Here's the U17 full game if

[Jawge]

anyone is interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbq8tKJneAA

[Jawge]

I'm waiting for comments on this game.

[HL]

...see my comments to USAF a fee threads below.

[Jawge]

Okay will do, because I want to hear from the forum on this.

[Sir X]

What are your comments , I posted the game live and commented on it , the same link I posted live , stayed up as the replay link.

Thanks again for sharing , I await your comments .

[Jawge]

Ok will check. Boss wha happen copy an paste nuh werk fi yuh LOL

[Sir X]

It was a running commentary of the game multiple post , it does when appropriate.Still awaiting your comments.

[Jawge]

"1st half we ,beat them with speed and physicality,they beat us with better passing,the coach employed a tactic of pressuring their backline,it worked ,we scored from a mix up,our midfied is more physical -poor ball distribution and our defence cleans up the mess with speed and being physical.The team does maintain its shape - no gaps ,all compact in its movement".

Totally agree with the above statement. Yes Ja relied heavily on athleticism
to over come El Salvador passing (the most important thing in the game) was almost non existent. Someone who is a total novice to football saw me watching the game and said Ja doesn't play the ball on the ground.

Where I part company with you is where you said Ja needs UEFA B license to coach the youth. No, does one need a big license to coach controlling and passing in tight spaces? I did it here when I coached a little Sunday morning team. Ja needs a culture in football. This culture must place emphasis on technique and mastering the basics (passing, passing, passing).

Okay something is left out but I can wait for others to speak.

[OJ]

Here what I will say and this is being kind to the team. A few years ago Coach Edwards stated the DNA of JA football should be high press and i thought it was naive because HP is a tactic not a philosophy and you may not be able to do so all the time depending on the environment. Against the U.S on a hot day on turf which is a good 5-10 degrees hotter when you are playing they could not and lost badly. Now this game I did not see us put 4 passes together. We won base on being the better athlete, stronger quicker but I did not see multiple passing options and as a matter of fact I will say we pass the ball when we run out of options. Hope we improve vs Mexico.

[OJ]

my take

Here what I will say and this is being kind to the team. A few years ago Coach Edwards stated the DNA of JA football should be high press and i thought it was naive because HP is a tactic not a philosophy and you may not be able to do so all the time depending on the environment. Against the U.S on a hot day on turf which is a good 5-10 degrees hotter when you are playing they could not and lost badly. Now this game I did not see us put 4 passes together. We won base on being the better athlete, stronger quicker but I did not see multiple passing options and as a matter of fact I will say we pass the ball when we run out of options. Hope we improve vs Mexico.

[Jawge]

Ah key statement "we pass when we run out of option" that is only time you see a pass. We don't pass to attack. We move couple yards with the ball then boot it all the way hoping a lone forward will catch it. Passing enables possession, it gives you time to pick a point of penetration then strike. It also enables the back line to push up with the mid thus enabling you to have your opponent in a form of pressure cooker. Booting the ball aimlessly (then chasing it) gives a more technical opponent time to control
spring a counter because you leave a gap between your mid and flat back line.

We don't play with our minds, our football lacks ball intelligence. I agree with all you said. I did not see one technical player out there just runners/athletes.

[Sir X]

We don't play with our minds, our football lacks ball intelligence. I agree with all you said. I did not see one technical player out there just runners/athletes.[/QUOTE]

Hence my call for the need for a UEFA B liscence coach,look we have been using these uncertified or unliscened coaches or liscened upto JFF standards and have failed misreable. I defended my call for the liscensure by pointing out all what you have stated about intelligence or lack of ! I gave the forum in the past , the Icelandic model :

Currently this nation of 335,000 has around 600 qualified coaches, 400 with Uefa B licences, or one per 825 people. To put this into context, in England this number falls to one per 11,000.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...lars-lagerback

I also gave the forum ,Ethiopia Revisted: Diagnosing JA football & curing the disease


http://www.reggaeboyzsc.com/forum1/s...iopia+revisted


I have supported my position with documented proof as to why liscensure/certification is key to our development, anything else is putting lipstick on a pig or banging your head against the wall expecting a different result. At best its talking in circles

I give coach Edwards credit , in that he played to our strength, speed and physicality.Its better than our booting the route one ball of the past.