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A short preview and ranking for Finnish Veikkausliiga-season 2010
Overall it seems there are fewer teams really fighting for the championship than in recent years and the weakest teams are not as weak as we'
ve seen is last couple of years. I rank teams in five categories. I think there's a clear class difference between groups 1,2 and 3. The group 4 and 5 are clearly weaker than group 3 but there's not much difference in class between groups 4 and 5.
Group 1 – Fighting for the title
HJK
Honka
Group 2 – Challengers
Inter Turku
TPS
Group 3 – Mid-table teams
Tampere United
Mypa
Marienhamn IFK
Group 4 – Lower mid-table teams
JJK
FC Lahti
Jaro
Group 5 – Relegation Battle
Haka
Kups
VPS
AC Oulu
Team by team
HJK
Strengths
Best overall material
Best midfield in the league
Exprienced team
Weaknesses
Probable controversy around the coach. Some media guys simply hate him and try to make a controversy in every possible turn
Honka
Strengths
Best attack in the league, can be even better than last year if Alexander Kokko finds his game
Improved every year so far under coach Lehkosuo(4 years)
Weaknesses
Very inexprienced players in the centre of the midfield
Little lightweighted, can be physically intimitated, struggles against strong, physical teams especially if the pitch is bad
Inter Turku
Strengths
Solid material
Very good coach
Good defense
Weaknesses
Depent too much on injury-prone Furuholm on the attack, not really much firepower up-front
TPS
Strengths
Solid material
Good goalkeeper
Weaknesses
Lost two pivotal midfielders during the winter(Brown, Hämäläinen).
Inexprienced coach is a big questionmark
Tampere United
Strengths
Above average material on every area of the field
Good coach
Physically strong
Weaknesses
Some key players are aging(Pohja, Kaven, Haapala)
Goalscoring ability is a questionmark
Lot of changes in the team during last year
Mypa
Strengths
Strong defense
Physically strong, hardworking team
Weaknesses
No proven big time goalscorers
Marienhamn IFK
Strengths
Very strong defense
Physically strong team, wins a lot aerial balls and one-on-ones
Weaknesses
Lack of firepower to win games
JJK
Strengths
Good overall game plan, players work well as a team
Fairly good defense
Weaknesses
Weak midfield
Lack of firepower on the attack
FC Lahti
Strengths
Expriended team
Good coach
Weaknesses
Lack of quality on the bench. Very thin material
Below average defense
Jaro
Strengths
Very good key players(Eremenko jr mf, Zeze f, Mannström mf)
Weaknesses
Overall quality of the team
Haka
Strengths
Fairly good material on goal, defense and midfield
Weaknesses
Inexprienced coach and a very demanding owner = turbulence during the season?
Weak on forward
Kups
Strengths
Best player in the Veikkausliiga (Nwakaeme)
Weaknesses
Overall quality of the team
VPS
Strengths
Good midfield
Weaknesses
Overall quality of the team on other areas than midfield
Lost key players during offseason from goal and defense
Inexprienced coach
AC Oulu
Strengths
Decent midfield
Good coach
Weaknesses
Overall quality of the team on other areas than midfield
; no onhan siellä myös saatu FC Honka suosiksi, eli kantaa on otettu vahvasti.
