Phoenix Man of the Match

 

my man of the match

 

Ha That was prob fair enough - but more so for Thommo for his shocking wheelbarrow effort and his Ricki Gervais dancing

 

Watch the ground he covers when you lose the ball as well.  Fantastic example to the others.  There was one attack that broke down yesterday with 5 Nix players up in the final third of the pitch, 4 jogged back while Daniel sprinted 50 yards into his own half.

Daniel works his ass off, and besides the theatrics he's still one of the linchpins of our attacking midfield. Sub him at 60 for impact players, sure, but he deserves to start. Without him a man-marked Felipe might have a quiet game.

Having said that, running out of places to fit George in for a start he deserves a shot at...

 

 

 

Yer what? A free header in the 6 yard box that then came back off the post to be headed in? Doesn't sound like a dominant keeper to me.

 

He is a match winner. He is and about everything and scores goals. I thought that Daniel was extremely good also. In reference to the diving, he comes from a place where the referees are much more willing to pay a free kick for body contact, so diving occurs a lot. We are less tolerant here so Daniel will catch on soon. Other than that, even though I dont feel he has been great, he is very valuable.

 

 George was a pleasant surprise. He brought another dimension to the game and I really hope that it was a glimpse of more to come. It looks like he has found some hunger and could be useful.

 

 A win next week, and Wellington is right on track.

 

He did all that in 10 mins, Aloisi, Ferrante and Johnson had 90 each and did little...  Man of the Match is waaaaay over the top, but I can see why people voted for him.  (Even if most of them voted before he even got on the pitch!)

 

*By the way, don't want to leave Felipe out, but there's nothing much to say about the guy that hasn't been said already.  A revelation, exactly the kind of player the league needs.

 

Some interesting voting, espically Ferrante getting 2.   I remember saying to the guy next to "fark I didn't think Ferrante was playing" after he muffed a shot 60 minutes in.  I think that was first time he got involved.  He needs to keep the form he showed against Sydney otherwise Geogre or Tim Brown should surely be starting.

 

 

 

Agree Alistair Dodd gets my vote too - reminded me of the effort  from Martin Keown (Arsenal) vs Newcastle (i think) circa Christmas'03. Kicked to death, head bandaged up, hardly able to see and constantly defended all night. Great effort Dodd.

 

I've been reading thru this thread from the beginning thinking "I'm gonna mention Aloisi diving instead of sticking his foot out", then damn you, you went and said it.  No one else thought this was odd? He wouldn't have been put off by something his former boss said would he?

 

On the MOM topic, didn't see the whole game, but Fillepe seemed to do plenty to get it, and Daniel's passing was finding its target a bit more often. Looked like Dodd was getting stuck in (or stuck into). Crowd was loud. Is there a "Fever zone / 12th man" option?