Player ravings v Glory

An excellent performance boys, well done

Mossy 9 Outstanding saves and body on the line to keep our lead at the end
Lochie 6 Rating for performance as right back, but considering he's never played there, it was a top performance
Siggy 7 Crunching tackles in the first half set the tone
Dura 6.5 Lead the team well again
Hogg 6 Well done
Leo 6.5 Good contribution all over the park
Manny 7 Cut off the supply line well, and stepped well into right back role at the end
Corey 6.5 Worked and worked
Ifill 7.5 Determination for the goal and some great working first half, denied by Supa Vuka save
Brockie 8 Terrific work for Ifills goal and cross for Steiny's
Steiny 8 His best for us yet? Chased and harried, scored with a header!!
Cernak 6 A couple of near muck ups, but kept the pressure on when Manny had to move
Lindsay 4 Is he injured? Don't think he actually touched the ball

Greenie - great result and you've got the team believing!

Please have your say 

10's for everyone. Great performance.

(note: there may or may not be a hint of over excitement in this post)

Brockie 8 Awesome assists but a couple of dumb decisions

Iffy 9 beating players and showing he's got legs with the goal

Lochead, I am not a lochy-hater, but stupid decisions. OK in general play though. Just a bit sick of him giving away stupid fouls. 4

Stein 8.5 Why did ricki not start him?

Mossy MOM. 11.

Lia 8.5 for getting injured :P

 I'm still not sure what role they were asking Lindsay to play when he came on.

i thought they would have played him in front of the back 4, and pushed cernak wide, but looked like he was the atttacking midfielder

Lindsays been treated like shit. 

It was Cernak dispossessing De Silva which set up Iffy to pass to Brockie to cross to Steyn for the second goal.

Sorry Jeff, my bad. 

Do they also get oranges at half time?

Well I want to play for the Phoenix now and it just wont be fair if I don't a turn.

Stein was very good.....can't believe how out of sorts he looked under Ricki's setup. Shame that its been a wasted season for him in some ways.....we never got the best put of him until now.

Was that the first assists ever in Brockies career?  His around the park play has got a lot better now. 

How come our defense which was leaking goals all over the show now looks as tight as a ducks bum?

Thought we had blown it when Cernak came on as DM....he needed a needle to get on the field and he looked injured. They were all over us from then on. Lyndsay should have come on straight away too and gone back to shore up the midfield.

It really hard to believe that this is the same group of guys who looked so at sea for most of the season.

I do wonder what has been the catalyst that has turned it around. If it simply was that Ricki had lost them, they you have to ask why the likes of Dura and Ifill didn't go to the board or whomever and said 'we need a new coach, we are probably at the end of the life cycle with Ricki' Would have saved a few losses.

It must be more than that surely.

They're still a mathematical chance of avoiding the wooden spoon but really there's not much pressure on results any more. They generally look like they're having fun now. Maybe part of the difference. 

I'm not a Lochy hater either, in fact I usually tend to think he's a good player who makes the odd mistake, but last night he was poor with the odd good thing thrown in. The difference between LB and RB is really minimal, but he really didn't seem to cope with it at all.

personally thought Hogg stood off his man a little too much and in turn they had a bit more space than lochhead usually allows. 

Fullbacks didnt really push on as much as we usually see but that may have been tactical considering perth's wingers were probably their most dangerous outlet

except he's never played on the right before.....therefore his experience meant very little.

I think you underestimate the change - how many professional footballers do you see that are capable of passing/shooting with both feet? very few, why? cos it isn't as easy as it ios made to look. Locky is a specialist left back, that's what he trains at being and what he is "good" at. Some of the skills are transferrable to RB, but the switch in sides can be tough to get your head around.

amd wjhen manny moved to LB he did an ok job but nothing to write home about - can you not jusy agree mb that being able to play both LB and RB equally good is a tough ask.....and unfortunately not a lot of players can do it adequately.

Maybe I'm gifted (or playing WELL below A-League level) but I play both RB and LB on a regular basis, I'm right foot dominant but can use my left under enough pressure. You don't need to have a left foot to play on the left side or right foot to play the right side, that's a myth given to us at junior level. The two positions are exactly the same just mirrored. I agree that RB and LB are specialist positions but they're only the same as each other. You use the same positioning, marking and pace techniques on both sides. I'm not berating the guy I just don't think he coped as well as he should have.

really?? have you watched the EPL latley, very few in the league can play with both feet - it astounds me - Rooney can't, RVP can and does, there are very few in the a-league that can play off both feet,