THE only positive thing that we can take in that loss against Timor Leste was that the U23 squad looked good in blue. And Ebong, too. The Blue-Haired fanatic whose voice we all heard on TV was fantastic. The team? The result? To be perfectly blunt it was a scrappy game from a scrappy team that seemed to treat the SEAG as a vacation, or a chance to gain more Twitter followers. (Yey, I can tweet the team apology first!) Going into the match, almost every fan who paid attention knew that we needed to win. Unfortunately, it seemed the players were operating on a different mindset.
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Good job gals... goodluck and go get that trophy!
Just wondering about SK... I think their coach should be blamed for what had happened. Even if the players are new to the game the coach should have come up with a game plan to minimize the damage... Its not that hard to clog up the penalty area with 10 players they could have played 6-3-1, 7-2-1, 8-1-1, 10-0-0 or whatever it takes to slow down the opposing team.
I feel sorry for you gals but hey its not the end of the world just keep on practising And Everythings' Gonna Be Alright......... Bob Marley
a part of me is glad that the cebu team has given themselves a chance to win the title. i'm sure the players weren't thinking of embarrassing the SK team. but a big part of me is disappointed that such a team was allowed to play in the tournament. like the men's open championship, there should have been a regional eliminations to prevent such a massacre.
for the cebu team, i hope that record won't get into their heads. they got themselves on the shooters chair in that turkey shoot - the real games would be against the other semi-finalists. this time, the opponents won't be willing victims. that record (if it is a record) is nothing to be proud of (i'm sorry for that opinion). winning 32-0 against a team that obviously isn't competitive is not a real achievement. winning against NORFA, Davao or NCR is.
which makes me wonder - why did CebuFA schedule the Women's Open so close to the PFF National Finals that made it difficult for the team to properly prepare ?
other reports pointed out that the team was understaffed. does this mean that we lacked players ?
i'm sure the ladies played their hearts out. i'm also sure dexter did everything he could under the conditions he was forced to work with.
but c'mon, ONE week to form the team ?
if only Maximo and CebuFA scheduled things out better, i'm sure the team would have been better prepared.
the four, according to dexter, were not able to file a leave on time for the tournament. never got to include that in the report