A ton of young players blooded in AFC's 2-0 win over Birkenhead. Randall and Brook with the goals, either side of the half.
Sakai, Gallegos, May, Hall, and Gillion all rested - Sakai was just chilling on the grass bank with Takuya Iwata and his kids, getting no shortage of young autograph-seekers noticing him - and all the U20 reps were absent, of course.
Lachie Brook looks like the shark - probably AFC's best player technically and was a nightmare for the Birkenhead midfield all match, often cutting inside from the right and beating two or three men before feeding through to the strikers or to de Vries/Rogerson in an advanced left-wing position.
Cosgrove had some nice touches and turns but really looked lost out there, losing more than a few duels to the Birko defenders and skewing some good chances. Really not sure if it's a good fit yet; aside from Randall I worry about the production, especially with May looking extremely poor in the Australia Cup
Elliot was quite poor, nothing came from the right - de Vries conversely was brilliant as always
Sakai, Gallegos, May, Hall, and Gillion all rested - Sakai was just chilling on the grass bank with Takuya Iwata and his kids, getting no shortage of young autograph-seekers noticing him - and all the U20 reps were absent, of course.
Lachie Brook looks like the shark - probably AFC's best player technically and was a nightmare for the Birkenhead midfield all match, often cutting inside from the right and beating two or three men before feeding through to the strikers or to de Vries/Rogerson in an advanced left-wing position.
Cosgrove had some nice touches and turns but really looked lost out there, losing more than a few duels to the Birko defenders and skewing some good chances. Really not sure if it's a good fit yet; aside from Randall I worry about the production, especially with May looking extremely poor in the Australia Cup
Elliot was quite poor, nothing came from the right - de Vries conversely was brilliant as always