Nix v Invincible Roarcelona Sun SS3 7pm 1

Pasta.

Works every time.

We play better when we have a player red carded, and Brisbane play worse. There we go Ricki, problem solved.

I think they key thing to beating Brisbane roar is scoring more goals than they do!! or playing warner up front

i agree. 169%.

We moved the ball around (like Brisbane) against Perth and Melbourne and is was still the same outcome as last weekend against Central Coast.

The biggest thing for us to do right now is score more than one goal in a match!

Two goals puts us in with a shout of points. Three goals and we'd be unlucky not to bring some points home!

I really couldn't give a sh*t how we get the ball in the back of the net just as long as we do it as many or more times than Brisbane do!

Adelaide tried to pass the ball around against them.  That worked out well for them.

am praying (and I'm not religious) for some serious howlers from theoklitos. 

Is it true that Brislamabad have only received 5 Yellow Cards in total in their five matches so far this season?

Maybe Piney can confirm this?



C-Diddy2011-11-08 09:38:21

I just bought some tickets for my financially challenged friends staying in Brisbane, pax 9299-9300

not sure the best place to post this so going to do it here. Getting sick of all the Brown haters! Tim Brown is, has and will be a top quality midfielder in the a-league. He is our most capped player and chips in with alot of goals from midfield (i think a goal every 4 games over the past 2 seasons) and alot of very important ones at that. A fantastic record for any midfielder anywhere in the world.

He is not a playmaker, he is a box-box midfielder, that works superbly as a 2nd striker playing the formation that suits us best 4-3-3. With that formation he is a link man in midfield then gets himself in the box, Defensively he cannot be questioned as he then tucks in and defends for our wide players to allow them to cheat and stay higher up the pitch. He has runs on the board over the years and deserves his place in our team.

The problem lies with the players have available at the moment. WIth Manny being pushed back to right back, Tim has had to play a more defensive mid field where he is less effective. This is not the reason we are losing, our strength at home has always being getting at people out wide with leo, ifill and marco, and getting quality into the box. This is not happening currently. Can we fix this with limited players available at the moment? Thats the thing needs solving, not dropping Tim.Murph662011-11-08 10:57:45

I Concur with Murph66!

Tim Brown and top quality midfield player are on the same terms as Kim Kardashian and commitment to marriage.

i dont.

I don't think anyone would say "I hate Tim", but...the problem is if he doesn't score...then his contribution would be very little...

Stevo2011-11-08 23:15:26

I say we go for a 10-0-0 formation.


We don't score goals anyway so may as well try and stop them

Damage limitation time for the Phoenix. I'd say we should play with 3 centre backs...kinda like how the Victory just kept there whole team barring Kewell and Thompson in and around the box.

Ricki can't be serious about picking up a result against these guys is he?

We have only been kept scoreless in one game this season. Though I do agree that a draw will be an acceptable result and we should be pragmatic about chances in this game.

Don't you mean a draw away to Roar would be a fantastic result?  I would be ecstatic if we managed it.

If I were Ricki, I would push Tim further up(take him out of midfield) and have him play close to Greenie. Tim's contribution to midfield is poor, and if you lose control of that, then you usually get beaten.
He has this knack of arriving in the penalty area at the right time and he does score goals.So put Manny back in the middle where he can control it and go from there.
With Tim in the midfield we are effectley playing with 10. If we were dominating teams then we would get away with Tim playing box box, but we just cannot afford to play like that at the moment.

In the past I've seen Tim as an all good player but recently I've been watching him more closely and he hasn't been doing much, walks around/back a lot. Ward hasn't been much either.
Although Brown does get himself into decent positions hes squandered his opportunities thus far, if that wasn't the case he'd be considered a top performer.
If he doesn't improves his contribution and/or completes his chances could see Ward start. He should certainly lose his spot when Lia recovers.

Moot point really, considering squad depth.Just gotta roll the dice and hope we come good

Luck's on your table tonight

They're frustrated after scoring 15 goals in 5 games.?? F**k me. What have we ever done to them.

Least Nicholls is out and Broich looking unlikely.

we need a miracle!

1 small tip Rickie dont go ahead early,as that really pisses them off. As the Reds found out.

Ricki should change things up a bit in hope of that Miracle.

           Paston
Griffiths Siggy Dura Lochy
          Ward Smith
            Ifill     
        Greenie Warner

We seem to play better with 10 men (Sanchez's goal), and the Roar seem to get confused when there isn't 11 men for them to run and pass around.

Nix paying $10 for win. Very long odds for a one-off game.

Unfortunately, probably about right. Still tempting though.

Think I should unfortunately be stacking my fantasy a league team with roar players this round

I have the maximum number of 4 in my team. A hatrick to Berisha and a brace for Broich, with the Nix scoring no goals would result in 54 points for me.

So, you're saying that if Brown was scoring at a respectable rate from his opportunities at goal, he would be a top performer?  OK.  Let's check the statistics:

Brown has 19 goals from 59 on target of 126 shots (just over 15% of his attempts are goals).  This is very similar to Greenacre's 16 goals from 55 on target of 106 shots  (again, just over 15%), and looks a lot better than Ifill's 16 goals from 78 on target of 181 shots (not quite 9%).  Daniel and Nick Ward take even more shots/goal than Ifill.

Now, I'll be fair and save you from having to run out and get a Tim Brown replica shirt.  He's not as efficient as Shane Smeltz, who scores an A-League goal every five shots.  Or maybe you're just complaining about the current season?  Well, Brown has 1 from 6, while Greenacre has 2 from 12 and Daniel has 1 from 9.

If you have it mind that Brown should be benched due to some "shocking misses", my advice is to switch to decaf and/or watch Chelsea's blooper reel for some perspective.

When was Brown a top quality midfield player for 72 days?

                    Warner
      SigmUnd Durante Griffiths
Bertos   Muscat      Lindsay Lochhead
                      Brown


              
                     Sanchez
                    Greenacre

Don't make them angry. You won't like them when they're angry

I hate to admit it but I think it's Paston Time!

Sorry Tony. Still love ya!

Yes, Paston back in goal, Tony up front. We'd already settled on that earlier.