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Posted December 21, 2016 11:23 · last edited December 21, 2016 11:27

patrick478 wrote:

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Sorry to be a contrarian, but I am going to repeat my previous argument made some posts ago.  If Greenie was a good candidate for a permanent appointment as a head coach then I would expect the Nix to have scored more goals in general, have better record from penalty spots, and at least some goals from set pieces and corner kicks. Our high-scoring wins were usually against opposition that did not score at all (CCM etc).

this is ridiculous. Greenacre wasn't the one missing penalties, it was the players. We did score "some" goals from free kicks and corners under Merrick, which you've seemingly forgotten to suit your point.

And that last sentence? You're saying it's not a good thing that we prevented teams from scoring against us? Jesus.

The point I am making is that Greenacre has been a striker for many years. If he had an input into Nix skillset over the years as assistant coach then surely you'd expect that scoring goals would feature highly on the list. Maybe I am too simplistic about it but then I am not a coach. Feel free to disagree and make an argument.

As for that last sentence it looks like I did not spell it out clearly. Obviously it is great when we prevent other teams from scoring, not the other way round. My argument was that we do not prevent teams from scoring often enough. The only teams that did not score against us this season were the Jets and the CCM (twice), and we won these games each time. However, we have not won a game this season if the opposition team scored at least once. We do not win if the other team scores at least one goal. Does that not make you think? I would not mind not keeping a clean sheet as long as we score more goals than the other team. This is where I would expect Greenie's input over the years as assistant coach, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Mainland FC edited December 21, 2016 11:27
patrick478 wrote:
Mainland FC wrote:

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Sorry to be a contrarian, but I am going to repeat my previous argument made some posts ago.  If Greenie was a good candidate for a permanent appointment as a head coach then I would expect the Nix to have scored more goals in general, have better record from penalty spots, and at least some goals from set pieces and corner kicks. Our high-scoring wins were usually against opposition that did not score at all (CCM etc).

this is ridiculous. Greenacre wasn't the one missing penalties, it was the players. We did score "some" goals from free kicks and corners under Merrick, which you've seemingly forgotten to suit your point.

And that last sentence? You're saying it's not a good thing that we prevented teams from scoring against us? Jesus.

The point I am making is that Greenacre has been a striker for many years. If he had an input into Nix skillset over the years as assistant coach then surely you'd expect that scoring goals would feature highly on the list. Maybe I am too simplistic about it but then I am not a coach. Feel free to disagree and make an argument.

As for that last sentence it looks like I did not spell it out clearly. Obviously it is great when we prevent other teams from scoring, not the other way round. My argument was not about the fact that we do not prevent teams from scoring often enough. The only teams that did not score against us this season were the Jets and the CCM (twice), and we won these games each time. We have not won a game this season if the opposition team scored at least once. We do not win if the other team scores at least one goal. Does that not make you think?