Well said. It is obviously that we as a team had many fronts to improve but we still did well, so there is greater potential within the team. Not to mention that we still have many players who couldn't go with the team this time(like some mid-fielders who would have helped, Steve, Xiao Su, Chen,Gang, Andy, and many others, Scott, Da Peng?:-) as well as players who should come out of the injury reserve list, Xiao Luo and Ji,Li, soon:-) Let's hope fast recovery for Dick, Yu Ding, and Eric, Tom On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:00:24PM +0000, William Ye wrote: > > All: > I and my wife had a blast. I guess after the trip the wives > finally figured out that sitting on the sidelines was not that boring at all. > > We did great, even when we are down, we were never out. Those quick > goals we scored on Mud were wonderful, it showed them who we are. > I think it's now safe to say we are not afraid of any team, > Mud, Tiger, we had our chances to beat them. > > I learned a lot from a tournament like this, a lot of times, one > goal is all it takes to separate the winner and loser, and each > goal (or each critical defensive play) is so important. I believe > our defense core is among the best of all teams, but still, > there are lot of room to improve: comminucation with goalie (the > mistake I made during the game& with Tiger was a good example), > defending corners and free kicks (always put a defender on the > opposite corner of the goalie), blank covering skills (one > player shadows, another goes for the loose ball), etc. > > We had the excellent group of forwards too, each goal we scored > was brilliant, with that said, we need more solid mid-field > players, these guys wear done fast because of the runninngs up > and down, so we could really use 7-8 of them(some ball controllers > and passers like Ray, Jeff, Tom, some excellent defensive > mid-fielders like Mark and Binbin) ... oh, Xiao Luo, where were you? > > And mentally we are there already! Just look back at the PK show we had, > man it was a classic. Many thanks to Mark, Tim, Binbin, and Dentist for > all the dirty work, Tom, Ken on the advice, many many more for various > sacrafices, and for Dick Ding Yu, get well fast. > > I and my wife will be there for the celebration, in the mean time, > rest well, and enjoy the cool weather, > > Xiao YE > > p.s. Talking about the pictures, what's the deal with Bai Qiang? I guess he > was awarded the best defensive player or some kind of special achievement, > or was he? :) >
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