R2 vs Sydney FC | Sun 15 Oct | 9:00pm | SS1

Paracki has failed to track a couple runs now from the middle - needs to follow his player. He has to take some of the blame for that.

Was that missing until it hit Mullen?

Going to be a long, painful season (again...)

It is a bit strange, but problem started in midfield.

Need one back before half time to have a sniff in this!

Looks like we're getting swamped, we don't seem able to put together anything in response.

Quite possibly.  Could conceivably credit him two (unfortunate) OG's.

That is certainly true.

Would've been a pen anyway

Doyle and Galloway gotta sort out that left side

Maybe the coach decided having Galloway bombing on the same side as Roy wasn't a good idea, maybe hoping the midfield can cover the left side.

But what looks to be happening is Doyle is getting sucked wide sometimes or Goran is and if they can't stop the ball coming out of that area we are out numbered in the middle.

Also seems like Dario is playing very narrow.

Can’t commend much tonight so far, everything’s a bit off 

It's been a fudgeing game and (not even) a half!

Sydney unfortunately just a class above at the moment, switched through the gears clinically from the 15-20 minute mark.

We have responded well after the goals but the defence is a nightmare!

Paracki has been decidedly less influential so far than last week - has barely had the ball.

Every time Paracki is available in midfield, we pass it back to the keeper. It's sharkting  me.

Paracki plays deep, we've had plenty of occassions where we could've played it to him.

Sucks that the people we actually want on the ball just aren’t getting it. Instead we have Galloway and Ridenton and Mullen who seem to be on it all the time, where are the others?

Sydneys passing ability is too much for our movement, regularly we are having 3 players pulled out of place by two sydney players passing it between themselves...

How many free kicks have we won this half... we seem to be getting lumped all over the park.

Phoenix just lack quality. No idea in the final third. Players like Krishna, McGlinchey are good players who don't deliver regularly.

Doyle should not be in the middle. He's all over the show

Dear god these backpasses are doing my head in. Negative and fearful play.

add to that, that our forward movement is very static, we arent working off each other and those who are, are making the same runs.
Also, i think a-league defenders have figured out Roy. I'm not sure he wont be the threat he used to be as players now know what he is going to do

And that came from nothing..... Great finish!!!

Superb!!!

I for one like the new striker - just need to get him some service.

Good goal - great strike

Reckon our problem starts at the back. Our forward line is good enough; just barely have had the ball in good positions. Krishna has to drop into the middle of the park just to get a touch.

For all this talk of better stucutre, I still feel like a lot of players are probably out of position.

Well that came out of absolutely nothing!

ricky ball!!!

GREAT FINISH!

His first real chance and he buries it.

Wow, Kaludrovic has crushed that.

What a goal.

Yes .........

Great goal.

God the VAR is terrible.

Is it me or does VAR check every goal?

Is Fat boy Arnold now the new Video ref?