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Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
I'm not sure I really can agree with dropping Daniel back to the bench immediately after his first start of the season. Sure he played sub-par last night, but there were some flashes of last season in there, especially as the game wound on. Daniel at his best can help provide an attractive passing game, which to my mind is what was lacking last night.
For my money:
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Sigmund Durante Dodd Lockhead
McKain Ferrante
Hearfield Daniel Gao
Smeltz
Bench: Paston, Brown, Kwasnik, Bertos
If defensive cover needed in the second half, we can push McKain or Hearfield back
For my money:
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Sigmund Durante Dodd Lockhead
McKain Ferrante
Hearfield Daniel Gao
Smeltz
Bench: Paston, Brown, Kwasnik, Bertos
If defensive cover needed in the second half, we can push McKain or Hearfield back
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Yesterday wasn't Daniel's first start of the season, but I agree, he should be in the starting XI.
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Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
that is getting very close to my preferred side
structurally it is exactly what id like to see. def bring in sigmund, def play only one defensive midfielder, def play gao, daniel and either bertos or hearfield at the same tim, def play two strikers, def 4-1-3-2
like it
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Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
that is getting very close to my preferred side
structurally it is exactly what id like to see. def bring in sigmund, def play only one defensive midfielder, def play gao, daniel and either bertos or hearfield at the same tim, def play two strikers, def 4-1-3-2
like it
Im not convinced about Smeltz and Cov. Go back to wingers.
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Karl Dodd should be only be in the squad as a back-up centre-back, and a very average one at that.
You don't seem to understand the role of a centre-midfielder. He must be able to win the ball, then he must be able to find a man with a pass, and preferably a pass to a teamate in a more forward position. Dodd is too slow to effectively deal with the quick talented centre midfielders they come up against each week, and his distribution is dire.
The front office at the Nix have f..ked up horrendously in the off season, by not signed a quality CMF who can provide the x factor when the Nix go forward.
Between Dodd and Richard whatshisface, they could play everyday for the rest of the year, and you would not see 1 defence splitting pass.
Break out the chequebook Terry!
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You should be concerned if they ever introduce drug-testing on this site!
Dodd was f..king rubbish.
Running around like a crazed moron does not constitute a good game, or help the team.
I'll spell it out for you:
He's too slow to play that position
He has apalling distribution skills
He gives away stupid free kicks due to his lack of pace and skill.
All in all, hes as usful as a chocolate fireman.
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Karl Dodd should be only be in the squad as a back-up centre-back, and a very average one at that.
You don't seem to understand the role of a centre-midfielder. He must be able to win the ball, then he must be able to find a man with a pass, and preferably a pass to a teamate in a more forward position. Dodd is too slow to effectively deal with the quick talented centre midfielders they come up against each week, and his distribution is dire.
The front office at the Nix have f..ked up horrendously in the off season, by not signed a quality CMF who can provide the x factor when the Nix go forward.
Between Dodd and Richard whatshisface, they could play everyday for the rest of the year, and you would not see 1 defence splitting pass.
Break out the chequebook Terry!
Talk in the crowd from some in the know.....
The chequebook is empty re some construction subbbies having to be paid. Could this be adding to the woes?
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Karl Dodd should be only be in the squad as a back-up centre-back, and a very average one at that.
You don't seem to understand the role of a centre-midfielder. He must be able to win the ball, then he must be able to find a man with a pass, and preferably a pass to a teamate in a more forward position. Dodd is too slow to effectively deal with the quick talented centre midfielders they come up against each week, and his distribution is dire.
The front office at the Nix have f..ked up horrendously in the off season, by not signed a quality CMF who can provide the x factor when the Nix go forward.
Between Dodd and Richard whatshisface, they could play everyday for the rest of the year, and you would not see 1 defence splitting pass.
Break out the chequebook Terry!
Talk in the crowd from some in the know.....
The chequebook is empty re some construction subbbies having to be paid. Could this be adding to the woes?
IBTL.
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Ohhhh!
Thank you for teaching us football oscar1
We've been watching it all this time,not really knowing the ins and outs of it.
Take note everybody. We can learn lots about this game from him!
Allegedly
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Mulligan - $hite long ball merchant. Siggy was 100%. Give him the job, he's young and has passion and talent.
Dodds - out of position, he's a central defender, end of. Don't make him look bad by playing him out of position. He's better than that.
Daniel - a liability. Can't tackle, can't header, loses possesion in critical areas.
Herbert waited far too long to make changes that were begging to be made. Why? Inability to quickly identify problems and act on them.
Suggestions -
Young Costa B. on the bench for 25 mnutes each game to take tiring defenders on .
Daniel ... past his best, he's now a liability. Maybe 25 minutes late in a game tops.
Mulligan - His long balls are net hier accurate nor effectinve. Was crap against NC too, that was a warning sign to me that he's not up to A league standard.
Lochy - give him a week off, he's jaded.
Smeltz - draw a line on the field and tell him not to encroach it. This may encourage the rest of the midfield to do their job properly instead of Smeltzy defending so deeply (to his credit of course).
Brown - get him fitter so he's not half a metre too slow (a sure fire yellow carder). If fit he's the man to enfoce the middle
Gao - gotta start
Conclusion - A creative midfielder would be nice but not tangible right now, so perhaps Herbert could wake up to what seems glaringly obvious to most of us with what he's already got available.
He's lucky to get the "1"
HN - Fixed quote tags.
Agree on Costa, think you're harsh on Daniel. Brown was abysmal against New Caledonia, and if couldn't operate effectively in that game where he had sh*tloads of time and space, can't see how he can operate effectively at the A-league level right now. Not saying that he can't pick up his game as he gets fitter, but he's clearly not the answer at this point.
I would put Dodd back at CB, and push McKain into midfield. McKain is more comfortable on the ball than pretty much all of our centre mids, so why not give him a go there given how things have been panning out lately. I'd also start Gao as well, he's one guy who seems to have a bit of creativity in the attacking third.
Finally, I'd say that adding another good striker is an absolute must if we are not to become a laughing stock this season.
Harsh on Brown- has a major break, then gets into his first game back in ever and you sl*g him for not being up to speed. I think he may have a good contribution to make.
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Er, did I really sl*g him off that bad?
All I said was that he was crap against New Caledonia, a view I sharewith quite a few people on this website. If he can't cut it there at this point, then he's not gonna cut it at the A-league level.
But please note the following: "Not saying that he can't pick up his game as he gets fitter, but he's clearly not the answer at this point." in my original post.
So I can't really say that my comments were harsh. More realistic I'd say.
All I said was that he was crap against New Caledonia, a view I sharewith quite a few people on this website. If he can't cut it there at this point, then he's not gonna cut it at the A-league level.
But please note the following: "Not saying that he can't pick up his game as he gets fitter, but he's clearly not the answer at this point." in my original post.
So I can't really say that my comments were harsh. More realistic I'd say.
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I wonder(/hope) whether the same could be said for Mulligan... until the Adelaide game, how long had he been without playing? I would have thought at least since the end of the last English season, and from what I remember he wasn't getting much time on the pitch for Port Vale then was he?
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Possibly. But I think that like Brown, he's not the answer at the moment. Bring in Siggy.
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fully agree Siggy is the answer for now. Just hoping we'll see more from Mulligan eventually
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Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
I like this perhaps though
Sigmund-Durante-Dodd-Lochhead
----------McKain
Hearfield-Daniel-Gao
------Smeltz--Coveny
Bench: Paston, Costa, Mulligan, Bertos
Moss
Sigmund Durante Dodd Lochhead
Mckain
Hearfield Daniel Gao
Smeltz Bertos
Bench: Paston Costa/Coveny Mulligan Brown/Ferrente
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Er, did I really sl*g him off that bad?
All I said was that he was crap against New Caledonia, a view I sharewith quite a few people on this website. If he can't cut it there at this point, then he's not gonna cut it at the A-league level.
But please note the following: "Not saying that he can't pick up his game as he gets fitter, but he's clearly not the answer at this point." in my original post.
So I can't really say that my comments were harsh. More realistic I'd say.
All I said was that he was crap against New Caledonia, a view I sharewith quite a few people on this website. If he can't cut it there at this point, then he's not gonna cut it at the A-league level.
But please note the following: "Not saying that he can't pick up his game as he gets fitter, but he's clearly not the answer at this point." in my original post.
So I can't really say that my comments were harsh. More realistic I'd say.
well he's spent a lot of time on the gym bike.
I think it's only fair to be rusty when you have had no match football, and getting back on the gym bike isn't going to help that.
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I wonder(/hope) whether the same could be said for Mulligan... until the Adelaide game, how long had he been without playing? I would have thought at least since the end of the last English season, and from what I remember he wasn't getting much time on the pitch for Port Vale then was he?
He did not get much game time at the Vale because he could not make the grade!!!!
I said when we signed him it was a big mistake and everyone said how well he had played for the All Whites!!
Sorry but I stand by my statement "BIG MISTAKE"
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Yeah he's been complete rubbish. Hopefully Sigmund keeps him out of the RB position.
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lots of these posts are showing off some pretty wacky ideas, but the thing that's getting at me is moving McKain to DM.
We already have one CB who despite showing passion, has not preformed there, it's been posted on here before that we should be playing players in their positions.
We currently have Johnson, Ferrante and Brown as our three out and out central mids, I'd rather any of them in CM ahead of breaking up our CB partnership.
If we are playing 442, I want to see Daniel and Brown plaing through the middle, if I get my way and Ricki goes for a 4231, it should be Ferrante and Brown
You know we belong together...
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fully agree Siggy is the answer for now. Just hoping we'll see more from Mulligan eventually
wow Siggy plyed well for the 10 minutes he was on now he's the saviour - until he has a bad game that is. I agree with McKain at DM, would be worth a try.
I like tautologies because I like them.
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fully agree Siggy is the answer for now. Just hoping we'll see more from Mulligan eventually
wow Siggy plyed well for the 10 minutes he was on now he's the saviour - until he has a bad game that is. I agree with McKain at DM, would be worth a try.
McKain certainly a cool customer on the ball which is exactly what you want and need in that DM role. Dodd dropping back into the back four is not a bad thing he held the back four together for large parts of last season and in my view he is not a DM.
If Mulligan was judged on the same criteria that applied to Muscat he'd be having a rest he was very ordinary and has yet to look the part. In fact I'll go as far as saying I thought Muscat's performances at RB have been better than anything we've seen from Mulligan so far. Let's hope he lifts his performance otherwise someone else should get a go that's what competition for places is all about. whitby fever2008-09-15 22:32:25
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if McKains moves into the midfield his passing better improve. He's thrown a few howlers this season.
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fully agree Siggy is the answer for now. Just hoping we'll see more from Mulligan eventually
wow Siggy plyed well for the 10 minutes he was on now he's the saviour - until he has a bad game that is. I agree with McKain at DM, would be worth a try.
Watched him at NZFC level and he's a step above. Good performances for the AW's. Solid defensively, passion galore, exactly what is needed for a side leacking like the Titanic and lacking passion.
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So have Dodd and Johnson.
.............and Ferrante, Daniel, Gao, Lochead, Mulligan etc etc.
Why pick on those guys?
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Ah... post match angst, where would we be without it.
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fully agree Siggy is the answer for now. Just hoping we'll see more from Mulligan eventually
wow Siggy plyed well for the 10 minutes he was on now he's the saviour - until he has a bad game that is. I agree with McKain at DM, would be worth a try.
Watched him at NZFC level and he's a step above. Good performances for the AW's. Solid defensively, passion galore, exactly what is needed for a side leacking like the Titanic and lacking passion.
And with all the goals he scored there that's why we absolutely have to sign Brockie. Wait, hang on...
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There's a difference martin. Siggy was head and shoulders above everyone else in the league, Brockie was not.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Mully match fitness and mental concentration is in question at the moment IMHO, he's right there with Kwasnik and Manscat. The three of them need to focus on their football awareness and on their match fitness which as time goes on, the worse their concentration is. The inconsistency of the team play is starting to annoy me.
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There's a difference martin. Siggy was head and shoulders above everyone else in the league, Brockie was not.
You know Buffy you're absolutely right.
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