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Posted October 28, 2017 17:15 · last edited October 28, 2017 18:59

Thought Abbas was poor - bad positioning on defence and too slow to release the ball on attack, and I thought it was strange that with two genuine CBs in the reserves in Fox and Lowry we still played Doyle in the middle. Would have preferred Doyle on the left and a genuine CB in there. It's frustrating that we haven't yet been able to put out a full strength side. I hope Rossi is better soon - we've conceded a goal every 135 minutes when he's been on the pitch this season and one every 32 minutes when he hasn't been there.

Also I still have doubts about Smith's decision making/communication, there was a bit in the first half where he started to come for a through ball then stopped and our defender half stopped thinking Smith was coming and a Roar player nearly nicked it. That stuff comes with age and experience, but is the first team the place to be getting that experience? It makes defenders double guess themselves too, especially when they are a makeshift backline anyway.

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Unknown editor edited October 28, 2017 18:59

Thought Abbas was poor - bad positioning on defence and too slow to release the ball on attack, and I thought it was strange that with two genuine CBs in the reserves in Fox and Lowry we still played Doyle in the middle. Would have preferred Doyle on the left and a genuine CB in there. It's frustrating that we haven't yet been able to purchase out a full strength side. I hope Rossi is better soon - we've conceded a goal every 135 minutes when he's been on the pitch this season and one every 32 minutes when he hasn't been there.

Also I still have doubts about Smith's decision making/communication, there was a bit in the first half where he started to come for a through ball then stopped and our defender half stopped thinking Smith was coming and a Roar player nearly nicked it. That stuff comes with age and experience, but is the first team the place to be getting that experience? It makes defenders double guess themselves too, especially when they are a makeshift backline anyway.

Unknown editor edited October 28, 2017 18:19

Thought Abbas was poor - bad positioning on defence and too spot to release the ball on attack, and I thought it was strange that with two genuine CBs in the reserves in Fox and Lowry we still played Doyle in the middle. Would have preferred Doyle on the left and a genuine CB in there. It's frustrating that we haven't yet been able to purchase out a full strength side. I hope Rossi is better soon - we've conceded a goal every 135 minutes when he's been on the pitch this season and one every 32 minutes when he hasn't been there.

Also I still have doubts about Smith's decision making/communication, there was a bit in the first half where he started to come for a through ball then stopped and our defender half stopped thinking Smith was coming and a Roar player nearly nicked it. That stuff comes with age and experience, but is the first team the place to be getting that experience? It makes defenders double guess themselves too, especially when they are a makeshift backline anyway.

Unknown editor edited October 28, 2017 17:21

Thought Abbas was poor, and thought it was strange that with two genuine CBs in the reserves in Fox and Lowry we still played Doyle in the middle. Would have preferred Doyle on the left and a genuine CB in there. It's frustrating that we haven't yet been able to purchase out a full strength side. I hope Rossi is better soon - we've conceded a goal every 135 minutes when he's been on the pitch this season and one every 32 minutes when he hasn't been there.

Also I still have doubts about Smith's decision making/communication, there was a bit in the first half where he started to come for a through ball then stopped and our defender half stopped thinking Smith was coming and a Roar player nearly nicked it. That stuff comes with age and experience, but is the first team the place to be getting that experience? It makes defenders double guess themselves too, especially when they are a makeshift backline anyway.

Unknown editor edited October 28, 2017 17:20

Thought Abbas was poor, and thought it was strange that with two genuine CBs in the reserves in Fox and Lowry we still played Doyle in the middle. Would have preferred Doyle on the left and a genuine CB in there. It's frustrating that we haven't yet been able to purchase out a full strength side. I hope Rossi is better soon - we've conceded a goal every 135 minutes when he's been on the pitch this season and one every 32 minutes when he hasn't been there.