AWs v Jamaica Mt Smart Feb 29th 7:30pm

so I am guessing that we lost 3-2, but what happened?  Who scored for us, who played well, who got injured (apart from Reid

That was great for the development of our youth. The first goal was just a taste of what these lads are going to bring in the future

good signs

keeping starting 11 on in a competitive match would help

and 4 at the back might not be a bad idea

rockarse played well (dewhurst you poser!)

I thought we played pretty well, should of been a draw though, that was definitely a Rojas penalty.

Wow we dominated possession, 58%

And 41 balls into the penalty area!

Look.  Here's the truth:

I think their team may look a little different at play offs time if they are the 4th best team Teza.
Like we did in 2010 the word will go out to all eligible Jamaican players. Could be a bit more firepower available out there and a hell of a lot more at stake...think 14th Nov 2009,we know what that's like!!
Agree though, with a bit more playing time together and more opportunities for these young guns coming through there are some very promising signs...loved the Rojas/Wood interplay for the 1st NZ goal.

I wonder if George is able to post links to listen to Pineys call of the game

couldn't siggy or smith play rt back with siggy & the admiral in middle

was smith playing in mid for a while there?

Cunning plan by Ricki right there...bork Brockie and dull the Jets attack this weekend v Tards.They're more of a threat to the Nix see.

yeah it looked like him and Brown swapped over a for a bit

Who's this new guy Rock-ass .. looks useful !!

Ah true. Forgot that it wasn't on the actual radio. Oh well.

Maybe Piney can hook us up with a recording?

Huh?? picked it up on the net for a while but was too distracting running 20 seconds behind the live pictures...was that a netcast only?

Hopefully. I would love a copy of all of this years home game calls.

some thoughts:

yet another ragged performance, but some promise shown

this team really does have to start winning matches especially at home

back 3 is the only way to go with the personnel we have, but the midfield needs to get closer to them to stop conceding messy goals

too many passengers in terms of work rate - none of the front three dropped off without the ball and the wing backs didn't cover enough ground

additionally, we were frequently short of numbers and depth in midfield

rojas looked dangerous

killen showed his value

paston's feet are slow

rojas was class going forward

leo was good when he came on

the team benefits from SigmUnd's drive, but he isn't one of our best and he is probably not the man to play as a fourth defender in a back four

tim brown would do better to apply his work rate working back towards his defenders, rather than aimless forward runs at international levelreg222012-02-29 22:26:29

I still think that when Killen came on we should have tried it for the last 30.  Let Killen and Wood play as a proper front two with a Rojas/Brockie or Rojas/Bertos combination wide.

agree, would have given good shape

Thought we played well, Rojas is going to be awesome, Brockie made mistakes, its not often that you can be pleased after a lost, but thought there were lots of positives.

Keats looks promising.
How much game time does he get for the Galaxy?

dewhurst, better than tommy smyth with a why

i also like 'keats' and 'woods'reg222012-02-29 22:55:13

Just got home from the game. Please tell me there were 2 shouts for penalty's. Were they?

I particularly liked the part where they told us that Auckland City and Waitakere donkey Paul Seaman once kept for England against Brazil.

Rock-Ass looks very good.

I liked that XI and I think Keat/Killen/Bertos/SigmUnd on the bench shows good depth now. Obviously Glen Moss would come in for Mark Paston, but pretty happy with how good that XI could be in 3 years time.

Tricky.  Marco was cleaned up in that early exchange but the ball was close to out when it happened and he jumped.  perhaps if he'd just stood and been cleaned out the referee might have bought it.

The one in the area where someone ended up face down after a goal mouth scramble was never really focussed on.

In three years time Gleeson may have passed Moss as well.

White noise was okay. Was good to be at the front with the fever lads. We got into a verbal fight with some french guy that wanted to play them drums. Oh and for Jesus being there........

Highlights from the White Noise zone:

An old codger with a T-shirt saying JESUS kicking a rugby ball and being told to piss off.
El Grap's "Roman" salute to someone passing in a Croatia shirt.
Trolling the hell out of Jamaica keeper Dwayne Miller.
Marco, Brockie, Reid while he was on, Tommy Smith moving up into the midfield.

Lowlights:
Kosta was pretty crap.
Inter-WN fighting over a bunch of Europeans who came in playing drums. Some of the more, er, "British" members of the group didn't appreciate that.

Your chants really got going to Dolaras. Was it... Paston your so sexy?

i'm hoping

i should elaborate... both moss and paston have cost us poor goals in recent matches. both are decent a-league keepers, but no more. hopefully someone can step forward at a higher level and give us someone more assured and consistent in between the sticks

You must admit that red kit was lookin' GOOD.

I swear that guy was on P.