Player ratings v Bling
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
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Whats the past tense of Bling??
Blang?
Moss 8 Very sound, a top save from Middleby
Christie 6 Did OK, but linking up not as good as last
week
Dodd 9 A rock
O'Dor 7 Good combination with Dodd
Lockhead 5 Terrible error for the goal, did well that
apart
Felipe 8 Class, can't last a game yet though
Ferrante 8 Excellent value, great passing
Aloisi 7 Good interceptions
Johnno 6 Hard working
Daniel 7 Great penalty twice, didn't retain possession enough
later in the game
Smeltz 6 Hard working, could have scored
Covs 6 Put the pressure on
Old 5 Almost gave away a penalty
What do you think?
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
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Old 5 Almost gave away a penalty
You would have had a better chance of seeing an indirect free kick for dangerous play really. Just the Aussie guys don't whistle that cause it looks untidy having an indirect in the box...
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Lochead should atleast be a 7, that one minute where he made the
mistake was the only bad point in his game...he had a great game
after that, made some good runs too.
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Moss 7 Safe and Sound
Christie 5 Struggled
Dodd 8 The Man
O'Dor 7 Solid
Lockhead 6 Not happy, big let down.
Felipe 8 What a Goal!!!!
Ferrante 8 Excellent value, proved his doubters wrong
Aloisi 6 Good and hard working
Johnson 6 Solid
Daniel 7 2 great penalty's
Smeltz 8 Hard working, fantastic control of the ball,
that touch of forehead brilliant
Covs 6 Had some impact
Old 5 Tried Hard
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Moss 7 Steady
Christie 7 Can have no complaints
O'Dor 7 Looks solid and brings much needed pace
Christie 7 Can have no complaints
O'Dor 7 Looks solid and brings much needed pace
Lockhead 6 Gave away the goal, but those kind of mistakes
are easy to do.
Felipe 8 Best player in the league
Felipe 8 Best player in the league
Ferrante 7 Defensive positioning needs work, great
crosses
Aloisi 7 Steady
Aloisi 7 Steady
Johnno 6 Steady
Daniel 7 Improving, gets more stuck in.
Daniel 7 Improving, gets more stuck in.
Smeltz 7 Tried to win the ball from the front.
Covs 5 We were scrapping and the lazy git couldnt even be bothered putting any pressure on their back line.
Covs 5 We were scrapping and the lazy git couldnt even be bothered putting any pressure on their back line.
Old 6 Did well in an uncomfortable position
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I agree, Smeltz work rate fantastic, icing on cake if he got ball
in! Whole team playing great........go the NIX!!
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Have to agree about Covs. Seemed as tired as the rest of the team
after 10min on the pitch?!
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Ferrante's passing range was epic.
But big bad Karl Dodd was the man.
But big bad Karl Dodd was the man.
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Moss 8 Solid, going to be hard to top as no1 keeper
Christie 7 did good. safe.
Dodd 8.5 Class. Almost stuffed up but hes human
O'Dor 7 improving every week
Lochhead 5 bad error. solid otherwise
Felipe 8 Class, what a goal. hope hes OK
Ferrante 6 Improving, defensively unsound.
Aloisi 6.5 Solid, always there
Johnno 7 Workhorse. Solid. Defensively tough.
Daniel 7 Solid and skillful.
Smeltz 7 Awesome, held up the ball well.
Covs 5 failed to make ann impact
Old 5 did OK
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agreed Hey suess, the man did not take a backward step all night!!
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The only addition I would make to the assessment is:..
Breeze 8.. for a very fair game.. he even got to play the ball
and stop a Sydney pass at one point! The Phoenix were quite
fortunate with some very favourable calls from him,
especially in the face of some torrid disputing from
the Sydney players, and a
boisterous Sydney crowd.
Based on tonight's performance, I'd go as far as saying if we
could have a choice of the refs for future Phoenix
games ...can we have Breeze pleeze??!!
Whaddaya reckon Dr Quack?
Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!
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Thought in the scheme of things early on, the card on Daniel was a
bit harsh, but then, that was a stupid thing to do with 1 foot from
the touch line. Maybe a talking to and a word in Ross' ear may have
been more effective?
He did well. I think he got sucked in with players falling over a couple of times (Lockhead down the touchline in the 2nd spell when he wasn't touched and dragged the back leg was a classic case) He's improved a bit (I've never been a fan of him) and I think the time he has spent doing the Asian Champions League has impressed on him. He is Australia's number 2 to Mark Shields and they are trying to get those two full time on the league because Breeze is a State Prosecutor and has to take a bit of time off work to do games and Shields is CEO of his own company I think.
He did well. I think he got sucked in with players falling over a couple of times (Lockhead down the touchline in the 2nd spell when he wasn't touched and dragged the back leg was a classic case) He's improved a bit (I've never been a fan of him) and I think the time he has spent doing the Asian Champions League has impressed on him. He is Australia's number 2 to Mark Shields and they are trying to get those two full time on the league because Breeze is a State Prosecutor and has to take a bit of time off work to do games and Shields is CEO of his own company I think.
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[QUOTE=DrQuack32]Thought in the scheme of things early on, the card
on Daniel was a bit harsh, but then, that was a stupid thing to do
with 1 foot from the touch line. Maybe a talking to and a word in
Ross' ear may have been more effective?[end Quote]
True that would have been a better way to handle that issue.I think Daniel still had the adrenilin pumping after scoring TWICE from the penalty spot just prior.. Well done that man! ...and maybe was trying for a big over head kick back into play which he didn't quite pull off...Bugger.
True that would have been a better way to handle that issue.I think Daniel still had the adrenilin pumping after scoring TWICE from the penalty spot just prior.. Well done that man! ...and maybe was trying for a big over head kick back into play which he didn't quite pull off...Bugger.
Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!
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Moss 9 Great jaw-line save near the end there
Christie 7 Have been impressed by him the last 2
weeks
Dodd 8.5 Great apart from the over head kick near the end.
Really put that Patrick guy off his game.
O'Dor 7 Good but needs to stop kicking and hoping
Lochhead 6 Well, what can you say about that error?
Unforgivable. Still solid after that and made a great run that I
remember. Won a few free kicks too.
Felipe 8.5 Juninho who?
Ferrante 7 Much better than last week. Great passes.
Aloisi 6.5 Was a bit quiet but he's not really out there to be
fancy.
Johnson 6.5 Like Aloisi. Did what he had to well.
Daniel 6.5 Good penalty taking - especially having to take it
twice. Good link play/crosses too. Some of his passes around our
box have me worried though. He did it about 3 or 4 times and put us
in terrible positions.
Smeltz 7.5 Very impressed. Put on the pressure from the front.
Unlucky not to score.
Covs 6 Think people are being a bit harsh on him - he aint 25
anymore but he still won us a corner.
Old 7 Thought he did really well in a pressure situation.
valeo2007-09-15 01:49:47
a.haak
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Based on Ferrantes good performance it will be hard to see were
Brown will go. Replacing Johnson?
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yep id say so.fitness will probly edge browny ahead in that central
role.we looked a bit knackerd through there late in the game buy
hey so did frankie mac after jumpin up and down with his shirt off
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Did you guys think that the midfield was left too empty so there
was more space for the sydney players when they had the ball? just
an observation.
It seems like everythings coming together, as soon as they got
the defence sorted (last week) the strikeforce wasnt good. This
week the strikeforce and defence were good and now the midfield was
slightly average. I hope it's not the goalkeeping next week! I
think we are finally on track and starting to gel as a team. Ricki
always said it would take a number of games to become a tight
unit.
Impressed with Ferrante, I despised his play last week but
he's shown that his distribution going forward is one of the best
in the team. I dont get his open play free kicks though, the always
end up for a goal kick.
Felipe had me smiling all night! What a little legend!
Dodd and O'dor were Solid.
Lochhead was our weakest link in the first half, not just by
giving the goal away but in general play his position and some
passing going forward was very much lacking. In the second half he
intercepted the ball well and read some nice plays.
Aloisi and Johnson were quieter than i had expected. But
strong when they needed to be, I just thought they needed to close
down there marker a littler quicker.
All in all, great game to watch!
GO THE NIXXXXXX!
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Dodd was a quality buy, he was a rock at the back and barely put a
foot wrong all match.
It was frustrating late in the second half when Smeltz got the ball in the Sydney box and fluffed around for ages - thank goodness Aloisi came in and thumped it, even if it didn't go in. Apart from that Smeltz did well.
It was frustrating late in the second half when Smeltz got the ball in the Sydney box and fluffed around for ages - thank goodness Aloisi came in and thumped it, even if it didn't go in. Apart from that Smeltz did well.
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and thanks to the ozzie TAB for the 6-1 odds and the drinks it
bought!
Founder
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