Elwood Blues1 wrote:
...........made some contests that you would expect from any player in a couple of those plays but I wouldnt be calling it pressure.
I'd give you 1/9 as a scorecard for tackling and pressure......he doesnt chase, tackle or apply much pressure at all......
Those two statements are self negating. You must have almost choked writing the first one.
Of the nine examples, most were classic crumbing goals. What you describe blithely as 'running onto a loose ball', was in fact his ability to read the ball off the pack, in two cases, run through the pack as it was disintegrating around him and run onto the spill. Nobody else in the vicinity comes close to his skill in that regard and are left watching him run into goals. .The others were a combination of good positioning and in one case, good luck to boot.
The one I liked was where he beat two on the wing, including pushing one off the ball and then tackling the second, causing the spill to one of our players and then running to the space, where after the ball spills, he competes one against two again oin the ground, allowing Kouta to get the clearance. He then runs to the contest again and takes the ball off the hands of the pack and kicks the goal. Three involvements in 30 seconds, beating four opponents under pressure and then kicking a classic crumbing goal.
Even when you look at the video you can't help downgrading his efforts.
Listen to the commentors as well. While you were yawning and writing rubbish, they were hailing his fantastic skills and effort.
Take the blinkers off. You hate him and that's all there is to it.
But as I said before, that's OK because you have the right.
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