morell wrote:Tell ya what, you can pretty much set your watch every year for this forum to have peanuts not understand lower division football to claim some random dude that's played a higher level who
"Would be too good for D7"
"Will tear it apart at this level"
"Surely the best ruck/forward/defender in the comp"
"Shoe in for the medal"
Or whatever. How often does it come to fruition? Almost never.
D6/7 has always had high calibre players. It's not the top end of teams that causes clubs to be in lower divisions. It's the lack of depth and consistency of talent.
What the "guns" very quickly realise is that its not tennis or another individual sport. It's a team game. And you're reliant on the talent of others. In these divisions that talent isn't always there.
If you're a midfielder, maybe you won't have that elite tap ruckman putting it exactly where you want it or the defensive team mate block for you every time. If you're a forward maybe the kicks are to the left right down up and not on your nips. If you're a defender maybe you don't get that team defensive help.
Invariably those more talented players try to do too much, fail, get frustrated and then don't deliver on expectations.
Really good take. See this happen all the time, not the walk in the park some expect
