Match 8 vs Melbourne Victory | Wed 24th Feb | 9:05pm | SS7

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Our off season recruitment was awful.  None of the new players is better than anyone they replaced.  I know the reasons for that (covid, budgets etc) but it's pretty clear why we are where we are

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If you're in Row Z and you're hit in the head, that's Piscopo !!

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Saying you can't go back and give a player a yellow card for a professional foul after advantage has been played has to be the stupidest rule I've ever seen in football.

It just tells players to go around pulling shirts to slow down the attack without consequence.

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Bet we finally score in the 95th minute

WeeNix
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about 17 years

Bet we will be lucky to score at all

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Ranix wrote:

Bet we finally score in the 95th minute

This point

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almost 17 years
Ranix wrote:

Bet we finally score in the 95th minute

A Brockie special you mean.

Marquee
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Colvinator wrote:

Saying you can't go back and give a player a yellow card for a professional foul after advantage has been played has to be the stupidest rule I've ever seen in football.

It just tells players to go around pulling shirts to slow down the attack without consequence.

Shirt pulling is constant this season. Really annoys me. Refs are beginning to ignore it even if it's done in non-advantage situations.

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Outpost wrote:
Colvinator wrote:

Saying you can't go back and give a player a yellow card for a professional foul after advantage has been played has to be the stupidest rule I've ever seen in football.

It just tells players to go around pulling shirts to slow down the attack without consequence.

Shirt pulling is constant this season. Really annoys me. Refs are beginning to ignore it even if it's done in non-advantage situations.

Perfect example there of Davila being blatantly held back when a potential chance was opening up.

Marquee
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Apart from the crap shooting I think we haven't been so bad this half, although probably says more about how bad MV are. Basically two corners have cost us.

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Outpost wrote:

Apart from the crap shooting I think we haven't been so bad this half, although probably says more about how bad MV are. Basically two corners have cost us.

I would blame the goal keeper but the Victory scorer was left unmarked
Marquee
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even with this doom and gloom, I am impressed that our reserve players can not only fit it with the impressive WSW team, but also back it up here. We are only be 2 set piece goals down and haven't been opened up. While the offence is an issue, we don't look that vulnerable at the back which is a good take away

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over 14 years

playing better but missing the final product

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over 12 years

davilla is way to honest.  should have gone down when anderson dragged him also should have gone down in the box for a pen just then

Marquee
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Davila has actually been pretty great this half. His close ball control is fantastic.

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kwlap wrote:

even with this doom and gloom, I am impressed that our reserve players can not only fit it with the impressive WSW team, but also back it up here. We are only be 2 set piece goals down and haven't been opened up. While the offence is an issue, we don't look that vulnerable at the back which is a good take away

MV are a pretty crap team though. We should be doing much better.

Marquee
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kwlap wrote:

even with this doom and gloom, I am impressed that our reserve players can not only fit it with the impressive WSW team, but also back it up here. We are only be 2 set piece goals down and haven't been opened up. While the offence is an issue, we don't look that vulnerable at the back which is a good take away

When you say not that vulnerable do you mean excluding the two goals which have won them the game?  Seems an issue to me...

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Davila has been great, and putting in a huge effort, feel sad for him results aren't going better and is being professional fouled out the match half the time.

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almost 17 years
kwlap wrote:

even with this doom and gloom, I am impressed that our reserve players can not only fit it with the impressive WSW team, but also back it up here. We are only be 2 set piece goals down and haven't been opened up. While the offence is an issue, we don't look that vulnerable at the back which is a good take away

Melbourne also played on Sunday and are injury depleted (more so than us) and terrible.

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Ranix wrote:
kwlap wrote:

even with this doom and gloom, I am impressed that our reserve players can not only fit it with the impressive WSW team, but also back it up here. We are only be 2 set piece goals down and haven't been opened up. While the offence is an issue, we don't look that vulnerable at the back which is a good take away

MV are a pretty crap team though. We should be doing much better.

And this is largely their reserve team!

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Some great attacking moves by us but not one shot.

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Its official we are bottom back with the spoon.

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Hopeless team. No excuse anymore, we are shark.

WeeNix
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If we cant score in 83 mins, how the hell we are going to score in 7 mins

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kiwikev wrote:

If we cant score in 83 mins, how the hell we are going to score in 7 mins

They haven't stopped trying. I like that. 

Can remember many a Nix side from years past giving up the ghost far too easily.

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He may not have been in the game enough tonight but Waine is a machine.

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Any other team would have been a handball

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Davila is too good for this team to be honest, we are pretty crap this season, it happens. I dont think any of our current players or combinations can change that.

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Well that doesn't feel like it was worth staying up for. 

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This seasons a write-off!

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Everyone is going to look forward to playing against us. Just shut down Davilla and your a shoe in.

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This game just kept the Victory coach his job.

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Scotiadh wrote:

Davila is too good for this team to be honest, we are pretty crap this season, it happens. I dont think any of our current players or combinations can change that.

This

Marquee
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We look better with two strikers up top, NGOY actually looks to take players on which we need.

Waine's work rate is huge, but he isn't getting any service, although I think he is playing to create space for Davilla as opposed to looking to get shots on himself.

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over 14 years

We are just gonna go back to being the easy 3 points for every other AL club.

Marquee
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almost 12 years

We have conceeded 5 or 6 goals from set pieces this year and scored one. If we can't learn to defend them and make more of our chances then this will be our season.

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over 12 years

ball alongside waine next game will be better for waine.  Marutovic is terrible.   Surely be better putting time into Sutton over him

Match 8 vs Melbourne Victory | Wed 24th Feb | 9:05pm | SS7

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