@SPORTSBIGGIE The tactics yesterday was never to build from the back mainly bcos we didn't have the players to build under pressure. Notice how all our goal kicks were long from the keeper.
@ali_starz@garyalsmith It's just about effactive communication. As a goalkeeper, you see everything all the runs behind the fullbacks and centerbacks.
Some goalkeepers even control their midfielders. That makes his work very easy as the threats are averted before it becomes harmful
Group L: England 🏴- Analysis
Likely to set-up in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1:
> Play to Get Wingers 1v1
> Crosses into the Box
> Counter/Transition at Speed
> In-Behind
> Block Structure Central
> Press Needs to be Better
Player to Watch: Harry Kane (CF)
> Best CF in World Football
> 60 Goals this Season
> Great Link-Up
I would argue they are one of the poorer "Style of Play" top nations but England have the players, they always do... can this squad put it together?
Rich Ghanaian parents pay $18,000 a year at DPS International. $16,000 at Tema International School. Why?
Because their kids do the IB Diploma. SATs. Strong English. Strong essays. So they go straight to Harvard, MIT, Yale, Cornell on full scholarships.
Meanwhile, a brilliant kid in Kasoa, Tamale, or Ho is doing WASSCE thinking the best he can hope for is Legon or KNUST.
Same brain. Different information.
The rich kids aren’t smarter than you. They just had parents who knew the game.
Here’s the truth nobody tells you:
You don’t need DPS. You don’t need TIS. You don’t need rich parents.
I sold sachet water in Ghana. I went to Berea College on a full scholarship. Now I’m a software engineer in Dallas.
My friends from humble homes did it too. From WASSCE straight to top US universities. Full ride.
The system was hidden from us. Not from them.
https://t.co/pursEFinfC exists so the kid in the village has the same map as the kid in East Legon.
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@JDMahama I am ready & available to help my country. I don't really know what else we have to prove.
We are literally building a unicorn. If the government can't support financially, at least it can provide an enabling environment
And the Bills heading to u will destroy it all
@Leumaswazhere2 There's not a single open play pass in this compilation that is beyond Bruno. We've seen Bruno make several of these passes this season. The difference is that his strikers aren't putting those chances away. That's not Bruno's fault.
The vibe and camaraderie in this Black Stars team was a story of team spirit built over the course of many years.
At a point, 70% of the players in the Black stars [Paintsil, Sulley, John Mensah, Derek Boateng, Essien, Pappoe, Pimpong etc had played together from U-17 to the 2001 U-20 World Cup Championship. They had camped at Winneba and bonded over years.
They transitioned into Black Stars en bloc in 2002.
Gyan and co joined them in 2003. By 2010, they had played together for over 9 years.
Derek and Essien played together for Central Region Inter Schools Team in 1996. By 2010, they had known and played with each other for 14 years.
Kids with big dreams who grew stronger together through early struggles, heartbreaks and memories. That bond fuels every match they play.
Loyalty and trust build over decades. Knew their strengths and weaknesses. Knew their backgrounds from the dusty rooms of Winneba college to flying in private jets.
That solidarity was unshaken and it was telling on the field.
The 2010 World Cup group of Andre, Badu, Jonathan, Inkoom etc had mostly also played together for some 3 years at U-20.
The current crop are largely picked like hunting snails. Luckarsen, Yirenkyi, Sibo, Oppong Peprah, Derrick Kohn etc have never played together at any youth level.
No serious nation build a football team in that manner.
They have nothing in common, no history, relationship, no interest, no bond. You can’t manufacture cohesion in one week.
And it shows on the field.
We have become lazy in nurturing from the base and we see the results.
The toli, Jama and vibes was naturally boiled from an unbreakable team spirit.
I’m genuinely very confused. What in this submission screams agenda, incompetence or hypocrisy? This was excellently delivered. You’re free to disagree, but there’s nothing here that’s false, skewed or manufactured. You’re just pained that he argues brilliantly for the other side so you attack him instead.
@Blue_Footy Ole's demise was self-inflicted. Agreeing to bring Ronaldo back was the beginning of the end for him.
I doubt Carrick will make such a mistake