Player writhings v Reds

Player writhings v Reds

Sheesh, we had a lot of ball but didn't know what to do with it.

lochhead not crossing well.

made some good space, but often crossed too early or too poorly.

Saved a goal, but i thought he also should have stopped their second, he was "marking" golec.

Agree except for -

Bertos down to 2.5 - 3 and I am being generous.

Did nothing with the ball except lose it, corners, freekicks and crosses go nowhere.

Needs dropping


Daniel and Sanchez up to 6

I have not really been into the anti Brown camp but after last nights game.....first 5 minutes gave away possesion in a dangerous position and didn't chase back, then got in Sanchez,z way in the box when Sanchez was about to shoot, then clattered someone in a meat head tackle. rest of the game was the same....swanning around high up the field, poor skills and low work rate, missed a sitter header etc etc

SigmUnd and Muscat were great. UKandy2011-12-31 10:48:36

yea I agree with you here too.

Siggy and Manny were the standouts for me. Would have loved to have seen Lia kept at RB and Manny moved into midfield instead of Brown.

Brown 2
Bertos 4
Ricki 2
Daniel 6

Daniel created our worthwhile opportunities, what did bertos do to deserve to stay on?
I assume Sanchez is still under an injury cloud so that was probably sensible.
But Brown and Lia were hopeless positionally
Even if Smith isn't going to have his contract renewed, who cares? Just use him, go for the f**king win you goddamn centre back. And then he takes Daniel off. And enough with Warner already, he didn't make nice saves, Lochead and Durante saved his ass and it was a crap save from the free kick. And he was well beaten at his near post.
Best thing to come out of this game is 5 yellows for Brown. Unless the suspension he already served wiped 2. That would suck.

Agreed.
Brown, Alley, Kneecaps.

no need to get violent! He's just playing badly, he's a good club player and isn't trying to eff up...it's a form slump that's lasting a long time.

Manny standout for me despite appearing to try and get himself sent off

Thought Lochy and our supposed stronger defensive midfield (how did that work out?) held us back as they couldn't play the game with Daniel and Sanzhez, looked often slow on the ball and limited in their options.

We went back to playing crosses in the air to the keeper, over the goal (take a bow Lochy and Downey) and to the first defender, while our strikers were largely static in the box, so they could get much power on even when they did get to the ball.

Brown has got the yips. He's lost his once golden shooting touch in the last 3 games. Still getting into good positions, but has been putting them just wide or over, or tantalisingly last night- into the post.

Isn't this the second time he's been beaten at the near post?

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rikki 2 leo 5 imo he seemed to work a bit hard

Siggy, his worse performance in a Phoenix shirt.

Smith was dropped because he was late to training
Sanchez was taken off early because he's obviously still struggling with injury

Don't know what you're on about regarding siggy nightz - hes one of the only players that did any good out therevaleo2012-01-01 15:42:24

Getting real frustrated with Bertos. doesn't do anything bar do a very slow crossover and then lose the ball.

I have to agree with Nightz that Siggy was disappointing. Again on a free kick, someone slips through while our defenders stand their watching. I'm not a fan of his but he has been better the last month so I've kept my mouth shut on him. This game he was a passenger.

Where did you get the skinny on Smith?

You have to suspect the Leo is still there because of stats (balls into the box)

Smith being late to training was mentioned in the pre-game