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Originally Posted by MillerTime GFG
Sorry dude, but you’re straight up wrong. There’s a reason so many professional coaches say “lack of effort”. You’re not in a position to brush it off as a cliche, unless you think you know more than they do? These guys have been in the game for decades, and most of those years being spent with the elite of the elite.
Do you think Monahan plays the game as hard as Buddy Robinson? Ritchie? Tanev? Ronaldo? JG as hard as those guys? No, they play differently. Monny and JG have a different skill set that got them to the show. Those other guys got there on hard work. Rene Borque...another great example.
Guaranteed you ask any professional athlete if there are guys they’ve played with that lack effort, 100% of them would answer with a “yes”. 100%.
I’m sure I’ll get roasted as being “one of those guys”, but I’ve played another sport at a high level, including a (very) short professional stint, and I can say in certainty there were guys on my team that had all the talent in the world, but lacked work ethic and had a low GAF metre.
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Perhaps there could be a little from column a and a little from column b but I don't know how you can fail to see how slow and tenntative this team is playing. They are not following their instincts. They're overthinking and doing what they think they're supposed to be doing. And it's players that play with speed, aggression and emotion that have been benched or demoted - Duke, Bennett, and Andersson.
At least Mangiapane is getting an extended role. I agree that he is a guy that exudes effort all the time.