Lost again.

After our last two league loses plus several friendly's, I would have to say
that we have fallen behind.


We can not just show up at game time and expect to win.


There has to be purposeful training sessions to strengthen our weaknesses
and practice new tactics.


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I posted this in March;


I played for about 2 hours Saturday with players from several teams.
The quality of play was very good.

There was more passing and coordinated attacks. (By Verona players I believe.)
I have made a graphic of one of the attacks on the other blog.
We need to try this and learn to defend against it.


To win games we need to stay ahead of the rest of the league with
new tactics and defenses.


There will be 22 games this season and we (and everyone else) will learn
to play better and better with each game. I've played almost everyday for
11 months and I am still learning what to do and what not to do.

Just think how much each team will improve their play from the first game to the last game!

How to lose.

I played in one game yesterday and watched another.

The thing that both losing teams had in common was
that they only had one attack plan( if it was planned at all ).

They did the same thing over and over, allowing the defenses
to adapt to their attacks.

In our game against Mediteraneo they started out successfully
with long shots, then we moved our defenders up and stopped
them by harassing them closely before they got to midfield.
They should have changed tactics.
They should have tried something else to keep us off balance.

In Vstex vs Koln, Vstex used a single-man attack repeatedly.
Defenders were able to gang up on him without worrying about
a pass to an open player.

Teams should have pre-planned attacks and switch them often
to keep defenders off balance.

These attacks should be planned and practiced before the game.

If not, they will lose to teams that do.


I don't think we have practiced as a team for 3 months.

SNN-Verona on YouTube

Someone posted a match between SNN and Verona on YouTube
in 4 parts, about 35 minutes total. With an annoucer too !

I believe it was the game in March 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZGK67WBHg