sportsbird wrote:
paul merson wrote:
Well aware of that, I just tried to turn it into a football discussion but clearly from the response Sportsbird has no interest in that.
Of course I am interest in discussions regarding WNPL and W League. I'm passionate about the women's game, played it, loved it. However, I am highlighting the fact that Adelaide United continue to appoint coaches with no experience in managing female athletes. This has been evident last season with the local players including a well respected and star interstate player who was extremely unhappy with the coach. It was pointed out that the coach was only interested in the overseas players while the other low status local players were treated as fill ins. If you think this is made up, just talk to the players who were involved last season. Now that Ivan is once again the head coach for season 2019-2020, I would like to see that he treats all players with respect and to treat everyone the same regardless of status. I would really love to see he recruit local players that actually earn their selection, identify their best positions while recruiting overseas/interstate players around the local players, not the other way round.
Im not sure how it went, but from my experience in football, Zoran Matic didn't speak to me in the same light as Claudio Pelosi or Aurellio Vidmar, get on with it.
It is a result based league, players are paid well, its not community league, having been in pro environments this is normal, they are there for results, you want your coaches full attention get out there and get it, don't just expect it.
I know that some will say you cant treat women the same as men, but on a gk level I do & I have plenty of female (wnpl) GKs wanting to join our sessions.
Knowing Ivan, his decisions and behaviors are based around winning, I found him as a player & coach to be a pretty calculated person, he doesn't just do things ad hock.
Now back to my question, which players do you think should stay/go & why?
(The question is about the players not Ivan)