It’s only the second round, but… it can already be estimated that this way, Hapoel Tel Aviv’s celebratory centennial season is going nowhere. Imagine a Hapoel Tel fan who has been watching the same bad movie, time after time, for years. Sometimes he changes the popcorn, sometimes the drinking, sometimes the cinema itself, but he already knows the characters, the plot and always the ending. In this case, the nightmare.
It’s only the second round, but… if in its two opening games Hapoel Tel Aviv doesn’t score, doesn’t produce and kicks 4 times into the opponent’s frame in 180 minutes, it’s worrying. But not worrying like the way the business is built in what should be a special year. Apparently talking about the area of 19 million shekels that came in from player sales (in payments or not, less interesting), talking about over 9,000 subscribers who were called to be part of something big, but not really.
All the sales of Usher Davida, Shay Elias, Doron Leidner and the others, are justified and true. Hapoel is a club that is thirsty for cash flow, and as part of the adjustments to the lack of major investment by the owner, assets need to be sold and new ones created. But in the meantime, you also need to bring in to make sure that the shop window stays shiny. A team needs to be built on a backbone and Bloomfield, at least at the moment, doesn’t seem to have one.
Any replacement that came was a casino gamble. One substitute started in only six games last season, another only started in eight, a member of the attack was not even in the lineup once before receiving the call from Khodorov, two were even relegated, and you can go on and on. It is not fair to point to guilty players in the month of August, but one must ask how such a demanding and seemingly pretentious club is based on fakes and bets, hoping to damage the river and trying mainly to bluff without anything in hand.
True, it’s only the second cycle, but… it’s easiest to fall on the coach and blame the whole world. So that this season doesn’t turn into a farce, Hapoel doesn’t need an improvement section, they need a repair section, which builds a backbone so that this thing doesn’t turn the season into a farce. At the moment, the club may be big, the team is small. Excessive criticism? Maybe. But first you should watch the two losses to Hapoel Haifa and Bnei Sakhnin, close your eyes, read the lineup and imagine that they are called Hapoel Nof HaGalil and not Hapoel Tel Aviv. Then you start to worry, or rejoice, depending on which side of the road you are on.
Maccabi Haifa is superhuman
True, it’s only the second cycle, but… Maccabi Haifa looks scarier than ever. If the first half against Maccabi Netanya was the champion’s “human” lineup, the substitutions made it superhuman. As soon as Sherri, Piero and Mohamed came in, Barak Becher’s team went from an excellent Premier League team to a Champions League group stage team. Benny Lem said “we broke up”. No, my son, you were broken up, and it’s not your fault.
If the number 1 candidate for the title of “Champion of the Second League” (fourth place in free translation), grabs a quartet from Maccabi Haifa, seemingly tired and preoccupied with the affairs of the Champions League, what does that say about what we will get this season against teams smaller than it? Yes, there is a strong fear that the majors will not have mercy and we will get plays that will delight the fans of the majors, but will lead to a situation where the scoreboards will be filled with unconventional numbers.
History buffs will take note of the fact that a champion who played in the group stage of the Champions League has never won the championship. You just have to remember – we are in a crazy season thanks to the World Cup. The European season will end quickly (let’s hope not), and the greens will also get a break and a month to recover and restart. Judging by the performance against Maccabi Netanya, it seems that she will reach the break in the areas she has gotten used to being in the last two years quite easily.
On 56 brave
It’s true, it’s only the second cycle, but… how does Sekcia Nes Ziona want to fight for her life in the league? After 180 minutes, it can be said that this is the team that is the easiest to play against. Hapoel Kiryat Shmona created 24 chances against them in the first round, MS. Ashdod “only” 20. This means a constant threat to a defense that is already inexperienced.
Offenses may win games, but defenses bring titles. So the plate won’t reach the lows this season, but at this rate, what will happen when the section meets more threatening offensive squads? We will also dedicate to our dear Ness Ziona the title of “number of the cycle” – 30 km separates Ness Ziona and Ashdod. Only 56 fans of the newcomer bothered themselves for the team’s first away game in the top league. We chose to salute them and see if they will make the long journey as well In the next away game. Oh, actually it’s against Maccabi Haifa in Sami Ofer. Go ahead.
