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Addicks wrote:
benwhite wrote:
Addicks wrote:
Best thing from the half was our cohesion and passing.  Someone would take a ball down, and get it to another man, they'd find someone else, and hold it forward. 
 
This is what I want to see, because when we're against someone at the WC we need those skills to make use of the ball we get. 


Interesting. Everyone was saying the Aussies would field an average side, did they put their best 11 out, or at least a decent 11?
 
Couple of big guns missing - their no.1 goalie (schwartzer (sic?)) and Kewell, their best striker. There are a couple who won't be going to S.A.


That's v encouraging. Kewels a'has-been IMHO but Schwartz's is huge for them. Still, we're more thn holding our own. sh*t...
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Life and death
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better make some adjustments, Tommy is about to come on
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disco_mart wrote:
we are playing rubbish at the back
 
Yup all that good passing has stopped and there's a far bit of hoof & hope.
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disco_mart wrote:
we are playing rubbish at the back


I'd like to see smith introduced. see if he can have an re-assureing influene
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Its a friendly. Who cares if he isn't on the team card.
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just a few too many long balls for my liking
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Toffeeman wrote:
Its a friendly. Who cares if he isn't on the team card.


It's not NZFC, don't these things have to be official in internatioanls?
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benwhite wrote:
Toffeeman wrote:
Its a friendly. Who cares if he isn't on the team card.


It's not NZFC, don't these things have to be official in internatioanls?


Ricki....
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Stack wrote:
just a few too many long balls for my liking
+1
 
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Stack wrote:
just a few too many long balls for my liking



this
why they change their style they were playing great...
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nice bit of work by Reid then too slow passing.
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we've lost our shape and midfield is now m.i.a.
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The trouble with the long balls wide to the wide strikers is that even if they recieve it they are isolated from support from midfield. the long ball makes the distances between mid and forwards too far for support
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six subs and a keeper? I think we'd be well served giving JB some game time, just in case.
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disco_mart wrote:
we've lost our shape and midfield is now m.i.a.


I think the midfield mia is because we are bypassing midfield and they cant get forward from defensive work as fast as the long ball travels to help the forwards.
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has boyens been sick down his shirt?
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we need a rb, or atleast someone who can go up and down the field a bit. Who else is on the bench?
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TouchMe wrote:
we need a rb, or atleast someone who can go up and down the field a bit. Who else is on the bench?


and  a LB...
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brockie on for smeltz, hope we end up subbing as strong as them
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Boyens looks like a fish up a tree at Right Wing Back.
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Sir Loin365 wrote:
Boyens looks like a fish up a tree at Right Wing Back.


Absolute;y no midfield. That smith throw-in was level with their box. One big defensive punt and it bounds through the centre circle and to our backline...
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That was a wonderful cross from Smith
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How did we not score then???? We should have been 2-1 up
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that sounded better, Mcg trying to get on the ball.
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Smith with a great cross and Fallon with a strong header, but too direct, straight at the keeper.
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Sounds like the game is opening up quite nicely.
With Wood and Brockie we should have a bit more mobility up front now.
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The Aussies are shutting us down very quickly

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