Comments on: Step Two: Tunisia vs. Mozambique Preview

By: bassem

bassem — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:50:10 +0000

I’m sorry i realy want to feel the way you do guys but i can’t share your optimism about the upcoming game against Nigiria. I know the players are trying hard but with this starting squad or with this position playing game we are not going to make it against a tuff Nigiria that you can’t compare with Mozambique.

And watch, everybody who’s optimistic now will bitch about it after the game of Nigiria when we go down, then we would all share the same opinion off failure of tactic play of Coelho. So sorry for cracking down Coelho but its the same day different shit if i may say so. At the moment i can’t see any difference between him and Lemmere.

By: Skander

Skander — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:28:16 +0000

Eureka!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYAB0pJ2k78

By: Skander

Skander — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:22:35 +0000

F#$%^&#$%^C!!!!!
Mikari is out the game with Nigeria!

By: Rami

Rami — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:22:17 +0000

Goals not yet available. I’d keep an eye out on 101greatgoal.com

Nigeria Kenya is tomorrow. Thanks for the support bud lol.

By: Skander

Skander — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:16:05 +0000

Hi everybody.
Can’t agree more with Rami, no matter how excremental the playing, I would take a 2-0 win and 3 points in the ranking over all the artistry in the world if it means getting us closer to qualifying (and yes Tunisia does play down to it’s opponents more or less).
In the CAN 08 quarterfinal game against Cameroon, we played the most beautiful soccer I’ve ever seen Tunisia play and lost 3-2. Wouldn’t everyone have preferred a 2-0 win with crappy playing?
Aren’t we the people who sing “Jibouha selma ya baba selma”?

On a humorous note, I was trying to find some indication of the result as I couldn’t watch the game and found this enlightening statement from the bbc: “Lens defender Alaeddine Yahia scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot after 21 minutes.Oussama Darragi, from Tunisian champions Esperance, was on target for the Carthage Eagles with their second goal in injury time at the end of the match.”?!?
Anyone know where I can see the goals?

And what happened with Nigeria vs Kenya?

By: Rami

Rami — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:10:10 +0000

Oh Saber no no don’t misunderstand me my friend. That’s not what I meant. I just meant people insulting the coach. But even then I understand people don’t have anything personally against him. I’m just trying to moderate some things a bit but my fault for not being clear.

In the simplest terms. I am thrilled people have such strong feelings and am happy you guys come here to express them. Please keep them coming on the new post. We have ample time to discuss and analyze while we wait for June 20th which, if we win, is putting one foot in South Africa.

I think part of the reason I only care about the points is that I have my team specific tickets for tunisia already and desperately want to cover my team on site at South Africa 2010. Maybe that’s why I’m a bit biased. No hard feelings though, I love the debate!

By: Saber

Saber — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:04:17 +0000

I dont recall that i insulted you or I meant to do!! but if you think I did sorry buddy.
I hope you are wright at the end and we play a good world cup!!

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:03:56 +0000

I fully agree with you Rami, some are just too pessimistic, the only thing that is helpfull is to be realistic and i think you are.

I am confident Coelho is aware of the flaws of our NT.

By: Rami

Rami — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:59:40 +0000

Let me be clear in emphasizing the fact that I understand everything you guys are saying and share your opinion in almost all of it but let’s not pretend Coelho and Lemerre are the same. There’s a lot of ways to document the differences but I seriously don’t have time right now. In any case, I am happy with the win as it puts pressure on Nigeria who can’t afford another slip up. We’re thinking about this in different contexts I guess. I’m thinking of it purely from a qualification standpoints while some most are thinking of it in the grand scheme of things. I think that’s the main difference right now.

By: Nabil

Nabil — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:55:21 +0000

Well said Saber.

This was the World cup vs Saudia all over again and it’s simply unacceptable. As the adage goes “possession is 9/10TH of the law”

The inability retain possession is just mind bogging three years after the disgrace tat was the 06 World cup. It’s simply a midfield does only need ball winners but rather ball takers. By that I mean player whom when they have possession can either beat the opposition, maintain possession and produce quality passes. Does not need to be the killer Zidane like through ball, but rather a core of midfielders who are cohesive and make the simple yet effective passes that can not only wear the opposition down but eventually create scoring opportunities. As I said earlier we’re hardly Brazil, Spain or Argentina but one look at the likes of the USA, Egypt, Croatia, Turkey, Japan etc shows what it takes to make a real impact on the World stage.

We’re simply not playing well, and it’s all about tactics, it’s obvious the tactics employed by Lemerre and Cohelo are not working in terms of seeing a significant improvement in the quality of the NT. The U-17 World should have been an opener to the powers that be of Tunisian football.

We simply play not to lose and frankly most of us are sick of it.