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Hail ___ the Chief - Giancarlo Italiano

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27 Feb 09:52
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wilbaker
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Oh how could I forget when we won the didnt finish below 7th in 4 years trophy
could have been mv who finished 10th, 12th and 11th those 4 seasons. Or jets that have made the finals once in the previous 15 seasons. 
 Jets is an interesting one for our fans as it seems likely they'll win this year, would we trade the last 15 seasons of Jets history with a title this season for ours?

Yes.

When will we win something?? 😞😓😩
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27 Feb 09:55
Its actually crass and gauche to care about or want to win a trophy
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28 Feb 05:16
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
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28 Feb 10:41
We're now bottom of the league. Chief said he left the club in a better position than when he took over LOL. The delusion...
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28 Feb 11:35 · edited 28 Feb 11:39 · History
imanixsupporter
Its actually crass and gauche to care about or want to win a trophy

It’s also being something of a dhead to sulk and want to beat everyone involved in your club with a stick until they win. That’s a version of being a fan I guess. A bit of a miserable one though. 
 
But look up the Soviet hockey team or North Korean golf records etc. Iday had those coaching techniques! They can get those trophies.


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01 Mar 05:35
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LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
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01 Mar 08:07
LT01
observerfromuh
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
 I am strong about my feelings about the club and the state its on but com'n some of the fans logic are straight up absurd. Top six contenders still. Pfft wake up.
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01 Mar 08:15
observerfromuh
LT01
observerfromuh
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
 I am strong about my feelings about the club and the state its on but com'n some of the fans logic are straight up absurd. Top six contenders still. Pfft wake up.
Top six? Did you watch today's game? Second half especially was a team that deserves to be bottom.
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01 Mar 08:38
observerfromuh
LT01
observerfromuh
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
 I am strong about my feelings about the club and the state its on but com'n some of the fans logic are straight up absurd. Top six contenders still. Pfft wake up.
its a close league - imagine some decisions went our way, like the 3 pen decisions in recent weeks and if we had scored them we would be 4 points higher - we don't miss the pen against City and then 6 points higher. That would put us sixth alone. You don't want to be reliant on ref's decisions but just indicative how one off decisions or one off moments can have an impact - we haven't been blown away (apart from AFC) in recent games and in the contest, maybe some luck or a slight upturn in form will result in more points being picked up. 
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01 Mar 09:38
Bullion
observerfromuh
LT01
observerfromuh
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
 I am strong about my feelings about the club and the state its on but com'n some of the fans logic are straight up absurd. Top six contenders still. Pfft wake up.
its a close league - imagine some decisions went our way, like the 3 pen decisions in recent weeks and if we had scored them we would be 4 points higher - we don't miss the pen against City and then 6 points higher. That would put us sixth alone. You don't want to be reliant on ref's decisions but just indicative how one off decisions or one off moments can have an impact - we haven't been blown away (apart from AFC) in recent games and in the contest, maybe some luck or a slight upturn in form will result in more points being picked up. 
True, little moments and a bit of luck can have a surprisingly big impact on a season (I'm especially thinking of a certain missed penalty in the last minute against the Jets two seasons ago) but as the old cliche goes "the table doesn't lie". If your defence is solid you don't have worry so much about the bad luck or lousy officiating. Unfortunately our defence is a dog's breakfast.
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01 Mar 09:41 · edited 01 Mar 09:41 · History
Outpost
Bullion
observerfromuh
LT01
observerfromuh
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
 I am strong about my feelings about the club and the state its on but com'n some of the fans logic are straight up absurd. Top six contenders still. Pfft wake up.
its a close league - imagine some decisions went our way, like the 3 pen decisions in recent weeks and if we had scored them we would be 4 points higher - we don't miss the pen against City and then 6 points higher. That would put us sixth alone. You don't want to be reliant on ref's decisions but just indicative how one off decisions or one off moments can have an impact - we haven't been blown away (apart from AFC) in recent games and in the contest, maybe some luck or a slight upturn in form will result in more points being picked up. 
True, little moments and a bit of luck can have a surprisingly big impact on a season (I'm especially thinking of a certain missed penalty in the last minute against the Jets two seasons ago) but as the old cliche goes "the table doesn't lie". If your defence is solid you don't have worry so much about the bad luck or lousy officiating. Unfortunately our defence is a dog's breakfast.
True but if every team also did say if we had x y and z happen the league table will probably be the same.
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01 Mar 10:03
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Bullion
observerfromuh
LT01
observerfromuh
LG
Well I wonder if all the Chiefy knockers will continue to blame him or praise him for the results for the rest of the season?? Basic football skills like passing to another player of your own team, trapping a ball, heading a ball, FFS these guys are professionals and they let the coach down. The tactics were sound but the players inability to perform them is what cost us. The players need to man up. I don't want apologies, I want better, more professional performances.

So we have Chris till the end of the season. Names to be put forward? Well Chris is one, Ross or John Aloisi are 2 more. I'd love the coach from Heidleberg. They played some fantastic football. 

And if we really want to wind AFC fans up, make an audacious bid for Corica.
  Corica will chuck any approach in the bin.
Exactly man, it would just make us even more of a fudgeing laughing stock, can't believe people are suggesting this.
 I am strong about my feelings about the club and the state its on but com'n some of the fans logic are straight up absurd. Top six contenders still. Pfft wake up.
its a close league - imagine some decisions went our way, like the 3 pen decisions in recent weeks and if we had scored them we would be 4 points higher - we don't miss the pen against City and then 6 points higher. That would put us sixth alone. You don't want to be reliant on ref's decisions but just indicative how one off decisions or one off moments can have an impact - we haven't been blown away (apart from AFC) in recent games and in the contest, maybe some luck or a slight upturn in form will result in more points being picked up. 
True, little moments and a bit of luck can have a surprisingly big impact on a season (I'm especially thinking of a certain missed penalty in the last minute against the Jets two seasons ago) but as the old cliche goes "the table doesn't lie". If your defence is solid you don't have worry so much about the bad luck or lousy officiating. Unfortunately our defence is a dog's breakfast.
that penalty miss against the jets in the end wouldn't have changed the outcome of the season - we would have been equal points but 2nd on goal difference, more i think it was maybe bk not closing down doka, or doka just not scoring, very late against ccm.
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01 Mar 11:09 · edited 02 Mar 04:01 · History
Yep, I still have nightmares about those 5 metres. I was on a bullet train platform so I’ll never forget it.

I had it as Conchie not stepping up. 

But the nightmares are of the pub running out beer after I’m six drinks in, rather than being chased through a forest by a mob of zombies post-apocalypse. Some nightmares aren’t the same…

And then with Victory a guy who hasn’t scored in a decade hits a worldie. Phhhh. 


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01 Mar 11:17
And on officiating there’s different levels. However, that’s several times the VAR has essentially taunted us and ignored the rules of the game. 

That’s two penalties given by the on field referee which weren’t clear and obvious errors overturned. Some referees would have given those. There is no cause for VAR to get involved. 

That’s different to not getting the rub of the green. We got the rub of the green and the VAR said, no you don’t get that. 


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