Feelings of despair at Hapoel Jerusalem after the 104: 95 last night (Thursday) of Hapoel Eilat in the direct battle for second place in the table.
“You have to see the training,” said Hapoel Jerusalem, “there are better energies and the players work well and do not make these mistakes. You see video, talk about everything, but then the game comes and we let the opponent do whatever she wants.”
The group says that the problem of injuries also makes it very difficult to produce stability. In some cases there is no top ten in training and the decision to register the staff is made right next to the game after the players undergo fitness tests on the same day.
“We are in an emergency situation with the injuries,” Dainius Adumatis tried to explain who seemed helpless in some minutes, “I believe in these players, but we do not keep good enough on a personal level and let them score. We have no panacea and no magic methods. We will have to keep working on training.”
2. Hapoel Jerusalem admits that even more than two months after his appointment, the players still have difficulty adapting to the method of play and conduct of Adomitis, which is completely different from Katsch’s encouragement. “There are still players here with precipitation from Oded’s departure and there are feelings that players were very attached to him.”
But Adam Ariel, who excels in the red ranks, makes it clear that despite all the difficulties, he and his teammates need to raise their level quickly, especially on the defensive side. “We are professionals and we play for Hapoel Jerusalem, so we must look ahead, raise our heads and get better. We are the players who are not keeping up well and we need to change that.”
“We are not discouraged at all,” the forward added, “there have been teams that went through difficulties during the season and later connected. We play not only for ourselves but also for bigger things and we have a few more goals to play for.”
The players say that the lack of Jacoben Brown is very noticeable both professionally and socially, and the team hopes that the joining of the new acquisition Ray McCallum will slightly fill the space created. “He is an experienced player and will be able to take over the team and run it together with Chris Kramer.”
The player, who is in isolation and is expected to get into action this week, played in the G-League until recently and came in with good playing and physical fitness, so he should get into things quickly.