There will be no coddling of Brisbane’s emerging stars. In fact, when it comes to one, his coach will put “as much pressure and stress as we can on him”.
The Brisbane coach was a passionate figure at the club’s A-League season launch, speaking of building a culture that would breed from within Queensland.The three-time Socceroo talked of putting pressure on his rising stars to make diamonds, adamant they would need to endure a trial by fire to succeed.
As for striker Thomas Waddingham, the coach believed he could be on the cusp of featuring under his former Sydney FC teammate – and now Australia coach – Tony Popovic. Having discussed Waddingham’s trajectory with former Socceroos coach Graham Arnold – on the back of a season in which he equalled Brisbane’s top goalscorer mark with seven – the Brisbane boss took a different philosophy to the mentality others might have.Credit:“We put as much pressure and stress as we can on him and see how he copes, and try to keep him in the deep end where he’s got bricks on his feet, and he’s struggling to stay afloat,” Zadkovich said.
While the 32-year-old stressed Zadkovich’s approach to Waddington was with a “supportive dad” energy, he had seen enough from the youngster to suggest a breakout campaign was imminent, provided he responded to the harsh methods.Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
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