Pimetimecup Championship Results

Talking about ego. You make a profound statement as if you know anything about what you are talking about. What you are saying flies directly in contrast to the thinking of all of the experts on the subject of soccer development. Now either they are all idiots or you are but I am banking on them. I will applaude the typical american win now mentality. Forget development, because you won't be playing later anyway. Just go out and win now. Under your philosophy why don't the Daglish girls just play down into D2 or D3, they could really stack up the wins then. Or how about he just stack all of his best girls on the Daglish team and dismantle Beardsley and keegan. Make one rowdies style super team and crush all of the competition. Read an article from Xavi about Barcelona. He stated that at U11 Espanyol would beat Barca easily 3 to 0. But in the end Barca would have 3 or more make it to elite players and espanyol would have none. Guess it's good they don't take your advice. I am sure all of the parents on Daglish appreciate your concern for their kids. Afterall, you are only trying to protect them from and ego maniac coach who will only hurt them as people in the end. I am sure your vast knowledge of soccer and your countless stories of success and indepth research has led you to this highly qualified statement. Last season was too easy was your complaint. Now it's too hard. If they win one of the tournaments can you remove the coach from your worst most egomaniacle coaches list?"

Just got this from sources on the ground, that know a guy, who had lunch with a guy once who was a close personal friend to the assistant of LW. He has seen the errors in his ways and "win it now" is the new school of thought. Kids who win alot end up better because all the winning makes them feel like winners. And if you feel like a winner you are one. Daglish will be pulling a few girls from Keegan and Beardsley to strengthen the roster and then will be playing the rest of the summer tournaments in the 04 silver division. Next season will be 04 3rd division so watch out girls. Daglish is about to bring home the hardware.

go99 wrote:Talking about ego. You make a profound statement as if you know anything about what you are talking about. What you are saying flies directly in contrast to the thinking of all of the experts on the subject of soccer development. Now either they are all idiots or you are but I am banking on them. I will applaude the typical american win now mentality. Forget development, because you won't be playing later anyway. Just go out and win now. Under your philosophy why don't the Daglish girls just play down into D2 or D3, they could really stack up the wins then. Or how about he just stack all of his best girls on the Daglish team and dismantle Beardsley and keegan. Make one rowdies style super team and crush all of the competition. Read an article from Xavi about Barcelona. He stated that at U11 Espanyol would beat Barca easily 3 to 0. But in the end Barca would have 3 or more make it to elite players and espanyol would have none. Guess it's good they don't take your advice. I am sure all of the parents on Daglish appreciate your concern for their kids. Afterall, you are only trying to protect them from and ego maniac coach who will only hurt them as people in the end. I am sure your vast knowledge of soccer and your countless stories of success and indepth research has led you to this highly qualified statement. Last season was too easy was your complaint. Now it's too hard. If they win one of the tournaments can you remove the coach from your worst most egomaniacle coaches list?"

Clearly you don't read well. You can't possibly read my statement and walk away thinking I implied winning was the main goal for youth soccer.

But to make it clear and easy I will repeat, that a good coach will balance winning with development.

And yes, the experts agree, that confidence is critically important in developing young players. Nothing builds confidence like winning championships or coming in first.

Obviously the focus on academy is and should be development but developing confidence and learning the critical life lessons that come with winning and have their place in youth sports.

Shelby427 wrote:

go99 wrote:Talking about ego. You make a profound statement as if you know anything about what you are talking about. What you are saying flies directly in contrast to the thinking of all of the experts on the subject of soccer development. Now either they are all idiots or you are but I am banking on them. I will applaude the typical american win now mentality. Forget development, because you won't be playing later anyway. Just go out and win now. Under your philosophy why don't the Daglish girls just play down into D2 or D3, they could really stack up the wins then. Or how about he just stack all of his best girls on the Daglish team and dismantle Beardsley and keegan. Make one rowdies style super team and crush all of the competition. Read an article from Xavi about Barcelona. He stated that at U11 Espanyol would beat Barca easily 3 to 0. But in the end Barca would have 3 or more make it to elite players and espanyol would have none. Guess it's good they don't take your advice. I am sure all of the parents on Daglish appreciate your concern for their kids. Afterall, you are only trying to protect them from and ego maniac coach who will only hurt them as people in the end. I am sure your vast knowledge of soccer and your countless stories of success and indepth research has led you to this highly qualified statement. Last season was too easy was your complaint. Now it's too hard. If they win one of the tournaments can you remove the coach from your worst most egomaniacle coaches list?"

Clearly you don't read well. You can't possibly read my statement and walk away thinking I implied winning was the main goal for youth soccer.

But to make it clear and easy I will repeat, that a good coach will balance winning with development.

And yes, the experts agree, that confidence is critically important in developing young players. Nothing builds confidence like winning championships or coming in first.

Obviously the focus on academy is and should be development but developing confidence and learning the critical life lessons that come with winning and have their place in youth sports.

And Dalglish has had success. Think its been balanced pretty well thus far

go99 wrote:Just got this from sources on the ground, that know a guy, who had lunch with a guy once who was a close personal friend to the assistant of LW. He has seen the errors in his ways and "win it now" is the new school of thought. Kids who win alot end up better because all the winning makes them feel like winners. And if you feel like a winner you are one. Daglish will be pulling a few girls from Keegan and Beardsley to strengthen the roster and then will be playing the rest of the summer tournaments in the 04 silver division. Next season will be 04 3rd division so watch out girls. Daglish is about to bring home the hardware.

Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.

Moosh98 wrote:

Shelby427 wrote:

go99 wrote:Talking about ego. You make a profound statement as if you know anything about what you are talking about. What you are saying flies directly in contrast to the thinking of all of the experts on the subject of soccer development. Now either they are all idiots or you are but I am banking on them. I will applaude the typical american win now mentality. Forget development, because you won't be playing later anyway. Just go out and win now. Under your philosophy why don't the Daglish girls just play down into D2 or D3, they could really stack up the wins then. Or how about he just stack all of his best girls on the Daglish team and dismantle Beardsley and keegan. Make one rowdies style super team and crush all of the competition. Read an article from Xavi about Barcelona. He stated that at U11 Espanyol would beat Barca easily 3 to 0. But in the end Barca would have 3 or more make it to elite players and espanyol would have none. Guess it's good they don't take your advice. I am sure all of the parents on Daglish appreciate your concern for their kids. Afterall, you are only trying to protect them from and ego maniac coach who will only hurt them as people in the end. I am sure your vast knowledge of soccer and your countless stories of success and indepth research has led you to this highly qualified statement. Last season was too easy was your complaint. Now it's too hard. If they win one of the tournaments can you remove the coach from your worst most egomaniacle coaches list?"

Clearly you don't read well. You can't possibly read my statement and walk away thinking I implied winning was the main goal for youth soccer.

But to make it clear and easy I will repeat, that a good coach will balance winning with development.

And yes, the experts agree, that confidence is critically important in developing young players. Nothing builds confidence like winning championships or coming in first.

Obviously the focus on academy is and should be development but developing confidence and learning the critical life lessons that come with winning and have their place in youth sports.

And Dalglish has had success. Think its been balanced pretty well thus far

Actually, and this has been well discussed here.. that playing 03 D3 was a step down from 04 D1. Perhaps 03 D2 will get the right balance... but from what I can tell Dalglish has not won a single 04 tournament... why not get one in every now and then...

I think you have the reading problem. Read the experts again and they will not suggest winning championships to build confidence as a way to develope soccer, unless you read that book DM put out. FYI Daglish already has a good mix as they have done quite a bit of winning, much to your displeasure so under your "new" standard you should be quite happy with LW. The tournament was great for them. They finally ran into something they didn't win and couldn't just force their way through. It was good for them to see. Time to work hard, raise their level of play and get ready for better, faster, stronger teams than they faced before.

Shelby427 wrote:

Moosh98 wrote:

Shelby427 wrote:

go99 wrote:Talking about ego. You make a profound statement as if you know anything about what you are talking about. What you are saying flies directly in contrast to the thinking of all of the experts on the subject of soccer development. Now either they are all idiots or you are but I am banking on them. I will applaude the typical american win now mentality. Forget development, because you won't be playing later anyway. Just go out and win now. Under your philosophy why don't the Daglish girls just play down into D2 or D3, they could really stack up the wins then. Or how about he just stack all of his best girls on the Daglish team and dismantle Beardsley and keegan. Make one rowdies style super team and crush all of the competition. Read an article from Xavi about Barcelona. He stated that at U11 Espanyol would beat Barca easily 3 to 0. But in the end Barca would have 3 or more make it to elite players and espanyol would have none. Guess it's good they don't take your advice. I am sure all of the parents on Daglish appreciate your concern for their kids. Afterall, you are only trying to protect them from and ego maniac coach who will only hurt them as people in the end. I am sure your vast knowledge of soccer and your countless stories of success and indepth research has led you to this highly qualified statement. Last season was too easy was your complaint. Now it's too hard. If they win one of the tournaments can you remove the coach from your worst most egomaniacle coaches list?"

Clearly you don't read well. You can't possibly read my statement and walk away thinking I implied winning was the main goal for youth soccer.

But to make it clear and easy I will repeat, that a good coach will balance winning with development.

And yes, the experts agree, that confidence is critically important in developing young players. Nothing builds confidence like winning championships or coming in first.

Obviously the focus on academy is and should be development but developing confidence and learning the critical life lessons that come with winning and have their place in youth sports.

And Dalglish has had success. Think its been balanced pretty well thus far

Actually, and this has been well discussed here.. that playing 03 D3 was a step down from 04 D1. Perhaps 03 D2 will get the right balance... but from what I can tell Dalglish has not won a single 04 tournament... why not get one in every now and then...

And was also discussed before, Dalglish has had success and played very well against 03 teams that are strong D2 teams. Case in point, Whelan, and we know the outcome that Dalglish and Solar had against them.

Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.
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My point was if winning make you good then why doesn't more winning make you even better? It doesn't. If you want to win in youth soccer just get a strong fast forward and kick the ball up too her. It's been proven thru the years to work quite well in NTX and still does. Your problem here is that your feeling that Daglish has to prove something clouds everything you say. Your jealousy and hate towards the team skews it all. Everything they win doesn't count. Everything they lose is the ultimate statement. I will leave it here, you have no idea about soccer development. You have always disliked the team and really doesn't matter what they do you always will (probably all the way back to lazer and zoom). BTW since your team is better than Daglish anyway I am sure you will get to play us in the 03 D2 next season anyway.

And was also discussed before, Dalglish has had success and played very well against 03 teams that are strong D2 teams. Case in point, Whelan, and we know the outcome that Dalglish and Solar had against them. [/quote]

That game doesn't count. It was after the soulstice, barometric pressure was way off. The top player had the sniffles that day. BTW what happened to all of the south love? Did you abandon them so easily? On to the Solar Kenn bandwagon already? It's full and I am not giving up my seat. Besides that's a nice group of parents, not sure they want you repping them.

go99 wrote:Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.

My point was if winning make you good then why doesn't more winning make you even better? It doesn't. If you want to win in youth soccer just get a strong fast forward and kick the ball up too her. It's been proven thru the years to work quite well in NTX and still does. Your problem here is that your feeling that Daglish has to prove something clouds everything you say. Your jealousy and hate towards the team skews it all. Everything they win doesn't count. Everything they lose is the ultimate statement. I will leave it here, you have no idea about soccer development. You have always disliked the team and really doesn't matter what they do you always will (probably all the way back to lazer and zoom). BTW since your team is better than Daglish anyway I am sure you will get to play us in the 03 D2 next season anyway.[/quote]

Well, theres noone blowing away the u7 competition, so Im not sure who would be thinking about playing up

go99 wrote:Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.

My point was if winning make you good then why doesn't more winning make you even better?

Wow... I can't help you.. You are still arguing a point to a degree I never implied. Yes winning can make you better by adding confidence to a certain degree. But ALL ABOUT winning.. no and I never said that.

Moosh98 wrote:

go99 wrote:Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.

My point was if winning make you good then why doesn't more winning make you even better? It doesn't. If you want to win in youth soccer just get a strong fast forward and kick the ball up too her. It's been proven thru the years to work quite well in NTX and still does. Your problem here is that your feeling that Daglish has to prove something clouds everything you say. Your jealousy and hate towards the team skews it all. Everything they win doesn't count. Everything they lose is the ultimate statement. I will leave it here, you have no idea about soccer development. You have always disliked the team and really doesn't matter what they do you always will (probably all the way back to lazer and zoom). BTW since your team is better than Daglish anyway I am sure you will get to play us in the 03 D2 next season anyway.

Well, theres noone blowing away the u7 competition, so Im not sure who would be thinking about playing up

I was inferring to Dalglish playing in an 04 tournament now and then against top 04 teams to get a real gauge and give them a shot to win an 04 tournament... Something they have yet to do.

Don’t get me wrong, Dalglish is a good team, and I never imply otherwise. I simply take issue with the Dalglish worship, mostly by homers, when they have done nothing against the other top 04 teams.

I certainly rank Dalglish in top 5, but not sure where I would fairly put them without a good measuring stick.

And sorry, there is no way Dalglish is 7-1 better than Kennington (referring to Whelan games).

go99 wrote:And was also discussed before, Dalglish has had success and played very well against 03 teams that are strong D2 teams. Case in point, Whelan, and we know the outcome that Dalglish and Solar had against them.

That game doesn't count. It was after the soulstice, barometric pressure was way off. The top player had the sniffles that day. BTW what happened to all of the south love? Did you abandon them so easily? On to the Solar Kenn bandwagon already? It's full and I am not giving up my seat. Besides that's a nice group of parents, not sure they want you repping them.

Nope obviously DT South is still a top 5 team since they last tied Fever (losing in PK but even at end of regulation) who just lost by 1 to Kennington.

DT South was un-scored on in both Semis and Final game. In semis, Lady Aztecs team (which plays up in 03 Primetime during regular season) could not find the back of the net, and neither could Fever in the finals.

Thus I don't think you could say DT South has really slipped. The top 5 teams are more even than most people think with Kennington having a slight edge IMO.

Shelby427 wrote:

Moosh98 wrote:

go99 wrote:Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.

My point was if winning make you good then why doesn't more winning make you even better? It doesn't. If you want to win in youth soccer just get a strong fast forward and kick the ball up too her. It's been proven thru the years to work quite well in NTX and still does. Your problem here is that your feeling that Daglish has to prove something clouds everything you say. Your jealousy and hate towards the team skews it all. Everything they win doesn't count. Everything they lose is the ultimate statement. I will leave it here, you have no idea about soccer development. You have always disliked the team and really doesn't matter what they do you always will (probably all the way back to lazer and zoom). BTW since your team is better than Daglish anyway I am sure you will get to play us in the 03 D2 next season anyway.

Well, theres noone blowing away the u7 competition, so Im not sure who would be thinking about playing up

I was inferring to Dalglish playing in an 04 tournament now and then against top 04 teams to get a real gauge and give them a shot to win an 04 tournament... Something they have yet to do.

Don’t get me wrong, Dalglish is a good team, and I never imply otherwise. I simply take issue with the Dalglish worship, mostly by homers, when they have done nothing against the other top 04 teams.

I certainly rank Dalglish in top 5, but not sure where I would fairly put them without a good measuring stick.

And sorry, there is no way Dalglish is 7-1 better than Kennington (referring to Whelan games).
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I dont think you realize the strength of some of the 03 teams Dalglish plays. And to compare to the U7 teams, Dalglish beat Fever 5-2 without their full squad. Also beat Beardsley 7-0 the same day. I saw Fever this weekend squeek by Beardsley with a last minute goal. I see the result of Fever/ Solar with a 2-1 win over Fever in the final. Solar also did not dominate Beardsley when they played in SDL. Think Solar won 3-1, and Beardsley had more scoring chances.

The Dalglish Webb Red game was a good one, and I can tell you theres not another U7 team right now that could compete with that Webb team. No offense, but theres not.

Thats just a few more comparisons. I dont think the talk of Dalglish is just a bunch of hot air. Its how they play that has people talkin.

Shelby427 wrote:

go99 wrote:And was also discussed before, Dalglish has had success and played very well against 03 teams that are strong D2 teams. Case in point, Whelan, and we know the outcome that Dalglish and Solar had against them.

That game doesn't count. It was after the soulstice, barometric pressure was way off. The top player had the sniffles that day. BTW what happened to all of the south love? Did you abandon them so easily? On to the Solar Kenn bandwagon already? It's full and I am not giving up my seat. Besides that's a nice group of parents, not sure they want you repping them.

Nope obviously DT South is still a top 5 team since they last tied Fever (losing in PK but even at end of regulation) who just lost by 1 to Kennington.

DT South was un-scored on in both Semis and Final game. In semis, Lady Aztecs team (which plays up in 03 Primetime during regular season) could not find the back of the net, and neither could Fever in the finals.

Thus I don't think you could say DT South has really slipped. The top 5 teams are more even than most people think with Kennington having a slight edge IMO.

Fever also beat DT South in the same tourney. Also, you rank Kennington so high, what have they done that would put them ahead of Dalglish? It sure isnt the list I have above

G'nite shelby. I gotta get up early. Its been fun

Moosh98 wrote:

Shelby427 wrote:

Moosh98 wrote:

go99 wrote:Well there is your focus on winning, but you lost the balance with development, which doesn't happen if you win too easy against lesser teams.

I know it's hard for some people to see the right answer between two extremes... we all hope you get there soon

I don’t disagree with Dalglish playing up to get experience against bigger/faster and maybe more skilled competition. What I disagree with is making that 100% the only focus and forgoing the chance to let the girls prove themselves against teams in their own bracket for an occasional shot at victory.

Now you probably read that and took me for saying Dalglish should be playing D3 04s or 04 Silver brackets.. but I am confident the rest of the forum gets it.

My point was if winning make you good then why doesn't more winning make you even better? It doesn't. If you want to win in youth soccer just get a strong fast forward and kick the ball up too her. It's been proven thru the years to work quite well in NTX and still does. Your problem here is that your feeling that Daglish has to prove something clouds everything you say. Your jealousy and hate towards the team skews it all. Everything they win doesn't count. Everything they lose is the ultimate statement. I will leave it here, you have no idea about soccer development. You have always disliked the team and really doesn't matter what they do you always will (probably all the way back to lazer and zoom). BTW since your team is better than Daglish anyway I am sure you will get to play us in the 03 D2 next season anyway.

Well, theres noone blowing away the u7 competition, so Im not sure who would be thinking about playing up

I was inferring to Dalglish playing in an 04 tournament now and then against top 04 teams to get a real gauge and give them a shot to win an 04 tournament... Something they have yet to do.

Don’t get me wrong, Dalglish is a good team, and I never imply otherwise. I simply take issue with the Dalglish worship, mostly by homers, when they have done nothing against the other top 04 teams.

I certainly rank Dalglish in top 5, but not sure where I would fairly put them without a good measuring stick.

And sorry, there is no way Dalglish is 7-1 better than Kennington (referring to Whelan games).

I dont think you realize the strength of some of the 03 teams Dalglish plays. And to compare to the U7 teams, Dalglish beat Fever 5-2 without their full squad. Also beat Beardsley 7-0 the same day. I saw Fever this weekend squeek by Beardsley with a last minute goal. I see the result of Fever/ Solar with a 2-1 win over Fever in the final. Solar also did not dominate Beardsley when they played in SDL. Think Solar won 3-1, and Beardsley had more scoring chances.

The Dalglish Webb Red game was a good one, and I can tell you theres not another U7 team right now that could compete with that Webb team. No offense, but theres not.

Thats just a few more comparisons. I dont think the talk of Dalglish is just a bunch of hot air. Its how they play that has people talkin.

When was last time Dalglish played Fever... also I am sure when Dalglish plays Beardsley there are not Dalglish girls or keep playing for Beardsley but that occasionally, when Beardsley plays someone else, a Dalglish player or two will help out.

Anyhow I may get to see Dalglish (and Beardsley) play this weekend as my niece is playing.

Moosh98 wrote:

Shelby427 wrote:

go99 wrote:And was also discussed before, Dalglish has had success and played very well against 03 teams that are strong D2 teams. Case in point, Whelan, and we know the outcome that Dalglish and Solar had against them.

That game doesn't count. It was after the soulstice, barometric pressure was way off. The top player had the sniffles that day. BTW what happened to all of the south love? Did you abandon them so easily? On to the Solar Kenn bandwagon already? It's full and I am not giving up my seat. Besides that's a nice group of parents, not sure they want you repping them.

Nope obviously DT South is still a top 5 team since they last tied Fever (losing in PK but even at end of regulation) who just lost by 1 to Kennington.

DT South was un-scored on in both Semis and Final game. In semis, Lady Aztecs team (which plays up in 03 Primetime during regular season) could not find the back of the net, and neither could Fever in the finals.

Thus I don't think you could say DT South has really slipped. The top 5 teams are more even than most people think with Kennington having a slight edge IMO.

Fever also beat DT South in the same tourney. Also, you rank Kennington so high, what have they done that would put them ahead of Dalglish? It sure isnt the list I have above

When Fever played DT South the first time, it was Fever's first game of the day and tournament. DT South girls had already played and been hanging out (probably running around) in the sun for a few hours waiting to play Fever. In short Fever was well rested, and DT South girls were tired... apparently it showed.

That is the wild car in U7 tournaments... getting your kids to relax until the next game is half the battle. I suggest lots of shade, a comfy blanket, and movies.

And night to you as well Moosh.

Shelby let's play the name game.....


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I wouldn't expect Dalglish to place 1st or 2nd this weekend. Still will be a good learning experience for them playing 9v9.
This is where the development really starts for them. From what Ive seen Dalglish would blow away most 04 teams, due to their skill and strength. LW seems to have instilled a possession pass and move game into the play and this is where they have the advantage. There's no big forward to play a long ball upto, they focus on movement. That's all the girls need at this age, winning is NOT important. If my DD was good enough, LW would be my choice of coach, with JK a close second.

I think it will be exciting for them to see 9v9 for the first time. Since they will be playing that format for next season I think it will be important for them to play as many tournaments as possible 9v9 so they are prepared for next season. Survival next season will depend on their moving the ball. Oh and Beardsley has not been using Daglish players during the season and the last tournament they used the goalie who was sorely missed by Daglish. The "secretary of defense" would have made and entirely different outcome for daglish. Here is the one area both teams really needs help, Keeper. Nobody plays goalie for more than one half and Daglish only has one keeper and then it's a gallery of anyone who will step up to volunteer. So any 04 keepers out there?

What I noticed this weekend with the teams we played was the lack of having multiple players that could finish a drive. The Solar squad currently has that ability that the others are lacking.

The Solar vs Fever for the championship game was good and hard fought by both teams. In the 1st half it was a back & forth race as Solar figured out the Fever playing style but the 2nd half was dominated by Solar with a lot attempts on goal that Fever never had. Solar defensive line is strong and good at clearing the ball and finding feet of their team mates. Actually Solar used one of their new offensive additions in the goal box for the championship game. So, She never got to show her abilities on the offensive side. While she did help win the game by shutting down what attempts Fever did have. She could have changed the game on the top end big time too. She even had an assist from the goal box in this game (1st goal scored). She punted the ball clear over the defensive line and it was foot race that the Solar offensive won with a beautiful shot.

As for the comments of Solar getting beat by Whelan we are talking indoor vs outdoor which is completely different bag of bones. Your comparing apples to oranges. The Solar girls don't know how to play off the wall like the LP girls do. That comes with experience and time. Plus that game was several of the new additions 1st or 2nd games to the squad that trying to get the feel for the team.

This next outdoor season with be exciting for Solar with the new offensive additions as several of them are big, fast with good ball control & the ability to finish plays.

I think 9v9 will help them, solidify midfield and defense.

Solar have a couple of ex Webb girls, right?
What happened to that 04 team? I know one or two went to Dalglish.

Master Bates wrote:Solar have a couple of ex Webb girls, right?
What happened to that 04 team? I know one or two went to Dalglish.

I know one is from Webb but the other was from a solid '03 DT squad. She had been playing up for a while and parents decided to move her to her age bracket. Not sure where some of the others came from.