I saw most of the 2nd half. I note various mentions of Brandon. Is that our Brandon from on here and if so, what did he actually do?
Ref was crap. Utter crap. Meant they could get away with plenty late on. But we had a very bad first half and we just don't create enough clear cut chances with our style of play.
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Dura looks like he is about to lose the plot. His The ref baiting Dura is pretty intense.
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Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
He got stood down for 5 years and has handed out 20+ in three matches while letting City play very cynically. I don't think we will see him again any time soon.
His bad calls helped the Melbourne Cahill's and didnt help the Nix, I wouldnt be surpisied if he gets promoted.
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Ref was crap. Utter crap. Meant they could get away with plenty late on. But we had a very bad first half and we just don't create enough clear cut chances with our style of play.
Hamish Watson seems to make things happen when he is on the pitch and I'd like to see him get more than 10 minutes.
Roly needs to play closer to goal.
Fundamentally we have a problem because we don't score enough goals. The three of Kosta, Finkler and Roy aren't really gelling or linking up.
Dura looks like he is about to lose the plot. His ref baiting is pretty intense.
Parkhouse looks like the perfect type of player to have coming off the bench late on to stretch the game, especially in combination with Watson, I just don't get the selection of him at the back at all. Tratt on the other hand improves with every game.
This was a better performance than round 1
What's your opinion of Fenton as a left back option then?
That we need Doyle back quickly
I thought he has done a relatively tidy job when asked so far. He has been a good player to have coming off the bench and out of the squad.
I'd be quietly positive about him getting a chance to start
Even more gobsmaking, near the bottom of the Melbourne City sponsor list is a familiar name;
Nothing beats a bit of self promotion.
Ref was crap. Utter crap. Meant they could get away with plenty late on. But we had a very bad first half and we just don't create enough clear cut chances with our style of play.
Hamish Watson seems to make things happen when he is on the pitch and I'd like to see him get more than 10 minutes.
Roly needs to play closer to goal.
Fundamentally we have a problem because we don't score enough goals. The three of Kosta, Finkler and Roy aren't really gelling or linking up.
Dura looks like he is about to lose the plot. His ref baiting is pretty intense.
Parkhouse looks like the perfect type of player to have coming off the bench late on to stretch the game, especially in combination with Watson, I just don't get the selection of him at the back at all. Tratt on the other hand improves with every game.
This was a better performance than round 1
What's your opinion of Fenton as a left back option then?
That we need Doyle back quickly
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
The real question is were we cheating as a tactic or are we unfit or tactically unaware?
It's clearly a tactic. Overload an area by sending more players than the defence can deal with. That doesn't happen if you're unfit (why run to those places) or tactically unaware (we obviously didn't get caught in other areas because we didn't concede anything other than a dodgy penalty).
What am I missing here? That isn't what the link suggests cheating is. "Cheating" is not overloading an area when you are on attack but rather it is "a term used to describe players who do not follow the usual tactical pattern when defending.....Cheating is when a player ignores his/her defensive role and tries to exploit space left by the opposition attacking. The player will occupy the space left by the opposition attacking and wait for play to break down to exploit this."
I don't know what that definition has to do with overloading an area. Cheating seems to be when you deliberately do not follow the player you are meant to be marking. Then hopefully your team gets an turnover and you can switch on to attack.
My question is: if we were cheating then why did we never try to exploit our counter attacking opportunities? Surely, the point of cheating is to try to score goals on the counter? We didn't seem to try to do that last night. Instead, whenever we got a 4 on 4 we seemed to hold up the ball and allow City's defence to reset. It seems like only a proficient counter attacking team would bother "cheating".
Americanism..
A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Auto exclusivity was lifted a few months bank. Citeh first cab off the rank with new car sponsor.
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Auto exclusivity was lifted a few months bank. Citeh first cab off the rank with new car sponsor.
Based on our performance earlier this season I was going to suggest the Nix should approach Duzgo or maybe even Trekka.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Auto exclusivity was lifted a few months bank. Citeh first cab off the rank with new car sponsor.
You'd wonder what came first if you were a cynic
Normo's coming home
Parkhouse looks like the perfect type of player to have coming off the bench late on to stretch the game, especially in combination with Watson, I just don't get the selection of him at the back at all. Tratt on the other hand improves with every game.
This was a better performance than round 1
What's your opinion of Fenton as a left back option then?
That we need Doyle back quickly
Grumpy old bastard alert
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Auto exclusivity was lifted a few months bank. Citeh first cab off the rank with new car sponsor.
Based on our performance earlier this season I was going to suggest the Nix should approach Duzgo or maybe even Trekka.
Darned Cheap Rentals seems more of a fit with our squad.
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Auto exclusivity was lifted a few months bank. Citeh first cab off the rank with new car sponsor.
Seems a shoddy way to treat Hyundai. They've been long term naming sponsors
Being the train spotter that I am, I thought all the clubs had to wear the Hyundai sponsorship on their shirts on the left arm. Melbourne City not only didn't have Hyundai but a rival car manufacturer in Nissan.
Auto exclusivity was lifted a few months bank. Citeh first cab off the rank with new car sponsor.
Based on our performance earlier this season I was going to suggest the Nix should approach Duzgo or maybe even Trekka.
Darned Cheap Reasonably Priced Rentals seems more of a fit with our squad.
fixed
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
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