Comments on: Match day and only 9 players turn up http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/ Professional Soccer Coaching Advice features free tips, tools, sessions and advice from Premier League and grassroots coaches. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:21:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vosta Lee http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-8090 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:01:56 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-8090 Interesting story. I have a personal experience as a player in an amateur league where our prima donna players were late. We had to start a game of 7 vs 11 against a team that was second in the league the previous season! We decided on a simple damage limitation game plan, a 4-2-0 formation while defending in our own third. On attack it was about calculated counter attacks, possibly involving individual creativity. When we won the ball and couldn’t counter-attack we advanced it to the midfield and tried knocking it about. We played for 20 minutes like that and it was 0-0 with the opposition only able to get two tame efforts on our goal and us getting one tame effort at theirs.
Then the prima donnas showed up. It was bye bye to defensive discipline. We lost by five goals that game.
Never underestimate the power of commitment to the cause..

]]> By: Troy Stegenga http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-8085 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:27:32 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-8085 I wish that I could say that our squad fared as well as did the OP’s, but we did not. 12 players from our roster got recruited to play in a club tournament one weekend, leaving our varsity with only 9 players, including just 4 starters.

I went with a 3-4-1 formation, with our backup GK the lone striker. For four of our players, this was the only game that they played all season. Only five players were at their regular positions.

Our starting GK and sweeper managed to organize our three-FB line brilliantly. We pulled offsides traps successfully 16 times. Our keeper played the match of his season, recording 25 saves. I was very proud of our team.

Still, we tired at the end of both halves and lost 7-1. I was shocked that we scored.

]]> By: Paul http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-8077 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:19:34 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-8077 Whenever this happens in my daughter`s team without a doubt every player ups there game they have less time to think, desire for the ball increases conversly the other team has a spare player or 2 you get 2 players doing one job or players become lazy

]]> By: Johnny http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-8076 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:12:27 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-8076 Last Sunday our under 15 team played a team who like us are relegation strugglers. With a full team I had hoped to beat them but we started with only 8 players, and after 10 minutes a 9th came along.
We played a 4 – 3 – 1 formation. I stressed to them to always keep 4 men in defence. We actaully played quite well as we have 2 skilfull lads who continually took on their players and held the ball up. Our defenders fought for everything but we finally conceeded around the 20 minute mark, and went in 3 down at the break, actually should have been 6. We told them to not worry, just enjoy the game, we are doing very well etc.
Early in second half we scored from a pen, and with 20 mins to go from a corner got it back to 3 -2. i would have been happy with that but amazingly equalised with 5 mins to go.They piled on the pressure hit the bar and had a goal disallowed for offside and in the final minute we somehow nicked the winner. It was the ebst team display I had seen at any level. There was no great coaching involved, just a desire from the lads that as the match went on, they seen they could get something from the game. We had been working on possession and 1 touch drills in training during the week, and I feel the ability to keep possession with quick passing was one of the keys to the victory.

]]> By: charlesty http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-8075 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:30:44 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-8075 That was a great strategy for that situation.
When someone is sent off, or you are forced to play a man down for some reason, is a striker normally the first position to give up?

]]> By: Steve Walker http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-8074 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:02:16 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-8074 Did the other team consider also playing with nine players? Would you have done that in the same situation?

]]> By: Stephen http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-7960 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:22:07 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-7960 What an awesome coach you are, you team is very lucky, as are we. I won’t be so put off next time that happens to us. Thanks.

]]> By: Batesy5 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-7953 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:13:11 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-7953 This happened to me this season, almost the exact same situation. We did not do so well in the game losing 3-0 but the players were brilliant and very happy with their performance, we had lost 5-1 to the same team earlier in the season with a full (strongest) team. We as a team learnt more about team spirit and individual players that days than in any other 11 v 11 game….

]]> By: RAIMUNDO FRAGA http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/2013/01/22/match-day-and-only-9-players-turn-up/#comment-7947 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:17:49 +0000 http://soccer-coaching-blog.com/?p=2662#comment-7947 great lesson my teacher , thank you.

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