Training ground Friday afternoon.
"Right Fellas, this is how it's going to be. This is a Barn Door. You have to hit it with the ball from 6 feet. Ok Jeremy, you go first."
Training ground Friday afternoon.
"Right Fellas, this is how it's going to be. This is a Barn Door. You have to hit it with the ball from 6 feet. Ok Jeremy, you go first."
One silly mistake. We should be scoring bucket loads, not worrying about one slip up costing us. If we think about how many equivalent missed goals have gone from the forward line, one slip up from Siggie really doesn't count.
Touche! Thinks back to last weekends miss.
Sundays Target!
Sat at work.
So I guess we didn't win then??
Well, we almost did.
Several times
that's like the almost pregnant woman.
either she's pregnant or not.
Almost pregnant - but not for the want of trying?
Sundays Target!
Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
Wow - just wow
I'll be honest, I fell asleep during this game in parts because it was that fucking shit house. If it was not for Sigmund redefining the terms 'goal assist' and Stein putting a gimme right at Reddy we would have gone into the HT 1 up and objectively, both sides couldn't play with themselves let alone football because it was that shit to watch. CCM under Arnold were beasts. Since he has gone, they just look like a Phoenix side. They were as bad as us if not more so. How could Stein hit the keeper??? There was a noticable style change from us, a bit more aerial, a bit more long ball and it looked awful.
I missed the pen (asleep but reading here it was shit house) but I saw Brockie again miss an empty net and Liam Reddy look like the best keeper in the HAL without needing to do anything more than open his arms and catch every ball kicked straight at him.
Ernie needs to get ruthless unfortunately cause the guys that he should be able to bank on and stick his neck out for, simply are not doing the job. Brockie goes to the bench, Ifill starts. Stein goes to the bench, Boyd starts. Kenny goes to the bench, Bertos starts. Sigmund goes to the bench, Boxall starts. That looks knee jerk and to a degree it is, but we are 10 games in and these guys are not performing to the level they should. Kenny is starting to look better but only in comparison to where he was round 1 and not where he should be as an import and international footballer. How he gets picked for Costa Rica on this form is Jeremy Christie-esque. To keep picking these players is actually Ricki-esque. Yes we are creating chances, yes we should be slotting them, yes we should have given at least 1 team a pants down GCU ass raping and have more results in our favour but we have not. We cannot repeat that for Sydney
Ernie - make the changes. It has to happen. The style is starting to slip and the chances are not getting slotted by players that should be better. Don't be blindly loyal like Ricki was. Poor form needs to be punished
I have to say its the first time this season that I thought Riera was MOM for the parts I was awake for. Still too many dumb fouls for my liking and why does he throw his hands up when they are blatantly obvious ones?
Just frustrating.
Edit: Carlos Hernandez. Someone needs to resolve this one way or the other. Ricki signed him - did he agree to something not in the contract? Playing devils advocate, if he spits the dummy and leaves, is that a bad thing? Would Kenny join him? Is that a bad thing? It actually sounds like it might be welcomed amongst the fans to get in two imports who can boss the midfield and score goals. Would Ernie welcome it seeing what Kenny and Hernandez has delivered thus far? Is this simply just a miss understanding and a media beat up? How do stories like this come out unless someone somewhere says something. So much interest in this for me cause that *could* be a season changer (either way)
Grumpy old bastard alert
Feeling quite flat at the moment, was positive before the game but wow the final 3rd is woeful.
Siggy needs to just welly the ball away instead of trying to chest the ball under pressure in the box. Has made a few errors in the last few games.
Lia- have backed him this season, but he can go. how many times did he pass a ball to a player who was marked by two coast players (stopped counting at 10), and his misplaced passes.
Our strike force is crap. Not a single natural goal scorer among them, might as well play one of our CB's upfront.
Over it......until Sunday
Never saw Siggy's gaff but It reminds me of hearing Jack Charlton once say of Jamie Carragher that he was a good centre half as he didn't mess about with ball when it came into the box, he just kicked it out into the stands. Or words to that effect.
Rio Ferdinand said something similar about not trying anything impressive but just clearing the ball.
Dont really think our guys are getting enough credit for all the chances they are creating.Continually read in the match threads that our midfield isnt up to it.Yet apart from a couple of games had our strikers buried some ofl their chances and our defence not made some bloody stupid mistakes things would be very different.
Then again not much different from some other seasons except no one is putting away the chances that Smeltz or Ifill would have in the past.
Guess some of you must be dead as there is plenty of negative for some you to jump on but then again.(rolll eyes)
Killen completes this team. Think I'm still a glass half full kind of guy. When we get this right it is going to zing. And Fenton is going to be farkn good.
Not sure im convinced about much of the anti Siggy feeling just yet.Not sure i heard it right but isnt he towards the top of a couple of the key defensive stats.Probably wouldnt look so bad if some of our so called strikers were at the the top of their stats.
Commentary team said he was leading the league in clearances and interceptions ... but that's three times in three weeks his mistakes have directly led to goals.
plus last years series of goals from him jumping out of the line
whether Boxall is better is the big Q tho'
Normo's coming home
in his one start this season, boxall made the official a-league team of the week - he was fast and strong. it's time forhim to come in for siggy.
fenton's not doing as well as the commentators would lead us to believe. manny is bad going forward on the left, but he has sured up the left side of the defence. not much got past him and durante, who i reckon is starting to look good again.
stein contributes well around the pitch, so he gets some sympathy from me, but wtf does brockie bring to this team?
Not sure im convinced about much of the anti Siggy feeling just yet.Not sure i heard it right but isnt he towards the top of a couple of the key defensive stats.Probably wouldnt look so bad if some of our so called strikers were at the the top of their stats.
Commentary team said he was leading the league in clearances and interceptions ... but that's three times in three weeks his mistakes have directly led to goals.
plus last years series of goals from him jumping out of the line
whether Boxall is better is the big Q tho'
In the end it's 10 games, defence has been ok but not great. We're not scoring goals so to pick up points we need to start conceding. It's time to try something different. I don't think you can just continue on without making some changes now because our performances have been pretty consistent to date.
What's more unstable a Carbon-11 isotope?
a] Perth Glory's locker room.
b] Jeremy BROCKIE having a shot on goals.
Socceroo/ Mariner / Whangarei
Not sure im convinced about much of the anti Siggy feeling just yet.Not sure i heard it right but isnt he towards the top of a couple of the key defensive stats.Probably wouldnt look so bad if some of our so called strikers were at the the top of their stats.
Commentary team said he was leading the league in clearances and interceptions ... but that's three times in three weeks his mistakes have directly led to goals.
plus last years series of goals from him jumping out of the line
whether Boxall is better is the big Q tho'
In the end it's 10 games, defence has been ok but not great. We're not scoring goals so to pick up points we need to start conceding. It's time to try something different. I don't think you can just continue on without making some changes now because our performances have been pretty consistent to date.
This the part you agree with Reg? It certainly would be different.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
While i love the way Ifill plays not sure where some of you get the confidence that he can last if he starts.I really cant see him going much longer than 45min.Think to may of you are living in the past.Yes he does some good things in his time on the field but he also gives away a lot more possesion than he used to do and he dosnt track back as he used to do.
Not sure im convinced about much of the anti Siggy feeling just yet.Not sure i heard it right but isnt he towards the top of a couple of the key defensive stats.Probably wouldnt look so bad if some of our so called strikers were at the the top of their stats.
Commentary team said he was leading the league in clearances and interceptions ... but that's three times in three weeks his mistakes have directly led to goals.
plus last years series of goals from him jumping out of the line
whether Boxall is better is the big Q tho'
In the end it's 10 games, defence has been ok but not great. We're not scoring goals so to pick up points we need to start conceding. It's time to try something different. I don't think you can just continue on without making some changes now because our performances have been pretty consistent to date.
Normo's coming home
wow just wow, what a load of rubbish that was! 10 shots on target and all at the keeper! surely even the worst striker in the world knows to hit it to one side or another! Once again we create plenty of chances and then see Stein and Jeremy waste them! Do we not have anyone to take penalties? Can't believe we manage to lose that!
I don't mean to dis-agree, and it's all down to the interpretation of what you meant there (...) but it's not across the board, as I see it (...) we did a good job of creating enough chances to win that comfortably (...) but two players butchered most of them and another guy made (another) dumb mistake at the other end and put us behind (...) that's 8 players doing a decent job and three letting us down. that's fixable. Ernie is doing a fine job getting us playing a good game of football.
We've also had two draws with WSW where people said that they played below their potential. Is it possibly because we are passing the ball better, and closing teams down faster - not allowing them to play to their potential?
I had some emails with JD this morning (I know him and he is a really, really nice guy) and this is what I said in one of them:
Problem is that Ernie is still stuck with those players that Herbert signed, and most of them will be on decent wages. This season was always going to be transitional, and there are enough positives so far (competitive away from home, creating more chances) that mean that I am happy with finishing last again this season as long as we clear out a lot of the dead wood in the off season, and we spend some money on some improvements. It is a little bit like the mess that Nelsen took over at Toronto.
JD agreed with that, and he wears glasses so I trust his intelligence.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
Not sure im convinced about much of the anti Siggy feeling just yet.Not sure i heard it right but isnt he towards the top of a couple of the key defensive stats.Probably wouldnt look so bad if some of our so called strikers were at the the top of their stats.
Commentary team said he was leading the league in clearances and interceptions ... but that's three times in three weeks his mistakes have directly led to goals.
plus last years series of goals from him jumping out of the line
whether Boxall is better is the big Q tho'
In the end it's 10 games, defence has been ok but not great. We're not scoring goals so to pick up points we need to start conceding. It's time to try something different. I don't think you can just continue on without making some changes now because our performances have been pretty consistent to date.
One other point which I think is at the heart of our play. In attack we don't have a focal point or any kind of physical threat. That means we rely on good passing, good movement, and players making good runs off the ball and also in behind to create space. I'm not seeing enough of that so far, I don't think our runs are good enough, I don't think we're well coached enough and to be honest I don't think our players are good enough.
I think we need a biggish physical central striker for some of our other players to play off. This isn't about going long or changing the style, but we do need some focus to our attack - someone for the rest of our guys to play off.
Bring back Yeo?
I agree that we are shutting down teams well in the midfield (both with work rate and formation) which is why some otherwise good sides are having bad games against us
I think it is also the reason we have flagged in the last 15mins or so in some games - the guys are putting in a big effort to close teams and it is telling late in the game. Plus when you have squandered all your chances it is REALLY costing us when we do run out of steam a bit, with no lead to protect, late in a game
They deserve our support. Stein and Brockie may be pants at the moment, and Siggy may be making critical mistakes, but I think the team is working really hard to get out of this slump. They lack a little quality, but no effort.
These guys may be loosing and near the bottom of the table, but I hope the Fever and the crowd in general give them a heap of support v Sydney.
wow just wow, what a load of rubbish that was! 10 shots on target and all at the keeper! surely even the worst striker in the world knows to hit it to one side or another! Once again we create plenty of chances and then see Stein and Jeremy waste them! Do we not have anyone to take penalties? Can't believe we manage to lose that!
I don't mean to dis-agree, and it's all down to the interpretation of what you meant there (...) but it's not across the board, as I see it (...) we did a good job of creating enough chances to win that comfortably (...) but two players butchered most of them and another guy made (another) dumb mistake at the other end and put us behind (...) that's 8 players doing a decent job and three letting us down. that's fixable. Ernie is doing a fine job getting us playing a good game of football.
We've also had two draws with WSW where people said that they played below their potential. Is it possibly because we are passing the ball better, and closing teams down faster - not allowing them to play to their potential?
I had some emails with JD this morning (I know him and he is a really, really nice guy) and this is what I said in one of them:
Problem is that Ernie is still stuck with those players that Herbert signed, and most of them will be on decent wages. This season was always going to be transitional, and there are enough positives so far (competitive away from home, creating more chances) that mean that I am happy with finishing last again this season as long as we clear out a lot of the dead wood in the off season, and we spend some money on some improvements. It is a little bit like the mess that Nelsen took over at Toronto.
JD agreed with that, and he wears glasses so I trust his intelligence.
While i love the way Ifill plays not sure where some of you get the confidence that he can last if he starts.I really cant see him going much longer than 45min.Think to may of you are living in the past.Yes he does some good things in his time on the field but he also gives away a lot more possesion than he used to do and he dosnt track back as he used to do.
Grumpy old bastard alert
wow just wow, what a load of rubbish that was! 10 shots on target and all at the keeper! surely even the worst striker in the world knows to hit it to one side or another! Once again we create plenty of chances and then see Stein and Jeremy waste them! Do we not have anyone to take penalties? Can't believe we manage to lose that!
I don't mean to dis-agree, and it's all down to the interpretation of what you meant there (...) but it's not across the board, as I see it (...) we did a good job of creating enough chances to win that comfortably (...) but two players butchered most of them and another guy made (another) dumb mistake at the other end and put us behind (...) that's 8 players doing a decent job and three letting us down. that's fixable. Ernie is doing a fine job getting us playing a good game of football.
We've also had two draws with WSW where people said that they played below their potential. Is it possibly because we are passing the ball better, and closing teams down faster - not allowing them to play to their potential?
I had some emails with JD this morning (I know him and he is a really, really nice guy) and this is what I said in one of them:
Problem is that Ernie is still stuck with those players that Herbert signed, and most of them will be on decent wages. This season was always going to be transitional, and there are enough positives so far (competitive away from home, creating more chances) that mean that I am happy with finishing last again this season as long as we clear out a lot of the dead wood in the off season, and we spend some money on some improvements. It is a little bit like the mess that Nelsen took over at Toronto.
JD agreed with that, and he wears glasses so I trust his intelligence.
so do you agree?
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
wow just wow, what a load of rubbish that was! 10 shots on target and all at the keeper! surely even the worst striker in the world knows to hit it to one side or another! Once again we create plenty of chances and then see Stein and Jeremy waste them! Do we not have anyone to take penalties? Can't believe we manage to lose that!
I don't mean to dis-agree, and it's all down to the interpretation of what you meant there (...) but it's not across the board, as I see it (...) we did a good job of creating enough chances to win that comfortably (...) but two players butchered most of them and another guy made (another) dumb mistake at the other end and put us behind (...) that's 8 players doing a decent job and three letting us down. that's fixable. Ernie is doing a fine job getting us playing a good game of football.
We've also had two draws with WSW where people said that they played below their potential. Is it possibly because we are passing the ball better, and closing teams down faster - not allowing them to play to their potential?
I had some emails with JD this morning (I know him and he is a really, really nice guy) and this is what I said in one of them:
Problem is that Ernie is still stuck with those players that Herbert signed, and most of them will be on decent wages. This season was always going to be transitional, and there are enough positives so far (competitive away from home, creating more chances) that mean that I am happy with finishing last again this season as long as we clear out a lot of the dead wood in the off season, and we spend some money on some improvements. It is a little bit like the mess that Nelsen took over at Toronto.
JD agreed with that, and he wears glasses so I trust his intelligence.
so do you agree?
can I just say that I love multiple post replies.
Mess at Toronto has been perennial. I honestly would have more faith in Ernie and Welnix, than in Nelsen and Toronto...
While i love the way Ifill plays not sure where some of you get the confidence that he can last if he starts.I really cant see him going much longer than 45min.Think to may of you are living in the past.Yes he does some good things in his time on the field but he also gives away a lot more possesion than he used to do and he dosnt track back as he used to do.
Apart from the wonder goals Brockie scored last year, a lot of people were saying that he didn't get involved in the game enough and lacked communication with his team mates.
Now that the goals have dried up, Brockie is showing his true worth of being about as much good as a lamppost in the desert.
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Don't agree with any of the coach crit. That's really unwise. We need to get out there and support them thru this goal scoring slump. We look such a better unit, and create more chances in one game away from home, than we used to do in an entire season away from home. It's clear Brockie is feeling the pressure of the reliance on him to score goals, and there will be some Jan window action to resolve that.
Not ideal to have Ifill coming off the bench now. I'd prefer that, but in the circumstances we need him around in the first half to break this drought right open earlier in the game. You get the feeling if we score 1 or 2 early it'll open the gates, though reinforcement with another proven goalscorer will be needed.
Don't agree with any of the coach crit. That's really unwise. We need to get out there and support them thru this goal scoring slump. We look such a better unit, and create more chances in one game away from home, than we used to do in an entire season away from home. It's clear Brockie is feeling the pressure of the reliance on him to score goals, and there will be some Jan window action to resolve that.
Not ideal to have Ifill coming off the bench now. I'd prefer that, but in the circumstances we need him around in the first half to break this drought right open earlier in the game. You get the feeling if we score 1 or 2 early it'll open the gates, though reinforcement with another proven goalscorer will be needed.
Normo's coming home
I'm pretty sure 495 passes is the most we've ever made in a game. It's way off the chart anyway.
