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Pre-season 2013/2014 - vs Phoenix B - Ring of Fire - Sunday

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over 12 years ago
Bullion wrote:
energy24.7 wrote:

Obviously it's great that Huysegems is scoring goals. We'd all be up in arms if he wasn't. I'd also like to point out how on fire Brockie was last pre season and how sceptical people (including myself) were about him translating that to the season proper. I believe goal scoring is a confidence/momentum thing so it's great he's knocking them in and I'll definitely be keen to throw a wee wager on him being top scorer for the season.

Will have to see where Husygems and Brockie fit into the team when Brockie gets back first



Ernie said that he sees both of them as strikers.....so I guess they will go head to head. I reckon that Stein really has the game to be a big hit with Ernies playing style. Brockie on the other hand might struggle with his lack of movement and ability to bring others into play. I just think Stein is a better player. If he carries his preseason scoring form into the season proper  he will have a huge year IMO.
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over 12 years ago
austin10 wrote:
Bullion wrote:
energy24.7 wrote:

Obviously it's great that Huysegems is scoring goals. We'd all be up in arms if he wasn't. I'd also like to point out how on fire Brockie was last pre season and how sceptical people (including myself) were about him translating that to the season proper. I believe goal scoring is a confidence/momentum thing so it's great he's knocking them in and I'll definitely be keen to throw a wee wager on him being top scorer for the season.

Will have to see where Husygems and Brockie fit into the team when Brockie gets back first



Ernie said that he sees both of them as strikers.....so I guess they will go head to head. I reckon that Stein really has the game to be a big hit with Ernies playing style. Brockie on the other hand might struggle with his lack of movement and ability to bring others into play. I just think Stein is a better player. If he carries his preseason scoring form into the season proper  he will have a huge year IMO.


Brockie will struggle because he is not good enough.

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over 12 years ago
Seb wrote:

last I heard is that the Nix have next week off? Could be wrong on this but I recall someone saying that..

Yup next week off.
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over 12 years ago
Leggy wrote:
austin10 wrote:
Bullion wrote:
energy24.7 wrote:

Obviously it's great that Huysegems is scoring goals. We'd all be up in arms if he wasn't. I'd also like to point out how on fire Brockie was last pre season and how sceptical people (including myself) were about him translating that to the season proper. I believe goal scoring is a confidence/momentum thing so it's great he's knocking them in and I'll definitely be keen to throw a wee wager on him being top scorer for the season.

Will have to see where Husygems and Brockie fit into the team when Brockie gets back first



Ernie said that he sees both of them as strikers.....so I guess they will go head to head. I reckon that Stein really has the game to be a big hit with Ernies playing style. Brockie on the other hand might struggle with his lack of movement and ability to bring others into play. I just think Stein is a better player. If he carries his preseason scoring form into the season proper  he will have a huge year IMO.


Brockie will struggle because he is not good enough.

16 goals in 24 games disagrees with you.
Compare that to the bald buggers 5 in 22...

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over 12 years ago

I think Stein is overall, better than Brockie. He's got a better touch and technique than Brockie, both of which will be crucial in the success of our set up and play this season. A lot of Brockie's goals last season, for memory, came from largely unstructured play or were just absolute rippers from outside the box, I wonder how he will go when playing under a relatively strict style and structure. Stein will thrive under Ernie.

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over 12 years ago

It was one of the young guys - Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi.

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over 12 years ago
Sackofspuds wrote:

I think Stein is overall, better than Brockie. He's got a better touch and technique than Brockie, both of which will be crucial in the success of our set up and play this season. A lot of Brockie's goals last season, for memory, came from largely unstructured play or were just absolute rippers from outside the box, I wonder how he will go when playing under a relatively strict style and structure. Stein will thrive under Ernie.

agree. Stein has a lovely 1st touch and I think will be the better fit

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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:
Sackofspuds wrote:

I think Stein is overall, better than Brockie. He's got a better touch and technique than Brockie, both of which will be crucial in the success of our set up and play this season.

 agree. Stein has a lovely 1st touch and I think will be the better fit

1st touch dosent make Stein better than Brockie. Goals are all strikers are judged on and the "facts' are Brokie finds the back of the net more than Stein does. It dosent matter how he does it, goals are king.

16 in 24 games is much > than 5 in 22

 

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over 12 years ago

So by that rationale, Brockie is better than most of the leagues strikers including Smeltz, Archie and the player of the year, Marco Rojas. Your brain should tell you that's not the case.

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over 12 years ago

What he is saying JV is that last year Brockie was more value to our club as a striker than Stein was. Your brain should tell you that is the case. What you said is a ridiculous extrapolation.

It is too early to say how Merrick will look to play either of these 2 this season and who will fit better.

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over 12 years ago
hepatitis wrote:

What he is saying JV is that last year Brockie was more value to our club as a striker than Stein was. Your brain should tell you that is the case. What you said is a ridiculous extrapolation.

It is too early to say how Merrick will look to play either of these 2 this season and who will fit better.

That's hardly a rocket science statement to say Brockie added more to the club because last year, we finished last, played like shit and players that are normally good footballers, were just pants.

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over 12 years ago
nightz wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
Sackofspuds wrote:

I think Stein is overall, better than Brockie. He's got a better touch and technique than Brockie, both of which will be crucial in the success of our set up and play this season.

 agree. Stein has a lovely 1st touch and I think will be the better fit

1st touch dosent make Stein better than Brockie. Goals are all strikers are judged on and the "facts' are Brokie finds the back of the net more than Stein does. It dosent matter how he does it, goals are king.

16 in 24 games is much > than 5 in 22

 


What I'd be interested to compare, not just how many more goals Brockie got, but game time. Stein didn't get as many minutes as Brockie I think and also didn't suit the game style Ricki played.
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I'm positive things will go wrong.
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over 12 years ago
hepatitis wrote:

What he is saying JV is that last year Brockie was more value to our club as a striker than Stein was. Your brain should tell you that is the case. What you said is a ridiculous extrapolation.

It is too early to say how Merrick will look to play either of these 2 this season and who will fit better.



What I was getting at was that I think this season Stein will be more valuable to the club than Brockie because he is, technically, a better footballer.
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over 12 years ago
Yakcall wrote:
nightz wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
Sackofspuds wrote:

I think Stein is overall, better than Brockie. He's got a better touch and technique than Brockie, both of which will be crucial in the success of our set up and play this season.

 agree. Stein has a lovely 1st touch and I think will be the better fit

1st touch dosent make Stein better than Brockie. Goals are all strikers are judged on and the "facts' are Brokie finds the back of the net more than Stein does. It dosent matter how he does it, goals are king.

16 in 24 games is much > than 5 in 22

 


What I'd be interested to compare, not just how many more goals Brockie got, but game time. Stein didn't get as many minutes as Brockie I think and also didn't suit the game style Ricki played.



Stein      starts 17, played 23, minutes 1368, goals 5, assists 1
Brockie: starts 24, played 24, minutes 2114, goals 16, assists 2
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over 12 years ago

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

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over 12 years ago
hepatitis wrote:
Yakcall wrote:
nightz wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
Sackofspuds wrote:

I think Stein is overall, better than Brockie. He's got a better touch and technique than Brockie, both of which will be crucial in the success of our set up and play this season.

 agree. Stein has a lovely 1st touch and I think will be the better fit

1st touch dosent make Stein better than Brockie. Goals are all strikers are judged on and the "facts' are Brokie finds the back of the net more than Stein does. It dosent matter how he does it, goals are king.

16 in 24 games is much > than 5 in 22

 


What I'd be interested to compare, not just how many more goals Brockie got, but game time. Stein didn't get as many minutes as Brockie I think and also didn't suit the game style Ricki played.



Stein      starts 17, played 23, minutes 1368, goals 5, assists 1
Brockie: starts 24, played 24, minutes 2114, goals 16, assists 2

Cheers for that, Stein actually got more time than I thought. 
Stein a goal every 273.6mins
Brockie a goal every 132.16mins
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I'm positive things will go wrong.
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over 12 years ago
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

He's been at 7 pro clubs before comming here and for the last 10 years has struggled to get on the score sheet.

Have the systems at all of those clubs not suited him? I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.

A dog with a bone :)

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over 12 years ago
nightz wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

He's been at 7 pro clubs before comming here and for the last 10 years has struggled to get on the score sheet.

Have the systems at all of those clubs not suited him? I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.



Wow... first you were saying Brockie is better than him and now you're saying he's not even good enough to play in the A-League?
Yeah that statement is incorrect to say the least.
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over 12 years ago

It kinda screams "troll" We can judge waffles after this year nightz


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over 12 years ago
Sackofspuds wrote:
nightz wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

He's been at 7 pro clubs before comming here and for the last 10 years has struggled to get on the score sheet.

Have the systems at all of those clubs not suited him? I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.



Wow... first you were saying Brockie is better than him and now you're saying he's not even good enough to play in the A-League?
Yeah that statement is incorrect to say the least.
I pretty much share your points of view Spudie. To say he would be a great CL footballer (note didn't even say ASBP) and not up to A League is just trolling, or completely clueless. Guess he must have fluked playing international football. Best not to feed the troll there. 

I think Stein is a better footballer but even he will say he is not a striker and has said he feels he is best out wide. He was a good signing by Ricki but for the wrong position. You could look at Ian Rush. Div 1 legend but in Italy, he just did not fit in. Does that mean that Rush was shit? I think there are parallels and believe Ernie will get more from him than Ricki did. He demands workrate, a trait that is not a word ever used to describe Brockie.

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over 12 years ago

I dont recall Steins workrate to have been markedly better than Brockies.

Workrate is not a word ever used to describe Stein either.

What makes you think Ernie wont get even better results from Brockie as well as these imagined ones from Stein


Brockie will be back matchfit, he is the second top scorer from last season, the spot is his to lose I think, rather than Stein having a grip on it

Just to be clear, I am looking forward to a step up and good things from both this season. I just dont go along with the placing Stein ahead at present

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over 12 years ago

I agree that Brockie comes back match fit, a point I made in another thread and it's not unreasonable to say that Ernie can get more from Brockie as well. 

I think at this point, Stein is in there and producing as part of the game plan. Brockie has said he wants to stay longer over there. I think the position is Steins to lose regardless of what happened under Rickis watch because at the moment he is producing within the game plan and is familiar with it. If goals are the measure as stated, Brockie isn't lighting up in the MLS, the same measure that was used against Stein in an overseas league....

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago

I think its great we will have two guys fighting it out for one position. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on who is better for the Nix but saying stuff like "Stein is not A-League quality and only good for Central League" completely shoots your argument down because it basically shows everyone that you are talking through a hole in your a***! Stein is a better player. Would Brockie ever been good enough to have played 100 plus games in Dutch 1st Div and if eligible 15+ games for Belgium?

Ernie wants his team to play as unit this year. He wants his front three to move and rotate and bring team mates into play. Stein has more of the skill set than Brockie to do this role IMO. Brockie is a wonderful scorer who thrives on taking opportunities from broken play.....he has always been rightly criticised for his team workrate. 

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over 12 years ago

Just the man to come off the bench with 25 to go and rip in a couple of screamers then?

                                                                        COYN    

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over 12 years ago

After the week off, we head to Sydney. We play WSW on the 21/8 and in this week podcast, Iffy mentions the Jets. I haven't seen the Jets game mentioned anywhere. Would it be a behind closed doors game?

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over 12 years ago

21st against WSW.

24th against Jets.

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over 12 years ago
nightz wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

He's been at 7 pro clubs before comming here and for the last 10 years has struggled to get on the score sheet.

Have the systems at all of those clubs not suited him? I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.

He's been taking the piss out of the central league and its only pre season for him. Lol at saying he's not good enough for the a-league.  I actually laughed. Good job nightz.
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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

I agree that Brockie comes back match fit, a point I made in another thread and it's not unreasonable to say that Ernie can get more from Brockie as well. 

I think at this point, Stein is in there and producing as part of the game plan. Brockie has said he wants to stay longer over there. I think the position is Steins to lose regardless of what happened under Rickis watch because at the moment he is producing within the game plan and is familiar with it. If goals are the measure as stated, Brockie isn't lighting up in the MLS, the same measure that was used against Stein in an overseas league....

I am not sure that this is a Stein v Brockie argument.  I think there is a good chance of Stein on the right, with Fenton overlapping, Brockie up front and Ifill on the left. Cunningham will be the guy who covers the front third from the bench, with his reputed pace having real impact against tiring defences, and probably subbing for Stein.  Meh, anything could happen though and it's Cunningham's signing that creates a whole lot of pressure for a place amongst those four.  Looking forward to it.  
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Ernie has stated that Stein and Brockie are head to head. Cunningham from the bench? Yeah right... 

Ernie has pretty much said that his flank guys are Bertos, Boyd, Ifill and Cunningham for 2 spots. Carlos in the middle and up front.... You can guarantee that it will be Cunningham Carlos and Ifill.

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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

Ernie has stated that Stein and Brockie are head to head. Cunningham from the bench? Yeah right... 

Ernie has pretty much said that his flank guys are Bertos, Boyd, Ifill and Cunningham for 2 spots. Carlos in the middle and up front.... You can guarantee that it will be Cunningham Carlos and Ifill.

I'd like to actually see how good Cunningham is first.  Sure you are backing Merrick's reported view.  But for me, Stein is scoring truckloads, and is better suited wider, and is likely to show us what he can do with a ball to feet game and the likes of Carlos feeding him rather than Siggy from 50 yards away.  Brockie is our standout leading goal scorer.  Until Cunningham, who does not have a particularly good scoring or assist rate, proves to me he can produce, I'm not convinced. You may think that's nuts, but Cunningham is NOT a big goal scorer or big assist provider, over his club record.  1 goal in just under every five games at club level the last three years. 
Sure I can see the argument for Cunningham's reputed pace in that wider position.  And sure I can understand Ernie's intention.  But, as I said, I am not convinced this will end up a straight Brockie v Stein situation.  It all depends just how good Cunningham actually turns out to be and it is quite possible that Stein could make Ernie rethink.  I am not saying that will definately happen, but I think there is a lot of jumping to conclusions going on about a guy we've not even seen yet, and that the coach has not actually seen yet.
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over 12 years ago

I don't know if Ifill will have a guarenteed spot to be honest. I'm definitely a big Ifill fan, however for me he has looked pretty average judging by these pre-season games. Obviously they are just pre season games, but I still expected him to have a much bigger impact in the games he has played in. He is getting quite old for a footballer too. He has also struggled a lot for fitness while he's been here I think. Maybe it's possible that he will turn into an impact player off the bench? Who knows..

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over 12 years ago

I've heard he's played quite well in the preseason games? I haven't been to any but he also seems to feature a lot in the twitter commentary by YF and the club. 

He does always seem to be carrying a knock, so hopefully he manages to avoid that this season. He certainly looks a lot fitter, and my hope is that he will play at his best this season, without injury, and light up the league again. Think you can tell he is very eager to do that too.


Allegedly

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over 12 years ago
Seb wrote:

I don't know if Ifill will have a guarenteed spot to be honest. I'm definitely a big Ifill fan, however for me he has looked pretty average judging by these pre-season games. Obviously they are just pre season games, but I still expected him to have a much bigger impact in the games he has played in. He is getting quite old for a footballer too. He has also struggled a lot for fitness while he's been here I think. Maybe it's possible that he will turn into an impact player off the bench? Who knows..



Ifill is probably the fittest he's ever been at the club.
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over 12 years ago
mjp2 wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:

Ernie has stated that Stein and Brockie are head to head. Cunningham from the bench? Yeah right... 

Ernie has pretty much said that his flank guys are Bertos, Boyd, Ifill and Cunningham for 2 spots. Carlos in the middle and up front.... You can guarantee that it will be Cunningham Carlos and Ifill.

I'd like to actually see how good Cunningham is first.  Sure you are backing Merrick's reported view.  But for me, Stein is scoring truckloads, and is better suited wider, and is likely to show us what he can do with a ball to feet game and the likes of Carlos feeding him rather than Siggy from 50 yards away.  Brockie is our standout leading goal scorer.  Until Cunningham, who does not have a particularly good scoring or assist rate, proves to me he can produce, I'm not convinced. You may think that's nuts, but Cunningham is NOT a big goal scorer or big assist provider, over his club record.  1 goal in just under every five games at club level the last three years. 

Sure I can see the argument for Cunningham's reputed pace in that wider position.  And sure I can understand Ernie's intention.  But, as I said, I am not convinced this will end up a straight Brockie v Stein situation.  It all depends just how good Cunningham actually turns out to be and it is quite possible that Stein could make Ernie rethink.  I am not saying that will definately happen, but I think there is a lot of jumping to conclusions going on about a guy we've not even seen yet, and that the coach has not actually seen yet.

Just so I understand what you wrote, you are telling me that Ernie is going to have a current overseas international riding the pine because he does not score goals or assist much? You do realise there are players on the field whose job requires they don't do much of that because their position dictates it like, Manny, Durante, Sigmund... You also realise he is not a striker and the read is that he tends to play mostly as a wide midfielder like a Daniel or a Bertos, right?

Yeah Cunningham is pretty much a guaranteed starter...

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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:
mjp2 wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:

Ernie has stated that Stein and Brockie are head to head. Cunningham from the bench? Yeah right... 

Ernie has pretty much said that his flank guys are Bertos, Boyd, Ifill and Cunningham for 2 spots. Carlos in the middle and up front.... You can guarantee that it will be Cunningham Carlos and Ifill.

I'd like to actually see how good Cunningham is first.  Sure you are backing Merrick's reported view.  But for me, Stein is scoring truckloads, and is better suited wider, and is likely to show us what he can do with a ball to feet game and the likes of Carlos feeding him rather than Siggy from 50 yards away.  Brockie is our standout leading goal scorer.  Until Cunningham, who does not have a particularly good scoring or assist rate, proves to me he can produce, I'm not convinced. You may think that's nuts, but Cunningham is NOT a big goal scorer or big assist provider, over his club record.  1 goal in just under every five games at club level the last three years. 

Sure I can see the argument for Cunningham's reputed pace in that wider position.  And sure I can understand Ernie's intention.  But, as I said, I am not convinced this will end up a straight Brockie v Stein situation.  It all depends just how good Cunningham actually turns out to be and it is quite possible that Stein could make Ernie rethink.  I am not saying that will definately happen, but I think there is a lot of jumping to conclusions going on about a guy we've not even seen yet, and that the coach has not actually seen yet.

Just so I understand what you wrote, you are telling me that Ernie is going to have a current overseas international riding the pine because he does not score goals or assist much? You do realise there are players on the field whose job requires they don't do much of that because their position dictates it like, Manny, Durante, Sigmund... You also realise he is not a striker and the read is that he tends to play mostly as a wide midfielder like a Daniel or a Bertos, right?


Yeah Cunningham is pretty much a guaranteed starter...


He just said to wait and see how good he is and raised his record as a word of caution. I would agree with that.
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over 12 years ago

What relevance is his goal scoring record if he does not play as a striker? By that rationale then every player on the park is up for judgement. If he played as a striker, I would totally agree with you but he doesn't. Again, the fact that he does not play in that position and Ernie has said 'I see him as a wide guy' kinda tends to lend to the fact that his goalscoring record is not the yardstick he should be measured by.

Considering we have had a season just gone where 3 of our imports were not good enough to get on the bench, 1 was injured and the other was on the bench, Ernie is not going to bring in a player just so he can ride the pine. Yes it could happen but then I could also get hit by a bus tomorrow. This guy is an out and out starter on one flank, you can lock Ifill into the other with Carlos between them.

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over 12 years ago
Sackofspuds wrote:
nightz wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

He's been at 7 pro clubs before comming here and for the last 10 years has struggled to get on the score sheet.

Have the systems at all of those clubs not suited him? I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.



Wow... first you were saying Brockie is better than him and now you're saying he's not even good enough to play in the A-League?
Yeah that statement is incorrect to say the least.

Been saying that since we signed him and he proved it correct last season, another wasted import signing spending to much time sitting on the bench.

The Central League comment was because that is the grade of player he is scoring all his pre season goals against that has those in support of him all excited.

A dog with a bone :)

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over 12 years ago

 

nightz wrote:

 I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.

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[quote=austin10]

saying stuff like "Stein is not A-League quality and only good for Central League" completely shoots your argument down because it basically shows everyone that you are talking through a hole in your a***!

If you are going to quote me at least get what Ive said right!

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over 12 years ago
Tegal wrote:

I've heard he's played quite well in the preseason games? I haven't been to any but he also seems to feature a lot in the twitter commentary by YF and the club. 

He does always seem to be carrying a knock, so hopefully he manages to avoid that this season. He certainly looks a lot fitter, and my hope is that he will play at his best this season, without injury, and light up the league again. Think you can tell he is very eager to do that too.

From what I've seen, when he's been good he's been very good, but it has been mixed with quite a bit of bad/average as well. But he is definitely fitter than last season.
I'd still have him on current form in my starting XI
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nightz wrote:
Sackofspuds wrote:
nightz wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Brockie 16 goals in 2,119 minutes. Waffles 5 goals in 1,355 minutes.

Waffles is here and is learning the system, so its his spot to lose. Brockie will have to come back and fight for his spot. Brockie probably offers more impact off the bench than Waffles also. I think we will see the best out of Waffles this season.

He's been at 7 pro clubs before comming here and for the last 10 years has struggled to get on the score sheet.

Have the systems at all of those clubs not suited him? I think he would be great in the Central League but sorry, he's not up to A League standard.



Wow... first you were saying Brockie is better than him and now you're saying he's not even good enough to play in the A-League?
Yeah that statement is incorrect to say the least.

Been saying that since we signed him and he proved it correct last season, another wasted import signing spending to much time sitting on the bench.

The Central League comment was because that is the grade of player he is scoring all his pre season goals against that has those in support of him all excited.

The same people Brockie was scoring for fun against last season.

Waffles was signed after pre-season and yes he struggled to make an impact. It was probably a combination of lack of fitness and not suiting the style we ended up playing. This season he has a full pre-season under his belt and Ernie has indicated that he wants to play a style which a number of us think will suit his skills better than the one we played last season. If he is going to make an impact, it will be this season. If he doesn't, he is off contract and won't be re-signed.
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