R26 V Central Coast Mariners | Friday 17th April | 7:30pm

How did I miss this.

Think A-Rod is a bit betwixt and between. He started for us as a very good attacking player against the Prem teams, whipping in corners and free kicks and scoring goals. He hasn't really been asked to get forward at all or very much since then. 

Louis is hitting some good form and so is the Box. Touch wood.

Roly, Mcg, Burns look a little flat, and Roy is frustrated. True that Roly at 35% is still fairly awesome, but we should have destroyed that CCMs team.

Will there be repercussions for reddy s elbow to fentons chin?

He was lucky with that. Some refs in the league would've red carded him straight away. Should've been at least a yellow but I'm not sure the officials even saw it.

Yea at first i only saw the pushing and shoving as well. But then you see the replay n wow he got him flush. But does the aleague have a match review panel that hands out discipline?

Of course they do. The match review panel is what suspended Smeltz for an extra 2 games 

Did you get their babies to write this? ;-)

That 2nd half, wow. Watched the full replay in the wee hours. wave after wave of attack and we looked such a dangerous team even with them holding their formations and defending hard. Fitzgerald should have scored at I think was the 62' which would made it 3-0. Burns was amazing during that half and how different we looked when we get him rolling on the ball. Fenton's run was great, Boxall ran so hard however he needs to play an earlier 'ball' at times to the attackers. Kenny, natural striker instinct. Rolly is picking up again. Oh if only Roy had Kenny's touch for goal he'd be a machine. 

Siggy was very unfortunate with the Bosnar free kick goal as I don't think that was even a foul having watched again.

Well done to Yellow Fever! When we were two down the chants never stopped. Great Stuff! 

Got Fri night 10pm flight Auck-Welly ditto. Fenton the Kiwi Wilshire.

roy badly needs a left foot. As does fenton. I dont understand how pros dont achieve two sidedness more.

+1.  I was amazed sitting under it for last 10 mins(well last 8 missing last 2) how much noise they made.  Baying like hounds.

Wow, what an exciting end to the game, didn't think they would do it! I wasn't able to watch all the game but liked seeing Fenton in the midfield and leaving Muscat, Durante, Sigmund and Boxall at the back,  Kenny Cunningham you legend!  Hoping to get to Wellington for playoffs.

Can anyone let me know if the Sydney game is a Saturday or Sunday game?  

Sunday.

Thanks.

Kenny has to be the single most underrated Nix player of all time.

Easy to say that after he scores two goals; similar performance to Boyd in Adelaide.

Would be interesting to see if he's rewarded with a starting berth. Krishna has been struggling, but not sure if it's a good idea to drop him because he seems so reliant on confidence. Be good for him to get back into the swing of things before finals.

Everything I have read about Kenny having an attitude problem might be correct, but he is by far a more natural footballer and has more nouse than Roy. If we are to have any hope in the next few weeks, Ernie should play Kenny.

Kenny has had plenty of games where he's run around, had the touch of an elephant, given away silly fouls and been quite ineffectual. 

Roy's had better games for us overall than Kenny and been more influential. 

Great game, but there was a reason that he was so low on the pecking order. Still, as with Roy, seems he's improved with training. 

I don't think Kenny is a better player but it seems to me that Krishna needs some bench time to get him hungry again because at the moment he looks lost.

Roy missed a sitter in the first few mins, Kenny would have scored.

You are comparing an international from Costa Rica and one from Fiji. I don;t think there is any comparison.

or more specifically he is comparing Kenny Cunningham to Roy Krishna......

You can't say Kenny would have definitely scored, he has missed his share of chances as well. 

Kenny probably would have been offside.

True, but his first touch is much better.

Sorry, Kenny has had games where he's basically stood in an offside position the whole time and offered nothing. Krishna at least gets into good positions, even when he is playing badly. I agree that Kenny is a more natural finisher when he gets into those positions, though.

What utter bullshark reasoning is this then? If we compared Gareth Bale from Wales and Fred from Brazil, you would say Bale is miles better than him. As if the country they originate from matters.

I will try and keep it simple/stupid.  Playing internationals for Fiji against Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu etc is not the same as playing Panama, USA, Venezuela etc.

Dont ask Leggy to think, he may self combust.

Bang on. Roy is a shadow of what he was around Christmas. First touch lucky to stay within two feet of him, shooting on his left foot like a pub footballer and not making those runs out to in but rather up and down so he's. I running at players but receding the ball with his back to them. But it's what you expect from him- either very hot or very cold. He is a confidence player that relies on pace rather than a technical, smart player like Roly who for these reasons is so consistent. I'd be inclined to start Kenny v Sydney as defenders have worked Roy out- get tight on first touch as he wont turn you then show him the left....

Also if they want to work on one thing his week it has to be speed of ball movement. 

I did not get involved in the above discussion because you are both right (but it was so funny to read it I did not want to stop it).  

On a good day Roy is really good. On a good day Kenny is also good. We just need to get the right Roy and the right Kenny to turn up more often.

If I am reading Ernie's comments correctly (as to why he benched Muscat - to give him a break) then he is more concerned with our motivation and confidence than he is with our technical / tactical abilities.   Kenny was a non-starter for most of the season and now he seems to be hungry and happy to get a chance to prove himself. 

Roy may need the same, perhaps with the added bonus that he might be an easier player to "turn around" than Kenny, in terms of attitude and motivation (in that his opportunities elsewhere would be quite limited in comparison with Kenny).

 Obviously not.  Wynton was training and playing at a much higher level.

Roy and Kenny are training at exactly the same level, does that mean they are just as good as each other?