R19 vs Melbourne Victory | Sun 1st Mar | 7:00pm

Our system?  We are not scoring goals as we should be.

Nobody knows the system better than Ernie. Pretty sure Ernie wouldn't just sign someone for the sake of signing them, especially if they're allegedly a cod 

Even broken clocks are right at least once a day if they're digital and in 24hr format otherwise they are right twice!

Fair point; not saying it would be the best idea - but if Ernie wants to mix it up, might be an option.

More likely Griffiths will come off the bench.

Agreed..we are desperate for goals and plan B so he must make bench surely. 

Does anyone seriously think he will have clearance from FIFA  in time for him to get on a plane to Melbourne?

I prefer sundials, like Leggy.

At auckland airport now en route to Melbourne.  2 days of work 1 of sightseeing then it's fark en game day farken!

Apparently Delpierre likely back for this one. Thought he looked like potentially the best defender in the league before he got injured, so lets hope he sits this one out.

Victory away.....yikes

Actually its not our attack that worries me...its our defense. Our front guys are going to deliver sooner or later and the goals will come. I'm more concerned about our defense and how it copes with Costa, Finkler, Archie etc

I predict a Nix win 4-3...nows about the right time to break our jinx in Melbourne

We dont need a back line, we've got riera.

Inside word is that Griff will be available and will be on the bench.

If we win, I propose we send Jeff to all of our away games.

Have we ever won in Melbourne against the Vuc? I can't remember a win. I remember a draw where Lia scored, that's about it.

We normally play a high line for some inexplicable reason and get done for pace. I swear that has happened about 3-4 times.

Trudging along to the game again - perhaps I'm the bad luck charm

More like this then

Never won. Fast Attackers v Slow Defenders = Uh oh.

The Cod to bring us good fortune and we go down 4-3.

I dont think we've ever won in Melbourne against either side.

Have beaten Heart there. Never Victory.

Yeah, definitely beat the Heart. Was there that day. Stein scored, I believe.

Remember us sneaking a draw too.

That was the "Ben Williams Day", I remember it well. Failed to spot that Kisnorbo who was on the goalline stuck out his arm to stop a shot that was headed in, and then sent Siggy off for two yellow cards that were both questionable.

Funnily enough, I heard from a reputable source/wanker that Ben Williams almost missed out on the World Cup because of that performance.

The draw i recall was the 1-1 draw where we were missing our AWs and Spoonley played in goal. Ifill slotted a penalty after Colosimo got a straight red for handling on the line. Greenacre was stand in coach as well

Yeah, that was another one. I think we had guys like Lovemore playing that game..?

We're gonna get fudged. Like a cod to a shark.

Dont you mean like a cod to a cock?

oh, no auto correct for cock?

Do I really remember watching a bore more than boring 0-0 draw at Victory.  Never get those 90 mins back.

At the expense of Lia, Hicks, Boxall, Cunningham or Fenton?

I believe Fenton is out another week with concussion and Box will be starting again.

At least we got something from it. Most boring game ever was a 0-1 loss at ROF to Perth a couple seasons back. Was dire from both sides, absolutely sharkty weather, and they tucked one away in the last minute to make it one of the worst games ive ever watched.

Sunday is the time to win finally win over there. Won't be easy, but we deserved more the last games, time to catch up.

I dream of a last minute winning goal by Griff, because he want's to be loved by us.

We didn't deserve sharke the last time we played them in Melb. Remember being so pissed off after that game because we played well the week before and Merrick started Lia/changed formation.

Griff always scores against them so lets hope.

What if griffiths scores the winner? how do we react? our first win in Melbourne against the Victory, 1 over Kevin Muscat, yet Griffiths being the scorer? I might need some therapy to get over the confusions.

*facepalm*

We listen to the nutcracker suite..and applaud