tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post1299442028235855448..comments2024-03-21T13:11:45.178+01:00Comments on Filipino Football: How new Azkals coach will choose playersjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17721398772806838546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-33520230706090562102014-02-10T06:30:24.043+01:002014-02-10T06:30:24.043+01:00The only progress I see with the PFF right now is ...The only progress I see with the PFF right now is with their Senior team other than that is just a mere show. I would cite an example about the U16 boys National team where the PFF appointed Anto Gonzales as the new head coach last year but the team failed to impress nation as it was 2nd to the bottom of the standing in the FAM Frenz U16 tournament home and away in south east asia. Among the reasons the team failed big time are due to numerous reasons: <br />1. The core of the U14 Little azkals (who participated in Italy and Japan last 2012) was disbanded and new faces where injected mostly coming from NCR.<br />2. The coaching staff for 2 years was replaced by Anto "the nutritionist" Gonzales and company<br />3. Since Anto Gonzales is still playing in the UFL under Pachanga Dilliman FC hes' sometimes unavailable for monthly training and couldn't focus on his coaching duties and so is he's Goal Keeping coach Ref Cuaresma (a mainstay at Loyola Meralco last year)<br />4. Anto Gonzales believes that big and tall players are his favored ones undermining his mirrored players with skills just like him.<br />5. They will only train one or two weeks prior to a tournament under AFC and AFF because the players come from different parts of the country and he has a UFL games to finish. <br />6. PFF taps Global FC to absorb most of the national youth players to their UFL categories (and so are the budget because PFF has none in their pockets) but they decide their own head coach when their is an international tournament to participate , cutting the Global coaching staff out in the picture.<br />7. The PFF has a habit of putting their 'favorite coaches" in the head coaching job even if they are in their 20's and early 30's with under contracts from different UFL clubs.<br />8. Born 2002 are going again for UK training this August with no definite manager and coaching staff in charge . Training camps are again handled by Global FC which put them in the Total Football and Chelsea camp for 3-4 days only last January 29- feb 2, 2014. In other words, the team had no diffinite training camp on their own- nakikisali lng sila form different clubs just to continue their quest in qualifying for the 2019 U17 World Cup.<br />If PFF are serious enough , they should put coaches who are focused in coaching alone rather than playing in the professional clubs in UFL. How can we grow if we keep on doing this ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-66221608238001615972014-02-09T16:51:17.480+01:002014-02-09T16:51:17.480+01:00 This is all nice, but it will not benefit from th... This is all nice, but it will not benefit from the talents playing in Europa.. Unless the PFF starts to acknowledge that they need to implement the Azkals EU into their association and make play off tournaments inside EU, to make the national teams as strong as possible! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511104553263238569noreply@blogger.com