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Posted July 24, 2021 11:33 · last edited July 24, 2021 12:23

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Solely critcising Football Ferns coaches, who get to work with technically deficient players for what 2-3 weeks a year max if they are lucky - double yawn.

It's not for Sermanni and co to improve the technical ability of their players, that needs to begin years earlier. It's too late by the time they come into the Ferns environment. 
I have to disagree to a certain extent. We have a couple of very talented ball players who unfortunately havent been given the right style of football to show what they can do. Des Buckingham with the mens u23s showed what some of our players are capable of if given the right platform.  Annalie Longo, Betsy Hassett, Ali Riley, Katie Bowen, Ria Percival, Olivia Chance, Daisy Cleverley  to name a few are players all capable of much more than long ball tactics asks of them. 
For sure Ferns have been hugely handicapped by limited time together, only one warmup game, and a number of players being out of season/lacking match fitrness. Riley seemed to come into the game more late on, and she's mid season in NWSL. Erceg easily Ferns MOM, also coming from the NWSL.

But the old trap the ball, take a touch and only then look to pass was just oh so common. Others will know far more than me but I can't think of a Ferns coach, who's tried to play a more possession based game. Is that just because they believe they don't have the players? Sermanni is vastly experienced in the women's game. He will be well aware of the expectations that now are on Hay his counterpart in the mens game, to rightly not play route one. 

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AlfStamp
coochiee
Solely critcising Football Ferns coaches, who get to work with technically deficient players for what 2-3 weeks a year max if they are lucky - double yawn.

It's not for Sermanni and co to improve the technical ability of their players, that needs to begin years earlier. It's too late by the time they come into the Ferns environment. 
I have to disagree to a certain extent. We have a couple of very talented ball players who unfortunately havent been given the right style of football to show what they can do. Des Buckingham with the mens u23s showed what some of our players are capable of if given the right platform.  Annalie Longo, Betsy Hassett, Ali Riley, Katie Bowen, Ria Percival, Olivia Chance, Daisy Cleverley  to name a few are players all capable of much more than long ball tactics asks of them. 
For sure Ferns have been hugely handicapped by limited time together, only one warmup game, and a number of players being out of season/lacking match fitrness. Riley seemed to come into the game more late on, and she's mid season in NWSL. Erceg easily Ferns MOM, also coming from the NWSL.

But the old trap the ball, take a touch and only then look to pass was just oh so common. Others will know far more than me but I can't think of a Ferns coach, who's tried to play a more possession based game. Is that just because they believe they don't have the players? Sermanni is vastly experienced in the women's game. He will be well aware of the expectations that now are on Hay in the mens game, to rightly not play route one.