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Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077
I don't think anyone in here expected any sort of result, let alone a win. My problem is the second half they looked like they had just accepted the defeat. There was zero intent going forward and not a whole lot of energy to their play anywhere on the pitch. That shouldn't be acceptable. If the fans and media in the country start demanding a higher standard CSA will have to step it up (or they should).
And I think Foothills is growing in popularity and they have a good thing going there. They seem to have a really competent management team.
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This.
Results are disappointing, but the negative football they play is terrible and its even worse when they continue it when they are losing. It's like this cycle they just tried not to get embarrassed. Honduras game was bad but the El Salvador tactics to park the bus and give away possession, away against their scab team where they should have been gunning for 3 points, was unforgivable for me unless they made the hex.
For me the players are average but it's the management that disappoints me, because it's not like Honduras and El Salvador have better personnel.
Floro has actually been better than some of the recent bargain basement hires like Hart etc they've had, but players in the midfield with Arfield, Johnson, Hutchison, Hoilett, etc are actually pretty strong (or at least before Atiba retires). There's no reason to be playing such negative football and chasing the ball the whole game. If anything the backline is the worst part of the team, they don't even have a RB for god's sake, so playing such a defensive style and conceding possession is even more baffling. I think it would be kind to call their style in the second half counterattacking with how little they went forward and how quickly they gave the ball away.
Personnel decisions have been kinda weird, deciding to train in the USA and fly to Honduras and not expose the players to the heat until the day before the game was a really suspect decision, the nepotism of hiring his own son with no experience to be first team coach looks like a conflict of interest, lots to analyze about Floro's reign.
And also - the bottom line is, people get choked who care. The people who haven't been to games or watched and followed them aren't posting their disappointment here in the thread.