Jamica
Football Coaches Assocaition -Evon Mckenzie
Match: 12th round of KSAFA Super League- Duhaney Park FC
Vs JDF Venue and date: Baldwin Crescent, Saturday December19,
2009 Weather: Sunny, Windy Field: Grass with pockets of bare areas in both half,
unpredictable bounce, dry condition
Coaches: Lynval Hyatt-Duhaney Park FC ; Dean Christian -JDF Formation: Duhaney Park FC 5 - 3 -2; JDF 3-5 – 2
Score: Duhaney Park FC -0 JDF -1 (Allien Whittaker 7 th minute).
The More Physical Marching
Men
As we approach the second round
of the Claro Super League. Teams will be putting everything they
have to remain in contention for the title or for a place in the
next year’s competition. The Baldwin Crescent encounter should
be very interesting.
Pre-match comments For the homesters ,playing the JDF ,one would
expect to see embroiled with very physical football. While not
amongst the top four at the moment, both team, set their sight
on winning, to keep them in contention for a late surge or to
stay in the Super League for the next season. Linval Hyatt a
former JDF player and now coach of Duhaney Park says that he is
expecting a very physical game as this is the way the JDF plays
from his time up to now. Having worked on technique during the
course of the week, his team will be playing a more technical
game to counter the physical JDF as this is the way to gain the
three points they need to move up the standing.
The more calm Dean Christian
feels that the JDF can still win the super League this year,
however to do that “we will have to win all eleven games in this
second round, beginning today”. He was very confident that the
three points would be for the JDF.
The Clash of the Chilaverts
With the expectation of
technical football from the host and a more physical hard
running marching men type football, something very special was
about to happen at Baldwin Crescent. The JDF entered the field
for pre match warm up at 3:33pm, while the host, who followed
two minutes later, started with the usual light Jogging followed
by some multidirectional dynamic drills and conclude with static
stretching.
Duhaney Park on the other hand,
did some very light jog, static stretching followed up with some
technical drills on their preparation. With both goalkeepers
wearing the captain’s arm band, Omar Williams for Duhaney Park
and Alien Whittaker for the JDF , are both very experienced in
top league football. The start could not come soon enough for
the spectators, who were very eagerly awaiting the contest. From
the very first whistle the JDF appeared to be on operation and
the team most eager to win even though the more technical
Duhaney Park wasn't going to lay down and die. The latter
quickly pulled themselves together and started to keep pace with
JDF, in the early exchanges, and then in the seventh minute,
Duhaney Park committed a foul some ten yards outside the penalty
area. Up came the JDF custodian to take the kick, (immediately
the name Luis Chilarvert came to mind), and at this moment on
the field organization were obviously missing amongst the
defending team as the host were very slow in setting up the wall
and did not put the taller players nearer to the post with the
shorter one to the center near the keeper, as this was not the
case, the very confident Allien Whitaker struck the ball with
such thundering force that it flew past the outstretched arm of
the diving Omar Williams whose effort was all in vain.
After the shock,Duhaney Park
mounted the more spirited attacks on JDF’s goal .However their
shots on goal were not potent enough to test the high spirited
Allien Whittaker in goal, the over indulgence and trying to do
it now without recognizing that some seventy or more minutes was
left to play and not seventy meters as in a track race when
whoever wins is the one who reaches the finishing line first.
This energy depleting move by
the home boys in the early minutes was certainly not supporting
the technical game plan the coach alluded to in his pre match
comments. The energy used up in these few minutes certainly
proved to be very costly to the team and the supposedly more
fitter marching men also tried to please t their support camp
.Both defenses were tardy at times strength, more effort was
being placed on the man they were marking than on keeping the
ball out of their goal.
The game lacked team work and
good ground passes even on a pitch that supports it, rapid air
bourne exchanges were the order of the day, even though the four
and sometimes five passes made by the JDF supported their
vertical penetration in the first half with no further success.
The home boys passing while looking very slick at times lacked
consistency adequate weight. Both teams continued to tire with
the host waning faster after thirty-five minutes. Support and
movements off the ball were not evident; the going to goal at
all cost gave rise to regular turnovers and some very weak shots
on goal not troubling the keepers in any way. Advantage JDF.
No Legs to mount the
resistance
The second half started with
the JDF attacking down the right flank, and after a few sprints
and squares their sprinters apparently went in hiding on the
field of play. Duhaney Park on the other hand technically more
competent did not have the legs to split the JDF backline, at
times their passes were so weak that the marching men could
easily intercept and willing gave it back to them up field. The
goal keepers were the only ones who seem to have the energy to
take hard shots on goal as all free kicks twenty to forty yards
from goal were taken by them.
Marred with some three red and
eight yellow cards the match did not live up to the billing. The
sprinkling of spectators in the stand with an open gate is a
sign that our football quality is getting worse, even though the
technical skills demonstrated on the field by players are equal
to any and is better than many.
For both teams to provide real
competition in the league ,their defensive organization will
have to be significantly improved, the basics of team defending
have to become a part of their regular training session, their
goal keepers communicates better than any other teams in the
league, but appears to be very indecisive in catching the ball
under pressure, equally movements across the goal to intercept
the crosses were not done with open chest and will prove very
costly in future games if not corrected.
Looking Forward to the
Future
Individual brilliance does add
excitement and colour to the game however the spectators wants
to see goals; to do this more effort will have to be made train
quick recovery after an exertion from each encounter on the
field of play, the training is not about how many miles one can
run, but how much you can keep pace or keep ahead of the other
team as an organized unit, remember this is a team game, we
cannot enter a competition with the players we would like to
have, we have to enter with the players we have and plan our
strategy accordingly. The following quotes a very great mind
some 3000 years ago "According as circumstances are favorable,
one should modify one's plans" “All warfare is based on
deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when
using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we
must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we
must make him believe we are near". And one more "The clever
combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not
require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out
the right men and utilize combined energy".
The PSV motto “The whole is greater than the sum of the
parts”
Our mission is to add strength
by seeking to unite all forces to put their little towards
developing the pool of talents available to us; average or below
par fitness is not an option if we are to do well in the
business of football, with our natural athleticism and skills a
concerted effort will have to be made to develop the strength
and aerobic capacity of the players at all level , this shift t
must be coordinated if it is to be successful and should not be
put on hold. In 2010 we need to sharpen our tactical skills if
we are serious about our mission for 2014, football is a
possession game hence the need to develop that possession
mentality in our players from a very early age, Development is
not an event it is a process therefore it will take some time to
sink in, even if we can’t start from the beginning we can fix
the little things around the wont cost a lot of cash.
For all those who have helped
in making this feature a reality as well as those who read, to
all a hearty thank you and best wishes for the season
