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Reply #15 –
Quote from: Baggers on
Totally agree. Never understood the negative attitude toward him.
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Reply #16 –
Quote from: Baggers on
Totally agree. Never understood the negative attitude toward him.

Had confidence issues standing his ground or putting himself in the contest, his disposal was also poor under pressure
and turned the ball over too much IMO...

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Reply #17 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Had confidence issues standing his ground or putting himself in the contest, his disposal was also poor under pressure
and turned the ball over too much IMO...
Unfortunately true. :(
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Reply #18 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Had confidence issues standing his ground or putting himself in the contest, his disposal was also poor under pressure
and turned the ball over too much IMO...

That is a problem with any player in a professional sport, once they have a weakness that has been public exposed the opposition will put them in circumstances to exploit it.
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Reply #19 –
Quote from: LP on
That is a problem with any player in a professional sport, once they have a weakness that has been public exposed the opposition will put them in circumstances to exploit it.

It also helps if techniques are given to players to help them avoid this tactic by their managers.

Most managers play their players to their strengths, and eliminate their weaknesses not by just working on them until they are no longer weaknesses, but so that they shelve that part of their game until they absolutely have to do it.  Think kicking on the "wrong" side of your body.  If you are an average left foot kick at best, but call on it sparingly knowing that you can get the footy where you need to on the opposite side, 1 in 5 lets say, then only doing it once, means that the weakness isnt highlighted because you do it sparingly and in situations when its the best option.

The other side of that, is that the strengths are highlighted so frequently that the weakness vanishes.

Russell was prone to ten minutes of disaster footy which would cost games and that to me is a coaching issue not a player issue.
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Reply #20 –
Quote from: LP on
That is a problem with any player in a professional sport, once they have a weakness that has been public exposed the opposition will put them in circumstances to exploit it.

The one thing I will say in his favour was that he didnt try and hide the problem and was happy to admit he needed to get better in that area....good clubman
and happy to talk to the fans was JR...

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Reply #21 –
Quote from: Thryleon on
It also helps if techniques are given to players to help them avoid this tactic by their managers.

Most managers play their players to their strengths, and eliminate their weaknesses not by just working on them until they are no longer weaknesses, but so that they shelve that part of their game until they absolutely have to do it.  Think kicking on the "wrong" side of your body.  If you are an average left foot kick at best, but call on it sparingly knowing that you can get the footy where you need to on the opposite side, 1 in 5 lets say, then only doing it once, means that the weakness isnt highlighted because you do it sparingly and in situations when its the best option.

The other side of that, is that the strengths are highlighted so frequently that the weakness vanishes.

Russell was prone to ten minutes of disaster footy which would cost games and that to me is a coaching issue not a player issue.

I suppose some issues can be voluntarily dealt with as you describe, but many problems will be issues that are instinctive and happen before conscious thought can take control.

Of course, from a sporting perspective instinctive actions will be the easiest to exploit.
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