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Posted February 09, 2015 05:50 · last edited February 09, 2015 05:52

I tend to agree with Conan Troutman on that one. 

We lost the last two games and people are now saying "you can't afford to lose against teams below you" etc. That ignores the fact that for these two teams (Roar and WSW) to be down in the doldrums is unusual. I would say that Brisbane and WSW are both decent teams that went through a bad patch. 

In case of Roar, this led to a coach change as Mike Mulvey lost his way. Against us, return of Broich and to an extent return of McKay helped them lift a bit and it was enough to beat us, especially as we did not play particularly well.  

In case of WSW, I think the key to their eventual recovery was their coach. I consider Poppa one of the best to grace the local benches in a while. They were due to start winning. If they lose their next few games, I will start worrying, as it means we were particularly poor. However, all those with a short memory should remember how close our previous game against WSW was.  We all (well some of us) said then that WSW will start winning soon.

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Mainland FC edited February 09, 2015 05:52

I tend to agree with Conan Troutman on that one. 

We lost the last two games and people were saying "you can't afford to lose against teams below you" etc. That ignores the fact that for these two teams to be down in the doldrums is unusual. I would say that Brisbane and WSW are both decent teams that went through a bad patch. 

In case of Roar, this led to a coach change. Return of Broich and to an extent return of McKay helped them lift a bit against us - and it was enough to beat us, especially as we did not play particularly well.  

In case of WSW, I think the key to their eventual recovery was their coach. I consider Poppa one of the best to grace the local benches in a while. They were due to start winning. If they lose their next few games, I will start worrying, as it means we were particularly poor. However, all those with a short memory should remember how close our previous game against WSW was.  We all (well some of us) said then that WSW will start winning soon.