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Post by Soccerhouse on Jun 8, 2018 7:38:03 GMT -5
I will be honest, I missed the entire first half, had to get my hockey on......
Which I fell asleep when watching and missed the end of the game, but I did watch about 35 minutes of the 2nd half of the USWNT vs China.
It was weird, I got this very uncomfortable feeling watching the game, it made me nervous and gave me a headache. It felt like the game was being played in fast forward every time the US got the ball. China tried to be composed and technical and the US was 400 miles an hour, its weird. Its like all they care about is pace of play and we will out work you vs remaining calm and pinging it around and opening up the opposition.
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Post by cleansheet on Jun 8, 2018 7:56:17 GMT -5
I will be honest, I missed the entire first half, had to get my hockey on...... Which I fell asleep when watching and missed the end of the game, but I did watch about 35 minutes of the 2nd half of the USWNT vs China. It was weird, I got this very uncomfortable feeling watching the game, it made me nervous and gave me a headache. It felt like the game was being played in fast forward every time the US got the ball. China tried to be composed and technical and the US was 400 miles an hour, its weird. Its like all they care about is pace of play and we will out work you vs remaining calm and pinging it around and opening up the opposition. First half was opposite. Very boring.
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Post by zizou on Jun 8, 2018 9:06:09 GMT -5
The title of this thread should be Jill Ellis sucks. How can you have that level of talent and then not be able to generate any offense? You know the old maxim that coaches can’t give you confidence but they can destroy it? Those exact same players look way way different when they are playing with their clubs. They look like they have no freedom. They are stagnant even though they indeed also look like they are going 100 mph every second. Another oddity is that there is this strange tension between playing fast and increasing the tempo of their passing game. They simultaneously look slow and rushed.
And everyone in attack looks isolated. How many times did a wide forward player get the ball and there was no one for them to interact with? I don’t think this can be blamed on the players. This is the setup. I also HATE the strategy of repeatedly dumping the ball into the corner and hoping someone will be able to get there and cross or restart the attack from that position. Easy to defend.
Midfield continues to be a huge issue. No creativity. Not great at providing passing angles. They do not get into seams. Goes back to them being stagnant. How many times did Horan give the ball away? One of our kids said last night the entire lack of offensive punch is on the midfield. Maybe. We can hope for Rose Lavell but she is obviously frail. I am more inclined to go back to my first point. Jill Ellis sucks.
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