I would like to see us play a 4 - 4 - 2.
Tratt - Dura - Rossi - Doyle
Barbs - A ROD - McG - ?
Watson - Krishna
Not sure who I would play wide left, Parkhouse in his natural position, Fenton and McGarry are other options.
I would like to see Rufer come in until McG is fit... Lia offers nothing moving forward, bring him on to help see out a game if needed.
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
We have had three seasons of pretty football, of which two and a half seasons the results have been mixed at best. We just don't seem to have the depth of personnel to be able to pull it off and yes there are reasons why with international windows but unfortunately they are a fact of life for us although oddly enough they have been worse in previous years.
I admire and respect Ernie for what he has achieved not just for the first team but with the club as a whole, but ultimately only one thing matters.
I wonder how much more than us Adelaide or Brisbane spend, I would think this season we're all pretty close.
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
My biggest criticism is he seemed to have a very casual attitude to defensive solidity (the old call of you score 3 and we'll score 4). I think that was a bit unrealistic when we did have generally less resources than the opposition and when the goals dried up we were just so easy to beat because we give up 2 goals a game. When we lost attacking form we just looked so dire because conceding goals was just inevitable. You look at the signings we made in the off season and apart from Rossi, where we had such an obvious need to recruit an experienced player, they were all signings that were intended to help us score more goals but it left us very unbalanced across the park.
Normo's coming home
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
My biggest criticism is he seemed to have a very casual attitude to defensive solidity (the old call of you score 3 and we'll score 4). I think that was a bit unrealistic when we did have generally less resources than the opposition and when the goals dried up we were just so easy to beat because we give up 2 goals a game. When we lost attacking form we just looked so dire because conceding goals was just inevitable. You look at the signings we made in the off season and apart from Rossi, where we had such an obvious need to recruit an experienced player, they were all signings that were intended to help us score more goals but it left us very unbalanced across the park.
I actually think that our defense this season has been much improved. You compare us to the rest of the league and we are 2nd equal for clean sheets and about middle of pack regarding shots on target conceded per game. In the context of the HAL, our defense is not that bad - it's our goal scoring which has been poor, we have had 100 shots and only scored 6 goals.
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did.
A fan is a fan.
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
Agree completely, I think over the last year or so, the football has been pretty dour and uninspiring.
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
My biggest criticism is he seemed to have a very casual attitude to defensive solidity (the old call of you score 3 and we'll score 4). I think that was a bit unrealistic when we did have generally less resources than the opposition and when the goals dried up we were just so easy to beat because we give up 2 goals a game. When we lost attacking form we just looked so dire because conceding goals was just inevitable. You look at the signings we made in the off season and apart from Rossi, where we had such an obvious need to recruit an experienced player, they were all signings that were intended to help us score more goals but it left us very unbalanced across the park.
I actually think that our defense this season has been much improved. You compare us to the rest of the league and we are 2nd equal for clean sheets and about middle of pack regarding shots on target conceded per game. In the context of the HAL, our defense is not that bad - it's our goal scoring which has been poor, we have had 100 shots and only scored 6 goals.
We've conceded 14 in 8 - it's not good. And you illustrate my point, we expect to concede to when we don't score it's bad
Normo's coming home
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
I reckon people need to stop watching top tier European football, then their expectations adjust to appropriate HAL levels.
:P
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
We have been very guilty of playing in front of defences. We don't have a lot of good possession in the front third
Normo's coming home
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
A fan is a fan.
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
My biggest criticism is he seemed to have a very casual attitude to defensive solidity (the old call of you score 3 and we'll score 4). I think that was a bit unrealistic when we did have generally less resources than the opposition and when the goals dried up we were just so easy to beat because we give up 2 goals a game. When we lost attacking form we just looked so dire because conceding goals was just inevitable. You look at the signings we made in the off season and apart from Rossi, where we had such an obvious need to recruit an experienced player, they were all signings that were intended to help us score more goals but it left us very unbalanced across the park.
I actually think that our defense this season has been much improved. You compare us to the rest of the league and we are 2nd equal for clean sheets and about middle of pack regarding shots on target conceded per game. In the context of the HAL, our defense is not that bad - it's our goal scoring which has been poor, we have had 100 shots and only scored 6 goals.
We've conceded 14 in 8 - it's not good. And you illustrate my point, we expect to concede to when we don't score it's bad
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
We have been very guilty of playing in front of defences. We don't have a lot of good possession in the front third
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
My biggest criticism is he seemed to have a very casual attitude to defensive solidity (the old call of you score 3 and we'll score 4). I think that was a bit unrealistic when we did have generally less resources than the opposition and when the goals dried up we were just so easy to beat because we give up 2 goals a game. When we lost attacking form we just looked so dire because conceding goals was just inevitable. You look at the signings we made in the off season and apart from Rossi, where we had such an obvious need to recruit an experienced player, they were all signings that were intended to help us score more goals but it left us very unbalanced across the park.
I actually think that our defense this season has been much improved. You compare us to the rest of the league and we are 2nd equal for clean sheets and about middle of pack regarding shots on target conceded per game. In the context of the HAL, our defense is not that bad - it's our goal scoring which has been poor, we have had 100 shots and only scored 6 goals.
We've conceded 14 in 8 - it's not good. And you illustrate my point, we expect to concede to when we don't score it's bad
We conceded 156 in 90 games under him so not only talking about this season
Normo's coming home
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
It's been, overall, godawful to watch for for the last one and a half seasons, with good games spattered in between. The only thing that kept us going was a bit of Roly brilliance last season and a bit of Krishna brilliance this.
a.haak
For all the poor results we had, Ernie had us playing some of the most exciting football I've ever witnessed live and he gave us a genuine chance at winning the title. Really hope whoever comes in can bring the best out of the quality players in the squad and give that sort of hope again
Sure we had some stinkers, but remember we use to be a team that would sit back and defend and just launch crossed into the box. That was literally all we did. And away games we almost always looked getting smashed.
We definitely played better football under Merrick. Though I'm lost for why our home record dropped so much under his watch.
My biggest criticism is he seemed to have a very casual attitude to defensive solidity (the old call of you score 3 and we'll score 4). I think that was a bit unrealistic when we did have generally less resources than the opposition and when the goals dried up we were just so easy to beat because we give up 2 goals a game. When we lost attacking form we just looked so dire because conceding goals was just inevitable. You look at the signings we made in the off season and apart from Rossi, where we had such an obvious need to recruit an experienced player, they were all signings that were intended to help us score more goals but it left us very unbalanced across the park.
I actually think that our defense this season has been much improved. You compare us to the rest of the league and we are 2nd equal for clean sheets and about middle of pack regarding shots on target conceded per game. In the context of the HAL, our defense is not that bad - it's our goal scoring which has been poor, we have had 100 shots and only scored 6 goals.
We've conceded 14 in 8 - it's not good. And you illustrate my point, we expect to concede to when we don't score it's bad
We conceded 156 in 90 games under him so not only talking about this season
Fair enough, though doesn't address the point that our defense has been improved this season.
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
Apart from Lia - Every Nix team must have Lia.
I have a lot of respect for Simon Hill compared with most of the other commentators but I'm not all that impressed by him bringing up the future of the club yet again. Can't anyone over in Australia actually give the NIX the 4 years they are entitled to before they start writing the club off? I know he didn't mean it that severely but still I don't think he should have mentioned it.
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
New coach, 23 new players, new home stadium, probably new owners. Is there anything I've missed?
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
New coach, 23 new players, new home stadium, probably new owners. Is there anything I've missed?
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
New coach, 23 new players, new home stadium, probably new owners. Is there anything I've missed?
New ticket scanners at the stadium, or new season passes, whichever one is shark replace them.
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
New coach, 23 new players, new home stadium, probably new owners. Is there anything I've missed?
That has been tried before.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Anyway, obviously lots of people have lots of options (and obviously mine is right) on the results/product, but I think most of us can agree that he's handled himself with class by fronting the media today.
It would quite easy to slip back to melbourne and jut did a sole interview with someone he trusts.
I think everyone can agree that Ernie has been all class, all the time. Great guy. It's not often a coach resigns from a club but still has every fans respect.
a.haak
do we need/have room for a director of football? could fit ernie quite well...
i think the fronting of the media just shows the mana of the man really. he is a class act, even at the end.
do we need/have room for a director of football? (---)
Ricki Herbert last I heard but I may be behind with the news tweets
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
I reckon people need to stop watching top tier European football, then their expectations adjust to appropriate HAL levels.
:P
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
I reckon people need to stop watching top tier European football, then their expectations adjust to appropriate HAL levels.
:P
How many teams this season have been playing shekshy football?
just get rid of the players and bring in new players to do the playing better than the old players that'll fix it
New coach, 23 new players, new home stadium, probably new owners. Is there anything I've missed?
Some decent fans would be great ...
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
I reckon people need to stop watching top tier European football, then their expectations adjust to appropriate HAL levels.
:P
How many teams this season have been playing shekshy football?
City. Brisbane, Adelaide, Victory generally play good football.
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
I reckon people need to stop watching top tier European football, then their expectations adjust to appropriate HAL levels.
:P
How many teams this season have been playing shekshy football?
City. Brisbane, Adelaide, Victory generally play good football.
do we need/have room for a director of football? could fit ernie quite well...
i think the fronting of the media just shows the mana of the man really. he is a class act, even at the end.
We already have one, just without the actual "Director of Football" title]. Shaun Gill, football operations manager.
Do people really think our brand of football has been consistently pretty? I think in the Burns era it was but much of it since has been laboured and dull. Yeah we've kept possession better than under Ricki but I don't think it's been particularly good to watch. There hasn't been crisp, focussed passing or any sort of creativity for much of the last season and a half. Patches here and there where we string some nice football together but only a few times a game I think.
I reckon people need to stop watching top tier European football, then their expectations adjust to appropriate HAL levels.
:P
How many teams this season have been playing shekshy football?
City. Brisbane, Adelaide, Victory generally play good football.
Not this season, sure. They usually do, however. They are reliant on having their key players on the field.
Merrick was a class act. very dry with the media which I liked.
He did build this squad and it was/is his team.
I feel sorry for the next coach coming in and am sorry merrick didn't wait till the end of the season to step down and give the new coach time to bring his/her own players in.
Good luck to Ramon if he applies.
"Ufuk with the Club, Ufuk with the Country".
If your girlfriend's got gloves, she's a keeper.
Ernie don't like us
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