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Post by cjeagle on May 22, 2014 2:31:28 GMT 8
“We had to endure rough seas and the amount of time wasted on loading and unloading of team equipment is simply too taxing on the players and the staff. Players threw up,” Palami recounted. Still, the Azkals remained unperturbed, battling the Afghans and nearly getting rewarded by a James Younghusband header that just hit the crossbar. “Nevertheless, I give credit to them because they had to do a job for the country and they did it without complaints,” Palami said.
spin.ph
Probably the reason we lost Mulders at the last minute. From what I have heard he was already complaining of a bum stomach a few days before the game. The boat ride probably pushed him over the edge.
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Post by butchok on May 22, 2014 7:15:47 GMT 8
Azkals' perseverance is commendable, indeed.
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Post by butchok on May 22, 2014 7:24:32 GMT 8
I noticed that players who honed their skills locally like Caligdong and Doctora lacks first touches control and have tendency to stray away from their supposed position in the pitch... Yes, they are quick but this trait is rather offset by said weaknesses. ..
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Post by slayermoonlight on May 22, 2014 10:00:47 GMT 8
I didn't felt the presence of Doctora last night. He's a "boy dapa" like Ian Araneta against those 6-foot Afghan defenders. And he's running here and there, as described by the earlier comments here; a headless chicken. But he is not there (not in the good position) to receive i.e. noticed when Recihelt getting tentative in crossing the ball inside the box, he is sermoning Balot "I need you to be there! I need you to be there!". Some people might say (or maybe 1 guy here in this forum) that he lacks the height to joust inside the box for those crosses. But hey, then why did we selected him in the firt place! If he is creative and intelligent (football-intelligent that is) enough, then i don't believe his height wont be an issue. *sigh* Doctora is better than Chieffy. But at least Chieffy had goals against Arab players i.e. Bahrain friendlies. Moving forward, we really need Phil YH in the remaining matches over Doctora. That just smacks of clutching at straws or very brain dead!! So you think Dooley brought him into the fold because he's able to mix it up with height or his aerial ability?!? lol!!!! You then say if (and that's one big IF) he's creative and intelligent, he'd be alright. Well that's just it... he's not creative! He's barely technically adept as is, never mind being a creative outlet! He is intelligent though, in the sense that he's got good movement which is helped by his pace/mobility. That's why Dooley brought him in, there are quotes somewhere, where Dooley says this and not because of his height or anything else. Caligdong scored goals because he plays out wide! He also improved on his off the ball movement with regards to getting into goal scoring positions and making those type of runs coming from wide positions, it's easier to get on the end of things and score. It doesn't necessarily make him a better overall footballer! Doctora then should be used as a sub or against lowly opposition like Laos. Or better yet, not use him at all!! Ok I think I sounded a different tone to you. I'm trying to be sarcastic there when I said why Doctora was selected in the first place and he is intelligent. To be honest, after seeing him play against Nepal and Malaysia, I didn't like him at all. He don't have strong fottball I.Q. There, I said it already. Sorry sa mga Doctora fans. I believe Angel Guirado should be there instead of him. Heck, I'll even select Denis Wolf, Mark Hartmann or Joshua Beloya over him. Doctora's football IQ (or the lack of it) and level is for only useful fro ASEAN friendlies, HBB/Peace cup tourneys, or maybe a substitute for Suzuki cups. But against teams like Afghanistan, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Turkmenistan... nah. All we will see is an Ian Araneta-like player who'll keep on frustrating you. Again moving forward, since I made it clear that he is not worthy to be a credible and dependable striker for higher level matches (with emphasis to the word "striker"), the only consolation for him is he can be used as a midfielder. Maybe. But we have an excess of midfielders already so... he'll be very useful during training sessions LOL. So Brimstone, we are on the same page as yours regarding Doctora though I'm just trying to be more "diplomatic" so as not to hurt the Doctora fans club (who even betted on poo-poo for their main man lol).
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Post by johnmarki on May 22, 2014 10:05:02 GMT 8
I'm really happy with their performance so far. I hope they can get it further.
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Post by slayermoonlight on May 22, 2014 10:11:59 GMT 8
yes, the Azkals have improved so much. There's a system in place already. The pressing defense, the short passing, the player rotation. Those were not there during Dooley's predecesor. There's still a lot of things to improve as well: first touches, and finishing (which requires us to field the best strikers that we can muster).
so far, I'm also happy with PFF because finally they were able to hire a coach with proven track records (World Cup, National squad captaincy, high tier club experience).
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Post by butchok on May 22, 2014 14:48:31 GMT 8
The verbal exchanges of Reichelt and Afghan goalkeeper Faqiryar early in the second half is interesting, both are speaking curse words in German
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Post by butchok on May 22, 2014 17:15:37 GMT 8
Cedelf Tupas tweeted after the Afghanistan match : "Azkals still on the road. Bus too slow. And its 130 am. still need to take the boat ride back to the resort. Players are tired."
This tournament has been so inconvenient for the team
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Post by butchok on May 22, 2014 17:17:54 GMT 8
Afghanistan interim coach Erich Rotemuller was coach Thomas Dooley's coaching instructor. "I listened to him Mon-Fri for 7 months," he said. so it was a mentor vs. student clash
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Post by katsky on May 22, 2014 18:56:02 GMT 8
Balot was having a hard time against the height and strength of afghan players. The problem is our attacks is too flat. No diagonal runs towards the box from wingers. The attacks are mostly run in wings then cross inside the box. Too bad we did not have burkey. Burkey would have done a better job splitting up the cbs in the middle.
I hope there is improvement for next game.
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Post by cjeagle on May 22, 2014 22:40:01 GMT 8
Here is the story of the Azkal's harrowing experience during the boat trip prior to their first game against Afghanistan: sports.inquirer.net/153693/ph-booters-harrowing-experience"The Azkals eventually reached Gan Island on the same speedboat, but some of the players suffered from seasickness, including Paul Mulders, who was scratched off from the starting eleven late due to the illness. Stephan Schrock was also throwing up as he reached land." We lost our starting attacking midfielder and had seasick players during the game against Afghanistan. "The Afghanistan team stayed behind the island resort as it waited for the water to calm before leaving for Gan. The conditions forced the AFC to move the kickoff an hour later. After the match ended in a scoreless draw, the ordeal didn’t end for the Azkals who had to travel[?IMG] for a couple of hours more to get back to the island, depriving them of rest from a rough match." After such an ordeal, and with less than a 48 hour interval to recover, it is no wonder that they haven't played their normal game so far.
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Post by johnmarki on May 22, 2014 23:18:47 GMT 8
The one thing I see is. Parang hindi, masyadong pinaghandaan ng organizers ang event nato. It's unacceptable by international standards. Specially the announcer(not the commentator). When the announcer mentioned the line-ups. Mali-mali ung name pronunciations and the announcer takes long pauses due to unconfirmed player positions.
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Post by tipo on May 22, 2014 23:25:04 GMT 8
The one thing I see is. Parang hindi, masyadong pinaghandaan ng organizers ang event nato. It's unacceptable by international standards. Specially the announcer(not the commentator). When the announcer mentioned the line-ups. Mali-mali ung name pronunciations and the announcer takes long pauses due to unconfirmed player positions. it's obvious that they poured their resources on the host's group, Group B is just an afterthought
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Post by brimstone on May 23, 2014 5:38:57 GMT 8
Why the hell did Dooley decide to use Aguinaldo when Juani had to go off?? It's odd, random, and inconsistent! He was shaky to say the least and it could've cost us! He's only been tested in two unofficial friendlies but had four other proper friendlies to test him out but didn't. Then now he decided to use him when we were only 1-0 up. I wonder what Lucena and Anton thinks about that. Amani might be considered the future as far as the our CB's go, but he's nowhere near ready at this point!
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Post by butchok on May 23, 2014 6:10:28 GMT 8
Why the hell did Dooley decide to use Aguinaldo when Juani had to go off?? It's odd, random, and inconsistent! He was shaky to say the least and it could've cost us! He's only been tested in two unofficial friendlies but had four other proper friendlies to test him out but didn't. Then now he decided to use him when we were only 1-0 up. I wonder what Lucena and Anton thinks about that. Amani might be considered the future as far as the our CB's go, but he's nowhere near ready at this point! Agree with you 1000%
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