Since JohnnyB commented on the Nt match i will comment on the U21 match. Since I do not usually talk about the games i am going to do it to stress one thing. But let me come to my point later.
On the game now an Embarrassing loss from a way better team than the team we have now and us we are going the teams we will have in the future. The loss was expected but not such a big loss. We have though prepared the team for the next game. Will this also be a disaster? I cannot say that any of our players had a good game. Some stats for the game. 37 (thrityseven) turnovers talk on their own. 27 personal fouls. On the opposing end 34 (thirtyfour) steals. 29 (twentynine) offensive rebounds. 10 players with double digit points. All players with above 10 rating. What does that say about our team? I let you decide. One good spot? PG SG and Sf had more points per shot than the opposing team. However sometimes they were just forgetting that to shoot you had to have the ball.
Did I use bad tactics? It is for you to decide and send me your recommendations. I can accept constructive criticism. But I cannot accept someone just telling i did something wrong when all they did was look at the score.
Now to my point expressed before. Cyprus has a few active coaches who are trying their best to make a good NT. With the current players , a simple comparison with any other U21, we can see that we are lacking behind. Why? Some seasons of not training Cypriots did the trick. How do we go forward? One way and one way only. Train Cypriots the best way we can. If you are not planning on training players with potential selll them. A good manager will be there to train them. Listen to advices from older players. Support their time and work they place to make Cyprus a better team, a team that was once respected by all other BB countries. With everyones work we can do this, we can place Cyprus back on the BB map.
I let you think of what you would like Cyprus to be in the next few seasons. Everyone interested in helping the effort placed by some people please send a bbmail to me or JohnnyB so that we can assign you with some duties. If you have a wuestion dont hesitate to ask. We are happy to help because by helping you we help Cyprus grow, community grow, friendships grow.