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Posted February 11, 2018 10:22 · last edited February 11, 2018 10:25

Leggy wrote:

Hate to admit it but Roly was the best player on the pitch tonight.

Makes me think that our downfall is not how good our best players are, but how bad our average players are.

I can be wrong - correct me if I am talking crap - but I think it might be to do with our overall (average) low standard of skills which is covered up by good skills of maybe a handful of players like Roy or Burns. This could be the single biggest difference between us and other A-League teams.

Maybe this stops the better players from passing the ball to the average players if they know that it is safer (for ball retention) not to pass the ball. It can end up with the better players appearing as if they were not giving a rat's arse whereas they are probably just not wanting to waste their energy on low-chance passes to the likes of Parkhouse or (on tonight's performance) McGlinchey or Paracki.

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Unknown editor edited February 11, 2018 10:25
Leggy wrote:

Hate to admit it but Roly was the best player on the pitch tonight.

Makes me think that our downfall is not how good our best players are, but how bad our average players are.

I can be wrong - correct me if I am talking crap - but I think it might be to do with our overall (average) low standard of skills which is covered up by good skills of maybe a handful of players like Roy or Burns. Maybe this stops the better players from passing the ball to the average players if they know that it is safer (for ball retention) not to pass the ball. It can end up with the better players appearing as if they were not giving a rat's arse whereas they are probably conserving their energy and not wasting it on low-chance passes to the likes of Parkhouse or (on tonight's performance) McGlinchey or Paracki.

Unknown editor edited February 11, 2018 10:23
Leggy wrote:

Hate to admit it but Roly was the best player on the pitch tonight.

Makes me think that our downfall is not how good our best players are, but how bad our average players are.

I can be wrong - correct me if I am talking crap - but I think it might be to do with our overall (average) low standard of skills which is covered up by good skills of maybe a handful of players like Roy or Burns. Maybe this stops the better players from passing the ball to the average players if they know that it is safer (for ball retention) not to pass the ball. It can end up with the better players appearing as if they were not giving a rat's arse whereas they are probably conserving their energy and not wasting it on low-chance passes to the likes of Parkhouse.