Be interesting to see the stats for Kalazec vs Greenacre.
why?
Because I'll find it interesting.
why?
Because the standout players towards the season were all young kiwis that played under Greenie. Singh, Cacace, Ridenton, and Sail all played significant minutes under Greenie with other players like Rogerson getting time (and scoring goals as well). It would be interesting to see if these observations are backed by fact. Also, I'd hazzard to guess that in the last few games of the season Kiwi's created more chances and scored more goals than non Kiwis.
Thanks for the spreadsheet Matt.
Singh and Cacace both started playing under Kalezic. And Ridenton was a feature.the entire season. Sail is the only one who didn't get time with Kalezic, but that's offset by the fact that Kalezic played Smith a lot at the start of the season.
Just to give some context to this 'kiwi youth revolution' that Greenacre apparently started.
I'm not saying that, and in fact Kalazic had said that Singh would start every game a couple of weeks before he left, the young Kiwi policy started a couple of games before Darije left.
Oh, my comment wasn't aimed at you, but more at the general narrative that seems to be developing that Greenacre started promoting Kiwi youth at the end of the season - when actually, that had started happening before he even took over. Sure a couple of others got a few more opportunities, but then again, like Greenie said, it's the end of a season where a lot has gone wrong, it's entirely expected/normal to give fringe players a run to see how they go.