yeah, but it's been an important trick for us. Goals from open play have been Davila long shots or Sotirio in behind the defence or assisting from a counter. ( and one Ben Waine tap in).
Like it or not he's our second biggest goal threat right now.
You're not wrong; I just think Hooper would be a bigger general threat with his link up play - something much harder to defend and plan for. We looked really predictable against Victory - full back passes over the top of a full back for Sotirio or Ball to run onto, we attempt to cross, cross is easily blocked, corner. Reckon that happened about 10 times.
That's a good reason to consider starting him. Thanks guys for pointing it out.
My own reading of the game against Victory was that Piscopo had a problem with his final touches while Sotirio and Davila were both marked well. But it could be that we were simply too predictable without a more creative player being free to move about and create spaces.
There were definitely issues with final touches but for me, our biggest issue was definitely that we were too predictable. That sort of play is pretty easy to defend.Ball and Hooper both look like they are really good at working in tight spaces; think both of them starting could take us to a different level.
Davila/Piscopo make sense as the playmakers - Davila more central, Piscopo drifting wide and linking.
Fingers crossed Hooper stays fit.