player ratings v Bling

player ratings v Bling

Moss 10 What a blinder!

old....OUT

Moss 10 One of the greatest ever goal keeping performances by a New Zealander, or any A-League/NSL player

I'm not going to blame Old. If you look at that defensive performance it was one of the best of the season, and Old deserves praise for being part of that. Half the squad missing, a new back three: top performance from our lads, sadly let down by an all too familiar defensive flub.

i no he didnt do anything terribly wrong but the guy hardly does much right.keep him 4 this season i guess but he cnt stick around for 2 long.i kinda feel sorry for him nw.ill stop

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we had no one else on the bench apart from O'dor - caught between q rock and a hard place really

At last someone who isnt taken in by a few fancy tricks,no good looking fancy if they cant deliver the ball after that.

hang on Ballane the lad's been out for 2-3 games and games back with Covs in front - rather than Smeltz, whose runs he is used to

perhaps i am taken in by his skills, but I am happy to pay to watch those skills, i was fairly close to the pitch by the penalty area and some of his first touches were as breath-taking as Mossy's saves

and he certainly contributed to 3 points last time we beat Sydney

whilst he might have released the ball more effectively once or twice, he was also hampered by lack of runs by others into the box, or outside him - like Lochy provides

tigers2007-11-18 06:44:49

I was pretty gutted last night and was at the backbencher trying to get News, Tom Randles, petemcc and the ginger_eejit to join me in a lynch mob to put on police helmets and go back to the stadium and hoist Old from his undies on the flagpole.

But am now too tired to be angry.

It was a TERRIBLE decision to grab that shirt at that point in the game in that place on the field.  Just awful.  But apart from that I don't recall Old being particularly bad.  It was a stone cold penalty but I've seen them not given and you have to wonder if the ref wasn't just itching to give Sydney something from the game.  Prick.

I wasn't exactly sitting down analysing anything, but it did look to me as if Felipe gave the ball away a lot.  Maybe that's because he didn't know Coveny's runs (seems unlikely, they train together) or maybe it's because he's a show pony and goes missing in important games, but who cares, he's been good value so far and is entertaining and exciting to watch.  I'd rather have him than another Aloisi.

As for bagging Barbarouses, he did nothing wrong and has only twenty minutes of game time at this level to his name.  He has looked excellent in the training games I've seen the Nix play, so how people can call for him to get the archer now I do not know.  Plenty of others have offered more evidence they're not up their job, so get your priorities right. 

Besides, if we chop him we can't chant 'nothing rhymes with barbarouses'!

there was a spell there of about a minute where Felipe and Daniel were pulling out their tricks, and it was the greatest minute of football/pisstake I have ever seen

I remember him giving the ball away at least twice with poor first touches that Dodd would have been ashamed of.

In the 2nd half, attacking the goal at the Fever Zone, he did 2 stepovers before proceeding to run into the Sydney player. Anyone can run into another player, it dont take a Brazilian or 2 step-overs to do it. For all his tricks and flips he achieved nothing.

Im a fan of Felipe as long as what creative work he does actually comes off - but not one thing creative he did was good. Also seemed a tad lacklustre - not getting stuck in and running, a department Daniel has greatly improved in

Dave572007-11-18 11:12:40

Old had a great game and the defence looked the best they have since the first pre-season game! So Old should take the blame? Not so - Lia's pass to O'Dor caused it all - what else could Old do? Give the guy a break.

FFS.

Daniel certainly plays better and looks more comfortable when Felipe is in the side - whenever Felipe is out Daniel seems to spend his time watching the ball zoom beyond him.

I don't think we had much choice. Aloisi, Johnson, Felipe, Daniel were obviously all struggling near the end there. Felipe lacking match fitness and Aloisi,Johnson,Daniel all carrying injuries.

btw I hope we sign Felipe for another year soon. That guy is entertainment personified.
valeo2007-11-18 13:50:35

Moss 10. Can we go higher than 10 because he was outstanding!

I think Old played well for 90 minutes. Pity that he gave away the penalty after that however a couple of weeks ago he would have just let the guy go past him. At least it shows his commitment. He has manned up and is taking responsability for his area of the defence in the last two games. Haven't seen those 50:50 passes from him either which is good. Still has a way to go but I think we could be seeing right now is him maturing into a good player.