He not using the weapons at his disposal and trying to use what he does not have. The Egypt game 1st half, they were trying to play a long ball up top from the back, must be because they feel Egypt woulda be in all out attack mode or something. But personally with the exception of Thomson, we do not have the players to play good accurate long passes like that. BUT....our players are very speedy. They would have done better with a counter play on the ground, with all man hanging back to bring Egypt up to the line.
Second half they cut out the long ball crap and try to move it on the ground, so good to see they made the adjustment so thats OK I guess. But that is when they get level goal, so me eh know. Egypt just had more energy, and our midfield let us down. Hyland should not have played forward, that was a bonehead move. He should have been in his regular role in defensive mid. Lost the tactical game vs Egypt. Coach's fault.
Italy maybe was just too strong, but still, we could have tied and even won this game. Vranes did OK, but my feeling is that with the type of players that we have, this team can play much better football.
What's missing is the possession part of the game and Vranes should have had these guys on the ball for much more by now.
Verdict:cut-throat