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Post by cjeagle on Jan 25, 2012 14:24:23 GMT 8
PFF Signs Zoran Djordjevic as U21 and U23 Coach by Mikhail de Guzman on January 25, 2012 2012.01.19 Zoran Djordevic Headline Photo The preparation for the South East Asian Games begins now as the Philippine Football Federation has signed Serbian coach, Zoran Djordjevic to lead the Under-21 side next month and subsequently the Under-23 squad in the 2013 SEA Games last week. Djordjevic was with National team manager Dan Palami, PFF President Mariano Araneta and FC Deren Sumida President Takashi Morimoto. Djordjevic noted that he was "Grateful and very excited for the Football Association of the Philippines (PFF) give me an opportunity to work with them as football coach, and I take the obligation as the most challenging in my life. I'll do my best as the coach to promote Philippine football in the world level" "It's a long way to go and I'm very optimistic because of what I saw during the first few days, it's unbelievable talent of boys, full of enthusiasm and passion. Mr. Dan (Palami) have great ambition and willing to put the future of Philippine football in the highest level." Djordjevic added. On the players, Djordjevic noted that "They will (have to) show themselves in official games, important, under pressure and result oriented games. This is the time to talk, we will show ourselves in the games and the results." Djordjevic was the former head coach of the Bangladesh national football team which he steered to a gold medal finish at the 2010 South Asian Games with five wins, zero draws, zero losses, and scoring 13 goals while conceding none. Some of his former position was being the head coach of Sudan and Yemen. On the club side, he had managed Churchill Brothers SC and is proclaimed as the first foreign coach to win the India Championships, leading to an AFC Champions League berth and a Coach of the Year award for his efforts. The Hassanal Bolkiah Cup is expected to start on February 21, 2012 and will be allowing five senior players to join the Under-21 squad. soccercentral.ph/news/pff-signs-zoran-djordjevic-u21-and-u23-coachIt is nice to see that soccercentral has decided to use the international media's preferred English spelling of Coach Djordjevic's name instead of the local one.
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Post by fadzki on Jan 25, 2012 19:04:30 GMT 8
PFF Signs Zoran Djordjevic as U21 and U23 Coach by Mikhail de Guzman on January 25, 2012 2012.01.19 Zoran Djordevic Headline Photo The preparation for the South East Asian Games begins now as the Philippine Football Federation has signed Serbian coach, Zoran Djordjevic to lead the Under-21 side next month and subsequently the Under-23 squad in the 2013 SEA Games last week. Djordjevic was with National team manager Dan Palami, PFF President Mariano Araneta and FC Deren Sumida President Takashi Morimoto. Djordjevic noted that he was "Grateful and very excited for the Football Association of the Philippines (PFF) give me an opportunity to work with them as football coach, and I take the obligation as the most challenging in my life. I'll do my best as the coach to promote Philippine football in the world level" "It's a long way to go and I'm very optimistic because of what I saw during the first few days, it's unbelievable talent of boys, full of enthusiasm and passion. Mr. Dan (Palami) have great ambition and willing to put the future of Philippine football in the highest level." Djordjevic added. On the players, Djordjevic noted that "They will (have to) show themselves in official games, important, under pressure and result oriented games. This is the time to talk, we will show ourselves in the games and the results." Djordjevic was the former head coach of the Bangladesh national football team which he steered to a gold medal finish at the 2010 South Asian Games with five wins, zero draws, zero losses, and scoring 13 goals while conceding none. Some of his former position was being the head coach of Sudan and Yemen. On the club side, he had managed Churchill Brothers SC and is proclaimed as the first foreign coach to win the India Championships, leading to an AFC Champions League berth and a Coach of the Year award for his efforts. The Hassanal Bolkiah Cup is expected to start on February 21, 2012 and will be allowing five senior players to join the Under-21 squad. soccercentral.ph/news/pff-signs-zoran-djordjevic-u21-and-u23-coachIt is nice to see that soccercentral has decided to use the international media's preferred English spelling of Coach Djordjevic's name instead of the local one. credential wise looks like his way better than our current coach Micheal Wiess and actually coach a Senior National team... Looks like it should have been the other way around with Djordjevic handling the senior squad and coach Wiess handling the youth squads... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Wiking on Jan 27, 2012 1:04:54 GMT 8
I found this interesting and I've got a feeling they want this new coach for the "other" national squad, if you get my meaning. It could be nothing, draw your own conclusion. Here are 3 soccer related men tweeting to each other(most of you know who they are): @bhobg333(Bob Guerrero): Met Zoran Djordjevic new U21&U23 coach@UFL last nyt. What a great idea! A National team coach watching top league in the country! Brilliant! @jarongenota(Jaron Genota): @bhobg333 isn't that how it's supposed to be bob? the national team coach watching the league to scout for players for the NT? @santiaraneta: @jarongenota @bhobg333 totally agree!!!!!!!!!!! @santiaraneta: “@bhobg333: @santiaraneta listen to our podcast. he guests there. he said he watched 10 training sessions of different teams! Galing!” Amen!
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Post by c_d on Jan 27, 2012 3:08:16 GMT 8
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Post by jvictor on Jan 27, 2012 5:35:20 GMT 8
Does Weiss watch the UFL games?
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Post by c_d on Jan 27, 2012 23:34:13 GMT 8
Listened to the latest episode of the Back Four Bums earlier and he mentioned that he wants to check out the players in the rural areas and he has a plan on how to develop football in this country. He wanted to discuss it over dinner with the hosts of the podcast. Hopefully they can dedicated one full episode to coach Zoran and his plans next time. Does Weiss watch the UFL games? Jaron Genota mentioned on twitter that he doesn't
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Post by jandrew87 on Jan 28, 2012 0:38:36 GMT 8
i'm getting really excited about this new coach. i hope it doesn't cause a rift between us and the DFB by hiring a coach that they did not hire. regardless, i have always admired how hard Rajko Toroman worked while he was the Men's Basketball NT coach (i still can't believe his contract wasn't extended). people's personalities are often determined greatly by their culture and i guess many Serbians are hard working people. Mabuhay Serbia, Mabuhay Pilipinas!
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Post by cjeagle on Jan 28, 2012 2:22:09 GMT 8
Germany did not become what they are because their people did not work hard whether it is in football or the country in general. On the contrary the old German teams that won their World Cups, were famous for being able to outwork their opposition. Unfortunately, as I mentioned right after the first game he coached here, Coach Weiss'es coaching style is different from the typical organized hard working German style I was used to watching. I just think that Coach Djordjevic's experience both at the club level and at the national team level gives him an edge. From the record of teams he has coached in the past, they don't seem to give up too many goals, which is how I like it. This is despite the fact that he mentions in several interviews that he is a proponent of attacking football. I also like the fact that he has a plan already even at the beginning of his tenure and is actively scouting our players. However, let us not expect too much from this upcoming tournament in Brunei. We are way behind our opponents in terms of preparation although from his record of turning around teams quickly, I wouldn't be surprised if we do well. Nevertheless, I would rather look at the U-22 AFC qualifiers later this year, to see how his teams develop unless of course he gets promoted to head coach. When asked about development, this is what he had to say when he was in India: "Foreign players and coaches should have high standards. If there are football academies in each club, there'll be a lot of quality at the youth level and then it'll be difficult for foreign players without quality to come and play in India. The sports ministry and the national federation should ensure that every club has an academy. As a rule, all clubs that play competitive football in any division should have academies in all youth categories. The weakest point of sports in India is the medical support. The grounds should have proper maintenance and training equipment. But the most important thing is the academies. Every team should have it, if they want to build a team for the future... 7 to 14 years is the age when a player develops technically. The coaches should be professionals with proper training and experience. The head coach, the support staff, the fitness coach, all of them should have proper qualification. There should be an expert for goalkeeping alone. The national team is the top priority of the country. But the basics are developed in the clubs. There are lots of enthusiastic people in India but enthusiasm alone is not enough. You need proper management. If it continues like this then there is no hope. In the 1950s, India were the best team in Asia but after that the level has gone down, while Korea and Japan have improved. Saudi Arabia have now played in the last four World Cups."
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Post by strikerbon on Jan 31, 2012 13:25:42 GMT 8
This coach told Palami, who is also the manager of the U21 squad, to prepare a bonus since he is confident of finishing as runner-up or even champion of the U21 competition."
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Post by c_d on Jan 31, 2012 14:52:06 GMT 8
Though he made a promise that we'll finish in the top 2, I won't expect too much from him in this tournament. What I like about him though is he's not making excuses and telling us to not expect a win even before the start of the tournament.
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Post by cilantro on Feb 1, 2012 23:00:11 GMT 8
just a little ot: when i was a kid i remember the makati football school and the ateneo football school regularly sent some of my peers to the gothia cup in sweden and made a decent account of themselves in the tournament. but that was that for us internationally because after those "kiddie" tourneys the performance of filipinos in the international scene drastically turns south.
i'm not sure if football training ( but not raw talent imo) here suffers after puberty for those talented tweens and adolescents who represent our country that's why we're always the doormats in multi-nation competitions so i'm thinking coach djordjevic may just be the right antidote for this age old conundrum of ours.
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Post by cjeagle on Feb 2, 2012 5:00:58 GMT 8
just a little ot: when i was a kid i remember the makati football school and the ateneo football school regularly sent some of my peers to the gothia cup in sweden and made a decent account of themselves in the tournament. but that was that for us internationally because after those "kiddie" tourneys the performance of filipinos in the international scene drastically turns south. i'm not sure if football training ( but not raw talent imo) here drastically suffers after puberty for those talented tweens and adolescents who represent our country that's why we're always the doormats in multi-nation competitions so i'm thinking maybe coach djordjevic may just be the right antidote for this age old conundrum of ours. I remember those teams in the Gothia Cup . We did very well and even finished in the top 3 a few times in their age group. Unfortunately those kids had nowhere to go after that. There was no professional league to look up to and motivate yourself and no system to continue their development afterwards so those exceptional kids were lost to football. Most of the time we didn't even send reps to AFC or AFF age group tournaments so youth talents were never discovered. Fortunately, things are changing for the better, and all those deficiencies are slowly being addressed. We have a lot to look forward to but it will take some time before our local players can catch up.
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Post by c_d on Feb 6, 2012 22:44:53 GMT 8
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Post by jandrew87 on Feb 7, 2012 0:01:33 GMT 8
music to my ears! i believe that's the style that suites us best.
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Post by carabao on Feb 7, 2012 4:59:24 GMT 8
music to my ears! i believe that's the style that suites us best. i can not but agree with this , it will be better for the belgian players aswell since this is how they are educated in football . it will be especially beneficial for angelo verheye who is small sized but is a very good technical footballer who likes to get the ball in his feet . i guess he could be one of the better players of the tournament . now we need a number 9 who can hold on to the ball and passes it again, not a kick and runner . suggestion : i've heared that jacques van bossche was doing this excellently before he moved to lokeren where they made a defender out of him ; he was so good in it that no less than 4 first division clubs were trying to get him . he had an average scoring rate of 25 to 30 goals a season and added an equal amount on assists and this in position 9 ( central attacker) . his team played a 3-3-4 in normal condition, when they came behind the coach made it a 3-4-3 . jacques as number 9 was playing a bit behind the two wing attackers, so he was also the first defense line when his team lost the ball . (source : 2 ex-trainers of jacques)
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