We looked really good tonight. We could have got a few more if some speculative passes had come off as well - the opposition can't get a foot in front of all of them...... Hooper is quietly building up to speed - they're really looking after him (and so far at not cost t the team in results). In the mean time Ball has shown what he can do and he constantly gets himself into those danger areas. We really do have some good attacking options that are all growing into the game (lie Ball, Davila, Sotirio, McCowatt and Hooper building up to match fitness while providing the scare factor as well) while the defensive end is settling nicely. Its going to be a very tight season. Perhaps we'll not be quite so far under the radar now....
We looked great by the standard of our early season performances, and had periods of excellent, smooth flowing play. More of that, please. Hopefully Ball will finally recoup his confidence too.
At the same time, I prefer not to get carried away. For all our improvement, it was a two-to-one win, and one of our goals came from a penalty. It could have easily finished one all, and I would have still been happy with the result and not felt robbed. Not taking away anything from the team, great performance, but it could have ended 1:2, 1:1, 2:1 or 2:2 just as easily.
It's a close league, and most games are only won by one goal - we were clearly the better team, and if we drew I would've been disappointed as it wouldn't have been a fair reflection of the game; this is shown by Adelaide supporters complaining more about their own team than the pen.
I still can't believe how good Davila has been after that first game where he was, quite frankly, terrible. It's like that was his twin brother playing and the real Davila flew in later.