I could have used a local article to link to for the header, but I like that one. It warns of complacency and is accurate of the match vs the US. I wasn't there (darn flu), but caught the game on local channel 4. They looked nothing like the team against Haiti. Well, except for the nonexistent midfield.
They had a plan. Trinidad and Tobago came out unleashed and took the game to the US. For all of 10 minutes. The US, unsuited to the heat and playing surface adapted well, after all they are the 11th best team in the world. The US midfielders realised the surface was against them and adapted. Then they began to exploit the holes in the T&T game.
We played the long ball in the first quarter of the game and it worked - for a while. The US is probably the best team in the region to defend that kind of game, why try to play it for the entire 90 minutes? I know that, Mr. St Clair should have known that too. Tiger Fitzpatrick has the drive and the wherewithal but jeeeeeeezz man....! Control the ball. Raise your head...! His first touches let him down as well as his final decisions. I think that Rougier had a bad game, he was beaten over and over again, leaving space in the middle, but then again, he had no help. Did our team string together more than 3 passes at any time?
I was impressed with Yorke. He played with dedication, but was a shadow of himself. His workrate was phenomenal and created some of the few chances we had in the game. At this level, we have to make those count. Cornell Glen and Densil Theobald should have started the game. The US had to contain the pressure they meted out in the final 15 minutes of the game. Glen runs at the defence and creates chances. In retrospect, so did Eve and Tiger, but why was there only one striker in the penalty area?
If the coach wants to go with tried and true methods, where is the Kerry Jamerson layback that was successful in the road to Italy? Where is the plan?
We need to rethink our strategy with EVERY game. Not all teams are the same on the same surface. Football has become scientific and St Clair needs to as well. Accept the help that is offered. It is unfair to say that we deserved to lose. (ok...ok...I'm a diehard supporter arright???)
It is unfair to say that we should have won. It looks better though. I hoped for a point and at the top of our game, with a cohesive determined unit, we could have had a chance at it. Not yesterday.
It was our first qualifier. Learn from our mistakes, manage the players, they're human too. Analyse both our game and the opponents'. Go into the game with all ammunition possible. Only then will we be ready. Btw, these are my views, so feel free to bash as required.
Here are the CONCACAF group standings to date.
I just found this article by the guy you could never understand (Bobby McMahon) on Fox Sportsworld Soccer Roundup (CCTT Ch 60). See if you like the predictions. Check this scouting report on T&T as well.
They had a plan. Trinidad and Tobago came out unleashed and took the game to the US. For all of 10 minutes. The US, unsuited to the heat and playing surface adapted well, after all they are the 11th best team in the world. The US midfielders realised the surface was against them and adapted. Then they began to exploit the holes in the T&T game.
We played the long ball in the first quarter of the game and it worked - for a while. The US is probably the best team in the region to defend that kind of game, why try to play it for the entire 90 minutes? I know that, Mr. St Clair should have known that too. Tiger Fitzpatrick has the drive and the wherewithal but jeeeeeeezz man....! Control the ball. Raise your head...! His first touches let him down as well as his final decisions. I think that Rougier had a bad game, he was beaten over and over again, leaving space in the middle, but then again, he had no help. Did our team string together more than 3 passes at any time?
I was impressed with Yorke. He played with dedication, but was a shadow of himself. His workrate was phenomenal and created some of the few chances we had in the game. At this level, we have to make those count. Cornell Glen and Densil Theobald should have started the game. The US had to contain the pressure they meted out in the final 15 minutes of the game. Glen runs at the defence and creates chances. In retrospect, so did Eve and Tiger, but why was there only one striker in the penalty area?
If the coach wants to go with tried and true methods, where is the Kerry Jamerson layback that was successful in the road to Italy? Where is the plan?
We need to rethink our strategy with EVERY game. Not all teams are the same on the same surface. Football has become scientific and St Clair needs to as well. Accept the help that is offered. It is unfair to say that we deserved to lose. (ok...ok...I'm a diehard supporter arright???)
It is unfair to say that we should have won. It looks better though. I hoped for a point and at the top of our game, with a cohesive determined unit, we could have had a chance at it. Not yesterday.
It was our first qualifier. Learn from our mistakes, manage the players, they're human too. Analyse both our game and the opponents'. Go into the game with all ammunition possible. Only then will we be ready. Btw, these are my views, so feel free to bash as required.
Here are the CONCACAF group standings to date.
I just found this article by the guy you could never understand (Bobby McMahon) on Fox Sportsworld Soccer Roundup (CCTT Ch 60). See if you like the predictions. Check this scouting report on T&T as well.
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