player ratings v reds

player ratings v reds

I'm not sure what mood I'm coming from with these...

I only saw Daniel do one bad dive. One of his best performances he's had for us.

Lochy up half a point, Greenacre down a half but otherwise I wouldn't dispute too much, Oi Oi. Apart from that badly defended goal and the usual hoof balls up the paddock I thought our re-jigged defence went pretty well against a dangerous Adelaide attack.

Bertos did not look like he enjoyed playing up the middle. He's far more effective running at defences from the flanks. Perhaps a Ricki ploy that didn't pay off tonight.

Agree all over the park except I do think our defence could be worth a half or whole point more.
Lochhead did play better and he is getting there. I thought our two central defenders did quite well to keep Owusu and Cristiano out.

Ifill was outstanding and yes Daniel too. I liked that Daniel and Ifill switch around and would like to see Bertos wider more.

And yes Hearfield did well with what he got.

All the players who needed to prove themselves did in my book

Agree with you PWF - defence was a lot better than it has been and very good on the Adelaide strikers.

Ifill was immense and I thought Daniel wasn't far off it. 

I thought that Greenacre did alright.  He got very little protection in the first half, but kept working and putting his body in the right position to win free kicks, etc.

In my opinion Greenacre would do alot better if he had Ifill up beside him instead of a 5 man midfield. 4 4 2 could have been alot better for us.

Oi Oi - The starting 11 only got 1.5 points more in total than your ratings last week when they were woeful. Probably more on the correct side tis week and far too generous last week.

Does Diego still want residency? Doesn't look like he wants to be here

What made Daniel's performance special was from start to finish he tracked back and defended with focus.

I was happy with Daniel's performance. Let's not forget that the lad hasn't had a full game in ages, and no matter how hard you train, if you do not play 90' every week you won't be at the same pace as the others. Lia has heart, I like how he takes his shots everytime he gets the chance, unlike other members of the team. If he keeps on going like this, he'll get his first goal soon.

totally disagree. HE WORKS HIS BOLLACKS OFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and what the f**k can he do when the crosses particularly are at knee height ?
(or the Daniel one, on his LEFT BOOT just outside the 18 box on the LEFT SIDE, which missed the goal and side netting by 5 metres ?)

and what the f**k can he do when ricki puts him up front by himself ?

Yes, he runs a lot. When he did have the ball at feet he didn't look like doing much with it - even when there were players around. To me, he looks like he can do the basics alright, but not much more. This is better than a few players actually, but he wasn't looking like setting anything alight.

Greenacre didn't really have any decent chances, did he? I can't remember

No solid chances at goal. He took a shot from outside the left hand corner of the box I think. Difficult as. He probably would have stuck in the chances that Brown had if he was there.

My slight changes.
aitkenmike2009-09-05 11:48:44

I would say after running a marathon we probably was quite pungent.

Pretty much agree with these, would tweak Lochead and Lia up 0.5, thought both of them played strong games and Paston, Bertos and Brown down 0.5 Paston I agree entirely with your comments, Brown down for missing couple of sitters and getting badly skinned which almost let Adelaide in.

For me Bertos totally uncomfortable in the role he played, needs to be back out wide.

too hard on Siggie

lets remember he doesn't normally play RB and is not used to getting forward.

you can't blame him for not 'pushing up the flanks'

While we consistently put only 1 striker forward teams are always going to mark them like Smeltz.  I remember many games last year where Smeltz was also marked down for barely being present most of the game till he suddenly scored a goal - Greenacre does well but against teams used to marking our one forward you need some Smeltz magic to score. Greenacre on the other hand does a lot of prep work, laid in a few crosses and is very good at receiving long balls forward.  If we can push Ifill up next to him so the defenders have more than one striker to mark, he'll get a lot more space and be able to get in good positions.

When Ifill scored (both) his goals the defense were all over Greenacre, meaning Ifill was able to make cutting runs into space totally unmarked.

Greenacre is a bit of a strange one for me. His work rate is ridiculous and wins a lot of free kicks but he isn't a target man and also can't run at/beat defenders. He's kind of like Smeltz in that regard, I suppose, but Smeltz has a bit more creative ability.

Out of interest what could of Paston done to get a 10?

A handstand-double-backflip-moonwalk save.

10 is impossible to get :P

Palm-->face

That is what I like to see one day . . .

Honestly, just a cheek scorpion kick by him would make my day plus a clean sheet would get him a 11/10.

I reckon a full field run / goal would scrape him a 7 1/2.

+ clean sheet and 2 penalty saves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fA7XQpo1rc&feature=related 50 seconds in.

Brown 's mark is too high, missed 3 clear chances !! 4
Daniel played very well, better than usual 7.5

Nothing, he wont ever get that.
Dont see the point in your question, (except to raise his name once again....)

Must get a Clean sheet and the following:

Storm the box and take the ball in the air every time the opposition was going up for a header.
Save a penalty.
Score from a goal kick.
Make a perfect slide tackle outside the box.
Never make errors or any uneasy moments.
Come up for a corner and score the winner with a perfectly weighted volley after the ball has been layed back by greenacre.
And a couple of assists.



How could anyone get a ten?

I like the guy. But he hasn't shown yet the ability to be part of a quick counter attack the way Smeltz could.

As much as I thought the front line of Daniel, Ifill, Greenacre and Leo ingenious- there were times when I would have liked  us to break much quicker and more dynamically...Hearfield definitely- Leo wider, and Costa are names that might give us that.

Greenacre holds up well, and wins us a lot of corners, free kicks, throws and possesion up front. If he's picking up the scraps he really needs the attention to be on someone else as well I guess...being tightly marked doesn't help.