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Bachar Houli - بشار حولي,
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His apparent focus on racking up disposal numbers?
You lost all credibility after that sentence.
Please give up with this ridiculousness.
Your opinion is fair comment, but I've never ever watched Houli and thought he's chasing stats. Never.
It's odd. I've been a critic of Houli's at times. But I've only really ever had an issue with his ball use. I've just felt that as a specialist distributor, he has generally not been as clean or composed as is required of that role.
But I've never had an issue with his courage or toughness, or commitment to the team, or thought that he was selfish. He seems like the ultimate team player, and like someone who genuinely plays his role.
Now some are saying he bounces the ball too much? Seems like a reach to fit a narrative.
But I've never had an issue with his courage or toughness, or commitment to the team, or thought that he was selfish. He seems like the ultimate team player, and like someone who genuinely plays his role.
Now some are saying he bounces the ball too much? Seems like a reach to fit a narrative.
I agree completely with your first paragraph - impact is crucial to his distributor role. The other aspects being debated are somewhat inconsequential.
But do you think his impact would come under greater scrutiny if his disposal numbers weren't as high?
That's the narrative I'm trying to reach.
It’s funny, many on here at the time cast it as the ultimate symbol of how far Richmond had fallen, and that both Grigg and Houli were damaged castoffs from our rivals. In a way they were. I don’t think anyone could have imagined they’d both end up storied life members of the club.
And yet here we are, 170 odd games later and with Premiership heroics in his CV and we’re hearing from one poster who’s inferring that a reason Bachar is chasing stats is because he is uncontracted at the end of the year and is focussed on increasing his stats to display his worth assuming, presumably, that he is desperately playing for an extension.
I’d suggest that 1. He does not know the humble team focussed man that Bachar is 2. He does not know much about football. Try suggesting to anyone in our coaching fraternity that Bachar is focussed on that and hope they haven’t got a mouth full of nails. Because they would spit them out in your face laughing so hard.
Some people don’t need a shovel to dig themselves a hole.
A fringe player who is on the verge of being delisted and has never established himself may look at certain stats at the end of a game and worry whether he’s done enough.
Not Bachar
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It used to be, as did the distance for a mark. They changed both around the same time, if not together.
Yeh, I was a doubter but they have played a role on the field but perhaps an even bigger one off the field in developing the culture at the club.
Congrats Bachar. Great club great bloke very very good HB. Will long be remembered.
