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mrsmiis

So... verdict?

Don't blame any of that on Bazeley, I think it was very well coached. Can't prevent those atrocious lapses. Sweden took advantage of every little slip-up we had. 

Possession football looks good on us - best we've looked going forward in a long long time

Folks got the back 4 they were after, and Bazeley didn't coach the players to make the costly turnovers they did. And yipe at least the team was chasing goals in the 2nd half, not just sitting back trying to keep at respectable. Their players a class above, and were ruthless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyy25pDEFTw

But I guess that's Baze's issue. He's winning the games we expect to win - China with AWs, Guatamela with U20s - but we look a long way off those teams that have way better players than us. How do we close that gap. Is there perhaps a more inspired choice as a coach out there, given wage restraints NZF have??

At least the team will learn far more playing Sweden in front of a packed house, than next Qatar in front of a few hundred neutrals.

Edit - I would 'This' both the above post game Posts, but can't seem to.

mrsmiis

So... verdict?

Don't blame any of that on Bazeley, I think it was very well coached. Can't prevent those atrocious lapses. Sweden took advantage of every little slip-up we had. 

Possession football looks good on us - best we've looked going forward in a long long time

Folks got the back 4 they were after, and Bazeley didn't coach the players to make the costly turnovers they did. And yipe at least the team was chasing goals in the 2nd half, not just sitting back trying to keep at respectable. Their players a class above, and were ruthless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyy25pDEFTw

But I guess that's Baze's issue. He's winning the games we expect to win - China with AWs, Guatamela with U20s - but we look a long way off those teams that have way better players than us. How do we close that gap. Is there perhaps a more inspired choice as a coach out there, given wage restraints NZF have??

At least the team will learn far more playing Sweden in front of a packed house, than next Qatar in front of a few hundred neutrals.

mrsmiis

So... verdict?

Don't blame any of that on Bazeley, I think it was very well coached. Can't prevent those atrocious lapses. Sweden took advantage of every little slip-up we had. 

Possession football looks good on us - best we've looked going forward in a long long time

Folks got the back 4 they were after, and Bazeley didn't coach the players to make the costly turnovers they did. And yipe at least the team was chasing goals in the 2nd half, not just sitting back trying to keep at respectable. Their players a class above, and were ruthless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyy25pDEFTw

But I guess that's Baze's issue. He's winning the games we expect to win - China with AWs, Guatamela with U20s - but we look a long way off those teams that have way better players than us. How do we close that gap. Is there perhaps a more inspired choice as a coach out there, given wage restraints NZF have??

At least the team will learn far more playing Sweden in front of packed house, than next Qatar in front of a few hundred neutrals.

mrsmiis

So... verdict?

Don't blame any of that on Bazeley, I think it was very well coached. Can't prevent those atrocious lapses. Sweden took advantage of every little slip-up we had. 

Possession football looks good on us - best we've looked going forward in a long long time

Folks got the back 4 they were after, and Bazeley didn't coach the players to make the costly turnovers they did. And yipe at least the team was chasing goals in the 2nd half, not just sitting back trying to keep at respectable. They just had far better players, and were ruthless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyy25pDEFTw

But I guess that's Baze's issue. He's winning the games we expect to win - China with AWs, Guatamela with U20s - but we look a long way off those teams that have way better players than us. How do we close that gap. Is there perhaps a more inspired choice as a coach out there, given wage restraints NZF have??

At least the team will learn far more playing Sweden in front of packed house, than next Qatar in front of a few hundred neutrals.

mrsmiis

So... verdict?

Don't blame any of that on Bazeley, I think it was very well coached. Can't prevent those atrocious lapses. Sweden took advantage of every little slip-up we had. 

Possession football looks good on us - best we've looked going forward in a long long time

Folks got the back 4 they were after, and Bazeley didn't coach the players to make the costly turnovers they did. And yipe at least the team was chasing goals in the 2nd half, not just sitting back trying to keep at respectable. They just had far better players, and were ruthless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyy25pDEFTw

But I guess that's Baze's issue. He's winning the games we expect to win - China with AWs, Guatamela with U20s - but we look a long way off those teams that have way better players than us. How do we close that gap. Is there perhaps a more inspired choice as a coach out there, given wage restraints NZF have??

At least the team will learn far more playing Sweden in front of packed house, than next Qatar in front of a few hundred.