I don't get the whole 'omg, why didn't Ricki try Manny at right back' thing. He did. Against the Mariners. It was fucking disaster.
Yeh. Heart are a different proposition. With the current squad no matter how you arranged them I think we'd still get cut up through the middle and round the box by MV, CCM, Ad(sorry to say, I just think they are capable of exposing us, but maybe a marginal call on that one as they have their own limitations), and WSW (though they would beat us a different way). And Brisbane would likely trouble us in the form they are getting back to. Sydney without Griffiths I think we'd manage. With him it gets tougher, even though they are otherwise ordinary.
Heart just aint the sort of side that should hurt us. Them, Jets, Perth should be behind us so I still think that we should have been pushing for 6th or maybe a notch better. Given I don't think that's good enough, all the aingst we've been through this season has been necessary (if maybe a bit more dramatic than it might have been) . I'd hate to have finished 6th, or even fifth and nothing much changing for next season. Hopefully this season is worth it for what we hope is to come.
Agree with others tho' that Greenies changes were good for this opposition.