Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Football philosophies

Football backgrounds, football philosophies is what really moulds a team.
And this indifference within the sections of a team could affect the team's playing system. It is like a big hoo hah before the game and a total dumbfoundedness on the field as the team would be caught in bewilderness. Itz like, "Hey im lost. Shit! I cant even read the opponents movement." That's the ultimatum. Knowing ur enemy is an obligation ur tied to, and anyting other than tat is fatal as the smells of defeat is much nearer. Yet, applied in our monthly friendlies in which our opponents are but just aliens to us, it is tough to quickly learn their two definitive traits. STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES! However, we haf to adapt to it. Adapt to the course of the game, the movement, the morale of all the players on the pitch, the confidence, the hunger, the attitude, the spirit, the skill, the one tat makes the all the move, their defensive loop hole.

All this should be notified and obeserved within the first 20 minutes cos the first 20 minutes is the hardest period in the game. Its the make or break. If ur team could adapt well to the rigours of the game, then itz a big thumbs up.

Yet, a special team needs a certain special form of bonding, a constant chemistry and similiar form of football background. Major flaw is team merah doesnt have any.

To start off, no one knows actuall his role to play in the field. How bad can tat be? And not knowing ur role, how could one facilitate the process of winning? And since football is a team game, isnt the odds greater to lose if u dont know what it takes to win?! Winning is beautiful of course, and that's every player's mission to accomplish. Yet, a mission without any careful microscopic plans and desigantion of assisgnments will lead to a nothing more than a pathetic and disarray performance.

For one, the defensive cover should be strong enough. Strong enough to hold off any attacks the opponents are making. And in this part, the midfield should help in a huge part of it. DEFENCE is the single most imporatant ting in football. Its absolutely obnoxious and degrading to know that u can attack and cant defend. That's what happenend to Brazil of 1982. So much depth in attacking that they even forget the basic elements of defending. Lesson very much learnt, and the football has evolve ever since. And juz to let u noe, strikers are what u call setting up the first line of defence. The midfield is the major battle site, however if itz been penetrated, reinforcement should come from the midfield itself. Isnt it common sense! Retreating to help ur fellow base line covers. And when it comes to attacking, itz understandable tat the best midfield player, with the most attributes, ideas and a hi level of football intelligence should be leading the attack.

Most teams now, as it is then, has been build based on one man, their heroes. Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff, Pele, Marco Van Basten, Roberto Baggio, Romario, Gheorge Hagi is totally from another generation, but the foundations of building a team from corner stones have taken a much likening with managers nowadays. As much as football is team game, itz nearly impossible to believe that each team has players with uniformity level of skills, talent, speed and stamina. There is sure bound to be some outstanding ones, and these players get the team moving on, supported by the rest. These are the players that make the difference to the game, that begin from igniting the spirit of the team to eventually changing the game's scoreline. Mourinho, has been feeding Frank Lampard with an outstanding array of talents that includes a stable defence led by John Terry, two midfield generals of the calibre of Makelele and Essien and a typical strong forward, Didier Drogba. This applies to Rooney and Gerrard at United and Liverpool respectively. Crouch vs Van Nistelrooy, Smith and Scholes vs Alonso and Mohammad Sissoko. This is a pattern that started years ago and seeing its legacy continue, which create stardom for these players.

Yet, qns is? Can team merah afford to haf such approach to a game? Who can fill the boots of these "hero"? Itz not to raise any players profile or to extend the gap between the weaker and the better players, bt it is more of reaffiriming each and every one's role in the team. If there's a game plan, stick to it. Any plan is not a winning plan, but we strive to make it into one. If itz not working, then switch to plan B, which should be ready to be unleashed at any time. And at back of each player's mind, they should be mentally ready for tactical changes. However, we cant afford to swap position at any time.

And worst is saying.." Eh, aku boleh main sekejap jer ah. Or eh, aku tak leh main sini! Kena main sini. Or eh, aku start nanti eh.?". Are u telling me u haf low self esteem? Then what are the balls for? I should give considerations to injuries, bt everyone should know they should keep themselves fit. And talking about fitness, the team has appaling fitnees rates, minus a few. Surviving a game is thus another big qns mark. Yes, for all the skills most of them possess, it has totally been outlawed by their fitness.

And what lies ahead for the team? Another huge qns mark. Different philopsophies should be settled. What kind of game u wanna play? English, German, Brazilian or continental Europe. ( Coughs) The long ball vs short build up pass? The diagonal balls or ball behind defence?

Truthfully, im done. Had enough. To each his own, im gonna settle down with new commitments soon. Ciao~