Re: [nas] USA-Korea -tactics.......

[ron <billomac@earthlink.net>]

Title: Re: [nas] USA-Korea -tactics.......

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> Why not Agoos is stinking out the place, and who is
> the cheesy guy?
> > >     I comment on what I see.  What I
> > saw was Friedel having to
> > >     save us
> > repeatedly.

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> Bunker and counter attack is a good strategy when
> your  worried about Korea's speed. Why? We are already back to
> defend. Then if you can get a lead. Korea is forced to push more
> players into their attack to break the bunker. Do that you may leave
> your self open for our counter attack, and then instead of just being
> behind 1-0 you find your self behind 2 zip. Our problem was a long
> clearance to nobody is not the start of the counter attack. We just
> cleared to stall and not to start are own two or three player counter
> attack.
> > We were just hoping to ride out the storm and escape
> > with a result.

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> >
> > > > Some tactics are designed to allow some
> > possession.
> Proper spacing and use of the back pass allows for possession.
> Players like the Surfer kills a possession game he can't pass for
> crap. A substitution for him to Regis, with the instruction to Regis
> just to support from the back and not to push up infront of the other
> backs on attack would have worked well for us. Plus it keeps Agoss
> back to the center of the field instead of the left flank to close
> space.
> Richie

First off, who is this Eric Wang? Where has he been all this time?

It is refreshing to see someone write down his observations with an uncluttered mind and make sense at the same time. I really agree with almost everything he says. - Keep posting.

I wish some of the others would follow your lead.

That out of the way

Look at what you [RichieAnimal@cs.com ] said above:

Bunkering is a good strategy right after you said that Agoos stunk up the place and Hejduk can't pass for crap. And the cheesy guy? What was he doing?

Before you start 'bunkering', check out Germany. They wrote the book on bunkering (which can be seen by the word 'Bunker'), and they did it today, picture-perfectly.

The problem with the U.S. team is 'positioning'. Of all the passes, by both teams, I would guess that 75% of them went to Koreans, because they were always where the ball was, or where it was going to be.

-----Ron

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