Players ratings v Glory

Players ratings v Glory

Well....

I'd bump Paston, Dura, greenacre up by .5

Think ferrante didn't do too bad except for the obvious screw up at the start.
Manny did struggle a lot.  Think Daniel was pretty ave but Hearfield  looked on to it once he was on.

Thought Hearfield played quite well when he came on, took at the defenders and made some penetrating runs.

sorry?? Everything he touched went bad, first touch of the game lead to the goal, and then every time he touched the ball he gave it away...he's gone downhill from late last season and he does not look like finding his best...

agree with most of the other ratings though.

Good work, but wish everyone would get off the "bag Ferrante" bandwagon (other thread) Other than the obvious shocking first 5 minutes he did ok. Middle of the park went better than last week.

Give him a 5.5 for a 'just pass' mark

Having just watched the highlights, all there second half attack were on Muscat's side and he looked really out of place. Constantly skinned by Horworth (sp?) can't say I'd have him in the side next week if we had a suitable replacement.

I personally think that Ferrante should be called a tit and stuck on a bull because it would be of more use than he is on a football paddock.

That said, after the first 5 mins, I thought he added more to the team than Tim Brown did in the same position and I'd be willing (against better judgement and last year) to give him a run again next week. I think with Diego drifting in off the flank (into a more natural central position) him and Ferrante provided the link between the back 4 and the front two a lot easier and more natural than last week. Diego really showed up all over the place and like his work ethic.
 
IF Ricki wanted to make change for the sake of it, I could see him possibly putting Diego in that role and bringing Hearfield in on the flank or swapping Lia for Ferrante if not Manny.

Yeah I'm wondering how Lia would do starting at RB. Or maybe drop Ferrante and Play Lia and McKain in the middle?

Don't think we should be making any more changes than these type of choices. We wnat this side to gel more.

Maybe in a few weeks time we give someone a run at LB - but kind of gone off the idea of playing Muscat there. Maybe a good spot for Ricki to aim to strengthen next season after we dont re-sign mulligan

Paston - 6 - did little wrong.
Muscat - 5 - got slacker as the game progressed
Lochhead - 7 - played well, pushed forward like in season 1 and showed why he's the number one (albeit only) left-back.
Durante - 6 - reasonably solid, almost looked stupid when he left the ball for Paston.
Sigmund - 7 - tidy play
McKain - 7.5 - played well, didn't shy from tackles, got stuck in and his distribution wasn't bad.
Ferrante - 5.5 - bad first 10 minutes but when he got the ball he went on good runs.
King Leonidas - 8.5 - ran at the defence a lot and that goal, wow.
Hearfield - 5 - did little but had little game time.
Lia - 5 - same as above
Daniel - 5 - same as above
Greenacre - 6.5 - did well, have high hopes for him.
Ifill - 8 - looked dangerous for a good 2/3 of the game.  Scored a nice goal and showed how eager he is by tackling McKain.

I think that's everyone.

Just watched a full replay of the game. Manny wasn't to good. But didn't think Ferante was too bad. (With the obvious exception) Greenacre i would bump up to 6.5. watched him closely. He never stopped Running all game. 

Oi Oi Edgecumbe I think that Hearfield should be given more than a ?. For a substitute I think he came on and at least attempted to get the play towards goal happening. I would give a 5.5 - 6.5

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Whitby boy2009-08-17 10:04:01

Highlight for me was Vinny Lia's first contribution being chopping somebody in midfield. Welcome back, Vinny.

Greenie was good value out there. And I dont mean me. Amd Im not saying that cos I stalked him afterwards 2ndbest! Thought he worked his ass off

Bang on, glad that even after that performance there's still plenty of room to grow as Ricki tinkers with the system as Diego and Ifill reach full fitness and Durante cuts out a couple of mistakes.

Paston - 6 Did nothing wrong, but did look to move a little late a couple of occassions. TouchMe2009-08-17 18:28:46

To give Ferrante a bit of a break, who ever passed the ball to him didn't do him any favours.  He had two men bearing down on him as soon as it came to his feet.  Admittedly he picked the wrong option by trying to turn the man - but you got to wonder if there was any call from the rest of the lads.

He made a bad decision by turning in - you get dispossed there, you're asking for trouble. If you turn to the outside, there's more time to cover up if you lose the ball.

 

 

Ferrante was set up with a 'hospital pass'.  It was signalled way ahead of the event. Perth scented it and were on to him like a pack of dogs. The individual who passed to him (I can't recall who it was either), should have played the ball forward, over the top and cut out the pressing Perth forwards.

When I watch the replay I don't think that Ferrante was aware of Sikora and only aware of the other Perth player, Shroj? So he thought he was turning out of trouble rather than into it. The Perth players did a good job in making sure both options were closed down.

I was just talking in general terms, as I haven't seen the replay. But remember thinking at the time, go wide, don't turn in. Guess a return pass to Lochy/Paston were probably the best options.

I disagree - to me, a 'hospital pass' is when the teammate doesn't give you a fair chance of getting the ball when he should have been in the position to do so.

No way can you call a pass a hospital one if the receiver has the time to control and turn with the ball.

Considering he had plenty of time to size up the situation it was a nothing pass from Durante at best and at worst a stupid one to send to a man in a vulnerable central postion in front of goal with his back to two nearby Perth players.

Yeah, there were 5 'Nix players and 5 Perth players in our defensive third. 2 of the Perth players anticipated Durante's pass to Ferrante and were putting pressure on him, only players really open were Muscat and Paston. The easier option for Ferrante would have been to pass to Paston, but it would have had to have been a really good pass to Pastons stronger foot for the clearance. If you look at it like that, the end result would have been the same if Durante hacked it up the field but I think the intent of playing the ball out and keeping possession is good.

Ferrante should have taken a shot... at least then we'd have just conceded a corner.

Also notice there has been little talk about Sterjovski's dive... bet the FFA ignore that like Culina's last week.  God forbid a Socceroo pin-up boy gets done.

Muscat will be strong next week

edited, been saidstevenivan2009-08-18 11:28:27

Also ignored Robbie Fowler's Jackie Chan-like kick.

I thought Greenacre made some great runs into space which went unrewarded....However he looks an asset to the team and makes a load of runs and works hard. Promising so far.