Wellington Phoenix Men

MOM v Adelaide Round 4

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over 13 years ago

Durante for sure. The YF MoM award has a substantial cash prize with it, no? Captain fantastic deserves it to go towards his inevitable fine.

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over 13 years ago

Think that for me leo just shaded it from durante

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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over 13 years ago

Wow really? The guy who pulled out of 2 tackles which could have prevented the last 2 goals?

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over 13 years ago

timmymadden wrote:

Wow really? The guy who pulled out of 2 tackles which could have prevented the last 2 goals?

wouldnt have prevented the last two goals and he was still our best player on the park

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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over 13 years ago


Jarred Gillett for me. Was by far and away Adelaide's best on the night!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

I voted for Bertos, Dura's great speech aside

Bertos did well defending down the flank with his speed to stop Ramsay getting around him on a few occassions. I thought he did well overall getting around the park. 

 I think it's harsh calling out Bertos for the two goals. Totori could have given away a free kick near halfway to stop one, and it appeared to me the player was in the box before Leo got near the second so would have likely had us down to 9 on the park with that moron of a referee

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over 13 years ago


dura for mine, honest as always, bertos pulled pit which allowed both goals, sure neither of them should have occurred but that's no excuse.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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over 13 years ago

Ard Righ wrote:

 I think it's harsh calling out Bertos for the two goals. Totori could have given away a free kick near halfway to stop one, and it appeared to me the player was in the box before Leo got near the second so would have likely had us down to 9 on the park with that moron of a referee


It's not harsh, it's absolutely ridiculous. The only thing he could have achieved by diving in both those situations is get himself sent off.
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over 13 years ago

theprof wrote:


dura for mine, honest as always, bertos pulled pit which allowed both goals, sure neither of them should have occurred but that's no excuse.

Bertos Pulpit?

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 13 years ago

el grapadura wrote:

Ard Righ wrote:

 I think it's harsh calling out Bertos for the two goals. Totori could have given away a free kick near halfway to stop one, and it appeared to me the player was in the box before Leo got near the second so would have likely had us down to 9 on the park with that moron of a referee


It's not harsh, it's absolutely ridiculous. The only thing he could have achieved by diving in both those situations is get himself sent off.

I'm really struggling to understand how playing your opponent offside is bad defending.  Once the attacker is goalside of him, its all over, bar, as you say, a desperate lunge potentially bringing him down from behind.
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over 13 years ago

aitkenmike wrote:

el grapadura wrote:

Ard Righ wrote:

 I think it's harsh calling out Bertos for the two goals. Totori could have given away a free kick near halfway to stop one, and it appeared to me the player was in the box before Leo got near the second so would have likely had us down to 9 on the park with that moron of a referee


It's not harsh, it's absolutely ridiculous. The only thing he could have achieved by diving in both those situations is get himself sent off.

I'm really struggling to understand how playing your opponent offside is bad defending.  Once the attacker is goalside of him, its all over, bar, as you say, a desperate lunge potentially bringing him down from behind.

Clearly playing them only a yard offside is not enough
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