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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched the first half of this.  Probably 4-1??
SYC is such a frustrating team to watch.  I've seen them several times over the past three years.  They have excellent individual players.  I'm sure some of that is due to coaching and some is definitely due to recruiting.  They are a physically imposing team.  In this case, they are bigger and faster than Achilles at almost every position.  But they don't play well together.  Their goals aren't created by coordinated play.  They rely heavily on consistently strong man marking, deep goal kicks, winning second balls, corners and crosses.  How many times in that video did I hear "put it in the box" or "second ball."  They shoot everything near the box and if they have it wide in the midfield either fire a deep diagonal pass or carry it down the line for a cross.  This is all fine, and effective, if you're physically superior.  But only if you're physically superior.  [/quote]

Technically Superior beats Physically Superior. 
Technical + IQ Superiority beats just Physical.
Technical + Game Intelligence beats just Physical.
(See: Philly Union for example or old Barcelona)

If the Just Physical beats and dominates you, then you're not doing what you should with and without the ball, especially as a team.[/quote]

I agree with points 2 and 3.  Maybe not 1 if you're talking about individual players only.  And I agree with the conclusion.  And none of it is in conflict with the idea that SYC only wins when they're physically superior (almost always).  They have physically imposing players that are technically good.  They have neither "IQ Superiority" nor "Game Intelligence," if those things are different.   [/quote]

If Achilles had IQ Superiority (individual decision making) and or Game Intelligence (reading and adapting to the overall ever changing environment as it applies with coaching tactical philosophy), they would not be dominated by Just Physical. [/quote]

Also fair.  I was talking about SYC and you're talking about Achilles.  And good luck finding this coach at U14 "reading and adapting to the overall ever changing environment as it applies with coaching tactical philosophy."[/quote]

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