Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney were both clearly frustrated in their World Cup exits. Tactics could have been the cause for both. Should Rooney have been played alone up top? Should Crouch have played more? Considering the goal, should Defoe have played more? With Portugal…well, if you saw their matches, you know their tactics. I’m [...]
Posts Tagged ‘WC2010’
Coaches: Feed Your Star, Players: Keep Your Head In It
July 3rd, 2010 
douglasawhsport 
Posted in Coaching, Player Tips 
Tags: amateur sports, Coaching, England, FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup 2010, Football, forwards, playing tips, Portugal, Soccer, South Africa, sports psychology, strikers, WC2010 
No Comments »Thoughts on US Chances with ~3 days to go
June 8th, 2010 douglasawhsport First off, join my World Cup bracket group. I got the following excerpt from someone that will remain unnamed: Oh now I understand why you are heading there for the early rounds and not the finals. Sorry to hurt your feelings, but the teams you are supporting aren’t going to get past the first rounds. [...]
Lazyweb: Truphone in South Africa this summer?
May 7th, 2010 douglasawhsport So, just a quick post here. I’ll plan to do a more extensive post in May as well. I’m trying to decide what I want to do for notifications while in South Africa. I’m doubting the stadiums will have wifi. I don’t know how much it’s worth to me to do live updates via identica/twitter, [...]
Posted in Soccer Tags: cell phones, Football, footie, HDTV, International football, live blogging, meta, Sam's Army, Soccer, South Africa, television, truphone, WC2010, wifi, World Cup No Comments »World Cup Bracket
March 26th, 2010 douglasawhsport With all the talk about brackets for the NCAA tourney, and seeing this article on dynamic duos, I was inspired to do a World Cup bracket. There still could be a lot happen. There could be so crazy Togo-esque shooting or just simple injuries. I got the layout of the below from Wikipedia, so please [...]
