Comments on: Ivory Coast’s uphill task just got even steeper http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/04/ivory-coast-world-cup-tactics/ Football tactics, formations, diagrams, chalkboards and graphs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:21:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: sibelkacem http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/04/ivory-coast-world-cup-tactics/#comment-7803 sibelkacem Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:24:46 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3194#comment-7803 I believe Toure Yaya will do quite well in his position. In the last league match he showed that he might even be some kind of surrogate for Xavi :) About the blessing in disguise, as Paolo above me writes - that could be true, but is Sven a proper person to reconsider the tactics, make his team more fluent? I believe Toure Yaya will do quite well in his position. In the last league match he showed that he might even be some kind of surrogate for Xavi :)

About the blessing in disguise, as Paolo above me writes – that could be true, but is Sven a proper person to reconsider the tactics, make his team more fluent?

]]> By: sibelkacem http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/04/ivory-coast-world-cup-tactics/#comment-7801 sibelkacem Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:53:58 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3194#comment-7801 The way you shaped your second sentence is rather an argument for not taking him :). Although, I'd like him to go (and so does surely Drogba himself) as he is already 32 and physics laws tell me that he will inevitably be 36 when the next World Cup takes place. I guess he will still play in 2014 but he won't be that good as he is today, anymore. The way you shaped your second sentence is rather an argument for not taking him :) .
Although, I’d like him to go (and so does surely Drogba himself) as he is already 32 and physics laws tell me that he will inevitably be 36 when the next World Cup takes place. I guess he will still play in 2014 but he won’t be that good as he is today, anymore.

]]> By: Paolo http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/04/ivory-coast-world-cup-tactics/#comment-7715 Paolo Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:33:15 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3194#comment-7715 So, am I the only one who sees this drogba injury as a blessing in disguise for the Ivory Coast? Seriously, this will make them play more pressing football that relies less on getting the ball to One lone striker....ok. Yes, it is a big blow to the Ivory Coast this late in the game to have to rethink their system, but gervinho-and kalou need to feel more pressure to link up (with Toure maybe) without just dishing balls to drogba -- and now eboue has to use his marauding runs more tactically - They could now move between a 4-3-3 and a 4-4-2 with Yaya Toure dropping deeper to his original role and Gervinho playing higher off a replacement striker (where he can perhaps be more creative, which suits his game, ie, wegner is interested in him) - while introducing Keita into the lineup to add more dimension and flow between the mid and forward 'lines' but these should be good developments right? So, am I the only one who sees this drogba injury as a blessing in disguise for the Ivory Coast?

Seriously, this will make them play more pressing football that relies less on getting the ball to One lone striker….ok.

Yes, it is a big blow to the Ivory Coast this late in the game to have to rethink their system, but gervinho-and kalou need to feel more pressure to link up (with Toure maybe) without just dishing balls to drogba — and now eboue has to use his marauding runs more tactically –

They could now move between a 4-3-3 and a 4-4-2 with Yaya Toure dropping deeper to his original role and Gervinho playing higher off a replacement striker (where he can perhaps be more creative, which suits his game, ie, wegner is interested in him) – while introducing Keita into the lineup to add more dimension and flow between the mid and forward ‘lines’

but these should be good developments right?

]]> By: gef http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/04/ivory-coast-world-cup-tactics/#comment-7712 gef Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:36:50 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3194#comment-7712 ZM said:"His replacement will probably be Aruna Dindane, who spent last season on loan to Portsmouth (and along with Bakari Kone, who will now be the ‘first deputy’ for the forward roles, has just signed for Qatari league club Lekhwiya)." I am sure you missed the fact that Baki Koné was not picked in the 23 by Sven. Or has he been recalled following Drogba's injury? (I don't think so). If they stick to 4-3-3 with one man leading the front line - Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys Bernes) looks to be the centre-man (replacing Drogba). Didane is often used on the wings in the Ivory Coast rather than as a central striker. Don't know what you think. ZM said:”His replacement will probably be Aruna Dindane, who spent last season on loan to Portsmouth (and along with Bakari Kone, who will now be the ‘first deputy’ for the forward roles, has just signed for Qatari league club Lekhwiya).”

I am sure you missed the fact that Baki Koné was not picked in the 23 by Sven. Or has he been recalled following Drogba’s injury? (I don’t think so). If they stick to 4-3-3 with one man leading the front line – Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys Bernes) looks to be the centre-man (replacing Drogba). Didane is often used on the wings in the Ivory Coast rather than as a central striker.

Don’t know what you think.

]]> By: João André http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/06/04/ivory-coast-world-cup-tactics/#comment-7708 João André Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:29:38 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3194#comment-7708 I'm portuguese, but unfortunately I don't see it hapenning. 'd Love to though. I’m portuguese, but unfortunately I don’t see it hapenning. ‘d Love to though.

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