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Forum Phoenix

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We need to become cold-hearted f**king killers. Cold-hearted f**king killers doing business.
Thoroughly agree. Though isn't that a Scott Jamison quote? ?

Alou still lacking in the full confidence it looks to me for his runs and finishes to become instinctive. Or maybe he's still just being forced to think as he concentrates on leaning his role still. But definitely improving and he put himself about last night and was a real nuisance. Good little shift I thought. But clinical Visa striker for Christmas please Shaun/MJ/RP.
 

Wombat

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so wombat how has torres turned it around .arguably his effort was already there ?

is nizzy now our permanent No 10 ?

Torres turned it around when he scored against Victory. You could see the weight leave his shoulders.
I believe he will now start to dominate as his confidence grows.

I love Niz at 10 and i like Tulio out wide cutting in. However i like Niz deeper too.

Steele and Maxy is not the same as Niz and Maxy.
 
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true believer

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Torres turned it around when he scored against Western Whatever. You could see the weight leave his shoulders.
I believe he will now start to dominate as his confidence grows.

I love Niz at 10 and i like Tulio out wide cutting in. However i like Niz deeper too.

Steele and Maxy is not the same as Niz and Maxy.
so his shooting is purely a mental thing . i guess if you've seen a few columbian neck ties
you operate with a different mentality .

i agree with niz and max are the best midfield in the A league .
but we improved exponentially with nizzy at 10 and covers a lot of work cumdingo was doing.
max is also high quality player now both in ring generalship and physical maturity .steele also has
brad tapp to keep him honest .
essentially we be trading jin reec for steele

food for thought
 

true believer

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Thoroughly agree. Though isn't that a Scott Jamison quote? ?

Alou still lacking in the full confidence it looks to me for his runs and finishes to become instinctive. Or maybe he's still just being forced to think as he concentrates on leaning his role still. But definitely improving and he put himself about last night and was a real nuisance. Good little shift I thought. But clinical Visa striker for Christmas please Shaun/MJ/RP.
i think alou needs a brain reset . forget what the germans thought you and start playing like you use to with your brothers .that guy can score 20 goals and give us a chance at a double .
 

turbo

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If it’s over the top or abusive absolutely trot out the cards. But I don’t think it’s unreasonable for a decision to be explained. Doesn’t have to be a committee meeting- a quick word on the run.

The best referees and the ones who get the most respect are the best communicators who don’t just say “go away” or “I made my decision”. A lot of the time it actually diffuses the situation.

It’s probably even more important at grassroots level to have good communication. Players are more likely to accept a decision that they disagree with if they understand why it was made.
I agree a ref should communicate and it’s a two way street but you simply can’t have four players approaching or crowding the ref and trying to influence them. And more often than not you see them say ‘they’re looking at it’ and the protests continue or the ref is already backing up to maintain space and they get followed. The right behaviour needs to be modelled from the top.
 

BrisRecky

I'm an idiot savant without the pesky savant bit
Torres turned it around when he scored against Western Whatever. You could see the weight leave his shoulders.
I believe he will now start to dominate as his confidence grows.
agreed , you could see him start to boil against Western Wherever ….I was of the opinion he had pedj bojic-itis , as in his brain were faster than his feet….
but a hat trick against the pale blue a-holes was just crazy , never would of picked that one
 

Melange

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i think alou needs a brain reset . forget what the germans thought you and start playing like you use to with your brothers .that guy can score 20 goals and give us a chance at a double .
Yep, if Alou has started thinking it's not good. He was a pure instinct player when he was last here.
 

style_cafe

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Torres turned it around when he scored against Western Whatever. You could see the weight leave his shoulders.
I believe he will now start to dominate as his confidence grows.

I love Niz at 10 and i like Tulio out wide cutting in. However i like Niz deeper too.

Steele and Maxy is not the same as Niz and Maxy.
Steely has become a very versatile player filling in at rb,lb and anywhere in the midfield.To add to that he is one one of the nicest guys you’d ever wish to meet. If he had a chance to settle in one position for a while he would kill it.
 

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