That’s where I disagree. We have several MF’s who are more than capable but coaxh is telling them to be more direct and go up the field being more direct. Our challenge is getting the MF more involved offensively which will open other opportunities for the forwards to be more successful as well. We can’t be a kickball team and expect the MF to just be chasers.
I hope you're right that UF has capable midfielders. But I see a whole lot of errant passes of both the should-be-easy and should-never-be-attempted types, so I'm left to wonder about that. As for getting the MF involved more, I think there are two reasons it isn't happening: 1) it's hard to do that when the team plays so many long balls to the forwards. The MFs end up constantly omitted from the play and have to chase up the field. 2) in three-forward systems, I find that the forwards who receive a long direct ball generally don't wait for the MFs to arrive anyway, and consequently the offense rarely has numerical equality and almost never has numerical superiority. 2-or-3 versus 4-5 is never going to be a consistently successful scoring offense (unless one has overwhelming skill/athleticism - which UF currently doesn't have).
Somewhat off topic I know, but-- Wife was just watching an HGTV international show, with a family moving from Gainesville Fl, looking for a life change and to rent in Seville, Spain. Having been to Seville we watched. The family was that of former UF soccer head coach Tony Amato, who I had to look up to make sure my memory was correct. Attractive family btw. Only at UF 1 year, but like most recent Gator hires got a nice severance as I recall. (That wasn't part of the show).
Visited Seville once; really enjoyed it. UF vs FGCU Final: 0-0 FGCU came into to game 1-4-0. Didn't get home from church until near the end of the 1st half. I assume it was the same as the 2nd half: two teams with very limited ability to control the ball. Man, I REALLY thought UF would be better than they've shown so far this year.
Gators outshot them 16-4 and still couldn't find the back of the net. It gets real Thursday when we open SEC play @ #21 Kentucky. Florida and FGCU Tie 0-0 Sunday - Florida Gators
the new AD will have to make decision on this soccer coach. She definitely will have another year until we get a new President and AD
heard we have a top 10 class we are about to sign also, looks like she is making waves now..it has been a slow build. I watched the game the other day and it was obvious we were far superior as a team. But just couldnt score which is very aggrevating to novice fans like myself
to be competitive you have to bring in a few dynamic freshman but grad transfers is where the money is.
Halftime vs Kentucky: 0-0 UF is playing at an incredible pace, borderline out of control. Although, it has taken KY out of their preferred game. (And UK's coach isn't happy about his team playing UF's style.) UF hasn't generated a single shot. But, they did get two corner kicks in the last :30 seconds. (The second of which, McClure chunked badly behind the net.) What's with UF taking the kickoff and immediately sending it straight out of bounds? They did it to start the 2nd half against FGCU, and again to start this game. I understand wanting to put the opponent deep into their end (although I don't like it as a tactic), but both those balls went out of play near the midline.