Do do do do do do do. Zawada!

Was looking at his league minutes for 1st teams across his seasons yesterday.

It's wild that a third of his all-time league minutes happened last season. Hard to know who much was injury related and how much was out of favour.

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Was looking at his league minutes for 1st teams across his seasons yesterday.

It's wild that a third of his all-time league minutes happened last season. Hard to know who much was injury related and how much was out of favour.

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Generally though injuries come first then the "out of favour" bit, or struggles to find form etc.

I remember it took quite a few games for Zawada to finally score in his first season, and what he said when he did was he was surprised he hadn't been dropped yet and that the consistent run of gametime (for likely the first time in his senior career) enabled him to improve drastically. 

Form outside of the A-League doesn't always translate to form within the A-League, particularly because the finals series  and lack of relegation means teams can afford to be more patient and build towards something.

When he moved to the Nix the comments in Polish sports press said he was out of favour / could not fit into the game plan / while at the Korean team, and that move to NZ was seen as a chance to return to a scoring form.