Good post Tris, Gillespie makes his mind up whether he is going to play well or not before the game. He looks at the LB and if he fancies he can beat him he does, if he thinks the guys got a bit of pace about him he wont even bother trying to beat him.
Dunny is a big problem. I have mentioned on previous posts about his attitude, and his similarities to Gazza are becoming more striking by the week. Not thru' his ball skills and his influence on a game, more his waist measurement.
I'm afraid I cannot agree on Cole though. He makes some splendid runs that just do not get seen by the "providers". I think the rest of the team have to learn his game as much as he has to look at himself. Goalscorers are what make a footy team successful, he is one and so lets try to play to his strengths. Remeber the Shearer days, we had a way of playing that was all set up around this man because he could score. Not that I am putting Cole in the light as Shearer but we need to look at ways of feeding him more often in the areas where he likes the ball.
I admit he is his own worst enemy with that solemn body language of his, but lets get realistic, we paid slightly more for him than we did for Grabbi and what the bloody hell has he done. The fans still chant the italians name yet he has not produced, isn't going to produce and his attitude seems to never get questioned. Get behind Cole and he will score the goals. Give him the same chances that Grabbi seems to get off the fans.
With Matty looking a long way off Yorke n' Cole is the present and future strikeforce that we have so lets not worry about their Manure connections support them because they are our best chance of success.