Whats the Story with Nicky Travis?

[tyson]

Huke did play very hard the few times I have seen him play youth. Most players think that they are above it and don't give a rats ass. Huke was crunching a few of the guys in his tackles.

 

[marinermick]

Huke did play very hard the few times I have seen him play youth. Most players think that they are above it and don't give a rats ass. Huke was crunching a few of the guys in his tackles.

as opposed to travis' attitude when he played youth

shows the difference in professionalism and maturity between the two

 

[tyson]

Yeah... where you said he may have read the forum and thought he was awesome because we were saying he is, I really hope he is reading now and seeing how disappointed everyone is.

He obviously has a lot of potential, but even Lionel Messi doesn't think he is too good.

 

[neverwozza]

OK Ok we have established the guys a cock but part of a top line managers job is to manage egos. You don't think Sir Alex has managed his fair share of wankers? I think Lawrie's greatest weakness is that he freezes out quality players (Gumps comes to mind wombat) because he can't manage or motivate them but will play donkeys massively out of form if they toe the line.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I think he was not used to playing with professional players with the skill levels of 11yo kids.

Clearly frustrated at times.

A decent coach would have had WeeMac and Travis carving up the opposition.

You'd need to be related to Jesus to get Porter and Bojic carving up anyone.

This is just ridiculous.

I rate Travis, pretty sure everyone has said they do... but your so unbalanced in your opinions sometimes Wombat that you almost feel compelled to say he's just a hopeless whining prima donna just to try to bring some semblance of balance.

I do watch football, coach football, play football...
And the FACT is, Travis did some excellent things, and I think he showed promise, but also made many individual errors this season that were certainly not the fault of any one else around him, he struggled to play 90 minutes, lacked in consistency as he was clearly out of form for the latter part of the season before being dropped and then, by all reports, he has now showed a completely shit attitude once dropped... ie a lack of maturity as a professional player.

So lets just keep it in perspective before he gets added to our bullshit CCM wasted players list... Like Gumps, who was clearly at the end of his run, despite yes, his valued contributions. Sash who wanted two years... and has barely featured for NCJ this season - year one of his contract... Started ten, scored twice... and how much do you all honestly think he will play next season? Orrrrr... seem to remember a lot of people were trying to bloody canonize Caceres last year when we let him go...  and yet he's barely been able to get off the bench at Welly. AGAIN.

And then, how people think that you can pick someone like Jedinak out of the state league, but then also have absolutely no idea about who can and can't play football is just beyond me.

Sure Travis must be lord... It's all a conspiracy... Everyone at the club is stupid...

 

[111]

I think he was not used to playing with professional players with the skill levels of 11yo kids.

Clearly frustrated at times.

A decent coach would have had WeeMac and Travis carving up the opposition.

You'd need to be related to Jesus to get Porter and Bojic carving up anyone.

This is just ridiculous.

I rate Travis, pretty sure everyone has said they do... but your so unbalanced in your opinions sometimes Wombat that you almost feel compelled to say he's just a hopeless whining prima donna just to try to bring some semblance of balance.

I do watch football, coach football, play football...
And the FACT is, Travis did some excellent things, and I think he showed promise, but also made many individual errors this season that were certainly not the fault of any one else around him, he struggled to play 90 minutes, lacked in consistency as he was clearly out of form for the latter part of the season before being dropped and then, by all reports, he has now showed a completely shit attitude once dropped... ie a lack of maturity as a professional player.

So lets just keep it in perspective before he gets added to our bullshit CCM wasted players list... Like Gumps, who was clearly at the end of his run, despite yes, his valued contributions. Sash who wanted two years... and has barely featured for NCJ this season - year one of his contract... Started ten, scored twice... and how much do you all honestly think he will play next season? Orrrrr... seem to remember a lot of people were trying to bloody canonize Caceres last year when we let him go...  and yet he's barely been able to get off the bench at Welly. AGAIN.

And then, how people think that you can pick someone like Jedinak out of the state league, but then also have absolutely no idea about who can and can't play football is just beyond me.

Sure Travis must be lord... It's all a conspiracy... Everyone at the club is stupid...

That is a GREAT post!!!

 

[MagpieMariner]

Been thinking about this for a while now (and yes, it has made my head hurt real bad ), and I wonder whether the fact that Travis was signed for 1 year while WeeMac & Crowell were given 2 years, and so was Huke I think, is significant. Did the recruiting people see something we didn't at the beginning?
Maybe Travis himself only wanted 1 year. That could be the reason that we've heard nothing about a possible contract extension.

 

[Wombat]

OK Ok we have established the guys a cock but part of a top line managers job is to manage egos. You don't think Sir Alex has managed his fair share of wankers? I think Lawrie's greatest weakness is that he freezes out quality players (Gumps comes to mind wombat) because he can't manage or motivate them but will play donkeys massively out of form if they toe the line.

DING DING DING.


You hit the nail on the head.

 

[priorpeter]

unlike your wealth of football knowledge..??

Coached both my kids teams. Have coached AA4 and AA6 in KDSA and over 35's on the Coast.
Captained or been asked to captain most teams i've played it.
Average player but can tell the difference between shit and clay.
I have no badged qualifications...and don't have the time to change that.
Why would i write to the paper you muppet.
Travis and WeeMac were excellent imports that would have excelled elsewhere.

zomg wombat u r so kool plz teech me everyfink you kno about sokkah!!!11!

Yeah, being on loan with all those superstars at Chesterfield must have really opened his eyes

What does it say about our squad the player you are putting shit on is superior to the players you defend each week and who let us down most weeks.

At least they show some f**king heart/want to play.

 

[Wombat]

unlike your wealth of football knowledge..??

Coached both my kids teams. Have coached AA4 and AA6 in KDSA and over 35's on the Coast.
Captained or been asked to captain most teams i've played it.
Average player but can tell the difference between shit and clay.
I have no badged qualifications...and don't have the time to change that.
Why would i write to the paper you muppet.
Travis and WeeMac were excellent imports that would have excelled elsewhere.

zomg wombat u r so kool plz teech me everyfink you kno about sokkah!!!11!


Thank you.

BTW what is Soccer? ???

Yeah, being on loan with all those superstars at Chesterfield must have really opened his eyes

What does it say about our squad the player you are putting shit on is superior to the players you defend each week and who let us down most weeks.

At least they show some f**king heart/want to play.

 

[tyson]

unlike your wealth of football knowledge..??

Coached both my kids teams. Have coached AA4 and AA6 in KDSA and over 35's on the Coast.
Captained or been asked to captain most teams i've played it.
Average player but can tell the difference between shit and clay.
I have no badged qualifications...and don't have the time to change that.
Why would i write to the paper you muppet.
Travis and WeeMac were excellent imports that would have excelled elsewhere.

zomg wombat u r so kool plz teech me everyfink you kno about sokkah!!!11!

Yeah, being on loan with all those superstars at Chesterfield must have really opened his eyes

What does it say about our squad the player you are putting shit on is superior to the players you defend each week and who let us down most weeks.

At least they show some f**king heart/want to play.

Wombat... the new Kareem. "I'm captain in every team I play in"

 

[Kareem]

incorrect I am only captain in approximately 83% of teams i play in!

 

[Forum Phoenix]

l

incorrect I am only captain in approximately 83% of teams i play in!

 

[priorpeter]

incorrect I am only captain in approximately 83% of teams i play in!

i'll pay that, nice one 

 

[tyson]

Hahahahaha

 

[~Floss~]

And then, how people think that you can pick someone like Jedinak out of the state league, but then also have absolutely no idea about who can and can't play football is just beyond me.

Great sentence.

But you did leave out that the guy who picked Jedinak out of the state league also sees the players daily, knows how they've been coping/performing at training, and gets to speak to them as well as some of the medical & sports science staff who assess them.

...But then we all have access to the wealth of information from official CCM press releases and the same mainstream media that is also available to opposition coaches in the lead-up to matches.

It's so much easier to say "WTF was he thinking", with the added benefit of hindsight, rather than "Hmmm... I wonder what he knew that we didn't"

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Sorry Floss.
Must be slipping ;D

Good post.

 

[dru]

Apparently hip flexor injury at the moment

 

[Matt--Simon]

Apparently hip flexor injury at the moment

I seen him a tuggerah tonight after the game had been called off he seemed to be grabbing at his hip a fair bit and i seen him trying to stretching it a couple of times

 

[Wombat]

Travis would have carved the Scummers to bits in the second half.

Shame not to see him on but the kids did well.