tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post1873909441897097328..comments2024-03-19T10:00:41.345+11:00Comments on Walter Pless on Association Football: Practise your mental arithmetic before next weekend's final round of NPL matchesWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11493237569003662448noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-80928709424183351762021-09-10T08:24:16.853+10:002021-09-10T08:24:16.853+10:00Anon 9.47 and 11.36.
Lets not forget that a team c...Anon 9.47 and 11.36.<br />Lets not forget that a team consists of 11 players who all contribute in their own way. Mann does not get his opportunities unless players like Hickey do their thing . Some strikers are better finishers that other strikers and that is what makes the difference between goals and no goals. Having a Brayden Mann with no support or creativity behind will not win many games.<br />Good teams need good strikers who need good teams. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-32596510046233854872021-09-09T11:36:59.522+10:002021-09-09T11:36:59.522+10:00Anon 9.47 or should I say Brayden is Correct a cli...Anon 9.47 or should I say Brayden is Correct a clinical finisher is what's the most important thing a clean sheet gets you 1 point a goal can get you 3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-61287935811964345562021-09-09T09:47:01.118+10:002021-09-09T09:47:01.118+10:00If scoring goals was so easy, more people would be...If scoring goals was so easy, more people would be able to do it. I agree creating the goal is just as important as scoring but it takes killer instinct and ability to score goals. Brayden Mann the best I've seen here at that, Sanders and Chris McKenna not far behind. You need great strikers to score goals and most teams that win titles, have a quality striker or at least quality forwards who score goals. <br /><br />If you ask me whether I'd rather a deadly striker like Brayden Mann or a an excellent playmaker like a Shae Hickey, I'd take Mann every day of the week because scoring goals wins you games. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-17901362435166143522021-09-08T22:14:17.621+10:002021-09-08T22:14:17.621+10:00Totally agree has been far to much emphasis on the...Totally agree has been far to much emphasis on the goal scorers this year with little recognition for those that have created the opportunities .... in the past leading assists were on Slice of Cheese but not this year ? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-84143126171280928322021-09-08T21:23:57.243+10:002021-09-08T21:23:57.243+10:00I've had a saying for a long time.The player w...I've had a saying for a long time.The player with the ball is the maker of the game the players off the ball are the creators of the game.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346653899191240825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-17710489294211824162021-09-08T18:47:59.273+10:002021-09-08T18:47:59.273+10:00Ask Knights this after Saturday when they dont win...Ask Knights this after Saturday when they dont win the league as they didnt have a NO9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-79892405342909422982021-09-08T18:13:02.900+10:002021-09-08T18:13:02.900+10:00George 11.55
You have misunderstood my “really” co...George 11.55<br />You have misunderstood my “really” comment. <br />I know very well that there are assists even though so hate that description.<br />I was referring to the fact that someone has asked a question to see if there are any stats on number of assists <br />F……. really????????????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-51122494462565447162021-09-08T17:31:17.555+10:002021-09-08T17:31:17.555+10:00And let's not forget the defenders that stop t...And let's not forget the defenders that stop the goals at the other end. They seem to get forgotten about in the "blogs". Especially in the women's game - it all seems to be about who scored the goals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-77965463617093950372021-09-08T14:42:04.123+10:002021-09-08T14:42:04.123+10:00I was only talking to my son about this yesterday....I was only talking to my son about this yesterday.<br />He was telling me that he wanted to play up front so he could score the goals.<br />I told him that he does a far more important job than scoring the goals.<br />Creating them.<br />The work and imagination to creating a scoring opportunity far outweigh the final outcome in my view.<br />To intercept a pass or to play a correctly weighted ball or to cut out 3 defenders and a goal keeper to find the striker is much harder than putting the ball away.<br />Any mug can do that. I say this tongue in cheek.<br />But I still stand by my views that the set up of a goal is far more important than who scores the goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-32824756584595727612021-09-08T11:55:53.272+10:002021-09-08T11:55:53.272+10:00Really???? Are you for real behind 90% of goals sc...Really???? Are you for real behind 90% of goals scored there is an assisted pass that created the goal.you only recognise the goalscorer without even considering the person who most likely gave the goal on a plate to that player who was in a 100% better position to score.Thats called team play .I've seen many selfish players who have cost their teams by not passing to someone in a better position to scoreGeorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346653899191240825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-29914907734726990382021-09-08T09:27:51.316+10:002021-09-08T09:27:51.316+10:00If there are any Ben will have them. If there are any Ben will have them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-55239217526755599292021-09-08T08:14:09.070+10:002021-09-08T08:14:09.070+10:00Anon 9.29PM.
Really ???????????Anon 9.29PM.<br />Really ???????????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-55107857796544372602021-09-07T21:29:12.410+10:002021-09-07T21:29:12.410+10:00Just wondering if we have any stats on the leading...Just wondering if we have any stats on the leading assisters in the NPL this year Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-24704354672192302322021-09-07T16:37:07.785+10:002021-09-07T16:37:07.785+10:00Genuine question: when players behave poorly and a...Genuine question: when players behave poorly and an official shows lots of cards, spectators/coaches etc often claim the ref has 'lost control.' Isn't that what the cards are for: to control behaviour? At what point do the players need to take responsibility?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-66326993787111260762021-09-07T16:26:59.281+10:002021-09-07T16:26:59.281+10:00maybe to all of those, but in the end stratos had ...maybe to all of those, but in the end stratos had two teams desperate to win so there was always going to be fireworks. He could have legitimately sent off 3 or four players from both sides, which would have ruined the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-37120387767044791972021-09-07T14:27:42.108+10:002021-09-07T14:27:42.108+10:00I don't think it is hard to be the best when t...I don't think it is hard to be the best when the standard is not where it use to be.<br />I know that it's not the easiest job to do and we need more officials as without them, the game doesn't happen.<br />But on some occasions you wish that there was no official at all depending on how they are officiating the game.<br />That is all I am trying to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-50287351863374058282021-09-07T10:08:20.661+10:002021-09-07T10:08:20.661+10:00Stratos has been the best ref this season. There&#...Stratos has been the best ref this season. There's a good reason that Kopra was removed from the VIC NPL and A-League panel. Stratos sensed the occasion and handled both sets of players very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-75934630180244850642021-09-06T22:35:52.147+10:002021-09-06T22:35:52.147+10:00Not sure if I'd agree with you there.
The offi...Not sure if I'd agree with you there.<br />The official in the middle is able to assert some form of discipline and control, especially in games like this.<br />In my view, I don't feel like it was.<br />Another referee may have done better or worse but in my opinion, the game wasn't the best controlled game I've seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-62572941113094029342021-09-06T15:13:02.520+10:002021-09-06T15:13:02.520+10:00I thought the ref done a great job out on the day....I thought the ref done a great job out on the day. The players should be disgraced with there performance! No discipline whats so ever. U did not see the ref act like that on the day did u. He's damned if if he doesn't and damned if he does. And it doesn't matter who was the ref on the day it would have been the same and people would have crucified that referee also. Wow some people. Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405403859509742442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-30267218206695239122021-09-06T14:48:34.671+10:002021-09-06T14:48:34.671+10:00So which of the two games will you be attending Wa...So which of the two games will you be attending Walter?<br />Or will it be a case of one half each?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-30170188953016391232021-09-06T14:12:58.894+10:002021-09-06T14:12:58.894+10:00This game was always going to be a tight tussle an...This game was always going to be a tight tussle and with tempers quite easily frayed.<br />Not sure if some early yellow cards to control the game would have worked or ruined the game as the players would then be walking on ice for the remainder of the game.<br />Not that a chat to someone already on a yellow card would hurt but referees are too quick to brandish the second yellow instead of assessing the situation and having another chat.<br />I think Kopra would have been a better choice for the middle of the park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290088887405022587.post-30768139645907361332021-09-06T12:20:37.654+10:002021-09-06T12:20:37.654+10:00I take it FT do a review of the games as the Knigh...I take it FT do a review of the games as the Knights v Devonport should have a couple of card upgrades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com