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

Top drawer save from Sail. Harper undersold it, it was brilliant.

and Ryan Shotton..who I rate more than Gestede

Rather annoying. But on the other hand it's been a couple of seasons of free Nix coverage.

does anyone have a stream for the game? MyFootball is still not showing it.

we are getting into the final third ok, but still struggling to play the smart ball once we get there. that free kick from uli is an example of that 

Muratovic made a right mess of that and got him self a card in the process.

Goodness me we are just forcing unnecessary passes.

Sad option, but still some coverage:

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/3002...

Seems like we're creating pressure?

sucks for marco, especially as he is just coming back from that kick to the head. 

Marco off. Ok that's good for us but not what I wanted to see, poor bugger.

2 subbed off for the Victory, latest is Marco Rojas, we have 2 on yellow cards, 25mins gone

our passing in and round the box is pretty average right now

Fenton is out of form 

https://www.vipboxtv.se/melbourne-victory-stream-l...  

This one is working for me team.

McGarry needs to learn how to defend properly, looking OK at the back other than that. About one pass away from scoring going forward

It's a strange and frustrating thing about us. Our passing out from defence and midfield is often so impressive but we have difficulty at the pointy end. That last patch of play was promising though.

Piscopo's decision making, timing and execution is terrible. He shouldn't be out there at all. What is it with these aussie coaches giving aussie youth players more game time than they deserve.

Good save! Piscopo drives at defenders and forces them to make a choice, our young NZ players seem to drive up to then check back from defenders. I think that is the difference.

We are starting to look like we are running out of gas. Danger signs.

agreed, our DM's need to get organised and break up those attacks.

Commentators are saying how shark our defense is (in case you’re not watching on sky)

Or if they beat players they head overseas- thinking Libby, Elliot and Singh. Lewis can beat players, but perhaps is down a yard of pace or a bit of fitness? Louis has been able to beat players, but doesn't try it as much these days.

if we don’t concede first, we might be ok. I feel like we’re going to fall over if they score soon 

Yep, really important we don't concede before HT.

Piscopo should be one of the first names on the team each week, has a creative aspect to his game that we lack outside of Davila. Do see him lose ball sometimes, more than would like, and can improve, but he's crucial for us. 

ffs

why the fudge did we just spend 10 minutes passing it sideways when Shotton is clearly injured. Ffs.

Dupe

Dupe

gah

Knew that lumbering great beanpole would stick one past us tonight.

That's literally his and victorys entire game. They really are terrible. Unfortunately right now we're worse.

Piscopo still looking for those scoring boots. If he can do that he'll be top class. Been close recently 

45 +3 eh? Who was at fault?

Ffs we concede a lot just before half time... And also a lot from corners. 

If it was a different keeper, someone would be on here would be criticising Oli's footwork. 

whose in charge of set piece marking?  needs to be sacked.  too many!

whose in charge of set piece marking?  needs to be sacked.  too many!

We're still a chance if they have 3 or 4 more injuries in second half.

hope muratovic gets hooked, he looks clueless and wimping out of that challenge with Crocombe was a huge moment

Thuggish tackle. Should have been a red card.

Drives at players unnecessarily instead of moving the ball. He's a selfish player and disrupts the team flow.