New Zealand Men's U-20s

and managed to score one goal in two matches, both of which we should have won. (sorry own goal doesnt count as one we created)

Yip, card already

Milne clearly learnt to play in scotland

Milne.. bloody ridiculous tackle for foul ..again.

I actually don't think marinovich looks that good. Hes keeping them out though

should have one? where on earth do you get that opinion, noone in world football, except maybe you, would have had us down to win against eitehr Uruguay or Cameroon.

what was he thinking with that tackle? thats just so naive - that is red 6 times out of 10

what?? where on earth do you get that opinion, noone in world football, except maybe you, would have had us down to win against eitehr Uruguay or Cameroon.

FT 1-1

entertaining game, couple of great goals, uruguay will be dissapointed not to have made more of their chances, we took what we could from the chances we created.

your right that chance lovemore missed against cameroon shouldnt have been put away. we shouldnt have won it at all

what of todays game suggest to you that we should have won? They were better than us man for man, had more possession more chances, mre of everything. Truly, just don't bother with trolling like that

did either of them pick up a yellow in the first game? is it 2 yellows and you get a 1 match ban?

Great result for NZ against a very strong South America team.

Frustrating result. But good effort by the lads.

yup they can still play the next game.

at least somebody gets it on this forum

After three games whats the bet Marinovich will have more saves than the keeper for the nation that eventually wins the tournament. (even if we go out at the group stage)

good result, marco class as per

I never understood what you're point was, but after that insightful comment i get i completely now - thanks for clearing that up

what of todays game suggest to you that we should have won? They were better than us man for man, had more possession more chances, mre of everything. Truly, just don't bother with trolling like that[/QUOTEmaybe the bit where we were 1-0 up with 20 to play after lucas missed a second chance? but your right james, how dare my opinion differ from the mobs. draws are great lets celebrate hard and play 10 at the back next game.

I dont think you get much at all james

Punching well above their weight...well done ladsHarryHotspur2011-08-03 11:58:10

What are the chances, based on that, of a win against Portugal? I think we have to remember that NZ teams are traditionally the bunnies of South American teams, whereas sometimes we can pull one off against the Euros.

Very good result, but youth sides and youth nations have to produce good footballers...with this kind of playing no european team will be interested in NZ players!

Stefan Marinovic begs to differ.

 

1-1 FT.  Better than a loss lads. Was a better result than I expected, tbh.
Their best patch obviously start of second half where they passed and kept possession and got a goal and two attempts on goal in a space of ten minutes.funny that.
More of that great play, more Marinovic heroics, more cool heads, more close marking and shutting down space, less ballistic launching to nowhere, less stupid tackles and stupid cards and we're just about there.

meh hes got a long way to go he can't hold any sort of shot and looks very clumsy when dealing with situations.

I think a couple players will be looked at, admittedly with our style it will be harder to attract offers.

What does the bolded part of the above even mean? "Situations"?

By that you mean 'Yay for 2 being a higher number than 0', right?

you never understood what i was claiming to begin with paulie.drawing a game you could have and should have won is indeed frustrating. worst troll attempt ever but your still biting? says alot champ.

I was talking about movement players   
Personally I prefer to lose all three group games but playing football not only trying to defend since the first minute and producing more footballers for the All Whites.
Though Bevin (for example) showed some decent skills, but he'll play in USA next year.
We are very well organised but need to show some individual qualities :)
But I repeat, the result is a big one.

I'm not going to bother with people who clearly weren't watching the match. BBS you think uruguay weren't good for at least a point over the 90 then you're on a different planet. And I still have no idea what you are trying to say

Performances at these tournaments over the years have improved - we certainly seem to have gotten rid of the defensive naivity that marked our first forays at U17 especially. But we're yet to truly dominate passages of play at this or U17 level despite us getting a game plan together that is effective in getting points at tournaments. At some stage our ambitions for the type of football will need to be raised but I can't see it with this group - technically they are just far too limited.

Results are fine but really at this level it's performances as well

I would be surprised really if any other than Marco and Marinovic play more than 10 games for the seniors...maybe my boy Dakota might come on

- Crosses, Coming off line etc... he did well today though. Good enough for nix backup. but everyone hyping a big European contract for him bit far imo.