Other than the rotation of players, a big concern I have for us is how we have drastically dropped off in the last 15mins of our two games. It is where we lost the Sydney game and could have lost the Perth one. I know they are coming out of lockdown and all that. But it's not like the other teams are 100% match fit either.
And I'm not totally sure it's fitness-based either. I feel like our midfielders overplay their hand or we drop deep and stop offering forwards options, or a combo of both and other factors. Whatever it is, I hope Uffie has got a few tricks up his sleeve to resolve it.
Totally this.
I am no expert but I did not think Devlin did very well at all against Perth. Possibly out of practice. Steinmann was OK but seemed to be almost carrying Devlin at times. I would expect Uffie to work some magic on Devlin before Saturday. It was good for Rufer to have had a break.