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New Zealand Women's U-20s

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Jesus... unlucky not to biff one in her own net there the NZ keeper.  Scrambled back to put it around the post.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
We're okay running at them with the ball at our feet, but our passing can be dreadful.

NZ = Joga Bonito.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I ended up falling asleep. I'm going to need my energy for Friday anyway. Shame there's no breakfast replay I can watch (is a replay at 8am, but I'll be at work). So what was the final score?
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4-1 to Brazil  oh well next time.
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How was that Brazilian chicks throw in?

Three for me, and two for them.

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The most entertaining of the match.  All up I'd say these three games have completely destroyed all the faith in womens football I got after the U17 Women's World Cup.  Rosie White's goal was quite good - I'm fairly certain that touch around the defender wasn't intentional - but I'm happy for her as she's a good player.
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loyalgunner wrote:
The most entertaining of the match.� All up I'd say these three games have completely destroyed all the faith in womens football I got after the U17 Women's World Cup.� Rosie White's goal was quite good - I'm fairly certain that touch around the defender wasn't intentional - but I'm happy for her as she's a good player.


Perhaps your expectations were too high.
Our girls are just not good enough.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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Yeah, I agree - strange if you think about it.
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Hard News wrote:
The quality of football seemed well below what the U17's served up.
 
Yes I thought it wasn't even close to the quality of the U-17 WC. TBH I was surprised at how good the  footy was at the u17s and was hoping for similar things from the u20s, but women's football has gone back down in my mind unfortunately.



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Hard News wrote:
We're okay running at them with the ball at our feet, but our passing can be dreadful.

NZ = Joga Bonito.
 
Passing, what passing?

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Germany vs North Korea should be a good game tonight.
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Leggy wrote:
loyalgunner wrote:
The most entertaining of the match.� All up I'd say these three games have completely destroyed all the faith in womens football I got after the U17 Women's World Cup.� Rosie White's goal was quite good - I'm fairly certain that touch around the defender wasn't intentional - but I'm happy for her as she's a good player.


Perhaps your expectations were too high.
Our girls are just not good enough.


I have to disagree, sadly I think the girls were let down by a long ball game plan. In Annalie Longo and also Betsy Hassett we have two world class central midfielders who can play beautifully with the ball at their feet. I mean world class in their age group within the womens game and overseas among their peers that is how they are viewed. Rosie White and Hannah Wall are another two who are technically very good but sadly the game plan looked like bang it long and bypass the ball players.
We have reached a point in our football where we need to be braver on the coaching front and start to put faith in our players abilities on the ball, especially on the girls/women side of the game.
I saw breif glimpses during the games where we passed the ball around beautifully and looked dangerous doing so but those moments were far to infrequent as the ball simply got launched long too often.
Players wont get better at the passing game whilst we continue to avoid playing that way and on the womans side of the game we have enough players capable of playing with the ball at their feet. An absolute shame really, we could have done better if we had a bit more faith in our players abilities.
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
USA v Nigeraia tonight, on sky sports 2 I think at 9:15pm and then later Mexico v Korea.


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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Nigeria vs USA Quarter on now.  Been an entertaining game.  Not the highest quality, but competitive.  Nigerian keeper is pretty good.

Looking like it's about to go to Pens.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Penalties.  Nigeria up 2-1, 3rd taker gets two re-takes after the US keeper leaves the line twice. 

Now 3-2 Nigeria.  They're a goal up in the count after a save..

How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yanks vs Nigeria was well awesome. Enjoyed seeing USA go down! I bet a heap of Formula 1 fans were annoyed that the extra time and penalties went into their start time.
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Stack wrote:
Leggy wrote:
loyalgunner wrote:
The most entertaining of the match.  All up I'd say these three games have completely destroyed all the faith in womens football I got after the U17 Women's World Cup.  Rosie White's goal was quite good - I'm fairly certain that touch around the defender wasn't intentional - but I'm happy for her as she's a good player.


Perhaps your expectations were too high.
Our girls are just not good enough.


I have to disagree, sadly I think the girls were let down by a long ball game plan. In Annalie Longo and also Betsy Hassett we have two world class central midfielders who can play beautifully with the ball at their feet. I mean world class in their age group within the womens game and overseas among their peers that is how they are viewed. Rosie White and Hannah Wall are another two who are technically very good but sadly the game plan looked like bang it long and bypass the ball players.
We have reached a point in our football where we need to be braver on the coaching front and start to put faith in our players abilities on the ball, especially on the girls/women side of the game.
I saw breif glimpses during the games where we passed the ball around beautifully and looked dangerous doing so but those moments were far to infrequent as the ball simply got launched long too often.
Players wont get better at the passing game whilst we continue to avoid playing that way and on the womans side of the game we have enough players capable of playing with the ball at their feet. An absolute shame really, we could have done better if we had a bit more faith in our players abilities.
 
 
So is this more to do with the coach not been good enough tactically rather than the players skill levels (not a dig at the coaching staff just a question)?
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Colvinator wrote:
Yanks vs Nigeria was well awesome. Enjoyed seeing USA go down! I bet a heap of Formula 1 fans were annoyed that the extra time and penalties went into their start time.
 
I gave up on the game before half-time. Bored me rigid. Nigeria looked absolutely dreadful in the first 30 odd minutes and the Yanks looked like they were having a training run.
 
Nigeria obviously got their act together in the 2nd half.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Jag wrote:
Colvinator wrote:
Yanks vs Nigeria was well awesome. Enjoyed seeing USA go down! I bet a heap of Formula 1 fans were annoyed that the extra time and penalties went into their start time.
 
I gave up on the game before half-time. Bored me rigid. Nigeria looked absolutely dreadful in the first 30 odd minutes and the Yanks looked like they were having a training run.
 
Nigeria obviously got their act together in the 2nd half.
 
Yea man, I thought some people might have made that mistake. Nigeria dominated from half-time onwards. Ended up with more possession. Shots was Nigeria 30 - 23 USA - though Nigeria were shooting a lot from distance.
 
You shoulda seen the Nigerian goal! Absolute scorcher! Drilled it from a free-kick over 20 yards out. Struck fairly low and rising most of the way. The game got more open as it went on - some real end-to-end stuff.
 
Was dramatic in the penalty shoot-out. Nigerian girl Esther Sunday scored hers on third attempt - got two retakes because the US keeper was off her line before ball was kicked. Was a fair calls though.
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Teza wrote:
Stack wrote:
Leggy wrote:
loyalgunner wrote:
The most entertaining of the match.� All up I'd say these three games have completely destroyed all the faith in womens football I got after the U17 Women's World Cup.� Rosie White's goal was quite good - I'm fairly certain that touch around the defender wasn't intentional - but I'm happy for her as she's a good player.
Perhaps your expectations were too high. Our girls are just not good enough.
I have to disagree, sadly I think the girls were let down by a long ball game plan. In Annalie Longo and also Betsy Hassett we have two world class central midfielders who can play beautifully with the ball at their feet. I mean world class in their age group within the womens game and overseas among their peers that is how they are viewed. Rosie White and Hannah Wall are another two who are technically very good but sadly the game plan looked like bang it long and bypass the ball players. We have reached a point in our football where we need to be braver on the coaching front and start to put faith in our players abilities on the ball, especially on the girls/women side of the game. I saw breif glimpses during the games where we passed the ball around beautifully and looked dangerous doing so but those moments were far to infrequent as the ball simply got launched long too often. Players wont get better at the passing game whilst we continue to avoid playing that way and on the womans side of the game we have enough players capable of playing with the ball at their feet. An absolute shame really, we could have done better if we had a bit more faith in our players abilities.

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I have been on courses that the coaches have worked on and know them and my own experience is that they are really good coaches. The weird thing is I recently did the new version of our level 3 coaching course and it was inspirational and the ideas being taught to us were great. I cant quite work out why the team banged it long so much knowing what I do of the coaches. The way the team played doesnt fit with what I was expecting to see considering the ideas doing the rounds in the (local) international coaching circles. I do think we have good coaches for these teams, Im just a bit confused at the style of play.
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Quarter-finals Match Date - Time Venue Results 25 24/07 18:00 Bochum Germany 2:0 (1:0) Korea DPR 26 24/07 11:30 Bielefeld Sweden 0:2 (0:2) Colombia 27 25/07 18:30 Dresden Mexico 1:3 (0:2) Korea Republic 28 25/07 11:30 Augsburg USA 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 1:0) 2:4 PSO Nigeria

 

Semi-finals

Match Date - Time Venue Results 29 29/07 15:30 Bochum Germany 5:1 (2:0) Korea Republic 30 29/07 18:30 Bielefeld Colombia 0:1 (0:1) Nigeria

 

Match for third place

Match Date - Time Venue Results 31 01/08 12:00 Bielefeld Korea Republic - Colombia

 

Final

Match Date - Time Venue Results 32 01/08 15:00 Bielefeld Germany - Nigeria
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I LOVE NIGERIA!
You know we belong together...

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Germany won.

Three for me, and two for them.

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New Zealand Football: Readings and Temple land age-group Ferns roles

March 29, 2011

AUCKLAND � Paul Temple has been appointed as the head coach of the New Zealand U-17 women�s football team for the second time while Tony Readings has been reappointed as head coach of the U-20 side as both team build towards World Cups in 2012.

Temple was head coach of the Young Football Ferns when New Zealand hosted the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women�s World Cup in 2008 and then served as Readings� assistant in the U-20 set-up for the 2010 campaign in Germany.

Temple says the experience across both camps will serve him well as he builds a new side for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women�s World Cup in Azerbaijan.

�We�ve had a conveyor belt of young players coming out of age group teams into the senior environment in the last five years, and the main focus of my role is to make sure that continues,� said Temple.

�Working in both the U-17 and U-20 environments certainly helps in identifying the type of young player who can step up to higher levels.�

Temple�s first task will be assembling a pool of players � drawn largely from NZF�s National Talent Centres � to work towards the OFC U-17 Women�s Championship pencilled for early next year.

The road to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women�s World Cup in Uzbekistan, which also begins with Oceania qualifiers in early 2012 will be Readings� second campaign in the lead coaching role although he previously served a three year term as U-20 assistant coach and is the current assistant to Football Ferns coach John Herdman.

�The integration between the three women�s national teams has been vital with the number of players graduating into the Football Ferns in recent years,� Readings said.

�At age group level my role will be develop players capable of representing, and winning games for, New Zealand at senior level.

Readings will have six players from the 2010 campaign eligible to compete again and will add to that core from the last U-17 group as well as casting a closer eye over some standout performers from the ASB Women�s Youth League.

NZF board member Fred de Jong, who sat on the interview panel, said the calibre of applicants was very high.

�Ultimately the campaign experience of Tony and Paul shone through in the interview process and we now have the opportunity to pair them up with other candidates who shown they have the experience or skills to complement those head coach appointments,� de Jong said.

New Zealand Football has begun the process of appointing assistant coaches and would not be seeking new applicants.

Summary of coaching appointments

Junior Football Ferns (U-20)
Head Coach: Tony Readings
Assistant coach: To be appointed

Young Football Ferns (U-17)
Head Coach: Paul Temple
Assistant coach: To be appointed

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Where did Edmondson go? So he did get the push then.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

didnt brown nose enough?

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Feverish wrote:

didnt brown nose enough?

 
I can believe that of Dave.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Feverish wrote:

didnt brown nose enough?



Looks like nothing has changed.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Leggy wrote:
Feverish wrote:

didnt brown nose enough?



Looks like nothing has changed.
isn't an under 30 getting groomed by Herdman?

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Feverish wrote:

New Zealand Football: Readings and Temple land age-group Ferns roles

March 29, 2011

AUCKLAND � Paul Temple has been appointed as the head coach of the Auckland U-17 women�s football team for the second time while Tony Readings has been reappointed as head coach of the U-20 side as both team build towards World Cups in 2012.


Fixed.

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
WTF!!!
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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
In a non-stalker way I think Rosie White is working at the Pita Pit up here at the uni. Just saying.

Its no longer a problem.

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Incidentally.  This may well be post of the year for those that understand the intricacies of these discussions and the people involved:
 
MrWaikato wrote:
WTF!!!

How's my driving? - Whine here

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
someone on the NRFL forum wrote:

Can't believe TEMPLE is back what a joke. You read HERDMAN'S sum up of the loser performance from Cyprus. He says he now knows the format for the team, who starts, who comes on and when what a t**ser. NZ Women's soccer is dominated by these two clowns and they continue on the same path. Go to AK suck up and kiss up and you get looked at. Also Lesbian antics placed on young girls is unacceptable. I got no problems with it but when 17 year olds are put in that environment that says it all.


... I find the last two sentences of the above intriguing.

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Doloras wrote:
someone on the NRFL forum wrote:

Can't believe TEMPLE is back what a joke. You read HERDMAN'S sum up of the loser performance from Cyprus. He says he now knows the format for the team, who starts, who comes on and when what a t**ser. NZ Women's soccer is dominated by these two clowns and they continue on the same path. Go to AK suck up and kiss up and you get looked at. Also Lesbian antics placed on young girls is unacceptable. I got no problems with it but when 17 year olds are put in that environment that says it all.


... I find the last two sentences of the above intriguing.
pics?

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