OT: Association Football

[the phantom menace]

Wouldn't be anything to do with differences in coaching though... apparently that doesn't make any difference to anything in professional sports.

#poulogic

 

[Twizzle]

I'd say their junior development infrastructure is a significant resource. Even their location. Gosford is Penrith for kids from the soccer demographic.

talent identification, retention and recruitment

on top of that they lost thier title winning coach last year and some of their best players and replaced him with another coach who has them on top of the ladder

they just seem to make good decisions

 

[Twizzle]

Wouldn't be anything to do with differences in coaching though... apparently that doesn't make any difference to anything in professional sports.

#poulogic

in this case it didn't last year Montgomery, this year Jackson, 2 different coaches

 

[the phantom menace]

And probably both better than the coach/manager that appears to have lost the dressing room at the Wanderers.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

they just seem to make good decisions

"they" sound like a pretty decent resource. Why haven't "they" been poached by other clubs?

 

[Twizzle]

"they" sound like a pretty decent resource. Why haven't "they" been poached by other clubs?

yep, wouldn't mind "they" at Parra

 

[Poupou Escobar]

The kind of human resources you can't buy. When we talk about the Roosters' sombrero or Broncos dollars we are talking about advantages unavailable to most clubs. These advantages are facilitated by people with a vested interest in a given club.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[the phantom menace]

The two goals they put on were really good - caught them on the news, as couldn't watch live due to timing.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Liverpool and Arsenal losing at home basically gifting City the trophy now you suspect.