All Whites vs China | Sat 15 Nov | 12.30am | SS1

lot of long balls looking for wood i guess

thomas is a classy player

yup this ref is letting a lot go

boxall is lacking in his distribution

The only reason I can think of is Hudson wanting to use Wood's height as an advantage over the smaller Chinese defenders however we aren't really retaining possession from it. 

Kosta is in some fine form. He's getting around the park nicely.

it's the hardest I have ever seen Marco work in tracking back

obviously keen for some game time

We had a break there and McGlinchey (?) just bombed it forward for Wood.  Even if Wood heads it, we don't keep the ball because we don't have a second striker lurking.

Same old problem in area in the middle of the park. WANTED: Riera 

are we sponsored by Hyundai or something?

For some reason I dont think h oofing it forward is the plan - we just have no one to transition it from defence to attack. weeMac and Tuiloma are struggling

For some reason I dont think h oofing it forward is the plan - we just have no one to transition it from defence to attack. weeMac and Tuiloma are struggling

Amazing fall.

Fuck. Smith was having a good game until then

erm what is Smith doing, such a numpty

im not enjoying seeing that chinese man flop himself to the ground

Geez 18, have some pride man!

Phew - thought Smith lashed out but no

hit the post... so close

Soft cock...barely touched by smith.

So close

Look at those lasers by the Chinese fans - seems to be coming disturbingly common in Asian games 

Have to admit the overall game plan is working. When we get a bit of possession in the final third we do look dangerous.

I get uncomfortable watching the Chinese counter attack. 

Decent game so far. Some great chances both ways and a fair bit of niggle 

i do kinda like seeing wood knock it down to an unrunning kosta, rojas, thomas

Unmarked on the edge of the box? That was terrible from the young LB.

And that's why. 

good save by gleeson. our defense seems to cover zones rather than players, both smith and lb should have been on players then

3 times we've not picked up players in the box..?

Chinese goal seems iminent. They are going down Roux's side of the field a lot.

The chinese have squandered many chances so far. Let's hope that it continues.

they seem to be getting in behind Roux very easily

Our play is definitely the scrappier of the two. Still, some promising stuff going forward. Always going to be teething issues

rojas shoulda scored there

after a good ball by bill

Laser on WeeMac

tommy definantly won the corner there

fuck this ref is boiling my piss. How many blatant corners has he given as goal kicks now? I've lost count