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Ifill - really?! I thought he was poor last week, and continued with an average performance this week too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
Team performance tonight (roar 5 v Vic 0)
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Re Ifill, that 33 year old body is clearly taking longer to power back up to full fitness, but I think that in the last two games he has put himself about well, always making himself available, always trying something. Even with an off-song Ifill you can see the panic he throws into defences.
He helped out in defence quite a few times too.
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Stein is not a target man, he needs a strike partner to play off. Brockie is not gelling with him.
Try playing Fenton and Stein as inside strikers with Ifill and Brockie as the wingers.
Ok Pastons saves were good, but his distribution was terrible. How many times did he lump the ball up the field to the roar? I lost count
Wouldn't have believed before the game that we would have more possession than Brisbane in the match - we finished with 52%. Reflected our awesome first 30 minutes. A shame that the flow really fell apart. It started to go bad when Lochhead was getting destroyed down his flank. Can't we get an EPL club to sign him yet? Encouraging to see Bertos going past a man and putting in a good cross that (I think it was Brockie) possibly should have got onto and scored from. Could be a decent weapon for us at times this season.
I thought Ifill was good in the first half. Not his super awesome best, but good and dangerous. Was a good save to stop his free kick that would've put us 2-0 up. Heck, that free kick was every bit as good as the one Del Piero scored with last week. Fenton didn't do a lot, but did get his first assist. I hope Smith improves before I have to start getting angsty at him.
Loved the good close range saves by Paston.
Agree on Smith. Good against Sydney, but below average since in my opinion. If Lia puts in the hard yards at training we might yet see him back in midfield.
Still agree that Smith is best suited to playing further up the park but one feels he was only following Gaffer's orders last night.
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Siggy definitely at fault for the goal. Came charging out of the line when he didn't need to.
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Stein is not a target man, he needs a strike partner to play off. Brockie is not gelling with him.
Try playing Fenton and Stein as inside strikers with Ifill and Brockie as the wingers.
Yes it was a good point given the messy fortnight. We looked spent after about 30 mins, but battled well second half. Thought Lia may have been brought on earlier when we decided to sit so deep in second half. Not Smith's forte. Hard to get a fix on Totori because of the appalling wind. Brisbane are the team to beat for sure, if there was any doubt.
Hard to get a fix on Totori because of the appalling wind.
So it's the wind that is blowing him over :-)
Think the waffle sub was due to fitness. Ricki had previously said that we shouldn't expect too much from him for 5-6 weeks untill he gets up to full fitness.
Again it has been said before - it is a long season, we have not had a settled 3 games, with huge player changes. Two away games now with time to settle and build team work between some styles and team style. Travel Well.
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Just to illustrate how out of position Sigmund is. Left to play to close down the player that manny has picked up. Think you can share a bit of blame with Manny as he wasn't with 10 years of the player with the ball.
Just to illustrate how out of position Sigmund is. Left to play to close down the player that manny has picked up. Think you can share a bit of blame with Manny as he wasn't with 10 years of the player with the ball.
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Re Ifill, that 33 year old body is clearly taking longer to power back up to full fitness, but I think that in the last two games he has put himself about well, always making himself available, always trying something. Even with an off-song Ifill you can see the panic he throws into defences.
First half hour we were pretty good, after that, really poor I thought. As soon as Brisbane equalised, I got the feeling we weren't going to score again.
We appeared to have no idea whatsoever in the second half and other than Brockie's 1 shot, I can't remember a single chance created? Ricki's token subs didn't work either...how about a change of formation rather than straight swaps??
I'm afraid to say that Smith, IMO, is just not good enough in midfield. If he doesn't have about an hour on the ball to pick a pass, he's no good. Brockie was almost anonymous, as was Fenton, and I thought Ifill was really quite poor as well.
Best players on the day were Muscat as usual, and Paston for a couple of good saves first half. Husyegems wasn't bad and I thought it was bizarre that he was taken off ahead of Brockie, Fenton, and even Ifill.
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Just to illustrate how out of position Sigmund is. Left to play to close down the player that manny has picked up. Think you can share a bit of blame with Manny as he wasn't with 10 years of the player with the ball.
Or Boxall wasn't playing the higher line that siggy wanted
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I brought along two friends who had never been to a football match before. One from Dongying in China and she loved it. Very taken by the whole thing. Her comments 'Phoenix is a lucky name in China because it is the wife of the dragon which is the wife of the Emperor. Yellow is the Emperor only color of the Qing Dynasty'.
Having read a few of the other comments above I have to wonder how on earth it is that New Zealand football teams are often short of coaches when so many GREAT ONES CLEARLY exist!!
Just to illustrate how out of position Sigmund is. Left to play to close down the player that manny has picked up. Think you can share a bit of blame with Manny as he wasn't with 10 years of the player with the ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
Just to illustrate how out of position Sigmund is. Left to play to close down the player that manny has picked up. Think you can share a bit of blame with Manny as he wasn't with 10 years of the player with the ball.
Or Boxall wasn't playing the higher line that siggy wanted
No because sigmund charges out of the line to close down a player he didn't need to.
Regarding Bertos, I'd have to watch it again to see why he is there.. There's no danger on his side though. The problem is still that neither central defender is covering Berisha, who surely we should have been watching closely given the amount of goals he scores.
Regarding Bertos, I'd have to watch it again to see why he is there.. There's no danger on his side though. The problem is still that neither central defender is covering Berisha, who surely we should have been watching closely given the amount of goals he scores.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
Love all the MICRO-analysis. I'd put the goal down to Siggy not having the right tension in the laces of his left training boot three seasons back. Buttefly effect and all that....
I blame Ricki for signing Sigmund in the first place. END OF.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
I blame Ricki for signing Sigmund in the first place. END OF.
Love all the MICRO-analysis. I'd put the goal down to Siggy not having the right tension in the laces of his left training boot three seasons back. Buttefly effect and all that....
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Love all the MICRO-analysis. I'd put the goal down to Siggy not having the right tension in the laces of his left training boot three seasons back. Buttefly effect and all that....
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Must say I was impressed with the Roar player who went and told Fenton after his rash yellow to go and apologise..and he did and got another pat for doing so. Good to see that spirit exists..unlike when we could have given teh bal back toi Roar late in secoind half after Totori? foul and Roar kicked it out.
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