His form has been down for ages. My thing is more that the effort seems to be dropping off, theres multiple times in the last few weeks i have seen him just jog between contests, not put his body on the line to block, the small things and you cant accept conditionality with that as far as im...
I care because it sends the wrong message to the players pushing up from the 2nds. The message ought to be that if your effort is not good enough you get dropped from the 1s (until it improves) and players who are pushing with the right effort and workrate from the lower level get an...
Poor form is one thing. Coasting is another (and yes dempsey does this and it makes me angry but he is elite enough to get away with it sometimes-close is absolutely not).
Its odd because I would have waited until later in the year I doubt anyone was poaching him. That said they are probably worried as to whether stengle will be allowed back or not.
Yes. Unless we are planning to do some odd shenanigans with sdk (i thought not given larkey) it kind of implies stanley is completely cooked.
Seeing close named in the team is utterly bewildering. His lack of work rate and dangers lack of movement is not going to help our defensive pressure issues.