WE WON....Hope Whitmore took notes.

[USAF]

[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Good luck to the ‘Boyz in Guatemala, and I hope Whitmore has learned that using a strategy of “playing not to lose” [ ], especially how the group looked going into this game was not a smart one, plus he should know from his playing days that a defensive strategy does not work for Jamaica. It could have been worse for you and it could have put more pressure on the team going into Guatemala. Well, he has enough time to regroup and get the team ready, BUT as I said before the Reggaeboyz desperately need a creative midfielder, especially for that final group stage. Good luck and I hope you make it to the next round. [/FONT]

[Me]

They changed the approach in the second half and that is actually when the USA scored.

[Reggaedoc]

yeh, but the goal was from a set play and mostly goal keeper's error.

[Sir X]

They had 3 that came off the post in the 1st half,we cant play that defensive 11 behind the ball next round,we will pay the penalty,literally

[Me]

Exactly the point. The "wrong" approach 0-0
The "right" approach 1-0.

Just the way football goes.

[USAF]

Jamaica was STILL playing a defensive game when the goal scored....the goal forced them to change their approach. From I have been watching Jamaica play (from '70s) they have been generally slow starters, so if you imploy a defensive approach it further hinders the team and keeps them backed up longer, and don't think about solely using the counter because you don't have the weapons to effectively execute it.

[Me]

From the start of the half they were playing better in possession. Amplified once the USA scored because they started dropping back and some folks started getting a bit tentative (Boca telling Cameron to calm down.)

[Paul Marin]

From the start of the half they were playing better in possession. Amplified once the USA scored because they started dropping back and some folks started getting a bit tentative (Boca telling Cameron to calm down.)

I agree with USAF. The team can't play that deep as we have no one that I would consider a great counter attacking forward nor are there any among our midfield ranks that are technically proficient enough to make that strategy work (we give the ball away too much). Up front, who do we have? Shelton? For every shot Shelton takes on target 50 are off target. To execute a counter attacking game you need speed (have that), intelligence (hmmm...) and deadly finishing (don't have that).

[Jawge]

Congrats to you and thanks for the advice.

[OJ]

I understand the game plan but I dont like it. I dont think this U.S team is better than us when we play. I think we were too negative and played to their strengths more so by playing so deep and actually reducing our attacking threats which is speed down the flanks. I think that kind of concentrated defending takes time and work to get right but we are so poor in our individual defending that it becomes problematic in the group defending aspect. At times we did not have enough pressure on the ball to affect play so sitting deep really just took away our attacking instinct. I understand the game plan but i think if we played we beat an overrated U.S team.

[Assasin]

Dane should have started in my opinon and Mattocks would have been a better option over cummings. We used 3 forwards and no attacking wing player. We can get away with that on small field but we need to stretch it on out on bigger fields.

[Gamma]

and dem seh di ball round!

[Gamma]

USA was in PANIC mode for the last 20 minutes of the game! not saying the boyz play was exemplary after they scored the US started to play more defensively because of what happened in jamaica ...

[Gamma]

mattocks should have been introduced in the second half AFTER the goal

[1of1]

when the goal score three man start rush the american back line, thats when we started to look like we were in the game, do dat from the start instead a mek man sekkle inna dem riddim, cho man