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Installed earlier this month as head coach of the womens national team, John Herdman immediately stamped his authority on the team the old-fashioned way. He listened. "We sat with the players in the introductory meeting and I said before I can start, its about understanding you as a group, as people, as a team, as Canadians. Now what are your strengths, what do you stand for as a group, what do you want to look like on a world stage?," Herdman told Montreal radio station the TEAM990. "Theres no point in me sitting here as a coach and describing my vision and philosophy because at the end of the day, its you as a group that are going to play the games." The players werent at all shy in offering up their opinions. "The feedback came through loud, really loud that they felt over a period of time, they lost their physical presence on the pitch that they were renowned for," said Herdman. Herdman recollected facing Canada in 2007, which he described as a very powerful physical team and compared them to the team he faced at the Cyprus Cup in 2010. He felt they were not even remotely close to the same force. "Technically more orientated, built up a possession game, they defended deep and dropped off which allowed teams to get momentum against them." Which sounds like a very precise scouting report of the Canadian team that showed up at this summers World Cup Finals. That was then but now in the midst of two matches against the U.S. and ahead of Januarys qualification tournament in Vancouver for next summers Olympic Games in London, the team is looking to reshape itself under a collective vision. "They want to be seen as a powerful strong physical team on the world stage but most importantly that they can play," said Herdman. "Its just getting the balance between both styles really; physical and possession. Being able to pressure early, and use their physical prowess and at the same time, when weve got the ball, being able to settle on it and control the tempo." Herdman was quick to admit the gulf in class he was used to from his previous job coaching New Zealand where invariably, his squad was comprised of young untested players on the world stage. "Here you are dealing with some solid professionals, people with hundreds of [international] caps," added Herdman. "The teams accumulated over a thousand caps and when you come into a dressing room like that, its different. You know theres a different approach, a different understanding and I guess you can get things done a lot quicker. And I think that was the exciting thing working with the players." And speaking to that collective vision he added, "They were very responsive I set my stall out very early, and said this is going to be a collaboration Im going to help you get the best out of yourselves youve just got to help me work with you." The new head coach had his self-described baptism of fire last Saturday evening in Kansas, "I think you can imagine that as a new coach coming in, youre picking a team that youve not met before and youve got five days to go out against the U.S. who were smarting from that World Cup. So I was a little nervous going in but the girls certainly made us feel welcome." The match finishing in the 1-1 tie, it was Canada who finished the stronger. As vital as the result, the team clearly demonstrated through the 90 minutes they can and will compete with the best. Their next opportunity against the World Cup runners up comes late Thursday in Portland when Canada will make their first return visit in eight years to the stadium and the scene of the greatest performance in a World Cup Finals - the 2003 quarter-final defeat of China. Herdman will not be sending out the same 11 as he did in Kansas last Saturday. "Well make a few changes to the line up. I think its important players that have committed to this tour are given opportunities. Well keep momentum going but also keep providing opportunities for some of these young players." Speaking of opportunities, Herdman was more than delighted that the qualifiers will happen in front of their own supporters. "I think the CSA have done a great job by securing the qualifiers in Vancouver. Its going to give the public a great opportunity to see these girls in action." He was more than emphatic in praise of his new team. "These are powerful, confident women. They are a real credit to their country. I mean, some dressing rooms you can walk in and sometimes its hard to fathom what youve got in front of you. But I think weve got an honest, caring and confident group of ladies here. And hopefully in the qualifiers well get to see a strong, confident Canadian team go on to the Olympic Games." And just to think, Herdman has yet to experience training, preparing and playing with their heartbeat and captain Christine Sinclair alongside. Be careful what you wish for - Seems only five matches into the new season, Nerazzuri fans who never warmed to Gian Piero Gasperini got their wishes when following Tuesdays highly embarrassing defeat to newly promoted Novara, club president Moratti pulled the rug out from under his still-not-worn-in Inter Milan loafers. With Claudio Ranieri now installed in one of world footballs most famous revolving chairs, Gasperini does get his own page in Internazionales history books though. Hes the only manager in the clubs 100-plus year history never to win a competitive fixture. Spare a thought though for Novara and their remarkable accomplishment in not only dispatching of the 2010 European Champions more remarkably - as Jose Mourinho was plotting the overthrow of the Euro elite two seasons ago, Novara were playing in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, the bottom tier of professional Italian football. Very much maligned of late, its great to see romance is certainly thriving in Italian football. An incredible start to the Serie A season too. Femme not Fatal - Turkish football may well currently be helping Interpol with their extensive match fixing enquiries but that didnt stop one rather clever individual at Fenerbahce, likely a female, from coming up with a unique concept to get around the clubs current two-game stadium ban imposed on their fans due to a pitch invasion during a pre-season game. At their league match on Tuesday evening, the Turkish FA agreed to permit only women and children to attend the match. Let in for free, a hardy chorus of well over 40,000 showed up, including one man who failed in his attempt to get in dressed up as a lady. Much fun was had by all and the atmosphere generated by the women and kids was simply outstanding. No word yet though on if the women intend giving the menfolk their season tickets back. Imitating Barcelona - Taking their lead from the European Champions austerity measures when in the summer Barcelona disclosed that as part of their cost-cutting initiatives, they would no longer make color photocopies but instead only black and white at Wednesday nights Carling Cup match, Chelsea added a new dimension to recycling paper. The official team sheet stated Carlo Ancelotti was still the clubs manager. Weve all heard of resting players but resting the manager? Wonder if the concept will catch on with Arsenal. cheap jerseys from china . 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