I think as Stevey said in his interview, there’s a good group of midfielders and he looks forward to the competition for places.
I have to say I’ve honestly enjoyed this, but maybe it needs its own thread?
While there’s lies and dammed lies etc, it’s interesting to tease out interpretations of that data. I’m not a practitioner, but I remember watching some of the Freakanomics guys. It’s obvious, for example that when Pennington partners Lewis he’s going to have better passing completion and accuracy. Or that Sandoval might have low completion rates looking for that killer attacking through ball. It’s finding the correct question and the correct stat. And also a reliable stat collector, cos tbh some of those Fox sports ones seemed questionable at times.
I also think that, while Pennington isn’t a leader in the way some might think of leadership, he really impressed me with tenacity in the final few games of the season and kept fighting against WU after others had let their heads drop.
Anyway, especially if Rufer comes back firing we will have a well stocked midfield cupboard for next season. Just need 2-3 bolted on goal scorers now.
P.s. edit etc- Ugarkovic played this system at Sydney?