Post by Wiking on Oct 23, 2013 17:09:15 GMT 8
First of congrats to the Azkals for retaining the PFPC trophy, secondly for making the highest jump ever to 137th! As much as I STILL believe we can do better with a different coach, congrats to Coach Weiss, the staff, the players and to Mr Palami!
Now to answer the comment below:
"...I want to play very offensive, umm, very interesting style of football..." this is what our great coach has said in an interview prior to the game. Read more here: wikingandtheazkals.blogspot.com/2013/10/pfpc-2013-azkals-vs-chinese-taipei.html#more
i think he did..
You are correct off course, he did, but you missed 50% of the equation. We scored 3, but our defense only allowed 1 and here are some of the reasons why:
1) Gier was much more disciplined in this game. So much so that I know someone in the coaching staff must have told him to concentrate on defense first rather than supporting the offense.
2) JUANI GUIRADO or the Jason de Jong experiment?
3) Continued great work by our midfield defense.
As you can see we cannot just rely on offense. We tried to do this against Taiwan(FIFA 170+) and we got bushwacked!
As I said in my blog above, "...concentrate on defense and the rest will follow". BUT lets not get carried away with this good offensive outing against Pakistan either, after all they are in the 170+ range. Weiss' full bore offense will not work against teams like Kuwait, UAE or even Thailand and Indonesia.
We need to play balanced, remember when we played with basically 2 defensive midfielders and 1 true striker(Phil) during the 2012 Challenge Cup. Even big and tough teams had a hard time against us.
Re: Anton del Rosario
If JB doesn't improve I think Anton would be a great stop gap at RB. We know he can handle the pressure, and even with his age was still one of the better players in the UFL last season. He can play CB and MF/DF. A truly versatile player. It's too bad Weiss seems to not want him anymore.
Re: Ray Jonsson
Ray has always made an effort to come for Azkal games. I think the coach has decided to give the LB position to JC and RB to Barbaso for now. Maybe because of JB's uncertain performance Weiss may try to call on him soon(or until Carli is out)?
Now to answer the comment below:
PFPC 2013 Azkals vs Chinese Taipei. The Wiking aftermath.
Pic borrowed from and credited to philstar.com
"...I want to play very offensive, umm, very interesting style of football..." this is what our great coach has said in an interview prior to the game. Read more here: wikingandtheazkals.blogspot.com/2013/10/pfpc-2013-azkals-vs-chinese-taipei.html#more
i think he did..
You are correct off course, he did, but you missed 50% of the equation. We scored 3, but our defense only allowed 1 and here are some of the reasons why:
1) Gier was much more disciplined in this game. So much so that I know someone in the coaching staff must have told him to concentrate on defense first rather than supporting the offense.
2) JUANI GUIRADO or the Jason de Jong experiment?
3) Continued great work by our midfield defense.
As you can see we cannot just rely on offense. We tried to do this against Taiwan(FIFA 170+) and we got bushwacked!
As I said in my blog above, "...concentrate on defense and the rest will follow". BUT lets not get carried away with this good offensive outing against Pakistan either, after all they are in the 170+ range. Weiss' full bore offense will not work against teams like Kuwait, UAE or even Thailand and Indonesia.
We need to play balanced, remember when we played with basically 2 defensive midfielders and 1 true striker(Phil) during the 2012 Challenge Cup. Even big and tough teams had a hard time against us.
Re: Anton del Rosario
If JB doesn't improve I think Anton would be a great stop gap at RB. We know he can handle the pressure, and even with his age was still one of the better players in the UFL last season. He can play CB and MF/DF. A truly versatile player. It's too bad Weiss seems to not want him anymore.
Re: Ray Jonsson
Ray has always made an effort to come for Azkal games. I think the coach has decided to give the LB position to JC and RB to Barbaso for now. Maybe because of JB's uncertain performance Weiss may try to call on him soon(or until Carli is out)?