Phoenix vs Victory Mon 5th 9:30pm SS3

Fixeded!

Sleep time beckons in 4mins!

Fenton really is the only shining light

Is Manny playing.

nice cross Lochy

Definately needs more Lia bobsled!

Lochhead needs to retire.

 You're not funny Coops.

I'm depressed, I don't even think we can score 

he got away with it last year in a 3 man midfield.  he's being shown up, badly

Blow the whistle ref!

smits is winning a lot of 50-50 headers tonight not too bad .but saying that victree are demiolishing in the middle

Greenie got the laptop out, do we think he's playing FiFA13?

I concur.

FM13 is just out...

I  cry at away games 

switch the 10 in front of paston for FSE players ... atleast they will try harder 

Fark I wish we could hold onto the ball for more than 5 seconds

Lads look like they've given up already, give them a formation they can work with Ricki.

Agree with James Dean the space is all in the midfield - loathe to take off Brockie but Vinny Lia could fill the space better.

wow we even manage to make the victory look good. gonna be a long and painful season with what this coach and squad has to offer. All they do is talk themselves up all week and play poor footy on the weekends. each year i hope we will improve, this year it looks like we have regressed badly.

The Boys are up past bed time tonight.

My god we played like pig/bat/becks shit.

C'MON NIX! Wake up in the second half.

Fingers crossed the second half is immense.

FIRE THE FARK UP!!

Jesus Titty Fucking Christ that was bad. Glad it's half time. Where to start with the changes..

Hope we stop playing the offside trap that we're woefully failing at maybe sub Brockie for Lia and play Husyegeums up front by himself? Mind you I think he's pretty ineffectual solo.

We have been so woeful this half its embarrasing!!

Melbourne are passing us off the park and we just keep lumping it back up to them.

When we have tried to knock a couple passes then get the ball in to wide areas we have looked threatning, but even thats maybe all of three times this half.

This could easily be a 4 -5 nil loss if we don't do something drastic in the second half and looking at our bench we don't really have a player on there capable of changing the game or bringing in to change the formation.. except Lia for Fenton and push Brockie out wide and have three in the middle with Smith pushing forward??

Shit performance thus far!!

And Ricki, teach Lochead and Bertos how to play for offside please!!

Nice to see the angst back in the matchday thread!

Optimism is for tossers! :-)

After walking away from the first game feeling all positive what has been dished up since has been mostly rubbish.Looks like it may be yet another late charge that we require this season.

 If we can string 10 passes together I'll take it as a victory

This is actually a really good point.  we've talked ourselves into thinking we're better than we are.  Sydney were a shower and apart from 30 minutes against brisbane, and 15 minutes against 10 man heart we haven't actually played very well at all

Spot on - The two wide players will tuck in in the second half but that's a call that should have been made 40 mins ago!

Leaves the fullbacks hanging out to dry too - The two centre halfs are diving in too esp Boxall for the second goal.

The worst thing about this is you just KNOW we are not coming back from this.  Not a f-ing chance.

Lochhead - not good enough

Bertos - never a right back

Boxall - crap

Smith - crap

4 weak links out of 11 is just too many and the likes of Brockie and Fenton are not influential enough either, at the moment they are luxuries we can't afford.

Isn't 5 years enough time to work out how to get a result away from home? Herbert appears to have learnt nothing.

Hopefully he's on Skype to Trani

TIED