Quite an off-topic thread, this.
LOL its called displacement activity.
We are talking about the Wellington, the weather, recruiting etc because we don't want to confront the fact that our team is not going so well and we are likely to get dicked big time by the rampant Roar on Saturday.
Agree. We were discussing our chances against Roar, which led us to discuss what we see as problems (tactics vs players available), and as we generally agreed with minor exceptions that the tactics are right but not with (all) players available we then proceeded to comment on what players might be available in the January window, which led us to discuss the reasons useful players might want to come here.
I agree that at some point this went off topic as it became a discussion of weather, but when would you have drawn the line?
The reason I like the YF forum is because each thread is like a long chat in the pub. This means we may go off topic for a while in the context of the overall discussion. At what point do you say 'bugger off to another table and have a chat with someone else about this topic'?
For this Saturday, it seems we may end up missing Riera, which is a shame as I think he adds a decent dimension to the midfield. If Hernandez does not train until later in the week it may not be great to put him on the park at kickoff - he may get re-injured.
My main objective on Saturday is to look carefully again how Brockie performs - it may be that he does not fit into this kind of play, as others have commented. While we collected the wooden spoon last year he got us the highest number of goals scored, from the school of 'direct' football.
I'd be deliriously happy with a scoring draw. While Brisbane are beatable, it may not necessarily mean "by us".