So Paston doesn't communicate in case the defenders go in a bad mood with him? Great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
Queenslander 3x a year.
Do we really think 1 player will fix all our problems? Thats why I asked the question...
negatives: paston. siggy, lia, referee, fever, dead balls
positive: the chick doing the face painting looked quite fit
Ok so of the two teams on display today we had one team that was cobbled together at the beginning of the season from a bunch of rejects from other clubs and another that has been built up over 6 years under the same management. One team was disciplined, worked as unit, defended solidly and moved the ball well through midfield, the other looked disjointed, fell away under pressure and made serious defensive errors.
We can bag the players all we like and some probably deserved it but the bottom line is that at the beginning of the season it was commonly agreed we had the best squad ever. We certainly would have not swapped any players with any of the cast-offs recruited by WSW(apart from Ono, who actually came on after the game was won). Sure we have missed an in form Ifill but we shouldn't have to rely on him to win every game for us.
The reality is the A-League has moved on in quality....and quite dramatically, especially this season. Teams have recruited better more skillful players and coaches have upped their game as well. As it has turned out our preseason recruitment was not good enough. Totori and Smith are just not good enough to warrant import slots. We have retained a few players who do not have the skill to now compete at the higher levels required(Lia and possibly Siggy)) In addition our coach has failed to lift his standard to the new level. Tactically we have been exposed in several games this year. IMO Ricki does not have what is required to get the team to perform at the level required. Put simply we are getting outcoached every week. Twice in a row now the opposition have come out after the half time talk and completely countered our game..and we have had no response.
We have probably got two options now. One is to get Muscat back...pack the midfield, grind it out, revert to longball and hope Ifill comes back and can turn games for us....which is a game Ricki understands or Two, keep trying to play the current game with the poor resources(mainly midfield) we have and hope it comes right.
Do we really think 1 player will fix all our problems? Thats why I asked the question...
Grumpy old bastard alert
Grumpy old bastard alert
Ok so of the two teams on display today we had one team that was cobbled together at the beginning of the season from a bunch of rejects from other clubs and another that has been built up over 6 years under the same management. One team was disciplined, worked as unit, defended solidly and moved the ball well through midfield, the other looked disjointed, fell away under pressure and made serious defensive errors.
We can bag the players all we like and some probably deserved it but the bottom line is that at the beginning of the season it was commonly agreed we had the best squad ever. We certainly would have not swapped any players with any of the cast-offs recruited by WSW(apart from Ono, who actually came on after the game was won). Sure we have missed an in form Ifill but we shouldn't have to rely on him to win every game for us.
The reality is the A-League has moved on in quality....and quite dramatically, especially this season. Teams have recruited better more skillful players and coaches have upped their game as well. As it has turned out our preseason recruitment was not good enough. Totori and Smith are just not good enough to warrant import slots. We have retained a few players who do not have the skill to now compete at the higher levels required(Lia and possibly Siggy)) In addition our coach has failed to lift his standard to the new level. Tactically we have been exposed in several games this year. IMO Ricki does not have what is required to get the team to perform at the level required. Put simply we are getting outcoached every week. Twice in a row now the opposition have come out after the half time talk and completely countered our game..and we have had no response.
We have probably got two options now. One is to get Muscat back...pack the midfield, grind it out, revert to longball and hope Ifill comes back and can turn games for us....which is a game Ricki understands or Two, keep trying to play the current game with the poor resources(mainly midfield) we have and hope it comes right.
Do we really think 1 player will fix all our problems? Thats why I asked the question...
yeah, their spend no money policy is starting to hurt, both on the signings front and marketing
yeah, their spend no money policy is starting to hurt, both on the signings front and marketing
I cannot believe that in amongst all this angst not one of you has managed to put your finger on the actual problem here...
Once again we were forced to attack the Yellow Fever end in the first half.
It is just mega-bad juju. The worst.
Losing the toss at home is just killing us this year.
Apart from that I think everything else is fine.
yeah, their spend no money policy is starting to hurt, both on the signings front and marketing
yeah, their spend no money policy is starting to hurt, both on the signings front and marketing
yeah, their spend no money policy is starting to hurt, both on the signings front and marketing
yeah, their spend no money policy is starting to hurt, both on the signings front and marketing
2 marquees. Plus offered a third youth marquee. As well as bringing Fred and Elliot on for guest stints. My point is more that TS wasn't exactly tight in spending, that is 5 occasions when he was prepared to spend over the salary cap, something which Welnix are telling us they are not prepared to do.
2 marquees. Plus offered a third youth marquee. As well as bringing Fred and Elliot on for guest stints. My point is more that TS wasn't exactly tight in spending, that is 5 occasions when he was prepared to spend over the salary cap, something which Welnix are telling us they are not prepared to do.
Grant Turner - Football, Wellignton Phoenix
Mon, 14 Jan 2013 7:29a.m.Highlight of the Match.
Doloras having a 'heated discussion' with another fan in the zone over who was to blame.
Paston or Siggy.
With a cheer thrown in at the end.
Dear me. After having been away for a few weeks travelling it was my first game back at the RoF.
At half time I was quietly optimistic.
By 75 minutes I was close to suicidal. What a truly AWFUL second half.
The three highlights for me were:
1. Vinnie LIa doing at least as many good things as bad things. We scored him +1 point when he won a tackle, got an opposition player booked or won a foul, or made a pass stick (to a Phoenix player), and -1 point when he gave the ball away or committed a foul. When he was subbed off he was at +1. And his shot to sting the palms of the Wanderers keeper was one of the high points of the game.
2. Waffles hitting the bar, and looking dangerous on a number of occaisions running at and through the defence.
3. Fenton on the ball. Still looks great. I do wish he'd push on into the box and force the issue and see if a defender or two doesn't scythe him down for a penalty... he keeps backing away like the 18 yard box is an electric fence...
Oh, and most of the time Siggy and Dura tidying up at tyhe back were good too... well, some of the time...
A few suggestions amongst the general angst - Boxall on for Siggy, Hogg definitely on for Lochhead and stop playing Totori so far back. His only asset is to run at defenders, he's too easily brushed off the ball to be largely defending.
Push Bertos up more as a wing back, it's where he's more inclined.
Draft in Luis Corrales as an attacking midfielder if he really is moving back to Wellington..
Oh and someone kick Brockie up the bum and tell him it's a 90 minute game.
Felt sorry for Huysegems who made good runs but didn't usually get good ball to his feet.
In the words of Bob Dylan - "when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose".
A few suggestions amongst the general angst - Boxall on for Siggy, Hogg definitely on for Lochhead and stop playing Totori so far back. His only asset is to run at defenders, he's too easily brushed off the ball to be largely defending.
Push Bertos up more as a wing back, it's where he's more inclined.
Draft in Luis Corrales as an attacking midfielder if he really is moving back to Wellington..
Oh and someone kick Brockie up the bum and tell him it's a 90 minute game.
Felt sorry for Huysegems who made good runs but didn't usually get good ball to his feet.
In the words of Bob Dylan - "when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose".
Ok so of the two teams on display today we had one team that was cobbled together at the beginning of the season from a bunch of rejects from other clubs and another that has been built up over 6 years under the same management. One team was disciplined, worked as unit, defended solidly and moved the ball well through midfield, the other looked disjointed, fell away under pressure and made serious defensive errors.
We can bag the players all we like and some probably deserved it but the bottom line is that at the beginning of the season it was commonly agreed we had the best squad ever. We certainly would have not swapped any players with any of the cast-offs recruited by WSW(apart from Ono, who actually came on after the game was won). Sure we have missed an in form Ifill but we shouldn't have to rely on him to win every game for us.
The reality is the A-League has moved on in quality....and quite dramatically, especially this season. Teams have recruited better more skillful players and coaches have upped their game as well. As it has turned out our preseason recruitment was not good enough. Totori and Smith are just not good enough to warrant import slots. We have retained a few players who do not have the skill to now compete at the higher levels required(Lia and possibly Siggy)) In addition our coach has failed to lift his standard to the new level. Tactically we have been exposed in several games this year. IMO Ricki does not have what is required to get the team to perform at the level required. Put simply we are getting outcoached every week. Twice in a row now the opposition have come out after the half time talk and completely countered our game..and we have had no response.
We have probably got two options now. One is to get Muscat back...pack the midfield, grind it out, revert to longball and hope Ifill comes back and can turn games for us....which is a game Ricki understands or Two, keep trying to play the current game with the poor resources(mainly midfield) we have and hope it comes right.
In a nutshell well said. Other teams have developed, the Phoenix have not. Totori and Smith are not worthy of import slots at this level. RH has made too many of these mediocre signings.
The only thing left for this season is to give serious game time to Boxall, Hogg and Lindsay to augment the development of Fenton and Boyd. That at least will be a positive for the future of the franchise.
Have a look at how Paul Marshall has Waitakere playing in the ASBP. He could be a good choice for a new home-grown coach for the Phoenix next season. He has a good attacking mindset.
brockie doesnt get involved enough for me - he and huysegems offered little by the end - although guess that was the same with the whole time.
Definitely thought Huysegems deeper than brockie worked a lot better than the reverse last week.
brockie doesnt get involved enough for me - he and huysegems offered little by the end - although guess that was the same with the whole time.
Definitely thought Huysegems deeper than brockie worked a lot better than the reverse last week.
