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This week, we take a break from the qualifications and went to Argentina to face them in a friendly. They are currently the 22th in the U21 rankings, but if you look at the player salaries, they are clearly way ahead of us. I wasn't able to watch the match live, kc naman, 6AM ung laro.

I was expecting a loss to be honest, kaya I went with a different lineup, to give valuable experience to the others and to try new things, and it paid off. Besides, friendly lang naman and walang bearings.

First quarter pa lang, kitang kita ung dominance natin in the paint. The only downside I can see from this is that we shot 0-10 from threes, kc naman 4 shots were taken by our centers and 1 shot was from the half-court, kaya not bad. They went with full court press, kaya lamang sila sa steals with 15 compared to our 8, pero sa total TOs halos same lang with their 19 to our 17.

Not bad, considering we were the away team.

Best players:

1. A. Ejercito
2. C. Igano
3. T. Jayme

Oh, and btw, we are now the ranked 17th. 3 places up from since I started if I'm not mistaken. Yay us!

Pilipinas U21,
FIGHTING~

Sorry pala for this post. Kc we wanted someone to buy him and train him according to plans, pero Trenas proved to be very expensive. Went for 5.5m for a 19yo, unbelievable.

Anyway, guys, ung form ng players please. Our big men performed way better because of their form, sana ung mga guards will follow suit. Good job to the big men trainers. Sana next week ulit.

Simula sa Lunes, ang NT/U21 thread ay para lang sa mga balita at usap-usapan tungkol sa ating pambansang koponan... hindi na papayagan ang pag-recruit dito at pagbibigay ng mga impormasyon sa players/potensyal na NT players dahil iko-consider na itong spam post. Sana ay makasanayan ito ng nakararami para maiwasan na din ang paglabag sa mga rules ng BuzzerBeater.

Hello everybody,

I am proud that my player Meliton Genzola played for Philippines today. I know it is not the most important thing, but he had the second best DMI for this game.

I hope he gets proper training and shows a good performance so that he can help getting more victories for this country.

Sorry I can't speak tagalo.

Best whishes for the team!

astig

Okay.

This post is long overdue, cos' I was busy with stuff. But here is what happened during the past few weeks.

November 9 2009

Iran vs Philippines
55 - 74

This is a low scoring game, partly because of their tactics, but we pulled through in the second half. Our big men performed quite well despite the fact that Iran went 2-3 against us, and put more effort into it than us.

It was a nice feeling that we won our first game of the second round of the tournament, and it was against a top opponent at that.


November 16 2009

Philippines vs UAE
114-61

We nailed the tactic correctly, so it was an easy win for us. We had 6 players in double figures, led by Quisumbing with 19. Substitutes Velasco and Saballe went crazy with 19 and 10 rebounds respectively.

This was our 2nd win for the round, which further solidified our place in the standings, and rightfully so. The players are trained well nicely, and their managers coordinate with me the whole time, so its all good. Hopefully, they'll get better game shapes next time.


November 23 2009

Philippines vs Malaysia
114-57

Malaysia were without one of their starters due to injury, and so were we. Don Manoah helped me with the tactics for this one, and was spot on. Our offensive and defensive plays were perfect and the game was quickly decided in the first half, even though they put more effort into it than us. Guards went wild on this one.

By now, we have 3 wins and 0 losses for the round along with Australia, which was expected. We only have to win one of the remaining 2 matches in order to cement our place in the qualifications, since two countries from each pool will qualify. But rest assured, that we will try to win as much games as we can in order to get better rankings next time.

We won two games despite the fact that Iran and Malaysia exerted greater effort than us. They are contenders for the 2 qualifying spots mind you. As of today, Singapore, Malaysia, and Iran all stand at 1-2 and would need to win their remaining two games to knock us off our perch. Malaysia will fight against Iran next week, and whoever wins that one will have a little chance to make it through. Singapore, the hosts for this tournament, will play us this week in a do-or-die match for them. They will be put up their best effort on this one, and rest assured that we will be prepared for it. ;P


Please please be online for match chats para naman we can discuss tactics and all that jazz, especially for U21 teams. If you guys are looking for mentors, marami lalo na for Saturday and Tuesday matches I believe. People are friendly and fun as I've been told.

U21 matches are during Mondays at 7, y'all.

Till next time.
xoxo

Last edited by liadcruz at 11/23/2009 1:07:02 PM

I checked just now, and guess what?

We are now the 12th ranked team in the world~!

And I still get 66% approval ratings. Pfft.


http://www.buzzerbeater.com/world/ntrankings.aspx?group=2

Last edited by liadcruz at 11/23/2009 1:17:24 PM

that's wondeful news!sana ma crack natin ang top 10 soon.

ok lang yan.it may seem that it's a thankless job but upon discussions with other managers dito sa pinas,most of us think that you're doing a great job. yong iba pa hindi lng alam na merong approval rating kaya hindi bumoboto.kaya boto na... :L)

Good Job lia.. nevermind the ratings, may ibang manager kasi na la paki sa ratings.. Let's beat China next time kung makaakyat tayo..

congrats lia!!!!
i agree to don ang cezzz.
hnd nmn basihan ang ratings mo s performance mo kc ang ibang bumoboto s ratings mo ay mga bagong salita s buzzerbeater at hnd nla alm ang performance mo s pagmanage ng U21.at ang ibang bumoboto buut-buut lng pataka lng s pagboto kya 66% lng ang ratings mo, pro dont mind it ang imporatante s mga nakakakita at nkakasubaybay s U21 2lad nmin ay naniniwala n malaki ang improvement ng U21 cmula ng ikaw n ang nagmanage..
unlike s NT ntin may nbasa p ako n may ipinasok n 18y.o s NT team.pro hayaan n ntin un bka meron xang plano s ginawa nya sna nga lng ang pumalit kay j3poi ay may Abildad at alm ang concept ng laro.
once again congrats s magandang performance mo at humihingi ako ng pumanhin s pagiging inactive ko s staff mo dti,
i know u understand me.pro kapag may probs i can still help nmn eh.bsta kung vacant lng ang tym.hehehe
cge have a nice day...

Congratulations for the staff. Don't worry about that percentage. Spain is ranked 2nd for its NT, but there is only 73% of supporting votes. I suppose it has to do not only with the results but also with the good communication between the staff and the rest of the people.

Let's beat Singapore!