Bachar Houli [merged]

[Coach]

Was a return to his 2010 form last night, our best defender.

Was he good for Bendigo in 2010?

[rfctigers05]

Good evening coach where have you been?
Sobered up from the merlot
More or less Taboulli ?

[Coach]

Yeah starting to sober up mate
Not feeling real well at the moment. I'll come round for some Tabouli tomorrow morning before work.

[tigtuff12]

Offers depth but not sure if he is in our best 22 going forward...main prob I have is his decision making/ability to execute under pressure - seems to panic and/or make poor choices & skill errors

Hardwicks pet

Rfc starts two men short down back with him and Newman
One loses the footy the other cant find it they both need to be passed onto Coburg
Sad but honest truth the rfc must move these scared weird little guys on

^ think the knock on Newy is a bit harsh mate...would've thought he's a) earnt his spot & b) one of the only leaders we have down back in amongst so many young defenders...also don't think finding the ball is his issue - one of our better kicks & uses of it coming off half back

[Smokey]

Was a return to his 2010 form last night, our best defender.

Was he good for Bendigo in 2010?

 

Yep, my bad.  Let's try that again.  Was a return to his 2011 form last night.

[Judge Roughneck]

Gee that pass to j brown was cringe worthy.

In regards to houli being best 18/22. I feel he is in trouble.

You play at least 6 talks. If not 7. So that's only 15 or 16 post ions goes our highly skilled squib.

[HKTiger]

Don't have an issue with that pass that Jonno intercepted.  No-one, repeat no-one, presented and Houli was waiting for someone to present.  Finally Reece moved and the pass would have hit him on the tit.

Last week we bemoan the Morris and Ellis blind kicks that cost us goals and victory.  Here you have a guy actually showing poise and looking for an avenue and he still gets criticised.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[rfctigers05]

Ballerinas have poise also but you still need to be clean as rhysjones said we turn the ball over to easy and all culprits must be identified if we are to progress
Difference be winningby A kick than losing by a kick

[yandb]

HK Ellis and Morris were under immense pressure as they kicked, Houli on the other hand had marked and had plenty of time to weigh up his options before kicking.

[RollsRoyce]

Don't have an issue with that pass that Jonno intercepted.  No-one, repeat no-one, presented and Houli was waiting for someone to present.  Finally Reece moved and the pass would have hit him on the tit.

Last week we bemoan the Morris and Ellis blind kicks that cost us goals and victory.  Here you have a guy actually showing poise and looking for an avenue and he still gets criticised.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

No, just damned if you do. I'm not a fan of conceding ground at the best of times. But Houli's first instinct when he got the ball was to turn around and sprint 30 metres back towards our own goal, then try to square it up with a pass back into the corridor which was intercepted. It was just stupid, stupid, stupid and you better believe I was cursing him when the resultant goal brought them to within a frightening 14 points. In a situation like that, if nobody is presenting upfield surely the best thing to do is roost it as far up the boundary line as you can and pray to Allah that it rolls out.

[WilliamPowell]

No, just damned if you do. I'm not a fan of conceding ground at the best of times. But Houli's first instinct when he got the ball was to turn around and sprint 30 metres back towards our own goal, then try to square it up with a pass back into the corridor which was intercepted. It was just stupid, stupid, stupid and you better believe I was cursing him when the resultant goal brought them to within a frightening 14 points. In a situation like that, if nobody is presenting upfield surely the best thing to do is roost it as far up the boundary line as you can and pray to Allah that it rolls out.

Spot on

[Big Papa Bear]

Even though Houli ran backwards and kicked inboard - you got to ask where was the support? Why was his only option inboard and why was they player calling for it? It was not just Houli that had brain fades in that period - that was just the the most prominent one and a goal was conceded.

Perhaps it did the team a favor as they started to run more and kicked 6 straight afterwards.

Houli had played a good game before and after that incident. Deserves his spot - has courage

[unplugged]

It was just stupid, stupid, stupid

Many of our players look backwards before looking forwards.  Look at Conca for example.

They play the way they have been coached to play.  No point hating the player.

[Dice]

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Deserves his spot

By the skin of his teeth coz there's nobody else to take his spot at the moment

 

has courage

No

[1965]

By the skin of his teeth coz there's nobody else to take his spot at the moment

Jordon Russell?