Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
bloody lucky to score when GK dives right over the top of it
Except when that GK is Tamanisau, that man is complete crap. Is hard to believe he's been Fiji best keeper for 8 years or so
tuilomas playing quite well, his positional play is very good
I'd love to see the Phoenix make a move for him
tuilomas playing quite well, his positional play is very good
I'd love to see the Phoenix make a move for him
A league in welly or Ligue 2 or 1 in France, good luck with that.
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
I am convinced if the players were being asked to play a shorter passing game with high ball speed we could put 6 or 7 past this Fijian side.
man, sack the coach at 3-1 up in the first half of our first competitive game in two years
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
i can promise you that all those coaches he claims to know would have no idea who he is
tuilomas playing quite well, his positional play is very good
I'd love to see the Phoenix make a move for him
A league in welly or Ligue 2 or 1 in France, good luck with that.
It's quite uncertain for him there. Club is on the block, New coach, he's on loan... We could probably offer him decent money.
man, sack the coach at 3-1 up in the first half of our first competitive game in two years
exactly, couldn't agree more
man, sack the coach at 3-1 up in the first half of our first competitive game in two years
I would if I could. Absolutely no excuse for us playing football that the rest of the world threw out 30 years ago.
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
i think we can. i mean this is fiji ffs, they've never been so bad
Never say "erstwhile" if you don't know what it means, dingbat.
man, sack the coach at 3-1 up in the first half of our first competitive game in two years
The point is we are going nowhere, he was brought in to change our play from the Herbert era and said he could but this is where we were years ago
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
i think we can. i mean this is fiji ffs, they've never been so bad
On a pitch where you can't even pass properly because it's so slow and you can't turn without slipping over..
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
Our players are capable of moving the ball round with purpose and control. Sure we dont have players with amazing technique and a ton of flair but they are capable of so much more if asked to do it. I remember when we got thumped by Mexico a couple of years ago in the away game there was a moment where we moved the ball from one end of the pitch with a string of passes and movement that made us look seriously good. Sadly we only do this in breif moments. Its possible but those at the top are too scared to pursue this style of football.
You dont have to have a team of superstars to move the ball effectively. Just take a look at Icelands FIFA ranking.
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
i think we can. i mean this is fiji ffs, they've never been so bad
On a pitch where you can't even pass properly because it's so slow and you can't turn without slipping over..
the pitch is the same for both teams
kevin fallon used to play the best ball players on the worst pitch. his argument was that he needed players with technique to be able to cope
so, if the team was properly set up, your point becomes a contradiction
it's not a choice between playing like Pep's Barca or hoofing aimless long balls.
We could make the most of players like Rojas, Kosta and Thomas and counterattack at pace down the wings, for instance
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
Our players are capable of moving the ball round with purpose and control. Sure we dont have players with amazing technique and a ton of flair but they are capable of so much more if asked to do it. I remember when we got thumped by Mexico a couple of years ago in the away game there was a moment where we moved the ball from one end of the pitch with a string of passes and movement that made us look seriously good. Sadly we only do this in breif moments. Its possible but those at the top are too scared to pursue this style of football.
You dont have to have a team of superstars to move the ball effectively. Just take a look at Icelands FIFA ranking.
I see people say this often but I have never seen it from the All Whites in any game ever
I go back to how we played at the Olympics under Emblen in 2012. It was not perfect but it was progressive, proper football and with a bunch of no names against far better opposition than this. So yes, of course we can do far, far better
are the lights pretty crap?
Disgrace...My 85 yr old mother could teach this group to go route 1. What are we paying Hudson and his co Horts for.
I can totally understand why Dura, Smith, Reid and others don't want to be involved in this environment.
Remember when he went on about Bielsa, and pressing, combination play and all that crap? He's just a bloke who knows a few people and is good with powerpoint
Question - even if we hired Bielsa himself, do you think anyone could get us playing like that with the players we have? We don't have one central midfielder who I'm confident in.
Our players are capable of moving the ball round with purpose and control. Sure we dont have players with amazing technique and a ton of flair but they are capable of so much more if asked to do it. I remember when we got thumped by Mexico a couple of years ago in the away game there was a moment where we moved the ball from one end of the pitch with a string of passes and movement that made us look seriously good. Sadly we only do this in breif moments. Its possible but those at the top are too scared to pursue this style of football.
You dont have to have a team of superstars to move the ball effectively. Just take a look at Icelands FIFA ranking.
I see people say this often but I have never seen it from the All Whites in any game ever
i have
under emblen at the olympics
also under marshall a few years back
I go back to how we played at the Olympics under Emblen in 2012. It was not perfect but it was progressive, proper football and with a bunch of no names against far better opposition than this. So yes, of course we can do far, far better
great minds think alike eh normo
that was the first thing that popped into my mind
are the lights pretty crap?
Don't know, mate. Are you using Eco bulbs?
the key to good midfield play comes from asking your defenders to defend and not have the midfielders do it for you
the way we are set up today is with 3 centre backs dropping off and the midfield sitting right on top of them
at the olympics we had payne and mcglinchey playing as midfielders, not defensive shields
makes all the difference
Nice to see a young player back himself there
I go back to how we played at the Olympics under Emblen in 2012. It was not perfect but it was progressive, proper football and with a bunch of no names against far better opposition than this. So yes, of course we can do far, far better
great minds think alike eh normo
that was the first thing that popped into my mind
I was at the first game against Belarus I think in Coventry and half way through the first half the bunch of us who were there turned to each other almost in shock! We drew with Egypt. And now we're stuck with this kidder, another 4years wasted
That one little moment from Rogerson is what needs to be encouraged. Keep asking for players to be brave enough to try things and in the long term we would improve.
are the lights pretty crap?
Don't know, mate. Are you using Eco bulbs?
Presumably they'll be turned off next Sunday for the matches on World Environment Day.
I go back to how we played at the Olympics under Emblen in 2012. It was not perfect but it was progressive, proper football and with a bunch of no names against far better opposition than this. So yes, of course we can do far, far better
Sorry, Emblem isn't 'aligned'.
handball there?
every single fudgeing long ball we lose possession, either from it not hitting his man or the Fijians winning the second ball. Every single time
Great play but horrid ball in the end
All this Hudson bagging is sooooooo boring.
First game, they are playing in sauna conditions which will take them all time to get used too, pitch apparently spongy, missing best midfield etc etc etc
I even read some fool here say Fiji have never been this weak/bad. A 13-0 slackening back in 1981 by Stevie Sumner and his amateur AW mates would suggest otherwise
All you want to see is improvements through ever pool game - so like All Blacks last year, you are peaking when the knockout games start. When Weemac, Rojas, Kosta are starting will see less route 1 stuff. Still if it works...................
Rogerson again being brave and in the end creating a good overlap. Much better than a long ball that Fiji ends up winning
I go back to how we played at the Olympics under Emblen in 2012. It was not perfect but it was progressive, proper football and with a bunch of no names against far better opposition than this. So yes, of course we can do far, far better
Sorry, Emblem isn't 'aligned'.
The one Pom on the outer. Probably didn't prepare his powerpoint properly. Anyone know any other Intel about that?
All this Hudson bagging is sooooooo boring.
First game, they are playing in sauna conditions which will take them all time to get used too, pitch apparently spongy, missing best midfield etc etc etc
I even read some fool here say Fiji have never been this weak/bad. A 13-0 slackening back in 1981 by Stevie Sumner and his amateur AW mates would suggest otherwise
All you want to see is improvements through ever pool game - so like All Blacks last year, you are peaking when the knockout games start. When Weemac, Rojas, Kosta are starting will see less route 1 stuff. Still if it works...................
such low expectations
All this Hudson bagging is sooooooo boring.
First game, they are playing in sauna conditions which will take them all time to get used too, pitch apparently spongy, missing best midfield etc etc etc
I even read some fool here say Fiji have never been this weak/bad. A 13-0 slackening back in 1981 by Stevie Sumner and his amateur AW mates would suggest otherwise
All you want to see is improvements through ever pool game - so like All Blacks last year, you are peaking when the knockout games start. When Weemac, Rojas, Kosta are starting will see less route 1 stuff. Still if it works...................
Whats boring is a coach who is asking us to play a style of football that was thrown out 30 years ago. Thats whats boring.
All this Hudson bagging is sooooooo boring.
First game, they are playing in sauna conditions which will take them all time to get used too, pitch apparently spongy, missing best midfield etc etc etc
I even read some fool here say Fiji have never been this weak/bad. A 13-0 slackening back in 1981 by Stevie Sumner and his amateur AW mates would suggest otherwise
All you want to see is improvements through ever pool game - so like All Blacks last year, you are peaking when the knockout games start. When Weemac, Rojas, Kosta are starting will see less route 1 stuff. Still if it works...................
fool?
nice to meet you dickhead
i must admit, that that 13 nil is a glaring exception and i'll also admit that fiji have had a couple of decent years at age grade level, but they are in the process of pulling themselves out of what is by their standards a fairly significant funk