I am for another full season with Staj he has not done a lot wrong coming from the starting base , I would hate to see us supporting Sydney FC after their disastrous season , from odds on season favourites to finish 7th.
I am very much looking forward to next season and let me tell you Sapsford WILL be leading from the front
I have done my post mortem and am now eagerly looking forward to the development of the team for next season.
We had Jeong and Bonetig to start. Clisby at LB. I mean its up there with Wilmering, Aquilina Cancar, Susnar and Natta. Cleur was the only defender I had any faith in. Who knew the improvements from Panta and Bonetig to be our main defenders and the addition of Gersbach. Before this side of 2025 our defence wasn't much better than the Jets and we had an over reliance on Marcelo last year. Panta ended up being our answer to Marcelo.
In midfield I never had faith Brillante and Priestmann could work because of last season, Staj had Scicluna to start and it worked until he got injured and experimenting with Mata just left us vulnerable in defence. He figured out how to get Brillante and Priestmann to work well together, something Rudan was unable to do.
Up front Kraev on the wing never convinced me until this year that he can play there. I don' think we fully appreciated Borello's new role until recently and how he works well with Sapsford. This was Sapsford big season that he pushed Kraev to the wing and Mata/Antonssen to the bench.
So we had a few youth products step up but also Staj made some tactical changes to adjust for the players he had and it clicked in the 2nd half of the season. But prior to this I really had us barely better than the Jets and outside of finals.
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