{"id":15956,"date":"2017-09-20T06:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=15956"},"modified":"2017-09-20T02:14:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T01:14:24","slug":"strategy-international-breaks-anglo-saxan-chronicle-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2017\/09\/strategy-international-breaks-anglo-saxan-chronicle-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy for international breaks: Anglo-Saxan Chronicle 74"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the first international break since I joined FC Saxan. I’ve decided my strategy will be:<\/p>\n
In this break, we played two matches in the September Trophy that we hosted. In the first match (which we won) we played 4-3-3. I didn’t much like the football it produced, but gaining some familiarity with a reserve formation does no harm. In the final (which we lost, to a Romanian club’s B team) we experimented with 4-2-2-0-2 narrow, which was truly horrible. As a result, I feel even more strongly wedded to the narrow diamond we’ve been using in the league.In the event, I<\/p>\n
In the event, I learned very little, except for confirmation that our supposed second choice goalie,\u00a0Tanasoglu, is never far from a mistake. None of the five trialists we had in made an impression.The downside of friendlies<\/p>\n
The downside of friendlies is, of course, the risk of injury. Ursu sprained an ankle and is out for six weeks, so we’re down to two fit strikers.It all felt a bit scratchy. I’m looking forward to resuming with the league and, pretty soon, the Moldovan Cup.<\/p>\n
It all felt a bit scratchy. I’m looking forward to resuming with the league and, pretty soon, the Moldovan Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is the first international break since I joined FC Saxan. I’ve decided my strategy will be: Always organize at least one friendly — more if necessary — to maintain the match fitness of those players who are not away on international duty. Bring in players on trial in order to: (a) bring the squad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,90,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n