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Early tip: Sandow won't see out his contract

Poupou Escobar

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A team needs a smart half

Another truism! If teams needed a smart half then all halves in first grade would be smart.

Otherwise they would never make it to first grade.

The fact is the only thing a half needs is he ability to kick in general play. After that any combination of abilities will decide whether he makes it as a professional footballer.

Why do you think the halfback is the only one that needs to be smart? Because that's how things were done back in the 80s when you first learnt how to play the game? Let go mate. There is now an entire spine of decision makers, and the game is a lot more simple now as well.

Tactics mean far less than they used to, while execution means more.
 

Poupou Escobar

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Sorry Mr Pou, I was very busy at work today, let me respond:

That's bad luck. I just got home after five months away and now I'm on holidays for six weeks. I reckon I might wear out my eye f**king keyboard.

Jack Gibson said the same thing about Peter Sterling being the smartest footballer he had ever seen. Sterlo also has a great personality. So if I use your logic he would be a great coach also. I'm running with it.

Does Sterlo really have a great personality? He has done nothing but put shit on the Eels since he started commentating, so he has no sense of loyalty.

And I'm reading Gibson's book right now. I had no idea he was such a gangster, but I can tell you he seemed like a proper f**kwit.

Proving that a 'good personality' isn't the same as the 'right personality' for coaching.

Grow up? :lol::lol:. Maybe you should just admit when you have been proven wrong

Proven wrong? All you've done is throw around the word 'f**kwit' like you just discovered the term.

At least 'f**k your eyes' is funny.

It's all relative. So it doesn't matter. Sterling was still a master playermaker and organiser. Didn't you see that yourself ?

He was indeed, but he played the game back in a time when tactics mattered so much, teams weren't as well drilled as they are now, and teams needed some guy on the field (the halfback) who knew the gameplan and could explain it to his teammates (or at least their place in it) in the middle of a match.

These guys (old school halfbacks) have been replaced by instinctive playmakers who work off the back of a quick play-the-ball.

f**k your eyes!!! :lol:

Told you it was funny.
 

Springs

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There are other aspects of the game just as important.

Completion rates.
Possession.
Field position.

We can keep going around in circles. A team needs a smart half, and sandow isn't it.

You know things are shit when a halfs best aspect of his game is his goal kicking.

The three most important aspects of the game haven't changed for a long time:
Good defence
Ball control
Discipline

If you never drop the ball, concede a penalty or a line break then you're going to be very tough to beat.

And yeah, Sandow is nowhere near a smart half. He would barely be considered a smart prop.

Does Sterlo really have a great personality? He has done nothing but put shit on the Eels since he started commentating, so he has no sense of loyalty

That's complete bullshit like the rest of your ramblings.
 

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