Dire, but really we’re miles away from the finished article. I’d hoped we’d be further on but basically we conceded a shark goal and have been fairly solid defensively without creating much
I wouldn't say dire, but otherwise that's pretty much it. Looked like a side that's had one training camp and half a squad.
Bentleighs worked hard, were pretty accurate and tidy, defended deep and we didn't have enough to break them down. Apart from a few corners Bentleighs didn't really do much.
We were a bit slow paced for a fair bit of that, just looking to find cohesion. Got a bit more interesting as the clock ran down but another one of those games where our two front players and fullbacks pushing up were pretty impotent versus a deep double wall. No real crossing and no real target getting into the box in any case (and the only realistic option to do that in open play would have been Nichols I guess).
We're going to need to be better in midfield. Fox isn't going to be it and Nichols and Singh were both playing pretty high and getting flat with Krishna and Burns. Then Nichols dropping back when he needed to. He did a fair bit of work. Kopcynzski didn't stand out but from deep there were 18 or 19 guys in front of him and he wasn't the issue for us not scoring goals. Kurto had nothing to do.
Towards the end we picked up the pace and looked more like the A League side versus a state side, but couldn't score.
Lowry needs to be upgraded by a real starting FB. Serviceable, but that's all. Fox did a job for this game but we need a real midfielder in that role. Nichols and Singh will need to find better combination and we're going to need to find a way when there is no space for Krishna and Burns to play into. Still think we're going to need a nuggety strong striker for these sort of games against a wall.
Early days. We knew what we were missing and it showed. Think they'll get better, but they need to.
Just how I saw it. I know nuthin.
