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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: November 21, 2023, 12:32:41 AM »

So true Asylum: "If we can't play expressive football at home, where can we play it?" 

What we also saw is as soon as the calls stop going their way, they cracked. Knocking them out was in reach. These US "Pundits" wrote us off again. Has there ever been a US player to score those long range goals like Alvin?  I'll wait for those receipts. 

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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: November 20, 2023, 07:54:15 PM »

Thank Peong. Will hang on to it. 

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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: November 20, 2023, 07:33:05 PM »

I told you these Yanks fade once you fight them.

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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: November 20, 2023, 07:10:42 PM »

Any chance of a link? Seems like we are about to do something.  Them yanks shaking in their boots. 

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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: November 17, 2023, 11:31:18 AM »

We need to stop giving the US props over our own team. They don't respect us at all. In their entire history of football they have never produced a player worth watching. Their thing is fitness and tactics that's it. For 80 mins. it was TT vs TT they had nothing special to offer.

If you are ever in a situation like this 80 minutes in and you pulling off an upset you don't sit back and try to survive. Anything outside of 35 yards is foul and fight. Let the game digress into chaos. Determine who can get yellows. Every call we running up on the ref. Intimidate the ref, but not descent, intimidate their players. These yanks are entitled and soft, they will break.

We need to stop this narrative of TT not being good enough. Here's the new narrative: For every goal you score on us you loose an arm.

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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: October 17, 2023, 08:59:06 PM »

How is Hackshaw so unfit and on the team? I'm not dissing him, I don't understand it.

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Football / Re: 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Thread

« on: October 17, 2023, 08:46:31 PM »

The team ain't perfect but the Ref shouldn't cheat.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: July 02, 2023, 06:00:29 PM »

Basic stuff like running into space. like only the US know how to play off the shoulder. Schuuups

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 29, 2023, 09:05:01 PM »

I am empathetic, but he hadda hold a tap or two as well. Ah not even invested in explaining why. Yuh could see the pain on his face. He wasn't expecting that dismantling.


   True.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 29, 2023, 12:53:03 PM »

Pull stones. I agree 100%. If the players being manhandled were US, he would have been blowing that whistle. I have never seen a rougher game. And TT were so physically outmatched.

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Football / Re: 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Thread

« on: June 29, 2023, 12:27:27 PM »

I felt for Eve there. He over calculated. I've done it. The changes should have been quick. 2-0. after 30 minutes. Changes. You can't leave Molino and Jovin on the bench.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Nicaragua Game (27-March-2023)

« on: March 27, 2023, 10:16:23 PM »

Well Peong, sometimes that's the journey we need to take. The long way.

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Football / Re: Coaching Football in America Thread

« on: October 01, 2021, 09:58:30 PM »

Good morning Preacher,

High school ball can be unforgiving, especially with the schedule. Several games a week and they train everyday. 1. Is that the case with you?
2. Have you put any consideration into managing the girls physical and cognitive load.
In theory, the high school season leaves only time for recovery and preparative sessions between games. Especially if your team is dominated by vertical runners.

As asylum said you want to have an idea as to your game model and what can be realistically achieved in the short season. Maybe it is that you are setting a bedrock with the younger girls in preparation for the next season. Again balancing the expectations of the players and parents with results.

1. Yep that is the situation I'm in.

2. Yes but I might not know what to do about it. at this point. I am trying to make practice as fun as possible. Try not to coach all the time. I may have some unrealistic expectations on account of this being my first time out.

How do you guys lead your teams?  Do you right prescription for players or is it more relational? Or maybe some of both.

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Football / Re: Coaching Football in America Thread

« on: September 30, 2021, 11:31:06 PM »

@ 4-5-1 wha more yuh want again?  Ah like how yuh tuck that in there after first singing a tale of woe.

Of the items you identified, there is a strong upside/opportunity to improve collective positional awareness.

2. Technical improvements can come on an individual level, but since you are beyond the mid-point of the regular season you should identify/prioritize perhaps no more than three items that would assist in improving results and offering a modicum of improved understanding of the game/technical concerns/deficiencies. No miracles will be worked. Incremental environment.

I suspect the parents are more interested in winning than in how the winning is achieved. So you have to figure out what YOUR philosophical balance/approach is vis-à-vis "improving/developing". 1. Having mentioned the record, it seems you are results-sensitive.

As an example, one area you could focus on working on could be the defending actions/movements of the [GK+ Back 4 + 1]. Then layer that with how you want the "Front 5" to complement those defensive actions.

That can be layered with the GK distribution you prefer.

Depending on how they take things aboard or how you have the better players situated, you could layer that with transitioning from DEF to ATTACK.

You can polish that with shooting activities that don't involve queues and standing around, but that keep everyone involved and that offer lots of actual shooting opportunities and repeated situations on goal.

17 players? You can build to  7 v 7 + 2GK + N (a neutral player) for that activity. In reduced space. We can discuss via PM.

1. Absolutely.  I guess I want to do well with my first outing as a head coach. 
2. That is a very good tip to help me clarify what can be done and what can't be done. I have actually begun to implement some of those things. I've been working on some positional awareness with the back 4 and the CDM. It worked very well today we won 6-1.

This is very helpful gentlmen. I apprciate it a lot.

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Football / Re: Coaching Football in America Thread

« on: September 29, 2021, 09:12:24 PM »

Hey all,

I recently started coaching football in the USA. Started with an assistant role and this year I took a leadership role with a girls team. I felt I would start a thread like this for other coaches to share their experiences, philosophies, and method. The biggest issue I'm dealing with is kids not willing to take instruction and their attitude of learning. They play for these summer/traveling "clubs" but they can't trap, have no positional awareness, very little skill, only speed and strength, very low technical ability. What do you do in these situations, do you use the Insideout coaching method or do you use the prescription where the coach shows/tells you them to do?

Thanks

Welcome to the coaching ranks Preacher.

Kudos to you for stepping up and looking to make a difference and also having an open mind to solicit advice.
Can you give some more detail on the team and environment? What age group? Level of competition, commitment, how often they train etc

Hey FF

This team is a highschool Varsity girls team. I was able to field 17 players, about 7 of them have playing experience with clubs, etc. They brag up these club players but they most could only do a few things well. Most of the ability is in running. So I'm trying to figure out how to get them to understand that skill is also important. But I'm very confused as to how they don't know these simple things and they are traveling all over the place with clubs. Our season is only a couple of months about 16 games then sectionals. We are playing a 4-1-4-1.

Part of the issue is that the players who could play have to do a lot of work to cover and make for the gaps in the team. I could help but I need buy-in from the mature players. Our record is 4-5-1. Thanks for the help.

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Football / Re: Coaching Football in America Thread

« on: September 29, 2021, 09:03:02 PM »

Hey all,

I recently started coaching football in the USA. Started with an assistant role and this year I took a leadership role with a girls team. I felt I would start a thread like this for other coaches to share their experiences, philosophies, and method. The biggest issue I'm dealing with is kids not willing to take instruction and their attitude of learning. They play for these summer/traveling "clubs" but they can't trap, have no positional awareness, very little skill, only speed and strength, very low technical ability. What do you do in these situations, do you use the Insideout coaching method or do you use the prescription where the coach shows/tells you them to do?

Thanks

Cozy up to the parents and guardians and smile and nod.

That seems to work if I'm resigned to babysitting.   

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Football / Coaching Football in America Thread

« on: September 27, 2021, 09:44:02 PM »

Hey all,

I recently started coaching football in the USA. Started with an assistant role and this year I took a leadership role with a girls team. I felt I would start a thread like this for other coaches to share their experiences, philosophies, and method. The biggest issue I'm dealing with is kids not willing to take instruction and their attitude of learning. They play for these summer/traveling "clubs" but they can't trap, have no positional awareness, very little skill, only speed and strength, very low technical ability. What do you do in these situations, do you use the Insideout coaching method or do you use the prescription where the coach shows/tells you them to do?

Thanks

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs El Salvador (14-Jul-2021)

« on: July 14, 2021, 07:06:22 PM »

Telfer can't beat 1 guy?     No striker that can beat 1 guy and shoot?

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs El Salvador (14-Jul-2021)

« on: July 14, 2021, 06:58:37 PM »

Hitting post is a good and bad sign. 

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs El Salvador (14-Jul-2021)

« on: July 14, 2021, 06:19:09 PM »

Hackshaw bun. Transitioning to slow.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs El Salvador (14-Jul-2021)

« on: July 14, 2021, 05:40:40 PM »

Links here atdhe.us

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs El Salvador (14-Jul-2021)

« on: July 14, 2021, 05:07:29 PM »

Let's go boys.

Any links will be much appreciated.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Mexico (10-Jul-2021)

« on: July 10, 2021, 08:23:04 PM »

Try thie.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwLXe_WBEe8

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Guyana Game (25-Mar-2021)

« on: March 26, 2021, 12:02:20 PM »

Mr. Fenwick by now you should be saying, Back home instead of back in Trinidad.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Guyana Game (25-Mar-2021)

« on: March 25, 2021, 06:55:10 PM »

Nice start fellas.

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Football / Re: Thread for T&T vs Guyana Game (25-Mar-2021)

« on: March 22, 2021, 03:50:20 PM »

We can do still. Let's get to the 2nd round fellas.

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« on: August 26, 2019, 09:47:15 PM »

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: Homeschooler writes adventure books for fathers and sons to share

« on: May 01, 2018, 09:03:34 PM »

Yeah fellas. Tallman thanks for the post. 

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Football / Re: Thread for the T&T vs USA Game (10-Oct-2017)

« on: October 10, 2017, 09:01:38 PM »

Congrats to the Warriors and coaching staff!

Got to give Tallest and his coaching staff credit.  He dropped Molino and Joevin from the starting XI last game and dropped Joevin from the starting XI this game. Molino suspended.  The team is no longer playing hero ball.  Not looking for those 2 and sitting back waiting for them to make something happen on their own.  Now....Tallest had nothing to lose in these last 2 games so he could make those kinds of decisions without any pressure on him.  Still, he did it so kudos to him.

Also...like Tim Howard lorse something.  That was a great shot by Alvin Jones, but I don't think vintage Tim Howard woulda let that shot get past him.

Dem man on Bein sports couldn't even talk after de final whistle.  A man frankomeh trow way he earpiece on LIVE tv yes.  Bocanegra close to tears. Spector in shock

Links man I need links. 

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Football / Re: Thread for the T&T vs USA Game (10-Oct-2017)

« on: October 10, 2017, 08:07:42 PM »

Sweet revenge. I feel so contented. Thank you Alvin Jones for the shot heard around the world!! Take dat Paul Caligiuri.

Yep the New shot heard round the world.