Double post
I watched this game with my Dad and he opened my eyes to so many things that I was missing.
For me, this was a poor Phoenix performance against an awful Heart performance. Rather than trash it, I'm going to put my thoughts in the form of questions so anyone watching the replay can see it for themselves
How poor was the crossing from Boyd, Lochhead, Sanchez and Bertos. How often did it go too long, too high too short or at the keeper?
How many corners from Sanchez failed to make it into the box.
How many times could the players have taken a shot but wanted to walk it into the goal. (fundamentally, take more shots, even if from distance)
The box was stacked with players. How many of them were static or lined up on the edge of the with no movement.
How often did our players arrive too early in the box on a cutback or a cross and were unable to put any power into what shots we did have.
How often did we give away dumb freekicks in stupid places?
When is a defense going to learn that Tyler Boyd will never go left and his left foot is just for standing on?
How often did our players received the ball but with a lack of awareness for the next pass (read this as opening the body up 90º for receiving the pass to make the next pass seamless, less touches, or see the next pass)
How often does Fenton take the 'other option' than the obvious one that he should do.
I'm not normally one to put a post like this criticising a win but sitting with someone else who had a different perspective and listening to them as the game went on and see it for myself was interesting.
I do not think one person stepped up last night with the exceptions of Jeremy Brockie and Ben Sigmund and I've never given him kudos. Paston had zero chance of saving that even with a dive however I think had he positioned himself in the middle of the goal (he was off centre to his right), that combined with a dive may have got him there... food for thought? I'm amused at the praise for Lia. Wow.... We were poor across the park and its only through the ineptitude of a poor Heart team that we won. The reason why people still had hope of a win at 2-1 down was because the Heart were obviously that shit for all to see that had we not won....
If you think I'm talking rubbish, watch the replay and answer those questions above for yourself. The flip side to this is that if you missed the above, it looks like a good game cause we came back, scored 3 goals and dominated possession. Don't confuse 'entertainment and drama' with good football.
I can see why we are quite Leopold Method says we are a hard watch - its because we are.