Tards in town v Melb Sun 30th 4.30

Didn't see Greenie win one in the air all day- except off a throw in.



and while I'm here....



ARRRRRGH Siggie!

was having a great gamemartinb2011-10-30 20:41:48

You're having a laugh.

Seemed to get out-jumped a lot getting his head to the ball from goal kicks?

I lost count of how many headers he won. He's not going to win them all (look at his build) but he does incredibly well considering.

I liked the referrees assistant flagging for offside from a throw in and the crowd going wild...

Yup - I think Greenie has made a great start to the seson,and tought he was very strong tonight. Along with Sanchez and Siggies first 35mins there was some very hard work out there. And that includes Daniel too.

Nicky Ward needs to find his first touch if he is tomake starting X1 (if that, is, we don't have 6 players out due to suspension)

Just going to make one bagging comment (hopefully first and last).  Siggie's penalty had it's genesis in Tim Brown giving the ball away around the middle of the field and then trotting back.  That was the most disappointing part of the game for me.

Junior822011-10-30 20:57:48

f**king. despicable.

If they're going to be consistent they should give him the week off for coaching. He also got the offside decision for Thompson's not-goal wrong.

Very frustrated, only good thing is the next game is Friday so hope we can forget this game asap

I'm not so much disappointed at the performance as I am frustrated at it. I think that match sets the record for the most number of Yellow Fever fans with their hands on their heads after we fluffed chances across the whole game.

Yes, and yes.

As someone has pointed out....we must be the unjammiest club in the A-League. Crap off season, thin squad, serious injuries, dumb suspensions and when we comepletely dominate sides we can't get the ferkin ball into the net..

Yup, think the team is a good goalscoring forward and a good attacking wide player short of a very decent team, chequebook out for the striker and Ifill back on the wing and we are sweet

I had a funny feeling in the first half that all those missed opportunities would come back to haunt us.

Actually *cough, cough* um, it's not just Brown's fault.

Ricki says we aren't going to sign a new striker in the report on the official site. Sorry if this has already been posted.

How about an old one?

OH NO I've just realised I was wearing my southern chapter t shirt and NO STRIPEY AT ALL today!!!

You aren't alone Junior I'll shoulder some of the blame for this too.

That's the issue, everyone (including Ricki) knows we need a striker, but the overlords are refusing to buy one.

What was the crowd today...

9600ish?

9,3 ??

9369

EDIT: I swear I didn't make the 69 part up...patrick4782011-10-30 22:02:45

And what was the deal with Red Badge not letting the yellow banner from the first game back into the stadium? Afraid we were going to use it as a weapom to murder Judas?

Would be a fitting shroud

Well we can't sign any of the potential european ones as we have no spaces left for a foreign player.

I understood why we needed to bring a defender on when siggie got sent off but not sure why it was Alex smith.....Bertos would have been a better choice...did nothing, or Tim brown apart froma couple of fluffed chances strolled around getting rid of the ball almost as soon as he  got it...Time for Ricki to do away with his love children and give others the chance...... whatever others we have left of course

Linesman flagging for offside from that Victory throw-in. The very same linesman who ruled Archies goal offside when he was well onside. LOL.

Marquee. Guest. Killen. Scam. Any combination of them.

Post on MV forums: "harry pulling 40k crowds each week. yet 'what a waste of money' ?? fools"


Oh so you play with 10 men and a marketing tool every week? little wonder you're playing so f**kin sh*t. The coach will be spewing he can't drop Kewell, surely.TopLeft072011-10-30 22:47:51

rofl at that bloody linesman

Thanks

He was just starting to get the hang of those little backheeled flicks too, give him another few months and he might get an assist...

The foul he did today was GORGEOUS.

This completely. Was a stupid red card to give away, but Archie was going to score anyway. Prior to the incident Siggy was looking like the MOTM for me - he made a number of key intercepts and challenges.

Watched the game mid-way through the Australian Beer Festival and with the sound turned off, so my perception of events was probably even more skewed than normal. (Didn't need the sound on to be able to see the words "Judas, Judas" being mouthed though).

First half I thought we had plenty of chances, and even looked dominant. Victory didn't seem to be getting much change out of challenges and we looked to be hungrier throughout. But you just knew Thompson was going to get a chance like that at some point and make us pay. I swear he does the same thing to us every season.

In regards the incident where Greenacre hit the post and Daniel put it in illegallly, were there grounds for a penalty for Greenie being taken out? If so, that'd probably just cancel out Thompson's dodgy offside call. Regardless of how good or bad individual performances might have been, I liked the fact we still gave them a game being 2-0 down and down to 10 men. Right until the end I genuinely thought we had another goal in us.

The way things are going, I'm prepared for a season without the dizzying heights of the past couple of years. It appears we won't be getting any new signings so I wish the best from the squad we have. The strength of character of the players seems good and they do appear to be working for each other. Current form suggests we won't be crushing opponents by several goals, but if we can catch a break with injuries and they can stop playing poker with the refs and getting cards dealt out all the time, I reckon we'll trouble plenty of teams home and away (except Brisbane - they're class).

It's not that I don't wish we were top of the league but, given the pre-season ownership shambles and the current diffficulty in assembling a team with 22 fully functional legs, I'm unusually accepting and realistic about the way things are. That being the case, bring on the next game!

Ultimately the winner tonight, and the one that inebriates the loss, was Holgate Temptress Chocolate Porter. Unfortunately, in a cruel twist of irony, it's brewed in Melbourne. Damn them.

Our dizzying heights were two seasons ago.  Last season we did well to scrape through to the play-offs. 

As much as commentators say it the daniel goal was a goal.  The rule is that the gk must have two hands on the ball, it doesnt matter if they have one hand in ful control, it has to be both.  ?Yet last season a victory player kicked the ball out from underneath matt ryans two hands and got a goal.  Not right at all.  i think this decision changed the whole outcome of the game.  Daniel gets that goal its 1-1 which means dura wouldnt have pushed up leaving the gaping hole in the defence that archie ran through and SigmUnd pulled him down.  The amin reason for losing isnt that though its our failure to convert.  As people have said we need a striker.  Killen would be very nice if we can get him.  Greeny does well but isnt they type of striker who plays as the lone man up front.  Very frustrating!

goal keeper had clear control of the ball - end of