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Post by cjeagle on Feb 8, 2014 9:36:50 GMT 8
xyz,
I didn't know anybody else here watched Dooley back then. He was a really good defender. As for Lalas, I always thought he was a little too slow for international football, but their options were limited at that time. Brazil is Brazil. They will always make you look silly, but by and large, I think the US always played an efficient tactical game against them, limiting their chances and keeping the deficit low. I would be happy if Dooley can make the Azkals just as efficient, even at the price of not scoring too many goals. Hopefully we don't see any more of the headless chicken act that the Azkals defence sometimes employed during the early part of the Weiss regime.
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Post by xyz1000 on Feb 8, 2014 10:22:40 GMT 8
Indeed I watched him but only on TV. I saw all the US games live on TV in the 1994 World Cup. Dooley was solid and I knew about him as I did just about all the players, but I paid more attention to Lalas (yes, slow but excellent positioning), Cobi Jones and Earnie Stewart. For all the talk about the US team then having non-US grown players and the analogy to the Azkals, that US team was composed mostly of US grown players. The Azkals today are dominated by European players. So the comparison is not quite fair. Anyway, I like what I've been reading about Coach Dooley, I like that it's only a 1-year deal, I like that he prefers saying football to soccer (we all know he will for sure say the opposite in the US ).
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Post by cjeagle on Feb 8, 2014 10:53:03 GMT 8
Actually that is an unfair comparison. The US already had their grassroots expansion after the NASL brought their stars incl. Pele, to the US, long before Dooley arrived, so of course they already had homegrown players. Prior to the NASL, only immigrants or children of immigrants from football loving countries played the game, which by the way, is another factor the Philippines doesn't have. Our foreign born Azkals are like the NASL stars, the catalyst that sparked the interest that is allowing football to grow domestically, both through grassroots development and through the domestic league. It will still take some time, before both mature enough, to catch up with other nations.
As for that national team in early 90's that included Wynalda, Stewart, Jones, Balboa and Lalas, they had the unique advantage of being brought together straight from college and elsewhere and training like a club, playing together for a long time, playing many friendlies and tournaments against strong opponents, which helped them develop and achieve team cohesiveness that you don't normally see in a national team. It wouldn't be possible for us to do this financially and was a one time model to help them get to the World Cup and to overcome the disadvantage of not having a pro league. It was never repeated again and became redundant with the formation of MLS.
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Post by xyz1000 on Feb 8, 2014 11:20:45 GMT 8
Can you find Coach D?
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Post by cjeagle on Feb 8, 2014 12:14:43 GMT 8
Dooley said that he wants to gather the best players from the United Football League to form a pool of local players who could join the national team. “We’ll have conversation with the owners of the clubs. Maybe if we can get 24 to 40 best players in the league for twice a week,” Dooley said. Dooley added that he will get in touch with the foreign-based members of the Azkals soon to let them know what his plans and strategies are. “I will try to contact them as soon as possible to let them know my ideas,” he said. A former captain of the United States national team, Dooley is hoping to gather all of his players for training a few days before the Challenge Cup. “Maybe 10 to 12 days before the Challenge Cup, we can work with them,” he said. www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/new-azkals-coach-thomas-dooley-unfazed-by-lack-of-prep-time-for-challenge-cup
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Post by kuo24 on Feb 8, 2014 13:27:06 GMT 8
Off to a good start. Let the UFL standouts form your core, peppered in with our Internationalistas.
Later this year, him and the U-23 coach can team up to scour for more talent in our far-flung provinces.
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Post by boybato on Feb 8, 2014 14:33:48 GMT 8
i expect some changes in our roster. this is Anton's chance. and we can expect a new look backline TBH I dont see any changes. I also dont believe the new coach will use alot of the UFL boys in any of his line up in the near future. Forget the Aginaldo, beloya or any other young guys that you want to see "have more experience" to see any game time or call up aslong as the regulars are here. This is because of the short period and the high expectation that is put upon the coach. He is only contracted for 1 year and he must win the challenge cup and Suzuki cup. Expect that if the "OLD" euro based players are here, he would use them because of the gap between UFL boys compare to the foreign based. I really believe that the 1 year contracts that the PFF is handing out lately is a disadvantages if the PFF wants to develop the local based players. The coach will only think short term (win, win, win) NOW! And how would he do that? By using euro based players who are although old(all the knock of people here) are still by far better than anyone local based. To be honest, I cant blame him if he ride on the old guys and not use the UFL boys because of the risk and reward.
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Post by tipo on Feb 8, 2014 21:14:43 GMT 8
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Post by strikerbon on Feb 8, 2014 21:50:09 GMT 8
^it's good to see him watch the game. Weiss rarely watch the UFL before and even complain about the poor situation of our local league. it just mean that Dooley is doing his assignment
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Post by tipo on Feb 8, 2014 22:10:58 GMT 8
yup, encouraging signs to say the least. He already met the Div 1 clubs representatives last night & from what i read from their personal accounts, their meeting went well. Good to see the new coach is not wasting any time. PFF President Nonong Araneta (6th from left), new Philippines national head coach Thomas Dooley, team manager Dan Palami and Atty. Ed Gastanes are flanked by (from left to right:) PFF representative Jaron Genota, UFL Head of Football operations Ritchie Gannaban, Mark Malcampo of Global FC, Randy Roxas of Loyola Meralco Sparks, Filbert Alquiros of Stallion FC, Rodrigo Davalos, Nicholas Reyes of Team Socceroo, John Gutierrez of Pachanga PLDT Home FIBR, Paul Tolentino of Kaya FC, Aris Caslib, and Hans Smit of Green Archers United Globe during last night's dinner in Greenbelt 5, Makati Citysource: Global FC facebook page
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Post by cjeagle on Feb 9, 2014 3:27:11 GMT 8
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Post by xyz1000 on Feb 9, 2014 9:57:49 GMT 8
So how much did the PFF or Coach D pay to plant you there, take the picture, and post here? Just kidding, of course. Nice to see him there! Welcome to the Philippines, Coach D.
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Post by tipo on Feb 9, 2014 10:10:10 GMT 8
So how much did the PFF or Coach D pay to plant you there, take the picture, and post here? Just kidding, of course. Nice to see him there! Welcome to the Philippines, Coach D. haha, not mine. all i do is surf the net to keep updated & post them here, if others missed some, to reciprocate.
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Post by nashval on Feb 9, 2014 18:41:29 GMT 8
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Post by leoisiah on Feb 9, 2014 22:43:20 GMT 8
“The second thing is, you have to understand what your role is in the game. For example, if I have a center-back who is always going up front and leaves the back, then I have to talk to him. ‘This is your position, and you have to play that role.’” Haha say goodbye Anton haha.
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