MOM for Roar game

It looked quite aggressive to me. Which may have had something to do with the bellowing at the defense.

I gave my vote to Johnno. Its soul destroying chasing midfielders all game and he did right to the end. Funny how he was the only player anywhere near getting to the two who got thru, played onside by Lockhead, for that second goal.

It looked to me like Reddy decided to smack into George coz he failed to keep a clean sheet, if it 'd been Jens Lehman it would have been a well deserved booking - Reddy showed all the self control of a two year old!

It didn't mater much in the context of this game, bur i hope he has another wee tanty and gets booked or sent off next time we play them

i think the size difference in that clash with George makes it looks worse...it also appeared asthough he threw in some acting skills to try and milk what some may have given a card for...

Micheal F only by default!!

michael F cause he got a shot on goal! wasnt a bad effort either, albeit at the keeper

Yeah Ferrante gets my vote by far, it must be hard creating scoring opportunities in a team full of bystandres. I dont think the likes of Daniel or Felipe or Elrich for that matter would have made a difference in that game. Still think Phoenix have the worst defence in the league and conceiving goals early week after week puts pressure on your creative and attacking players such as Ferrante, Daniel etc.....   

you are probably right about the size thing, if it had been a 'neutral' game it might have been slightly comical

I don't think George tried to milk it (though I'm hardly unbiased), and i think Reddy lost control for a second, a weakness in any player

i'd still be happy to see Reddy cop a card of either colour next time we play them

I disagree about Elrich and Daniel not making a difference. the Phoenix have played best, e.g. against Perth and the two goals against Adalaide when they have got the ball wide through Daniel. Elrich is likely to bring a similar dimension on the right hand side.

The defence isn't too flash however. I think the back four are individualy pretty good but still have to sort out there communication they seem to be letting the oposition run at them through the middle a bit too much. I think the classical 4-4-2 will work the best for the style of play and players.

I am voting for Dodd again this week as he was solid again. Gave Qld some of their own medicine with some physical stuff. Thought Aloisi was poor. No one crated in the midfield - and I think they should give Elrich a crack next week.

We didnt play as badly as I first thought, just didnt have that Daniel spark that we have had in other games.

I can't vote for anyone either: no one was terrible, no one impressed. Did any of the players or coaching staff mention the heat? Because that seemed to play a part in our overall lethargy. Also it was frustrating to see players out wide being ignored time after time, since wing play has been a strength for us so far.

Yeah, I am really interested to know how hot it was - some of our lads looked like they had very little to give pretty early on. There was a shot of Smeltzy in the second half where his face looked like a lobster and his heart was desperatly trying to leave his chest cavity...

yes the question of the heat is an interesting one as i believe our fitness was up to scratch, and not one of the reasons we didnt play so well. it just seemed as if the team had something else on thier minds.

george was good when he got the ball! didnt get enuf tho

thats just the way it looked to me after seeing it, i could be (i hope i am) wrong about him trying to milk it...

i think we would all be happy to see Reddy get a card...preferibly a red one

Can I cast three votes for the pie-loving, away-fan loving, cop-loving fat muppet 'security' guard?











Surge!

Felipe for not taking a backwards step against those thugs and going back for more 

I thought Christie and Lochhead had poor games by their standards.  Aloisi, Johnson, and Ferrante were probably too similar in the midfield.  Our first touch let us down a lot, we often had good quick distribution from the back but our players who picked up the ball could not seemingly control it first time and then lay it off or run with it, instead they had to recollect from their heavy first touch and then look to distribute.  This had the effect of slowly the pace of our attacks.  George and Smeltz both finished strongly, although I think the latter looked a tad overheated.

Felipe - he only played a few minutes but was clearly the stand out, and no one else stepped up during the rest of the game. If his hammy hadn't gone when it did he would have easily latched on to that thru ball and create a great scoring chance.

has anyone mentioned O'Dor coming off injured in the 40th minute and not being replaced in the half? I think Ricki stuffed up there

It didn't seem that hot on the day to me (I was there, wrote a separate msg on the forum about it)

I voted for Smeltz, mainly cos he got the goal.  Everyone else was pretty forgetable.  When is Ferrante going to sit on the beanch.  Christ put the man in defence at least we know he wont get an own goal.  He can't hit anything with a net behind it

Ferrante came off the bench against Perth and looked pretty decent, he also did some good stuff last week when he came in to replace Daniel who was suspended.

It's not like he is employed to score goals so you can't punish him when he fails to.

he shouldnt be in the forward midefield position if he cant bulge the onion bag (oops)

If he creates 10 goals this season for others and continues to miss he will have done the job he is employed for.  Not that tricky is it ?

Sorry HN, but I thought they were all employed with that in mind. If not him, then who has it in their contracts??

I like Ferrante as a player, think he is gutsy and has shown some good touch, 5 assists each for Smeltz, Daniel, Coveny and Felipe would be fine with me

Meh, semantics.




That better ?

Good teams have goals scored from across the park. I don't think it is only the strikers' job to score goals.

Yep, can live with that

"It's not like he is just employed to score goals so you can't punish him when he fails to."

setting up a goal = a goal
scoring a goal = a goal

there's no difference

no one's complaining when a striker fails to set up a goal by stuffing up a pass, but the end result is the same
Cosimo2007-10-09 22:12:24

So you're saying that in your given situations, Ferrante always misses and Smeltz alsways scores? I find that hard to believe. Smeltz has had a number of really bad misses this season (header against Melbourne, 1-on-1 against Sydney, 2 excellent chances against Perth), but no-one dwells on them because he has also scored a few. Ferrante has only really had 2 excellent chances to score so far(against Newcastle and Perth) and the first one he stuffed up badly and the second he was unlucky with. So you could argue that Smeltz has been stuffing up more in front of goal than Ferrante has...

yeah Smeltz has 4 (i think...) goals out of many more attempts. There are players that hardly ever score yet they play in the EPL or La Liga or whatever and are an integral part of the team
Cosimo2007-10-10 18:49:46

ok - so our midfielders dont need to be able to shoot now- I hope Smeltz storms the golden boot, otherwise we are screwed.

 

Christ, aren't you a miserable prick tonight.

Lose at Indoor ?

The Retro Rickis lost in a nail biter. We were shooting like Ferrante tonight