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Post by jvictor on Feb 13, 2012 7:17:14 GMT 8
How bad is Mr. Rob's injury will he play?
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Post by jandrew87 on Feb 13, 2012 13:24:31 GMT 8
maybe we should naturalize 1 or 2 players to play cb. i think that's a pretty good solution for now. haha.
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Post by Wiking on Feb 13, 2012 17:26:28 GMT 8
I think Rob would've had a more difficult time if he played, he just does not have the pace. Sabio was great in the game. I watched the game again today(not all). I thought the whole defense were too adventurous when they should have played deeper and more conservative especially in the beginning. After thinking about it, IT IS a practice match and the Uzbeks are better than any of our Challenge Cup opponents(except maybe, N Korea but in a defensive way) perhaps it was good to try out our attacking offense and see what we can adjust. Uzbeks vs Philippines is like an NBA vs PBA pairing, there's not much we can do to win, really. Could we have done better? probably, but I won't blame the loss on anyone, including the coach, I just hope the players AND the coach have learned something and adjust whatever needs to be adjusted. OT: we should enjoy this training camp, with less than 2000 fans in that stadium, this camp might be our last on TV.
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Post by jvictor on Feb 13, 2012 17:44:54 GMT 8
So will the future backline of Potschke and Sabio do good?
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Post by cowscrubber on Feb 13, 2012 22:24:13 GMT 8
Was the Uzbekistan side an u23 team?
Even so, I think 0-3 is not too bad of a result considering they are 100 places higher in ranking. In fact, I think it's a pretty good result considering that just 2 years ago we lost to similarly-ranked ASEAN teams by 10 points.
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Post by buddha on Feb 14, 2012 6:24:12 GMT 8
This is going to be a quick rant.
First off, why do we still romanticize Angel Guirado? He's slow, moves like an ox, has a terrible first touch, no movement off the ball, and an off-balanced running gait. It gets my goat when TV commentators and we in this forum use words like "fast," "great first touch," "good technique" when describing Angel. But what counts in my book is that he's an honest player (by "honest" I mean someone whose only sterling quality is his willingness to work hard but other than that he's...) and for that he should keep his place in the national side. He IS an honest player just don't describe him otherwise.
Second, as lovely as tiki-taka is, we don't have to play it to succeed. A lot of posters on this forum think it is the only way forward. Singapore won trophies playing direct, robust football. Why can't we? (As a coach I place a premium on ball possession, player movement, and the quality of the first touch but in my case I'm under no pressure to deliver trophies so even if it takes me 10 years for my first trophy I'm fine. My teams play a mean tiki-taka but I'm also pragmatic enough to know that possession football doesn't always work and I'm flexible enough to switch mid-play if I see a more direct approach would work.)
If you guys want to see our national team play possession football, fine, but it'll take a whole new generation of players to be able to do that and you've got to be very patient. Just know that you may not see the Azkals play tiki-taka in our lifetime. Hopefully, your son and grandson will. Can you deal with that?
Thirdly, as much as I have my issues with the tactical nous of the current gaffer I do see why he decides to play the way that he does. He's got to deliver or else it's his head on the platter. Now don't go about pointing fingers, lads... YOU want instant success and what's worse YOU want it done playing like a mini Barcelona. But for Mr. Weiss has got no time to play fancy football because he's under pressure to deliver. The reason we play the way we do is because he's being forced to play to our strengths as a team which, when you come to think of it, is sadly limited to two w...
Oh crap. I promised it would be a short rant.
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