Newcastle Jest Match Thread

Right - we sent a conservative lineup away and it hasn't worked, so next week it's all out attack.

Paston

Muscat Sigmund Lochhead

Hearfield Daniel Diego Bertos

Costa

Ifill Greenacre

Bench:
Chen
Rojas
Lia
Crowther

Atleast we managed to keep something consistent. Another terrible game by our back four.

It's not all their fault though, M'kain and brown were nowhere. When they did get the ball, they missed time passes, couldn't read the field very well. Would of rather Ferrante start.


If we continue to be like this, I can see us losing big to the bigger teams in the comp. Through the whole game I kept thinking how we would be smashed by Brisbane's and Sydney's counterattacking or Melbourne and Gold Coasts front three. Going to be a long season if our defence ain't fixed.

bertos was excellent, hearfield greenacre and ifill were great too.

Only highlight was Leo and Greeny and good to see Ifill getting ago. Sooner he is fit the better..

Rest of the side looks pathetic. espc "Mr I only play the long ball" Durrante..

Mckains alright in the mid but he needs sum1 to collect the ball off him. Brown just doesnt want to get on the ball.

Ehhh, hearfield was average wasn;'t he?

the thing about Paston is - he is glued to the goal line - he is so slow at comming off it (unlike Crowther, who is ALWAYS at the edge of the 18 yard box)

it was wrong to play 2 defensive midfielders (mckain, brown) they don't like going forward and always pass back.

oh and knobhead ?????

get that prick on the bench.

agree with 12, we can not have to dm in our team especially when we play a 4 - 5 - 1. How are we expected to keep possession up the front third of the field then.

We obviously didn't watch the same game, he had a couple of decent shots, some good balls into the area, helped out our sh*te defense and beat quite a few players.  Him and Bertos played well on the wings.

hearfield is developing reasonably ands often displats a good touch, if he can learn to keep his head together for 80m instead of 60 mins he could prove influential  

below average imo. couldn't get past the Italian at all.

and Mckain ????

wtf was that at the end ?

where he had Daniel on his right unmarked and Greenacre running into the penalty box with 2 on him ?

what does he do ?

tries to put the through ball to Greenacre, it bounces off the defenders leg and they run counter attack which leads to a corner.

get that sack of sh*t off.

Pasotn was fine, the first goal was one on one on the edge of the 18, nothing he could do there.

Knobhead = lochhead

Crowther = i have seen him play 3 times for QPR (when i was in England) and against the western suburbs (training match)

atleast we managed to score 2 goals, they were both pretty lucky but its good for greenacre to get that confidence.

Heartbreaking result. You would think after a full season together our back four would be capable of a display that looked at least semi-professional. Those mistakes would be laughable even at high school level.

Probably true but I'm not sure that Mossy would have parried the shot into the path of the unmarked striker.

Interesting to not that the consensus leading up to the match was that being the first game of the season and away at that Ricki would play a more conservative DM formation with Mckain and Brown. Still seems like the sensible option to me but fact is they were both well below par.

Like a lot of us passionate supporters I am pissd off with the result , but look its only the firsst game, I fill has just fitting into the team( I am surprised that Ricki had both new strikers starting).Lets hope that they perform a hell of a lot better next week , otherwise the attendence numbers wil be lower than last season.

Back four were rubbish. Thought we looked good going forward though. Hearfield and Bertos impressed me most.

Can't blame Paston he was hardly the reason why we dropped three points. And he was much more solid than the other keeper.

Even if we had Buffon in goal, with our defence goals will be leaked.

The back 4 were not working as a defence to the standard ,releasing Dodd was good or bad choice??? kiwikev2009-08-09 19:22:23

Mark Paston - doesn't seem to have a commanding presence in the penalty area. 5/10

Manny Muscat - no more than solid individually but cut adrift from the rest of the back four. 5/10

Andrew Durante - out of position for the first goal, nowhere to be seen for the second and unable to marshall the defence. 5/10

Ben Sigmund - He shows he cares, puts himself about, scored a decent goal and was generally the best performed of a woeful back four. 7/10.

Tony Lochhead - Plays by himself out on the left. Covered one Jets attack to prevent a goal but adds little going forward, isn't cohesive with the other three. 5/10.

Jon McKain - Poor passing on the counter-attack and as WP's only midfield option going forward was poor. 6/10.

Tim Brown - You can't play Brown and McKain in the engine room together - it's either one or the other based on today's performance. 6/10.

Troy Hearfield - Had a better second half than first but didn't set pulses racing at any point. 6/10.

Leo Bertos - I think Leo Bertos was cupable for the opener when he missed one tackle and then a second opportunity a second later. Improved dramatically in the second half and, as the commentary team said, just lacked a goal or two. 8/10.

Chris Greenacre - Goal on debut thanks to bad error by the Jets GK. It will be tough for him if he's going to feed off hopeful long balls this season.

Paul Ifill - Busy performance and could be an asset alongside Greenacre. Let's hope service to these two improves before they get sucked into going after the ball rather than being given it. 7/10.

Diego - Terrible. 3/10.

Daniel - Ineffective. 3/10.

Summary

Early days yet but already some areas of concern - passing going forward is suspect, the back four is highly suspect. I'm also not convinced by Paston - three goals, one save. Greenacre and Ifill looked reasonably good and the quality of service to them is going to be crucial.

Bertos may be better in the midfield role occupied by McKain? Or behind the front two? He is a far better creative force than McKain for me - could he operate in there with Brown? or Brown and another holding midfielder?

Too many wayward passes that led to counter-attacks by the Jets - WP could get punished cruelly by more sophisticated attacking units like Melbourne.

Two goals away from home is positive and, despite the paucity of quality in some areas of the pitch, I thought, overall, the WP deserved a draw. Mikhailichenko2009-08-09 19:24:40

it wasnt paston that stuffed it for us it was our defensive players. although siggy did play well at times, as a unit with dura they wer rubish.

That was the consensus because Ricky has never played attacking footie (he was a defender, the AKL teams he managed were boring, and look at the AWs). 

We should have taken advantage of the mess they were in and played an attacking 11 and pulled the offensive players if sh*t hit the fan, not go out for a 0-0 draw. That was my opinion before the team to fly out was announced and clearly still is now.
disco_mart2009-08-09 19:25:27

defence was minging.lochead hasnt looked like hes improved from last season.brown and mckain will not work together this season,change that asap otherwise its going to be a long season.the poms looked quality.paston looks very very slow..

sloth2009-08-09 19:29:54

Can't blame McKain with what he's got around him. He's  DM not a great ball player. If there's no one helping him then what do you want him to do? When there was no help he went for a gallop and then got sh*t for his final pass.
Give Diego a go in the middle or bring back Ferrante for Brown. Always liked Tim's work ethic but not today.

Hearfield went forward well, but was taking photos of the second goal and didn't move.

Bertos stands out as MOM. Greenacre will be worthwhile and Ifill might take a little longer but looks OK.

The rest are all struggling
Royal2009-08-09 19:32:21

Disappointing to start the season with nothing, we should have come away with at least a point from that. I don't think we should beat ourselves up too much it was only our first game. We need to beat perth next week, however, to get back on track.

Great we're scoring goals, but what was that sloppy stuff at the back?  Grrrr....

Our Two centre backs really need to talk to each other they got ripped apart like a packet of crisps

Brown off and Ferrante on for a CAM role. keep Mckain as a def mid.

SIGGY AND DURA NEED TO STAY BACK.

almost need to have muscat and lochy as WB's so they have to  stay back.
smittyz112009-08-09 19:39:19

Not a good result, however were are a much better team than last season.
Some shocking defending cost us the game. Giving the ball away cheaply was another reason.
If Lockhead is the best left back in NZ then the AW have got no chance.

Can i say tactics?

Paston 7 no problems, solid not spectacular. sissoko_no1fan2009-08-09 19:50:22