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The B-Ark / Did we over-perform this season?
« on: August 03, 2020, 01:55:44 PM »
Still really disappointed about Saturday, but I don't think you can fault the players or management, everyone has given their absolute best throughout the season. I really liked the quote before the game saying it's all about having the best team, and not the best individuals, as for me, relatively speaking this was not as good a Boston side as has previously featured in the play-offs. That's not to say I don't think they did well, but were they really that good as individuals, or has the quality of the division deteriorated? Did they actually over-perform this year getting to the play-offs in the first place?
Here are the four teams that have reached the play-off finals over the last ten years. Although not an exact science as we didn't always play 4-4-2, I've put in bold the player who I rated the best for that position. Only Thanoj and Wright get in my 'best XI' (and I'm not sure about Wright), and it also made me think about what a fantastic team we had in both 2015 and 2016.
I'm really not trying to be negative toward this year's players as clearly, as a team, they have performed very well, but do you agree with my choices?
Here are the four teams that have reached the play-off finals over the last ten years. Although not an exact science as we didn't always play 4-4-2, I've put in bold the player who I rated the best for that position. Only Thanoj and Wright get in my 'best XI' (and I'm not sure about Wright), and it also made me think about what a fantastic team we had in both 2015 and 2016.
| 10/11 | 14/15 | 15/16 | 19/20 | |
| GK | Bastock | Strykek | Spiess | Crook |
| LB | Jelleyman | Steer | McEvoy | Whittle |
| CB | Murphy | Piergianni | Piergianni | Shiels |
| CB | Pearson | Garner | Brown | Garner |
| RB | Canoville | Mills | Mills | Challoner |
| LM | Yates | Walker | Rollins | Platt |
| CM | Church | Marrs | Garner | Abbott |
| CM | Sleath | Dixon | Roberts | Thanoj |
| RM | Semple | Felix | Hilliard | Rollins |
| ST | Weir-Daley | Newsham | Southwell | Thewlis |
| ST | Dudfield | Jones | Felix | Wright |
| Sub1 | Davidson | Newsham | Burgess | Nicholson |
| Sub2 | Stones | Hall | Johnson | Warren |
| Sub3 | Boyes | McGhee | Jones | Knowles |
| Sub4 | Clarke | Roberts | Marrs | Ainge |
| Sub5 | Cullingworth | Vince | Lavelle-Moore | Mulhern |
| Sub6 | Willis |
I'm really not trying to be negative toward this year's players as clearly, as a team, they have performed very well, but do you agree with my choices?
