We need a Berisha and a Broich. Brockie goes missing to often to be Berisha and Stein at the moment is out of form.
Am hearing good things from Victory supporters, who are sad to see him go but realise that with game-time he could be very good. Personally, I welcome an attacking midfield option at this point.
Really have to question why, considering we are trying to play a similar style to Victory and Roar, we sign a player that Ange has ditched twice already.
At least it is basically only a 3 month trial.
Really have to question why, considering we are trying to play a similar style to Victory and Roar, we sign a player that Ange has ditched twice already.
At least it is basically only a 3 month trial.
Grumpy old bastard alert
think he can play a decent passing style. he looks to pass and move and tries to keep the ball moving as much as possible.
got a feeling that he will do well for us but then leave end of season to go back to aus
He looked pretty good. I'd slot him into the starting 11 next week ahead of either Lia or Sanchez. Fenton did OK as well, long term I think he is more suited to play central but right now I think I would put him back out wide for Boyd.
I'd like to see him play along side Sanchez with Stein up front, a couple of his through balls to brocie look promising except that Brocki was on his heels. I guess the shape to start would look like this ideally:
moss
Bertos, Dura, Siggy, Locky/Hogg
Muscat
Fenton Sanchez Cernak Ifill
Stein
with Boyd, Hogg/Locky, Paston, Brockie benched
Queenslander 3x a year.
despite quite liking the way boyd plays, i also think a return to the bench could be good for him - he is young. And looked dangerous when he did come off the bench against tired legs
He was ok going forward, did a couple of probing passes, but looked limited in defense
in theory if our defensive 5 was doing it's job properly we'd not need cernak and co to defend as much.
Queenslander 3x a year.
not getting the Cernak love. He was a grudging pass for mine.
Bench and squad players who should be higher up the list that him: Stein, Boyd, Totori, Sanchez and perhaps Smith and Lia.
Think he could play 4-5 games before we realise he's not a great improvement on what we've got. Always happy to be wrong, but feel he's a wide player or used to playing further forward.
It's a sad indictment on our team that Cernak looked like the worst player on the pitch for Victory but looked serviceable for us compared to the rest of the dross
a.haak
post lost respect when you said totori is better than cernak
i guess he was just trying to make things happen. Made a great slide to cut out a pass. could tell he was frustrated by how static everyone was. He just wanted to keep the ball moving but nobody was really looking like they wanted the ball. Put through 1 or 2 decent balls which most strikers should have been able to read if their feet werent of the flat brockie variety
post lost respect when you said totori is better than cernak
Having watched Cernak's progress over three seasons it seems logical to me to play him in the Totori role (which he would definitely be better at) running at defenders, so I fully expect that this is precisely where he wont be played.
post lost respect when you said totori is better than cernak
Grumpy old bastard alert
Remember he had one practice session with the team of course he wasn't on the same wave length.
It's a sad indictment on our team that Cernak looked like the worst player on the pitch for Victory but looked serviceable for us compared to the rest of the dross
It's a sad indictment on our team that Cernak looked like the worst player on the pitch for Victory but looked serviceable for us compared to the rest of the dross
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
True but Cernak didn't exactly shine he just looked OK, which is still a long way ahead of the other central midfield options.
Did enough for me today against Perth to say 'sign him up"
" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow
Considering Cernak has had only a week and a half at the club he has shown more than enough to warrant signing up. Once he gets more familiar with the Nix style and other players he could well be a good player for us. Certainly as an attacking mid he showed more skill than we have seen from anyone in that position for a long time......now all we need is him to settle in that AM position and then Ricki can try convert and him to a winger or DM.
Isaka is a great signing and has galvanised us in the middle- loads of energy and some great skills. I really hope we keep him for a couple of years.
Nostalgia isnt what it used to be...........
Not ready to jump on the bandwagon yet, he wouldn't be the first player to impress early but end up mediocre (Ward). It was a good start to his Nix career, hope he builds on that.
Not ready to jump on the bandwagon yet, he wouldn't be the first player to impress early but end up mediocre (Ward). It was a good start to his Nix career, hope he builds on that.
Elrich....
Not ready to jump on the bandwagon yet, he wouldn't be the first player to impress early but end up mediocre (Ward). It was a good start to his Nix career, hope he builds on that.
Not ready to jump on the bandwagon yet, he wouldn't be the first player to impress early but end up mediocre (Ward). It was a good start to his Nix career, hope he builds on that.
He's just a very naughty boy!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
Have been impressed so far. The clincher for me is that he's an Australian and therefore not taking up an import spot. Could replace any one of Smith, Totori or Sanchez (on current form) and therefore has the added bonus of freeing up an import spot for us. Sign him up.
ideal replacement for totori for mine, I'd love to see him and sanchez playing together.
Queenslander 3x a year.
Have been impressed so far. The clincher for me is that he's an Australian and therefore not taking up an import spot. Could replace any one of Smith, Totori or Sanchez (on current form) and therefore has the added bonus of freeing up an import spot for us. Sign him up.
You'd hope we'd have been smart enough to have a clause in his contract that we get first right of refusal if he panned out well for us.
He was quality yesterday, hopefully it continues.
Have been impressed so far. The clincher for me is that he's an Australian and therefore not taking up an import spot. Could replace any one of Smith, Totori or Sanchez (on current form) and therefore has the added bonus of freeing up an import spot for us. Sign him up.
Have been impressed so far. The clincher for me is that he's an Australian and therefore not taking up an import spot. Could replace any one of Smith, Totori or Sanchez (on current form) and therefore has the added bonus of freeing up an import spot for us. Sign him up.
Have been impressed so far. The clincher for me is that he's an Australian and therefore not taking up an import spot. Could replace any one of Smith, Totori or Sanchez (on current form) and therefore has the added bonus of freeing up an import spot for us. Sign him up.
Should only be a squad player, at most, next season. Not a panacea to our midfield.
Not a panacea to our midfield.
Might increase the crowds if he was... http://www.asterix.com/encyclopedia/characters/panacea.html