aitkenmike wrote:
Napier Phoenix wrote:
ConanTroutman wrote:
It saddens me that we have AWs fans willing to accept this dross.
Its not as you describe. We simply aren't good enough at this level. We don't have enough players playing at a high level to compete, we don't have a good enough coach to get the best out of the players we have got, and we arte never likely to get any better quite honestly. The sooner we accept where we are in the world the better, then we can celebrate the occasional break out and stop slashing our wrists over something we have no control over.
I just can't agree, I don't accept that we have to play the way we are. I don't expect us to get out of our group at a Confed Cup. I can expect a coach to set us up in a way that makes sense. Why are we playing a long ball game with tiny wingers and advanced midfielders. Why are we playing without a screening midfielder, why a large number of things. We can expect better, while still being realistic about where we sit, and not just say "oh well, we are shark anyway, why does it matter"
No one has said "why does it matter'. I'm certainly not happy with how we are playing because I did expect better from everyone [including Hudson] but I'm also cognisant of the fact that no one posting here is an international coach and the opinions on specific tactics have no greater influence on mine [or probably NZF's views]. Hudson has his tactics put to the test every time his team plays, easy for the armchair experts to make comment but they will never be in a position to have their theories tested are they?
