Man of the Match - Phoenix v Hang-gliders

Man of the Match - Phoenix v Hang-gliders

Vote.yomcat2007-12-31 19:54:17

i voted elrich, thought he had a goodun tonight. ferrante, and maybe brown floating about aswell. smeltz was his usual amazing self. but elrich for me 'can he have a tooth out every week'

Smeltz for me

Smeltz for me - only Nix player capable of holding onto the ball today, Ferrante did well too, great goal and some nice cross-field passes.  Can someone please introduce an anti-vote option so i can use it on Old? - he was clearly at fault for each of he goals

Coveny showed all his class. A selection a bit outside the square but he contributes very well.

Elrich cause he bet his brother and cause he sent the ball in better than other games.

thought id chuck in an amazing fact about smeltz. Before tonight he had scored 8 goals from 14 shots on target. Amazing!

Old HAS GOT TO BE SACKED!! Showed exactly why he's not good enough. I did here the commentators say that Ben Sigmund has been signed for next year though, which is a good idea.

Agree.. Why wasn't he subbed off in favour of O'Dor after so many terrible mistakes? Surely O'Dor couldn't have been worse.

Old is only a kid. Given time he might come right. He had me crapping myself at various points tonight though.

thought smeltz was fantastic. Some of his touches were first class.who was the guy that thought he should be dropped about 5 or 6 games ago?. Idiot

i had this guy in my class who said smeltz was sh** hope he looks at this post haha u must feel like a d**khead now haha

Voted Smeltz, he was everywhere and holding the side together at times tonight. Ferrante would be a close second, he was on form in all departments.

So glad to see Ferrante have a great match, he's deserved it after the effort he's been putting in.

And why is Old even put on these polls?

I'm giving my vote to Ferrante, his goal was a sweet low strike, left footer and changed the game. Good games also Smeltz, Coveny, Elrich, everyone else hung inhepatitis2007-12-31 00:16:55

See my thought on Ferrante on latest thread, fantastic performance. I thought Smeltz was a little indecisive tonight, he could have played in Covs or shot a couple of times when he got into good positions but ended up doing neither. Phoenix performance of the year, fantastic.

 OLD HAS GOT TO GO- TO SLOW, GIVES THE BALL AWAY ALMOST ALWAYS,NO POSITIONAL SENSE, NO ATTACKING THREAT AT CORNERS  FREE KICKS.  CONSISTANTLY POOR PERFORMER HES HAD ENOUGH CHANCES!!!

Smeltz for me - just for the unrelenting work-rate; consolation vote (if one was allowed) to Ferrante for getting a goal AT LAST !!! 

I AGREE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS HOWEVER I FEEL OBLIGED TO POINT OUT THE CAPSLOCK BUTTON ABOVE YOUR SHIFT KEY AND BENEATH THE TAB KEY

OLD HAS GOT TO GO -TO SLOW , BAD POSITIONAL PLAY , GIVES THE BALL AWAY , NO ATTACKING THREAT AT SET PIECES. HES  NOT CUTTING THE MUSTARD!!!! OLD SURLEY HAS SEEN HIS LAST GAME FOR THE PHOENIX!

I think you've made your point...

Smeltzy - worked his ass off, great control and a goal. superb

everyone chill out on oldy. hes only 21 the average age 4 a defender is about 26. hes got tme. he carved last year 4 the all whites in europe and i no 4 a fac was offered good contracts, alot beta than newcastle, but he stayed here and afta a year signed 4 the nix as ricki is trying to build an all whites squad to qualify 4 a world cup. play the ball not the man, maybe if we r good nzers we will get in behind him and support him. we still wom 3-2, stop being in the mold of tall poppy syndrome. u guys r worse than the all blacks supporters.

i picked smeltz but the whole team needs praise for winning the game with only about 40% of the possesion and holding onto win the game.

Just dont see how all the blame can be laid on Old,watch it again who laid that ridiculous back pass to Old as it has been all season its DUMB defending and its more than laying the blame on one players.

I went for Smeltz, just over Ferrante (who's distributution goes from strength to strength).

Some players did well, namely, Smeltz and Ferrante, Coveny too. But I voted Moss, cos once again, I think he had more influence on what the final result was than any other player. Some crucial stops, and at key times too. Without him, the Bogans could actually have run away with the game.

Smeltz was incredible, they just couldn't takcle the guy.

regarding felipe, i guess it depends what his instructions are from the coaching staff

i don't think his general work rate can be faulted, he usually comes off knackered -either from his efforts or the knocks his been given

agreed we struggled with our shape particularly in the first half, how much of that is down to felipe depends on what role he was given

Grear points pao1908!

I've gone for Smeltz. He just keeps on scoring. Who would have thought one of our strikers would have been joint top goal scorer at the start of the season. Top stuff!

Why do people think Elrich is playing well. He was lazier than me yesterday. I agree he has the ability but his work rate is 0. For someone playing wide in a 3-5-2 formation he needs to work his butt (and a large one at that) off. For me his isn't earing his marquee label at the moment. I would love for him to prove me wrong but he has a long way to go to impress me.

Brewer2007-12-31 10:18:32

Elrich was one of the few bright sparks during the first half, finally putting in a series of good crosses, unfortunately the standard slipped in the second half (but he still managed to deliver a perfect corner for Rees to score the winner).I am now starting to believe that he will come good. He is still a classy player and there isn't anyone else in the squad who is genuinely equipped to play wide right anyway. I think by next season he will be a force for us.

I voted Ferrante because I've been a fan of his all season (even during the early games when people sl*gged him off I think you can find some comments of mine on this board defending him on the basis of his work rate, willingness to have a go and fine passing ability). Smeltz was fantastic though, he really is a danger every single time he gets the ball, he truly embarrassed some of the Newcastle defenders last night.
KTBW2007-12-31 10:53:47

Well now... Seeing as critical thinking consists of mental processes of discernment, analysis and evaluation. Those that do, think he is playing well, must have gone through that three part process and made a judgement.

That said Bill called me, not ten minutes ago, and said that he, Elrich, played well last night. If Bill tells me that's so then it's so.

I say Rees Had a Great Game

Not so sure about Rees. It looked like we missed Dodd big time. Yes Old had a bit of a shocker but Rees made a few mistakes as well and didn't marshall things that well. The goal was handy though.

Why didn't Moss get more votes? He did concede a penalty but did loads to keep the Jets at bay.