Azkals - Philippine Football

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   najyar
   

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   "master of the black arts"

   Bob was very bias against the Taiwanese. He has already put it the heads of thousands of Filipinos that the Taiwanese are divers. WTF?

   The Taiwanese weren't divers. For golly's sake they didn't even earn a penalty. The Azkals played very badly. Taiwan was the better team. The fact of the matter is that the Taiwanese looked a lot and more often dangerous than the Azkals' 3-5 shots with probably only one on target. They scared the defense scrambling back often while we didn't even connect for a decent chance. Taiwan looked a lot more dangerous and for the information of everybody, none of them were on set pieces brought about by "diving."

   Bob accusing the Taiwanese as divers is unfair for the better team of the match. Hartman even explained that the Taiwanese were smaller and were used to less physical teams and that's why they fell down so easily. Bob just didn't want to listen, he just made assumptions most of the time. Hartman is just too nice to correct Bob on air which he should. The Taiwanese falling down "easily" is comparable to a former La Liga player transferring to the Premier League which is more physical league.

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   Posted 7 months ago #
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   Azkals
   

   The First Azkal
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   najyar, did you read the PM?

   Please check your inbox. You won an Azkals shirt.

   Making football known in the Philippines.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   Azkals
   

   The First Azkal
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   The commentators can say their opinions or observations of the game as long as within the bounds of ethics or political correctness.

   I also have heard English commentators telling their disappointment of a certain player who dives, based on the video replay.

   Making football known in the Philippines.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   teddys dad
   

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   najyar, not sure i agree 100pct with you on this one. i thot the ct guys went down way too easily, then stayed down far too long. seemed they were playing very strong stalling tactics for a draw.

   "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning,
   studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing
   or learning to do." Pele

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   HRK1
   

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   Tell you what.

   My most Disappointing player: Angel Guirado. His big mistake was to quit his spanish club. Hence, he is out of condition. Had he stayed with his club, He would've the conditioning required to play in 3rd Div La Liga. An international player should always have a domestic club.

   New Talent: Roland Muller (GK). Well, I say the U-23 is in good hands. I believe that Neil E will be less available this year. He is now the official No.2 for Fulham FC. His been the reserve GK for EPL and Europa League Games. I can understand Neil will not "rock the boat" at Fulham and try his outmost to be seen as a patient, loyal and obedient players waiting for his chance. Actually, Neil E was never appointed as the GK for the Reserve Team nor the U-21 at Fulham. He came from Youth Academy development straight into warming the bench for the Senior Team during EPL games. Now, that's quite a leap for a anyone.

   "Do or do not. There is no try" (Master Yoda)

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   azul80
   

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   i did not watch the pre-match analysis.
   i didn't need them to tell me beforehandd that chitai's were divers, because they were in fact divers and actors!
   the refs were so biased!
   those are no excuses as to why the azkals lost because they really played bad in that game.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   scarface101
   

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   @HRK1 on Roland Muller ->> he is already 23y/o and not qualified anymore for our U23. Neil will be our U23 #1 keeper with Paolo Pascual as #2. Still U23 is in good hands with Neil between the post, however, I'm not sure if he will be available for the SEA games considering that is now the #2 keeper of FFC.

   Roland did have a terific job vs CT, he has 2 draws in his first 2caps.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   najyar
   

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   They did went down easily but I can only remember them going down on a good free-kick position once. Off course my memory can serve me wrong but in my opinion, they went down easily but they didn't dive.

   On teddy's dad. On the last few minutes, yes I agree with you that they did stay too long down. But I really think that Bob just made it seem that they were diving every single time they went down. For example, there was a taiwanese man down, Bob was implying that the player dived and was not standing up (stalling) but when you look at the replay you can clearly see Guirado accidentaly stepping on the player's leg. Seriously if I were the player, getting stepped on by the heaviest man on the pitch, I also won't stand up that fast.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   teddys dad
   

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   naj => good point!

   "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning,
   studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing
   or learning to do." Pele

   Posted 7 months ago #
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    EricXtian
    

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    Joined: Aug '11
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    what do you expect with our local commentators on covering international events involving the philippines. have you ever watched a pacqiao match? want a unbiased commentary lets a foreign analysts covering the games. so the next time you here a bias comment we dont have to crucify them... we'll just accuse them of being racist.

    Posted 7 months ago #
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    teddys dad
    

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    on the part of bob, i think he is just calling it as he sees it. hartman is a good balance and has bailed bob out a few times, but overall i watch the game more for the play than for the commentating. i listen to the guys but don't let them influence me too much as i have seen enough football to form my own opinions.

    "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning,
    studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing
    or learning to do." Pele

    Posted 7 months ago #

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