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Subject: NT vs Nigeria

2008-06-14 13:30:36
Well done Vogue,

3,0 Great result & nice tactics.

Hattrick for Connor as well
2008-06-14 13:32:11
2nd half was somewhat better :)

I think we deserved the win today being the better team and we could've even had another goal or two on top of that. The only real worry there was their winger as I didnt exactly play our defenders wide and even though batts is a great defender, he aint exactly the fastest so he had trouble getting to him sometimes. There was also quite a big gap between our defenders and first mid but I wasnt worried about that(it was intentional :P) as I was sure our defenders could handle their strikers confidently.

On the tactics side of it, our defenders didnt exactly do what I wanted them to do making my last thought about our defenders handling them not quite so good but they held up I guess :)
throw ins couldve been slightly better placed but thats just down to potluck on where they place their defenders so cant really do anything about that other than change the placements each game and hope they dont put their defenders or attacking players in the right positions.

Overall, happy with the result and to get the game out of the way :)
(edited)
2008-06-14 13:35:04
Joshua Mutlow 100 caps \o/ It took several seasons to reach that.
2008-06-14 13:36:35
Mutlow is a legend :)
2008-06-14 13:38:18
tbh I thought we totally battered them.

Every attacking throw in near enough Grey was in space to play another attacking pass, in fact I thought Grey was very effective in there.

We missed so many chances it was unreal, but our defence is really strong I think considering the size/age of our country.

Well done mate :)
2008-06-14 13:40:38
Indeed, Mutlow is a legend :)
Just get his damn form up ;)
2008-06-14 13:47:10
tbh I thought we totally battered them.
Well I did say we couldve had another goal or 2 and i'd also say we dominated the game really.

Every attacking throw in near enough Grey was in space to play another attacking pass, in fact I thought Grey was very effective in there.
Alot of the throwins were good but on a few occasions very close to their box, their defender was too close to our player and was tackled on a few occasions, especially near the end. Also a couple of their throw ins just inside our half had players unmarked and an easy throw to them where they was free to make a pass.

As I said though, placing those players for throw in situations aswell as infield play is not exactly easy to do and also requires luck on where they place their players.

We missed so many chances it was unreal, but our defence is really strong I think considering the size/age of our country.
I was almost pulling my hair out after the first half due to all the misses and had an extremely bad feeling until connor put that pen away :)
I also think our defence is the best part of our team. Our defenders are extremely good and our 2 keepers aint bad either ;)

Well done mate :)

ty :)
2008-06-14 13:47:45
I'll do my best, but seems that he has bad alcohol problem right now. I'm considering to send him to AA :D
2008-06-14 13:48:56
Send him to The Mighty Oak I'll make that worse....I mean better :P
2008-06-14 13:50:08
Every attacking throw in near enough Grey was in space to play another attacking pass, in fact I thought Grey was very effective in there.
Alot of the throwins were good but on a few occasions very close to their box, their defender was too close to our player and was tackled on a few occasions, especially near the end. Also a couple of their throw ins just inside our half had players unmarked and an easy throw to them where they was free to make a pass.


To be fair they where playing a 14 man defence though :)
2008-06-14 13:51:36
From the sokker Nigeria forum (posted by their ex manager (quite a decent manager to be fair))

CarLos_Wallace

National teams by ranking points:
42 Nigeria 1575.94
51 Cymru 1313.01

Cymru - Nigeria 3:0 :(

After first game of the WC quals, we lost the chance to qualify :(

No Ilodigwe in the squad :( (Who is Ikedia?)
Bankole as a def-mid ??? He's average defence only !!!
Dombraye as a central mid? He's a winger
Where's Nwobodo???
Where's Anikputa??? He's the best Nigerian ATT !!!
Ezeugo??? There are several better ATTs than him

And the subs: Olawaniyi, Atebe Frimpong, Nwoke plays for bot-teams - they don't train !!!
O. Frimpong - no comments (lots of players better than him)


it was a very bad game by the new NT manager ...
:( :( :(
2008-06-14 14:03:55
I guess ppl have different opinions on what skills are best suited for certain positions :P

I'm just glad carlos aint manager this season as I know it wouldve been alot harder :)
2008-06-14 14:14:07
ty :)

the tactics you left helped in the making of that tacic btw so thanks for that :)
2008-06-14 15:10:23
Congrats Vogue nice result

Nevill played well but missed so many chances, going to shout at him to not miss that many again... or maybe he was saving the goals for tomorrow's match :-D
(edited)
2008-06-14 15:28:42
or maybe he was saving the goals for tomorrow's match :-D
I hope not :P
2008-06-14 18:21:29
Well done on your winning start mate!