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He's the best defender of the lot (Siggy, Mulligan, Plodder, Muscat), and none of them are particularly good going forward. So Siggy in.

He HAS to make changes now, most of the side have had 5 games to make an impact and very few have done so. I like it when guys like Siggy get on because he looks keen and enthusiastic whereas some of the regulars look anything but.

Sigmund Needs to replace Mulligan and someone needs to be upfront with Semltz. if this doesn't happen Smeltz will struggle to score. and if Mulligan stays in the back four we will continuously lose the ball. and how come he hasn't taken a free kick isn't that one of the things he's meant to be good at?

Should we not be looking at the midfield, especially the centre of the park.

Tim Bond? Who's this guy, a young prodigy? Why haven't I heard of him before?

Hmm is he any relation to James Bond or is it just a coincidence.

Are these out of 55 or 10

55 (except for moss) and Mulligans was out of 100

Moss was out of 10 - Durante at least showed some pride in the jersey and tried to make a difference.

Mulligan out of 1000 - everyone f**king rubbish

If my dog played that badly, I'd f**king shoot it

Nailed it on the head there... I honestly think Hearfield (granted not his natural position)/Muscat could do a better job than Mulligan... at least they would have the pace to do some overlapping runs and create something... once the ball gets played to Mulligan he doesn't look like doing anything other than going long...

Watching RH sit on the bench he looks like he is engrossed in the game but its passing him by. Just once I'd love to see him jump off the bench and have a bit of a rant. The perfect opportunity was when Mulligan lost his rag at Durante when Durante dared pass the ball to him with an opposition player within 12 yards. Mulligan should have been bollocked his contributions only give him the right to a seat in the stand.

Maybe a bit harsh on Mulligan surely Durante has figured out that Mulligan has a six yard first touch so if the opposition are 12 yards away its a hospital pass to him.

Mulligan surely won't play against Sydney. Although his substitution five minutes from the end was one of the most ludicrous I've seen in a long time it did look a tad humiliating for the guy, almost like Ricki finally lost his patience and kicked him off.

Mossy - A bit of distribution work could do him good, but it hardly needs to be said that he is f**kin legendary

Ironic that the headline from the 15th on the official Nix site states "Confidence On The Rise". Oh dear.

Anyone else think that McKain looks a little overweight and unco? Maybe he just wears a big shirt or something.

The Adelaide game was the worst i've seen us play

[edit] sorry for double post
valeo2008-09-23 14:43:02

QFT

A couple of days late, but here was my take.

Moss - solid again, some good saves to keep us in it. Like Ballane and others I question his distribution, and perhaps his communication? The past Durante put pass Mulligan would have been better directed to Moss, had he called for it.

Mulligan - In all sorts of trouble against Sekulovski(?) in the 2nd half, should have been changed earlier. Would Sigmund have done better? Don't know, but Ricki had to try something. Too many long balls.

Durante and McKain - showed the foundations of the partnership we hoped they would form at the begiining of the season. Not perfect, but solid, and should improve.

Lochhead - Linked well with Daniel at times, defended well, crossed poorly.

Gao - didn't do much right or wrong. Possibly because he was under Mulligan's long balls? A number of you have been calling for him and Daniel to start together. We need more than one game to see if it works.

Ferrante - good distribution, especially in first half

Johnson - Solid but unspectacular first half, poor second with too many passes going astray. Anopther who should have come off earlier.

Daniel - worked hard, got more ball than Gao, didn't do much wrong, nor create a lot with it. Like Gao, can fall over too easily running past players.

Hearfield - Not a striker, but worked/ran hard.

Smeltz - not much to work with, but as commentators said, seemed a little out of sorts as well.

Ricki - As others have pointed out, use of subs wasn't the best. I've made the point elsewhere that he is hamstrung to an extent by only being able to name 3 outfield subs, but this applies to all teams. Agree with Martinb (and others) that our subs were too little, too late. We were under the cosh for at least 10 minutes before the penalty, and nothing was changed.

wolfman2008-09-23 16:13:53

I started watching the MySky recording, given I missed the game on Sunday, but just couldn't do it.

In the 30 mins or so I saw Mulligan was absolutely woeful again, always caught out of position and too slow to track back. Johnson's distribution was terrible also. Those were the only performances (or lack thereof) that stood out to me.

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Did you see when he stopped that ball from going in off a header from Robinson's cross. If he keeps defending like that i want him to be one of the closest to the goal!

Mulligan is complete crap. I'd prefer Cleberson.

I felt sorry for Moss. He made some brillant saves and lost his clean sheet to a penalty. Perth looked so much better going forward and probably should have won 3-0. Durante/Mc Kain did well to keep them out as did Moss. Need Coveny up front with Smeltzy, he is big and is good in the air and quick. I think Sigmund and Christie should be given more chance.

Sorry just do not see Smeltz and Coveny as a striking partnership. Against CCM there was plenty of sweat but bugger all threat, and do not have great memories of this pair demonising defences.

The midfield is doing my head in bigtime. Johnson was an absolute shambles on Sunday and couldn't pass to save himself. Ive never been a fan of Ferrante he can try as hard as he likes but he doesn't offer a lot quite frankly. Ricki needs to change the centre midfield and I think Gao would be good there, he has good pace and isn't afraid to let one rip. Who would play alongside him? Hmmmm im honestly struggling to pick someone. Tim Brown is just a chopper and would probably get sent off after 60mins. maybe Daniel so he can get more of the ball but he's rather lazy.

Still i think its better having 2 strikers up front. Having 1 is always difficult.

Totally agree and there in lies one of the difficulties in the squad. If its not Coveny then who plays upfront alongside Smeltz

Kwasnik - hasn't looked the goods to date.
Draper - green but has looked capable at every level I've seen him play.
Costa - green but does offer a bit of pace.

After them you're into playing attacking midfielders up front and maybe Daniel alongside is not ridiculous as he can hold the ball up and could be the provider to Smeltz. Do not like thought of Hearfield or Gao at all.

No easy answers to this one?

Richard Johnson's plays from last week.
 http://rapidshare.com/files/147667737/Johnson_against_Perth.mov