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Subject: National Team
Ahh yes, I've forgotten about the friendly!
As for defenders - Mrdja had a red card, Nesic lost the slight injury after the morning update, Kohler is out of form, Hunter is out of form. I hope that at least Midtsian and Morton will get up in form. :)
At least there are no form issues in the midfield, except for Villafane and Libesson.
@Minkee
True ;)
As for defenders - Mrdja had a red card, Nesic lost the slight injury after the morning update, Kohler is out of form, Hunter is out of form. I hope that at least Midtsian and Morton will get up in form. :)
At least there are no form issues in the midfield, except for Villafane and Libesson.
@Minkee
True ;)
35 Scotland 2321.89
36 Australia 2321.54
so close...;)
The aim for these 2 seasons is to reach place nr. 32
32 Bulgaria 2402.85
33 Lietuva 2374.31
34 Canada 2336.93
35 Scotland 2321.89
36 Australia 2321.54
37 Ireland 2204.48
We have big chances for it. Most probably we will lose points against Schweiz and Italy, but I expect to wing every other game in these two seasons. It should give us 2nd pot in next qualifications.
Ehh, we were so out of luck in the last draw. Schweiz is at 15th place in the rank, would now be drawn from 1st pot...seriously, how unlucky can you get..:D
36 Australia 2321.54
so close...;)
The aim for these 2 seasons is to reach place nr. 32
32 Bulgaria 2402.85
33 Lietuva 2374.31
34 Canada 2336.93
35 Scotland 2321.89
36 Australia 2321.54
37 Ireland 2204.48
We have big chances for it. Most probably we will lose points against Schweiz and Italy, but I expect to wing every other game in these two seasons. It should give us 2nd pot in next qualifications.
Ehh, we were so out of luck in the last draw. Schweiz is at 15th place in the rank, would now be drawn from 1st pot...seriously, how unlucky can you get..:D
We were with no chance of winning from the get go as soon as I saw where Barnes was positioned. Way, way to close to halfway. Will get you everytime a side drops their defense back if you place him there.
What an embarrassing result, sorry guys. I've messed the tactic too much, especially Barnes...if he was played a bit higher...ehh :/
Anyway...now it's time for B-squad against India and then back against Schweiz, this time without such disgraceful result, I hope.
Sorry again.
Anyway...now it's time for B-squad against India and then back against Schweiz, this time without such disgraceful result, I hope.
Sorry again.
Funny thing - we got up by 1 in the rank. :p
It was:
32 Bulgaria 2402.85
33 Lietuva 2374.31
34 Canada 2336.93
35 Scotland 2321.89
36 Australia 2321.54
Now it is:
32 Lietuva 2398.59 [+25]
33 Bulgaria 2372.26 [-30]
34 Canada 2357.90 [+21]
35 Australia 2286.35 [-35]
36 Scotland 2283.84 [-38]
Scotland lost 6:0 as well, though against Norge, classified lower than Schweiz.
In overall, the 6:0 obviously did hurt us though not as much as it could've. We're 112pts away from the 2nd pot and still lots of games to play.
It was:
32 Bulgaria 2402.85
33 Lietuva 2374.31
34 Canada 2336.93
35 Scotland 2321.89
36 Australia 2321.54
Now it is:
32 Lietuva 2398.59 [+25]
33 Bulgaria 2372.26 [-30]
34 Canada 2357.90 [+21]
35 Australia 2286.35 [-35]
36 Scotland 2283.84 [-38]
Scotland lost 6:0 as well, though against Norge, classified lower than Schweiz.
In overall, the 6:0 obviously did hurt us though not as much as it could've. We're 112pts away from the 2nd pot and still lots of games to play.
Villafane finally back in form, I like that!
Stephenson up to adequate, Maras to very good. I hope that at least one of them will reach high form for longer.
Only real problems with form are with Hunter [huge blow], Balabanel [likewise], Gardiner [not really a big problem], Libesson [would be useful...] and with Elrich going down suddenly.
Good news.
Stephenson up to adequate, Maras to very good. I hope that at least one of them will reach high form for longer.
Only real problems with form are with Hunter [huge blow], Balabanel [likewise], Gardiner [not really a big problem], Libesson [would be useful...] and with Elrich going down suddenly.
Good news.
The counter attack from 18th minutes was awesome.
btw. have you seen how many sliding tackles did Glass make? wow.
a bit disappointed with result, we should've converted more than 2/13.
btw. have you seen how many sliding tackles did Glass make? wow.
a bit disappointed with result, we should've converted more than 2/13.
The game against India gave us quite a good result, I wasn't expecting that. We got only +7pts, but every other team lost their points so...:)
Before:
32 Lietuva 2398.59
33 Bulgaria 2372.26
34 Canada 2357.90
35 Australia 2286.35
36 Scotland 2283.84
Now:
32 Lietuva 2356.85 [-42]
33 Bulgaria 2325.25 [-67]
34 Canada 2319.48 [-38]
35 Australia 2293.25 [+7]
36 Scotland 2260.20 [-23]
wow. Only 63 points to reach the 2nd pot, looks promising :)
Tomorrow we face Schweiz which will probably blow us down once more, but other teams have to face a strong opponent as well, which might lead them to losing as much points as we, probably, will.
I have good hopes though. Papaluca is back from the injury, the defence looks sharp, the strikers look fine.
Stephenson has a growing trend of form with Maras, so the striker problem that was present few weeks ago should be solved. Makes me happy :)
Before:
32 Lietuva 2398.59
33 Bulgaria 2372.26
34 Canada 2357.90
35 Australia 2286.35
36 Scotland 2283.84
Now:
32 Lietuva 2356.85 [-42]
33 Bulgaria 2325.25 [-67]
34 Canada 2319.48 [-38]
35 Australia 2293.25 [+7]
36 Scotland 2260.20 [-23]
wow. Only 63 points to reach the 2nd pot, looks promising :)
Tomorrow we face Schweiz which will probably blow us down once more, but other teams have to face a strong opponent as well, which might lead them to losing as much points as we, probably, will.
I have good hopes though. Papaluca is back from the injury, the defence looks sharp, the strikers look fine.
Stephenson has a growing trend of form with Maras, so the striker problem that was present few weeks ago should be solved. Makes me happy :)
sharpley gets shuttled back down to the depths of the b-team once again
If he isn't careful, we will be overtaken by the younger strikers before he ever makes it to the A-Team
lol, never was the most talented bloke, pretty surprised that we had such a dire striker situation to have him start for these past couple of weeks actually
He will still get his time, don't worry! ;)
Ehh...the result is pretty weak, 2:5, but the game was very good in my opinion. Schweiz didn't had much of playmaking possibilities, got most of the situations from freekicks/throw ins and mistakes of side defenders. Especially Agostino was frustrating today...
We had about five 1 on 1 situations and not even one of them was converted :/.
Erdogan was definitely the brightest point of Australia today, though Morton was impressive as well. Other than scoring ratio, the strikers did their best as well.
Betters sideskills of defenders and it might've even been a win, with more luck of course.
Well, at least it was a lot better than the first game and now there is one tactic that after some tweaking should become useful in games against top teams.
Ehh...the result is pretty weak, 2:5, but the game was very good in my opinion. Schweiz didn't had much of playmaking possibilities, got most of the situations from freekicks/throw ins and mistakes of side defenders. Especially Agostino was frustrating today...
We had about five 1 on 1 situations and not even one of them was converted :/.
Erdogan was definitely the brightest point of Australia today, though Morton was impressive as well. Other than scoring ratio, the strikers did their best as well.
Betters sideskills of defenders and it might've even been a win, with more luck of course.
Well, at least it was a lot better than the first game and now there is one tactic that after some tweaking should become useful in games against top teams.
A bit surprised Patterson played left wing back...only defender over 180cm & been a long time since I've played him wide.
I don't rate height that much, pace+defence+technique concern me a lot more when it goes to chosing central defenders :). Height is factor nr. 4...
With fully trained Barnes and Erdogan we will be in a really good situation for next qualifications, I must take a closer look to the improvement of defenders cause for such high defensive line tactic their sideskills are really, really important...maybe even pivotal at a point.
With fully trained Barnes and Erdogan we will be in a really good situation for next qualifications, I must take a closer look to the improvement of defenders cause for such high defensive line tactic their sideskills are really, really important...maybe even pivotal at a point.