Why not go see some of his games. If you saw this weekends game against breakers my guess is you would form an opinion rather quickly.
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After this weekend’s game, my opinion would be that he’s probably in line for NB’s job, after thoroughly outcoahcing him.
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Lol. Highly doubt you went to the game. He was not playing to win. If that’s your style, so be it.
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Packing 10 kids into the defensive third for 95% of the game is defiinitely an interesting tactic. You get lucky sometimes and pick up a goal that squirts through with the ball is cleared over and over (and over!). But I would be surprised if the US Soccer coaches thought Saturday's performance was what they wanted to see from their DA teams.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPacking 10 kids into the defensive third for 95% of the game is defiinitely an interesting tactic. You get lucky sometimes and pick up a goal that squirts through with the ball is cleared over and over (and over!). But I would be surprised if the US Soccer coaches thought Saturday's performance was what they wanted to see from their DA teams.
I don't have a ton of experience watching SM, but do have some. I haven't seen that negative tactic before, but I'm not saying I've seen a ton of his games.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPacking 10 kids into the defensive third for 95% of the game is defiinitely an interesting tactic. You get lucky sometimes and pick up a goal that squirts through with the ball is cleared over and over (and over!). But I would be surprised if the US Soccer coaches thought Saturday's performance was what they wanted to see from their DA teams.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPacking 10 kids into the defensive third for 95% of the game is defiinitely an interesting tactic. You get lucky sometimes and pick up a goal that squirts through with the ball is cleared over and over (and over!). But I would be surprised if the US Soccer coaches thought Saturday's performance was what they wanted to see from their DA teams.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI've experienced some lazy coaches and ones that are ill equipped to coach the game but I'd take them any day versus someone that screams a lot during games and practices. We have a screamer now for pretty much that first time and its no fun for anyone involved. The enthusiasm of a kid that has been a stellar performer on the pitch for 7-8 years has dropped off suddenly. Ditto for the other teammates in the same boat.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPacking 10 kids into the defensive third for 95% of the game is defiinitely an interesting tactic. You get lucky sometimes and pick up a goal that squirts through with the ball is cleared over and over (and over!). But I would be surprised if the US Soccer coaches thought Saturday's performance was what they wanted to see from their DA teams.
I love the armchair coaches who have probably never coached a competitive game in their life. My guess is Stars knew they were outmatched and couldn't play a more possession style so they defaulted to a conservative defensive style. That is called coaching. I'm sure the armchair coaches here would have had the team playing out the back and building up through the midfield... only to get scored on multiple times.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWas this not how Sweden knocked the USWNT out of the Olympics? Is this not what you see happen every Saturday in the EPL when lower ranked teams play top ranked teams in order to keep score lines close?
I love the armchair coaches who have probably never coached a competitive game in their life. My guess is Stars knew they were outmatched and couldn't play a more possession style so they defaulted to a conservative defensive style. That is called coaching. I'm sure the armchair coaches here would have had the team playing out the back and building up through the midfield... only to get scored on multiple times.
Both teams played a competitive game in the fall (1st game of season for both), stars played much better quality competition in NC and played to win, there is absolutely ZERO significance to these games. No standings or playoffs. These games are friendlies only. You are comparing the olympics, epl to a DA friendly?! What you are missing is that EPL transitions to offense in the blink of an eye and then gets everyone behind the ball on D. Big difference to how SM was coaching yesterday. He was instructing his players to get yellow cards and play kick and run. Is this what other countries are doing to prepare its players?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWas this not how Sweden knocked the USWNT out of the Olympics? Is this not what you see happen every Saturday in the EPL when lower ranked teams play top ranked teams in order to keep score lines close?
I love the armchair coaches who have probably never coached a competitive game in their life. My guess is Stars knew they were outmatched and couldn't play a more possession style so they defaulted to a conservative defensive style. That is called coaching. I'm sure the armchair coaches here would have had the team playing out the back and building up through the midfield... only to get scored on multiple times.
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