Very impressive year although our friendly opponents weren't very strong at all. The only match we lost is the one that really mattered...sigh.
That was a great year overall although as it's been said, the strength of most of the opponents weren't that great. Still, we've done plenty worse in the past in similar situations and we're also defending much better than we used to, so we still gotta give a lot of credit to Stielike and his team.
In the end, our team did their job and did it well. Going off SK's post, we finished with a record of 17-2-1 in all competitions w/ a GD of +40. It's all very appealing stat wise, but of course it won't mean jack squat if we fail to take another step forward in 2016.
To add the sprinkles and to top it off with the cherry on top, we're still the only team with a 100% and 0 goals conceded, so that's pretty impressive indeed. We still have stagnant moments within our play, but hopefully that it slowly subsides soon to come, I mean eventually with time we can knock the rust off. However, 2015 has been a much better year in which no one can deny the results as opposed to how awful we were within the 3 year time span from 2011 - 2014. And, to think that Stielike was able to make an immediate impact by leading us to the finals of the Asian Cup after 27 years within just 4 months into his tenure, and also with that of never having conceded a goal throughout the tournament until the finals is something even most managers wouldn't have able to achieve. So, hats off to Stielike and hopefully the good results keep continuing with our KNT, and I will be looking forward to 2016 as we will finally be facing strong opponents especially at away from home.
The FA is trying to get friendlies with Netherlands and Scotland for the next May & June A-match fixtures, which Stielike really wants - http://sports.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/newsview?newsId=20151118065508887
Sky's the limit on FIFA ranking if we just focus on winning our games. Great to hear news of next June friendly possibly being against Netherlands, Scotland. These are two team out of euro2016 and at least it will be fantastic match to really know where we stand and great lead up match heading into final round of World Cup qualifying.
Question: How much KFA is paying Uli Stielike per year? I want to compare it with what we paid Carlos Queiroz, etc.
Just curious what other parameters are you using to compare the two? Stielike was basically a nobody while Carlos has been riding his United and Portugal fumes for quite a while.
We paid CQ $8 million for 4 years which is $2 million per year. I did not use any other parameter to compare these two. Our federation (IFF) is not rich like KFA or JFA. Because of that, I was curious whether our federation hired CQ with reasonable price or not. That is it.
#AFCAnnualAwards NomineesAFC International Player of the Year@MassLuongo (@Socceroos )Ki Sung-yueng (@theKFA) Son Heung-min (@theKFA )— Dan Pordes (@DanPordes) November 25, 2015
reminded again that he's giving it all for the end of his career. i get a more genuine vibe from stielke than hiddink.
Weirdly... I agree with that last sentiment. He seems fully committed and by that it almost seems on an emotional level. He seems to have immersed himself.