R9 vs Melbourne Victory | Sun 3rd Dec | 4:30pm | RoF

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Classic Mambo

I hate watching us play - we do some great stuff, but equally and if not more so we do a lot of stupid sharke!

Aaaand the Phoenix are back

We throw away leads like a corrupt cop

Start again

What was Paracki doing charing back towards his own goal from a corner, the only wy the ball would ever travel would be back towards our own goal.

You tell them Lewis, keep the fudgeing ball!

As I keep saying, Paracki has been bad for weeks.

need something from the boss. Some change of shape, new player, different tactics....anything but let the vicotry roll over the top of us

He does some to be somewhat disaster prone.

that last goal - Italiano moved off his line and in front of a defender and attacker and then couldnt get back through them to stop that. Poor I thought.

Don't really have many options - Watson? May as well chuck on a plank of wood.

What would you like? Born to Run? Glory Days? Born in the USA?

A plank of wood would sometimes be onside though. 

"Repeat offending" for the Phoenix player's, not the Strayians though. 

we do have at least double their foul count to be fair.

Waitin' on a Sunny Day?

Yay we're winning one stat!

Stop giving the ball away, stop givingthe ball away... X100

Take off Ridenton, seems to have lost his engine / drive - not doing much

Vidosic needs to do a lot more. His workrate just isn't good enough.

I don't get the angst. It has been a very even game today, and we got two opportunistic goals in the first half against the run of play. Victory got two goals in, and might have had three or four. We also defended well in some dicey situations; and could have also another goal through Krishna this half.  It is even, and both teams are playing true to their form this season. 

Which one?

There you go

At this level, is it too much to expect a proper pass at least 90% of the time? (Serious question)

You shouldnt expect 90% of anything in the A-League

yes your expecting too much - I think across the team an average of between 70% and 80% would be good.

Some of the better passers might sit high 80%'s but yeah (at least) 90% is a dreamworld.

Still get the feeling that Ridenton isn't quite up to this level

plYers we need to replace, not just based on today either: Italiano, Durante, McGinchey, Watson and Finkler. Either too many mistakes, too slow or not up to this level 

Come on Phoenix!

Sums up Rossi's complacency 

Fixed

Bit of a nightmare for a one-eyed fan but very entertaining game. Boy, we are riding our luck today.

Vidosic nearly there

But Krishna is a player twice his value on the park today

Good on us for still trying to win this.