R2 vs Perth Glory | Sun 16 Oct | 9:00pm | SS2

We've done OK. Perth are a good team so it was always going to be a tight contest. I can see us running out of steam though as the body clocks tell our guys that it's way past bedtime.

Although before the match I would've been okay with taking home a draw, I reckon we can go out and win this. I know we can do it Nix!!

He will get there mark my words,great signing! 

Lia and one of the other mids could probably come off. 
Just not sure it's working with 3 players who consider themselves creative midfielders.

Perhaps we are watching different games.

I think the former Victory boys are lacking a bit of "Flare"!

I just don't understand this midfield at all at the moment. What is Roly's role exactly? Why is Lia expected to cover both full-backs when he's the slowest in the team to track back?

It's a bit confusing.

All they have up front is the average Irishman and Castro who admittedly is a handful and has been a blurr to the likes Lia!

that Castro appears to be a bit of c u n t

Have we had a shot on target ?? 

They look more threatening up front

Roly is missing because Finkler has taken his role... needs to sit more centrally to allow his RB Tratt to move into the space and take the pressure of Lia in the middle.

and Keogh

 The best players usually are.

WTF German engineering for your hair,caffiene shampoo?

dere's more ta diving dan dis

Yeah it really doesn't seem like good strategy. 
Roly is trying to play the same role he was playing last year, when he should be playing closer to Lia, and quickly connecting defense to attack.
A-Rod is more suited to that role. As much as people on here hate him.

I think Roly is better at skipping past players than Gui - a couple of times Gui tried to do this and was just a bit too slow to do so and the ball got knicked. Gui's game is to sit back, see a pass and execute it. I would say that maybe Gui and Roly should swap positions, but then you have the two slowest players in the team next to each other in midfield..

In theory I guess Ernie wants Lia as the sole DM, Roly as the roaming box-to-box type player and WeeMac in there dropping into space and picking up the ball when needed but Lia can't do it by himself, and Roly isn't disciplined enough to make sure he's back to help out.

I wonder if this midfield will click this year. I think if Ernie finds the right combination, we'll be away - but I feel like we had that same issue last year too.

No changes at half-time... Was hoping Lia for A-Rod.

Surprised Ernie hasn't tried to convert Roly to fullback

Maybe Roly up front, McG helping Lia and linking play, and Finkler just in front of him?

Yeah, I think this is probably the best idea. WeeMac is very disciplined and has a good engine - doesn't need to make Hollywood passes.

Yeah, I think this is probably the best idea. WeeMac is very disciplined and has a good engine - doesn't need to make Hollywood passes.

WHY WOULD YOU FOUL THERE?

Parkhouse jogging while the striker ran past him 

the penalty rule in football is so retarded

Fudgeing amateurish

On replay, didn't the Perth player cut in front of Parkhouse?

Edit:  Not really, just wrong sided and clumsy.

Soft as fudge

You'd almost think he wasn't a defender or something

Thats a pen and I guess lucky he was not sent off. He had a fair chance of getting on the end of that.

Doesnt matter. It's just clumsy.

When you're on the wrong side... 

No one in our midfield looks to control the game

Yeah, watched again with my other eye open this time.

Here I was thinking Western Australia is a desert. Turns out it's a massive fudgeing lake.

terrible desicion by the linesman

Under new laws of the game, since it was a penalty it could only be a red if it was cynical, which that wasn't.

Rossi makes it look ridiculously easy and thats a poor call from the ref

Wouldn't mind if he tried to convert Rossi to DM

yellow card??