No Victory players – taking me out of my comfort zone!

I might focus on Coyne vs Moore first, with a tiny bit of notice, and one round of games to freshen my thoughts up, I should have something for next week.

Stefanutto will require a bit more time – I need at least a few looks at a player!!

I’ll need a bit more of a look at the current version of Fowler.

Kruse v Danning would be interesting – one not having quite gone on with it, the other ready to give it a shake.

Obviously, they have to be two player who I have had a look at for a while and who play similar roles for their respective teams.

I wouldn’t mind doing one on Jamo, who now has a fair few games under his belt, and picking out another good left back.

I know a bit about Berger, but that’s a big gap so I’m not sure that would be a good comparison (or maybe it is!!)

Great post mate. I find this a very interesting discussion. I probably haven’t paid as much attention to Hernandez as I should have, but I do rate him. I would be interested to see this as a regular feature, but I unfortunately haven’t had enough time to watch enough A-League games to say who I would like to see compared next.

Just wanted to say “good job”.

Cheers,

Rob.

I’ve sort of allowed for that by ranking them 9 / 7. I was toying with a 9 / 6 ranking, but I upped Carlos by one for the very reason that you gave.

Its interesting that the two teams ahead of CCM on the pass count actually won their games

Teams that complete a high amount of passes and win games are on their way to becoming silky Wengerites, Teams that complete a high amount of passes and draw games fart around in their own half too long

Why … Mariner player ….. AHHHHHHHH … I see no talent then…

Just for the record I am adding this kid to the list … and remember the hoof the ball up field all day … and how much better the Choppers passing game was on the weekend … OK OK Ok I will get to the point …

An Enlightening Statisic … Read the Newcastle Herald today and every Tuesday they have a eight page middle spread on football – Jets stuff, A-League, overseas etc. Top read.

One of the sections is the review of the weekend’s matches statistically – goals, corners, fouls, possession etc.

An interesting stat to come out of this was that the Mariners were third in completed passes on the weekend (211), behind the Gold Coast (243) and just behind Perth (219).

This sort of makes a mockery of the fact that many of the pundits, including Craig Foster, Pip, that said we don’t pass the ball. The fact that many of these passes were direct or a little longer than a short pass should be irrelevant.

So watch McGlinchey …. No Body Rates Us … We don’t Care

But Carlos is Le Tissier & Cullina is Frankie Lampard.

Carlos was wanted by Melbourne victory, Le Tissier played few matches at the highest level. Cullina was wanted by PSV & played champions league, Lampard’s every 2nd match is at the highest level.

Football these days demands you to be playmaker as well as a Box to box player unless you are at the very top class as a playmaker.

In Danny’s case, in fact, maybe both cases, you might be surprised at the number of assists they’ve had the last few years.

Sometimes I feel Allsop and Archie just don’t contribute enough, especailly Archie who sometimes cameod as an exciting winger in his younger days, I feel he should be creating more…. and then every now and then he comes good.

But over a 4 year period, I’m saying Arch and Danny are as consistent as anyone else over that period (they are the two highest scorers in the A-League by a country mile).

Smeltz and Porter (admittedly only 3 games so far) always seem to be on

Pie Eater extrodinaire.

He is essentially double or triple the player of any other GCU midfielder, being paid 10 times as much.

For my money, its still the centre striker scoring most of the goals, the attacking midfielder delvering the final ball, and the centre backs clearing from their own third.

I gave Carlos an 8, rather than 7, which is what I was initially tossing up, because:
1. he will press, and win plenty of ball from defenders who are a bit to slow getting it out of their own half;
2. he blocks a fair amount of clearances for a slow bloke; and
3. if the opposition is half asleep, he will bop up where least expected.

I have no doubt Culina is the better player, that said I would love to have both in my team

KFC set chicken pieces:

Culina 4/ Hernandez 10

Which makes it -

176 Culina – 178 Hernandez.

I declare Carlos the winner!

Anyway, all will be revealed on AFL grand final day when GCU host MVFC.

Culina -PSV- Champions League -Starting world cup player

Hernandez – Melbourne Victory- Asian Champions League-Bench player

You have presented a weak argument in a strong format.

Carlos is playing a slightly different role in a different formation, but anyway he doesn’t control proceedings the way Culina does.

The other factor is that for so long, Carlos would have had Muskie’s influence overshadowing the whole team – Culina has that sort of leadership role within GCU.