Al,
Maybe the only time i've ever called you out coz i love you and yours posts but .............................
Wake up mate.
This clown just drew a crowd of 10k to a nothing match just for the change to see him play.We are a f**king shit team, the 2nd worst in Australia..................so i dont think we can be critical of anyone, ever.
We dee\emed him fit enough to play 15-20 mins coz WE wanted the money.
No problems with a call out. Made me have a good think. What did i say wrong.
I was a party pooper. Yeah I appreciate i was and don’t like being that.
What i did do was cut the BS and just jump to final feelings in a short sharp post. Here is the guts of what I think in more detail. (I haven’t read any further posts so apologies if I double up.
What i was doing was talking purely about the player not the man.
I actually enjoyed the night (on tv) it was a special night for the coast as a whole. Having Usain here to do anything is exceptional and the crowd fed off it.
I should of spent sometime appreciating that before jumping in.
It’s both amazing and disappointing that he can draw a crowd double our home games last year with double trips from all 3 nsw teams.
I think the club did an amazing job in difficult conditions with the scrutiny so high. Having club people talking to fox all game was fantastic.
I loved Bolts nerves his demeanour (he even had a crack at the player for not passing it to him down the line on the last play). He did all the right things high fiving the crowd, went into the dressing room of the select team and signed shirts (even though Shaun directed him there - but he did it with no issues)
He impressed me in almost everything he has done except one.
Fitness. The player was cooked after 5 mins. Locky Wales style. What pissed me off was these talks have been going for 5 months. He says he wants to be a footballer but has done bugger all lead up fitness work. He thinks he can turn up and get fit. He is supposed to be here for a trial to make the team. He said post match give me 2
Months to get fit. What was he doing before he got here. The club has taken a massive punt on him and he also had a lot to loose but not what the club has. The fact we are in this position is hugely disappointing. We are on such a huge decline from the GF win.
I just felt he didn’t take it serious enough thinking he can just waltz in and be up to it. We should be seeing if he has skills that can be polished to make him Appiah not wasting that time getting him fit.
Our team is crap enough without them training against crap.
I saw a footballer who had no clue positionally. He got beaten to headers 3 times by no4 who was half his size. Sure deliver the pass higher but he had no awareness to attack the ball. He was waiting for it.
He has no ability to beat his man with ball at feet. He tried to let it run and got tangled up and tackled.
I saw a heavy unfit bloke who is famous and has some basic skills that we all have. I just called that straight out instead of enjoying what was essentially a special night for the coast.
However i now see all time spent on him as wasted time that should be spent on the actual players. Harsh sure but fair I think. Sure it’s one look at one unfit bloke but don’t turn up unfit. Simple.
He would be fantastic as an ambassador for the club and I’d be happy for us to sell trial games to clubs across the country to cash in on him next year and give him another shot as long as it’s early in the preseason.
That’s enough I guess but the actual team looks poor and will struggle again
