Until proven otherwise, Brad Greenberg's team will have to contend with the unflattering "safe descending" title.
Maccabi Ashdod players. A pre-known end?
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Jenny Agency
Beyond all its problems, Maccabi Ashdod will have to deal - until proven otherwise - with the unflattering title of "safe descending". In the current state of affairs, it is difficult to see how the team that will host tonight in Eilat (7pm) will avoid the relegation to the second league.
The Souths are last in the table, losing seven games in a row, but above all, the poor ability and poor quality of the roster stand out. Brad Greenberg's magic wasn't as good as his previous two years at the club, nor was the strengthening of Lior Eliyahu's character. The roster is simply not good, and if it remains as it is, the meaning is clear - next year they will play nationally.
Ashdod is close to closing two months without a win. Six losses were in double digits, she is the worst in the league (74), and in the last four games it has dropped to 66. A major sign of her crispness was last week in Nahariya, then led by half in the 16th difference and was victorious at the end of that difference.
The faculty weakness is a direct result of the fact that Ashdod plays with only three strangers. Economic reason: The group receives a type of award - a grant from the Administration.
Lior Eliyahu. Need a coordinator near him // Photo: Jenny Agency
Take, for example, Hapoel Hashab, which is deep at the bottom with two wins (the teams meet in the next round).
The group from the port city will try to strengthen the roster, but not sure it will. Ashdod released young chin Noah Dickerson and, as first published in "Israel Today," agreed with 35-year-old face player Ike Ofibo (who will not play tonight), who previously wore Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv uniforms. Although the player is in the process of receiving He will be an Israeli citizen.
Beyond the question of the efficiency and fitness of Ofibu, it is questionable: will it suffice? Ashdod needs another stranger, not a stranger to replace stranger, and professionally, before an interior player needs a coordinator.