If you ignore the games against the Oceania teams, it becomes painfully obvious that we score very few goals, as Coochie says, but also that there is a great gulf between Chris Wood stats and everyone else's stats. We literally just have a single goal here and there from Stamenic, Just, or Ben Waine. maybe Garbett. That scoring gulf means that Wood is a class above, but also that he will always be heavily marked by the opposition. Despite that heavy marking he nearly scored twice last Friday, and eventually did score last night. But any decent team will have learned by now that if they put two players on Wood we may not have any other ideas.
There were signs of an impotent AW attack last night. Yes we were missing Stamenic, Garbett and Cacace against Australia. But I was puzzled that Kosta was not used last night. Was there no room for him on the paddock when the other potential AW scorers did not play?
Yes, of course both Toure and Irankunda were matchwinners for AUS in their own right, but we could have and should have taken more chances for a more respectable score.
There were signs of an impotent AW attack last night. Yes we were missing Stamenic, Garbett and Cacace against Australia. But I was puzzled that Kosta was not used last night. Was there no room for him on the paddock when the other potential AW scorers did not play?
Yes, of course both Toure and Irankunda were matchwinners for AUS in their own right, but we could have and should have taken more chances for a more respectable score.