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Post by tipo on Oct 14, 2015 1:58:57 GMT 8
the dreaded part of the schedule of games! bad news - we didn't fare well w/fatigue & it showed on the results. just 1 of 6 points. dropped to 3 rd good news - we're over the hardest stretch & got a draw from NoKor. it's time to regroup and focus on our goal for Asian Cup slot
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Post by fadzki on Oct 14, 2015 7:39:25 GMT 8
I think the pressures are off not going to the WC 2018...just have to play their game win or loss... Bahrain played the same earlier no pressure played relax won 2 - 0..
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Post by jornutzon on Oct 14, 2015 11:24:54 GMT 8
Yemen home Uzbekistan away North Korea home Lets win the two home games and get that 3rd spot for asian cup 2019... I thought only the 2nd best teams are qualified for asian cup? if that's so, then we still have something to cheer for. does all 3rd ranked team automatically qualified for asian cup 2019? I know Wikipedia isn't a reliable source, but according to the webpage, the team who gets third place in a group will play for the Asian Cup qualifying third round. What I got from that is that we still have a chance to vie for a spot in the Asian Cup. Apparently, there will be 24 teams instead of the recent 16 in the 2019 Asian Cup. EDIT: Looks like I was right. www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/109196-azkals-lose-bahrain-recap
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Post by simonmanila on Oct 14, 2015 20:53:09 GMT 8
The team that finishes third will qualify for the Asian Cup.... imo that's still a very good result for the azkals if they can make it, I think Yemen & NoKor at home are both beatable.
The biggest issue I saw in the game last night was the azkals looked tired... the travelling they have done over the past week has been ridiculous I know it must be difficult to co-ordinate schedules across Asia but playing away games in North Korea and then Bahrain is just crazy and would have been a factor even if it had been possible for the team to travel direct Manila-Pyongyang-Manama.... when you factor in the stopovers etc. it's just crazy.... the AFC really need to look at this for the next qualification tournament...
The other thing that I saw that worried me a little was the players who were out of position in this game (Steuble at full-back, Schrock up front)... Dooley seems to be developing a habit of putting players in unfamiliar positions, which is fine in friendly games but in a WCQ you really need to have your strongest XI in their best positions... you also need to have a balanced squad - there was only one striker in the current squad which seems crazy when the likes of OJ & Mark Hartmann are around...
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Post by speedy on Oct 15, 2015 22:43:30 GMT 8
I am not really an expert in football. But what would you have prefer: Starting not our best line-up but that have full match fitness or starting the best line up but with the fatigued one?
We still need to catch up with team management as well. This was really lack of experience as it is our first time to have two tough away games in that span of time.
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Post by cantfall on Oct 16, 2015 8:25:11 GMT 8
I am not really an expert in football. But what would you have prefer: Starting not our best line-up but that have full match fitness or starting the best line up but with the fatigued one? We still need to catch up with team management as well. This was really lack of experience as it is our first time to have two tough away games in that span of time. well, we played basically our best line up (called up) but playing not in their best positions.
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Post by rhk111 on Oct 16, 2015 10:03:08 GMT 8
well, we played basically our best line up (called up) but playing not in their best positions. I suspect that Dooley moved around the positions a little bit perhaps because he wanted to make the team a little bit less predictable, but it didn't look like it worked very well to me.
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Post by rhk111 on Oct 16, 2015 10:04:47 GMT 8
Reality Check: Azkals-Bahrain Postgame ThoughtsThe Philippines' hopes of qualification were dealt a serious blow against Bahrain. Here's a breakdown of what went wrong and what their qualification hopes look like nowBob Guerrero Published 9:26 AM, October 14, 2015 Updated 12:52 PM, October 14, 2015 MANILA, Philippines - Despite 2-0 loss, the performance was not too shabby. There is a big difference between a team's performance and the result of the game. The result was obviously not what we wanted but the performance was mostly alright. The Azkals battled Bahrain to a fair stalemate in the first half, with Phil Younghusband and Stephan Schrock both having decent shots at getting the opening goal. Neither side dominated, and the play was fairly open and balanced. But it all unraveled in that 10-minute spell when Isa Moosa was allowed to ghost into the 6-yard box unperturbed to dink in the opener. Mohammed Husain takes much of the credit for the goal. He makes a run behind Stephane Palla that draws Amani Aguinaldo to him. Palla chases him also, freeing up Moosa, who is not picked up by Daisuke Sato. Husain finds him and it's an easy finish, far too easy for this level. Then 10 minutes later a free kick of jaw-dropping brilliance from Ismail Abdul Latif sealed the deal. The Philippines looked leggy and disoriented after that. So in reality it was just one missed defensive assignment and one YouTube-worthy free kick that did us in. Was the game plan wrong? Hard to say so. Dooley played Schrock and Phil up top and they did look threatening. They just couldn't find the net. The change in the fullbacks (Palla and Steuble), and the switch to a more vanilla 4-4-2 might have raised some eyebrows, but in the end that wasn't the reason for our defeat. If anything, Dooley could be blamed for over-tinkering his lineup, but even that is a difficult call. Bahrain did what a solid, experienced, veteran team does: punish you harshly for relatively small errors. Maybe playing Phil Younghusband out of position for so long damaged his confidence a bit. Phil had 3 great chances to get his 43rd international goal on Tuesday. He hit a second-minute left-footer a bit dirty, headed wide later on in the half, and couldn't beat the keeper stretched-out for a looping ball in the second half. For the first time in a while Phil was truly deployed in attack in this game. But maybe all of those games in central/defensive midfield blunted his poacher's instinct. When he's in form, Phil gets at least two of those three chances on frame. The missed header also illustrates something about Phil Younghusband: he is really not a target striker. Phil likes to operate a bit deep in the formation, (as an attacking mid or second striker,) where he can create with his passing touch and vision. Phil has rarely scored with his head, and seems best playing off a guy who has aerial prowess, like an Ian Araneta or Javier Patiño. We'd love to see Phil bounce back in the next game, but it appears it won't happen. A poor yellow card late in the game, along with a caution he received against Uzbekistan, means he should be in street clothes when we host Yemen on November 12. It's another tough blow. (Article intentionally cut, to read more go to: www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/109220-azkals-bahrain-reality-check)
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