We can feel a little unlucky not to get a point (you always do when it's 0-1), but equally Queensland were a bit better and worth their win.
Yeah, I think this is key. Queensland outplayed us in the first half, got their lead, and although we played much better in the second, Queensland still looked way too comfortable, and always dangerous on the counter.
I know a lot of people are saying we created chances, but did we really? Leo's shocker aside, the only chances I can remember is LeiLei's header and Smeltz's volley over the bar late in the second half. Haven't seen the replay yet,
but I'm really struggling to remember anything else we did.
The same could be said for the Roar, in fact apart from the goal and Fat Bastards free kick I can't really think of another instance when they really threatened.
So the difference between the 2 sides? 1 piece of sloppy defending from us (if you're on the post stick to it ffs!) and we didn't take our chances. It's a game I think that got away from us and we could have (and perhaps should have) won so why the hell are we getting so negative.
Yes, we didn't shoot enough and yes, we didn't get enough crosses in and yes, we slowed down too many attacks and turned back to MF too much and I'm sure that these are things that they'll be working on at training.
But there are definite improvements over the last few weeks, we finished looking the better team and there were times when Queensland looked rattled.
So, how about we get off their backs and if we're going to criticise, at least try and be positive.
Try this:
For me, I think we start games too slowly and should get out of the blocks a bit quicker. At the end, the formation we were playing with was the same as one of our pre-season games (4-2-3-1) with Daniel, Leo and Gao behind Smeltz and as with the pre-season game we were all over them going forward. So, what I'd like to see for the next game is start with these 4 up front and go at a team from the start.
