Typical Phoenix. In the 2nd half, we've just gone back to how we played last year - hopeful long balls, no stamina in the middle (Paracki invisible), easy dispossessed, easily pushed over, provoked into fouls. A combination of no discipline; of looking surprised that the other boys are playing rough; and of not really wanting to win. The cynically awful refereeing doesn't help but I'm calling it this early - Kaledzic is not going to meld this shower into playoff contenders. The club culture is just rotten.
I was just thinking at 75 minutes that this smelt very much like the Glory game at QBE last season. I was amazed they didn't score at 80, and not amazed at all that they scored at 82.
My lasting memory of this game will be Dane Ingham's smile as he shoved Krishna over with no repercussions, like a teenager who just stole a little girlś lunch money. No wonder Hudson likes him, he's a bully.