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Posted November 12, 2025 23:55 · last edited November 12, 2025 23:56

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Nelfoos
The other coaches in the league dont need to be told what we're trying to do. Telling them gives them no additional information.

There's also no evidence that it isnt working, the results to date have been mostly acceptable, and we've arguably been unlucky not to take more from each of the matches we've dropped points, even considering the goals that come from playing aggressively while dealing with major injury disruption.

If you offered me where we are now at the start of the season I'd have ripped your hand off considering where my expectations were.

If anything, his ability to flip in approach 180 between seasons and bring the players along with him speaks to his quality as a coach.

Roar, ccm, and afc all sit above us and we should have taken more points off the ccm and possibly the afc game. Ccm didn't even have a shot in the entire first half against us. Its a pain that injuries are likely already having negative impacts in terms of quality, depth and experience, and for cohesion on defence and attack.

True, but for the CCM game we did not win because of the injury-inducing CCM style of play, not just because of Payne doing his shoulder ahead of it.  Loke was a very good fallback option for Payne's position.  Us not having sufficient number of people built like a brick sharkhouse on the field did not help us on the day, as much as not having a ref with more common sense in charge of the game.  
Good footballing spectacle comes not just from watching the "entertaining niggly confrontations" but from from watching skillful players doing amazing things with the ball, where the skill does not rely on brawn. There are other sports I can watch for that. Skillful playmakers need to be protected against borderline thuggery from the opposition. 

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Bullion
Nelfoos
The other coaches in the league dont need to be told what we're trying to do. Telling them gives them no additional information.

There's also no evidence that it isnt working, the results to date have been mostly acceptable, and we've arguably been unlucky not to take more from each of the matches we've dropped points, even considering the goals that come from playing aggressively while dealing with major injury disruption.

If you offered me where we are now at the start of the season I'd have ripped your hand off considering where my expectations were.

If anything, his ability to flip in approach 180 between seasons and bring the players along with him speaks to his quality as a coach.

Roar, ccm, and afc all sit above us and we should have taken more points off the ccm and possibly the afc game. Ccm didn't even have a shot in the entire first half against us. Its a pain that injuries are likely already having negative impacts in terms of quality, depth and experience, and for cohesion on defence and attack.

True, but for the CCM game we did not win because of the injury-inducing CCM style of play, not just because of Payne doing his shoulder ahead of it.  Loke was a very good fallback option for Payne's position.  Us not having sufficient number of people built like a brick sharkhouse on the field did not help.  
Good footballing spectacle comes not just from watching the "entertaining niggly confrontations" but from from watching skillful players doing amazing things with the ball, where the skill does not rely on brawn. There are other sports I can watch for that. Skillful playmakers need to be protected against borderline thuggery from the opposition.