The Ref Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 When top coaches asked by Fifa about playing styles in Russia 2006 What was the predominant style of play at the tournament? Theune-Meyer: "The teams who made it through to the semis were the ones with the more mature players. They knew how to close down space, keep it tight at the back and then break at the right moment. The best teams played very fast, aggressive football, winning the ball then using short passes</u> to turn defence into attack." (underline mine) Is our "long ball style" better? Maybe it was at one time, but not any longer. Clearly we were left bitting the dust. Now we need to catch up if we want to even make it to Chile 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 But I don't even think Bridge is fully to blame here. Not that I'm defending him, but I am under the strong impression that the Woman's program has been set by Pellerud and Bridge is following Pellerud's directives. Perhaps I'm wrong, but there seems to be plenty of evidence to suggest that this is a "top down" matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 quote:Originally posted by The Beaver But I don't even think Bridge is fully to blame here. Not that I'm defending him, but I am under the strong impression that the Woman's program has been set by Pellerud and Bridge is following Pellerud's directives. Perhaps I'm wrong, but there seems to be plenty of evidence to suggest that this is a "top down" matter. I think that the "following Pellerud's directives" part was the general idea to be implemented from the seniors to the very young. However, I am not so sure such directives are followed like a carbon copy. At least the U20 and Seniors don't play exactly the same if one looks at them. I think that 6 years to learn a system is long enough, or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I agree with you, however his job is to prepare these players for the National Team, and when Evan's side plays kick and run, so to must the development sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Well put The REf. Good looking football gets results and hoof it and hope is just plain ugly. Our women were physically bigger and stronger than other teams, but are they still? Will muscling in on long balls continue to pay off? I think back to our 1-0 win over China in the WWC and after seeing the touch and short passing game the Chinese women played I really thought we dodged a bullet with Hooper's header. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 The last two results against China were both draws of 1-1 and 0-0. Not bad for Canada against a higher ranked team. Maybe China is rethinking their "style" of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 quote:Originally posted by terpfan68 The last two results against China were both draws of 1-1 and 0-0. Not bad for Canada against a higher ranked team. Maybe China is rethinking their "style" of play. You are right. China is getting better yet. Canada on the other hand only managed to get draws. But with a new coach, there may be hope in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 What do you mean, China is getting better? They are already better than Canada -- check out their FIFA ranking. My point is that Canada is playing them even and it is Canada that has shown improvement. Forget about a new coach for 2007. Not before the World Cup. We have to dance with the one who brought us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 quote:Originally posted by terpfan68 What do you mean, China is getting better? They are already better than Canada -- check out their FIFA ranking. My point is that Canada is playing them even and it is Canada that has shown improvement. Forget about a new coach for 2007. Not before the World Cup. We have to dance with the one who brought us. In my opinion we don't have to dance to anything. Regardless of World Cup or not, I truly believe that the coach and manager will be gone sometime in December. The program will be reorganized in new directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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