Sorry guys, but I couldn't restrain myself from posting this.
I ran your posts through google translate because I'm always scouting my next opponent in all areas. I read about your postgame analysis a bit too and it seems to me like you're searching in all wrong places. Where is a good Greek manager to tell you what's what?
As you all know, a good SF or PF is very hard to train. Especially in a short time of three seasons. So what are three most-trained positions for U21? PG and C, and after that SGs. We all know (actually I'm not sure you all know by reading your posts) that Outside defense is being trained A LOT. OD is actually the highest skill on most outside positions since it completely stops JS and JR, and to some extent Passing. That's why SGs are not very common these days in U21. Have you seen Quennet of France U21? He had Proficient game shape against us in previous game and he didn't even start! A very smart move by French U21 manager.
So nearly every outside U21 player is being trained the same - Look inside style (almost no JR, good PA and DR). It goes without saying then that the most viable U21 tactic is Look inside, by far. Not only because players are being trained this way, but also because Look inside (and Low post) is the most effective tactic against high OD. The worse tactics against OD are slow outside based tactics - Motion, Princeton and Patient, although Patient is not completley outside based. Slow tactic makes players search for a great shot. If they can't find any, they will shoot under 5 seconds of attack, where accuracy of shot - and therefore, its' chance to go in - is very bad. Fast tactics allow players to try good and mediocre shots, but never great ones like in slow tactics (Look inside, Run and Gun).
Since OD of U21 guards is so high, that "great shot" of slow tactics can rarely be found and many shots are being taken under 5 seconds, resulting in very low FG%. That's why slow tactic is very useful against opponent with great offense and bad defense, but at its' worst against good defense. And as all the good U21 countries have guards with 14+ defense, slow tactics are a suicide (save for Low post). Look at our match from Germany, when they played Motion.
I think I also saw something from your coach in these posts...something like "Slovenians are weak on SF spot, that's why I chose to play Patient". Hello? We are playing with three PGs the whole time! If you want us pay for having a PG on SF spot, then play a Center on SF! Running Patient or Motion against three PGs is like hitting the wall with your head.
So there you go. I'm sorry if this post seems cocky or dumb or whatever, but I just had to let it out. And btw...if you will play better because of my post, that's better for us. Right?
Last edited by Koperboy at 6/11/2012 4:08:43 PM