Lia was absolutely poor.. Again. He cannot pass a ball to save himself, which is a real problem for a central midfielder. Brockie was his usual uninvolved for 89 minutes self, but his goal clouds everyone's judgement on his performance. Caira is not up to A-league standard. Defensively he's all out of sorts, gives you nothing going forward either.
Hernandez was pure class today. The way that guy can hold on to the ball in tight situations and then play a quality pass is incredible. Dura was solid as always at the back, and Ifill looked quality when he came on (nice to see he remembers how to get past his man again!). Thought it was rather harsh on stein getting dragged and would have dragged brockie myself.
I have to keep telling myself it's better to watch an attempted good brand of football being played poorly than it is ugly football being played almost as badly.
Hopefully Merricks persistence will pay off and we see tje likes of Sigmund and Caira learn how to stay composed at the back with the ball at their feet and play 10yard passes instead of aimless long balls.