R20 vs Newcastle | Sat 20th Feb | 7:15pm | SS3

Question marks over (I think) Lia, A-Rod, Doyle and Sigmund.

Danaskos deserves another chance at LB in my opinion if Doyle is out and we can keep Manny at RB.

Its a shame Rufer did his leg, otehrwise he'd be getting an extended run right now probably ahead of Ridenton.

I actually think Ridenton has been solid in most of his appearances this year - I think he is maturing and could become a solid A-League player.

Thought Rufer played further forward than Ridenton?

Hope he gets re-signed by the club when the license extension comes through.

Ridenton hasn't set the world on fire, but I think he's slowly progressing into a solid A-League player.

I actually thought Rufer was showing some promise pre-injury too.

So now the A League's Vinnie Jones wannabes don't just have to try to cripple Roly, they have Hamish and Blake to aim for (potentially a few others too). This alone could prove interesting, and might extend Roly's playing career with the Nix for a season or two more...we might even see Roly bag a few given his undoubted talent

No Carney. No Party!

Can we FINALLY defeat these spuds?

I hope we win

Surely you jest?

Confident we win. They broke the deadlock and continue to score. We may even get a clean sheet.

if we win again i guarantee there will be no clean sheets.

Especially at my place

arf

Jets will crash and burn

I'm hopeful that our new striker pairing of Watson and Powell will finally give us the ability to win against the bottom of the table teams, but Watson was only an amateur player a week and a bit ago so it's hard to expect him to be consistent at this level.

I hope he is and I'm cautiously optimistic.

I was impressed with Watson. He held the ball up well, wasn't afraid to have a go and did not look out of place at all. He could be the Plan B to the usual tiki-taka.

There is nothing wrong with hitting the ball long to the big man! Not all the time of course.

Ins: 15.James McGARRY (promoted), 18.Ben SIGMUND (returns from injury)

Outs: 5.Troy DANASKOS (omitted), Joel STEVENS (omitted)

Rather harsh on Stevens imo. Guess that also means Doyle is fit to play.

Happy to see McGarry back in as he offers us a genuine wide left player which we don't really have.

A bit of a toss up between Appiah and Stevens... similar players.

Cmon Siggy

fixed

I miss Siggy,hopefully he gets to finish his career the way he deserves to!

With a red card like Ross Aloisi did? Just kidding.

 coyn

tis time....

Watson to get a hattie.

Blake Powell is our Vardy

The Grand Goblin of the KKK is "less racist" than Jamie Vardy

(never heard of this guy, googles...)

Has he done something worse than calling someone a "Jap" in a casino? Because that's pretty racist but it's not dragging-a-black-man-to-death-behind-your-pickup-truck racist.

Fair call.  Im still pissed off at Leicester's complete reluctance to properly punish their main man (points first, everything else:second)

Shinji Okazaki apparently didn't find Vardy's comments that funny.  Leciester were forced to hold a series of formal "clearing-the-air" discussions with his Japanese team mate.  

COYN time.

sorry about the size

coyn

COYN!!

07 retro ricki on..ready to see how it goes. Was last week flash just a in the pan?