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R11 v Adelaide United | Sat 5th Jan 2019 | 7:35pm | Hindmarsh Stadium

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Posted January 05, 2019 09:15 · last edited January 05, 2019 09:21

number8 wrote:

Disappointing overall performance. Stupid red. We only had one good attack the whole game, Mandi-Singh-Williams, 2nd half. Not much entertainment value. Hope we learn from it.

I disagree. The performance was OK against a difficult opponent who was playing at home. We might have all expected Nix to win 6:0, as we all are suddenly hard to please now with less than a win. I blame Rudan for raising our expectations :-)

It was not a great game of football, and the Reds piled up pressure and we were under the pump in the second half.  I am pleased Rudan showed he has Plan B, this was clear late in the game tonight, despite Adelaide passing handwritten cribsheet "How to beat 10-man Nix". 

Strategically, I am OK with this outcome (not giving Adelaide three points), as they are next to us on the table. This one, and the game against Victory last week, were the ones I was afraid we might lose.  I expect WSW will also go at us physically, and the game might be somewhat similar.

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Unknown editor edited January 05, 2019 09:21
number8 wrote:

Disappointing overall performance. Stupid red. We only had one good attack the whole game, Mandi-Singh-Williams, 2nd half. Not much entertainment value. Hope we learn from it.

I disagree. The performance was OK against a difficult opponent who was playing at home. We might have all expected Nix to win 6:0, as we all are suddenly hard to please now with less than a win. I blame Rudan for raising our expectations :-)

It was not a great game of football, and the Reds piled up pressure and we were under the pump in the second half.  I am pleased Rudan showed he has Plan B, this was clear late in the game tonight, despite Adelaide passing handwritten cribsheet "How to beat 10-man Nix". 

Strategically, I prefer this outcome (not giving Adelaide three points), as they are next to us on the table. This one, and the game against Victory last week, were the ones I was afraid we might lose.  I expect WSW will also go at us physically, and the game might be somewhat similar.

Unknown editor edited January 05, 2019 09:18
number8 wrote:

Disappointing overall performance. Stupid red. We only had one good attack the whole game, Mandi-Singh-Williams, 2nd half. Not much entertainment value. Hope we learn from it.

I disagree. The performance was OK against a difficult opponent who was playing at home. We might have all expected Nix to win 6:0, as we all are hard to please now less than a win. I blame Rudan for raising our level of expectation.

It was not a great game of football, because the Reds piled up pressure and we were under the pump.  I am pleased Rudan has Plan B, this was shown late in the game tonight when he brought on Kopczynski and Lowry. 

Strategically, I prefer the outcome of not giving Adelaide three points, as they are next to us on the table. This one, and the game against Victory last week, were the ones I was afraid we might lose.  I expect WSW will also go at us physically, and the game might be somewhat similar.

Unknown editor edited January 05, 2019 09:15
number8 wrote:

Disappointing overall performance. Stupid red. We only had one good attack the whole game, Mandi-Singh-Williams, 2nd half. Not much entertainment value. Hope we learn from it.

I disagree. The performance was OK against a difficult opponent at home. We might have all expected Nix to win 6:0, as we all are hard to please now less than a win. I blame Rudan for raising our level of expectation.

It was not a great game of football, because the Reds piled up pressure and we were under the pump.  I am pleased Rudan has Plan B, this was shown late in the game tonight when he brought on Kopczynski and Lowry. 

Strategically, I prefer the outcome of not giving Adelaide three points, as they are next to us on the table. This one, and the game against Victory last week, were the ones I was afraid we might lose.  I expect WSW will also go at us physically, and the game might be somewhat similar.