more up his sleeve
Lets go Philippines!
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Post by Usapang Football on Sept 29, 2010 16:21:39 GMT 8
He's English and the English always deliver! Lol, kidding. I do hope he has that magic touch with the players.
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