Game thread - WPFC v Roar

Dissapointing performance all round. Credit to the Roar though, they got numbers behind the ball all night on defense but played classy attacking football at the same time. That Zullo is one to watch...

We seemed flat all game, Queensland beat us to balls and went into the tackles harder and with more determination, our first touches were poor, no-one ran the lanes very well, we didn't hold possession. They simply as a team, outplayed our team. Teams have bad days at the office and I think that this was ours. Maybe its a case of tactics (which i don't think were quite right for the people picked) or flight plans I don't know. Queensland definitely had a tactic of hammering Felipe so that he was a non factor in his time on the field and I don't think the referee did enough to protect him as a skillful and obvious marked ball player.

If we back this performance up, then I'd be worried, but this was 1 poor game and out of character with the last 6.

I gotta say that Zullo guy is a force to be reckoned with, damn hes quick

had to laugh when Dodd(?) shoulder charged one of the young Roar guys from the ball on the sideline and the young guy went flying into the advertising hoardings - it was just the comparison of size and strnegth.

well, we bounced back from the [shudder] CCM game, so we can bounce back from this one...change of tactics seems necessary though, maybe look at adding more width and doing a lot of free kick training

agreed Dr Quack, they rotated the fouls on felipe,

I think they would have been relieved when he went off


Daniel and Felipe frequently get picked up by two players each, hence the space they create for others, glad we've got Daniel back next week

the free kicks were shocking, we set up for an attacking free kick about 4 times and ended up defending our own bloody goal inside 15 seconds due to sh*te execution

Tactically speaking - why we have played 4 - 5 - 1 at home and then go and play 4 - 3 - 3 against a team that was always going to come at us is a mystery to me. First goal was a cracker but wasn't exactly marked if my memory serves me correctly.

Still - even when we lose it is still great to have our own team to support and we got a consolation at the end. All these away games though - we need a few points on the road for sure.

That's all fine and dandy but if my team is crap i'm going to say they were crap.

"A lot more free-kick training", how's that for an understatement. Last nights free-kicks brought back memories of Malik Buari's free-kicks for the Knights.

Well, tbh i'm not too disappointed at last nights result. In the end to only go down 2-1 in trying conditions with our two most lethal players out it was still a fairly decent effort.

anyone watching the replay on Sky? We seem to be doing better than I remember last night (still 2 goals down, but I'm hoping for a late goal from the Nix ....)

given that our two deadball specialists were off the park I think we can expect better in future matches

Yeh the freekicks were pretty shocking, not one of them really even threatened - they went either out of the park or straight to a defender standing on his own, nowhere near our boys.

I was amused to draw comparison between Reinaldo and Smeltzie though.  Reinaldo had a gimme goal and botched it as he has all season... Smeltz got a half chance and put it in the net.  Its good to see Smeltz in form and putting away any half chance that falls at his feet.

The worry is that the freekicks have been rubbish all season and they dont seem to be getting any better.Unfortunately that and some very poor delivery seem to be 2  things that been constants in all our games,yep even the wins.

I expect we'll see a few good efforts from Felipe and Daniel before the season is out, the way those lads (especially daniel ) hit some of their corners we can surely expect good things

probably need to put the ball into players rather than always attempting the glory shot though

IMO our best free kick this year was aloisi's quick one to set Felipe up v sydney (simple, intelligent - devastating!)

Yeah but see even the corners they dont actually get as many as they should across.Have to say if there is an area i have been disappointed in since the start it is the delivery of the ball or should i say lack of it from dead ball situations.