v Central Coast, Sat 13, 7.30pm

well, It sure seems that way.

My train of thought goes something like; Whitby boy2010-11-13 22:19:38

What a load of bollocks. Hard to single out anyone tonight , they were all piss poor.I take Tony P's point about keeping the faith but it's hard when we're served up the same dross by players who seem to be  lacking eventhe most basic ball controll skills. No delivery from midfield , Bertos running into his marker time after time, crosses hitting players and going nowhere near the goal mouth  , Macallister...Like last week at home ,   heads dropped after a goal and they rolled over and took it like George Michael in jail.

A view from the game- without the benefit of replays. We had our chances but couldn't put them away. Two decisions by the ref and assistant referee didn't help matters. The second goal definitely looked offside as the Phoenix were continually pinged for returning from an offside position which is exactly what the CCM player did, while the third came from a blatant handball ala Henry with the same result. Those two decisions would gut anyone. The midfield didn't gel again- Elliot did not have a good game when once expects him to take control and dictate terms while Bertos contributed little once again. Time for a rest Leo and put on Daniel. The transformation from midfield to forwards needs more work, while the constant back passing indicates that teams have sorted Phoenix out and the coaching staff/players haven't come up with an option to free players up to receive the ball. Still basic errors made by some players are proving costly - e.g. North being easily turned and no back up defence for the first goal!!!!!!

Further to my comment on the game - many of us there found the crossing to be abysmal either too slow or totally inaccurate/woeful. Still no support for Greenacre while Iffil is too wide for lots of the game.

How long til Tony Lochhead is back?

5 weeks

 

with Tony P gone, Lochhead out, crap results :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFxnBhURO_c

25 seconds in is the best !!!

our midfield was non-existant again this week..not too sure what job elliot was meant to provide but he isnt doing much playing far too deep for my liking...Tim Brown..why we persist with this man I have no idea..Lia...too slow we were totally outplayed in the middle of the park. we are very much a one trick pony side  we only ever seem to play down the wings and even that wasnt very good..we persist with Bertos taking corners and free kicks and for a winger he doesnt cross a ball too well!!  grrenacre up front on his own just gets creamed by the opposition defence...so come on Ricki get the tactic book out for christsake!

It is about time we all got real. There is only ONE boss.
Regardless of how good RH is,that is not the point, the team are not playing well and thee buck has to stop with RH. If this was the EPL he would be gone. We need a fresh face.

first goal was all on north, so far out of position that #3 had all the time in the world to make his run....

I've said it before, but with our defence in the disaray itis at the moment we have no chance to win games. North has not filled the hole McKain left, losing Lochhead to injury has exposed a major lack of deprth in our defensive players. WE get the defence seorted and we look a completley different team.

ricki isn't on the field, he selects the team sure but if they can't do their jobs correctly it isn't his fault.

Sorry I can't agree with this.

Just about sums it up

For 80 mins I thought it was Jacko

Well he should make changes. Tim Brown has been crap all season, but has started every game.
You are wrong when you say he is not on the field etc. Ge is being paid to make decisions, but he is not making any.

On a positive note. We bought 3 red noses so made a small contribution to cure kids.

I do so agree with everything you have just said, our defense has big problems at the moment, which is the reason we are loosing, but Hearfield couldn't have done a better job than North- who wasn't playing that well.

Just came back from the match...it was a long walk so I have cooled down a bit since I left the game. Losing is all part of being a football fan. Nobody likes to lose but if you play well but get beaten by a better team you just have to take it on the chin. But CCM who are generally donkeys made us look terrible.

He was certainly good tonight, made our midfield look like children

Why oh why take off Brown and North.....Hearfield is NOT a gamebreaker....Bertos and Ifill did nothing...why do they get to stay on...North was playing well....Hearfield makes me want to get up and turn off the tv....Black Plague2010-11-13 23:00:29

true, Hearfield's second touch cost us the game.

I do so agree. why does Rikki ever take off Greenacre? He doesn't ever have anyone on the bench that does his job better than him! Greenacre isn't a superstar all the time, I know that, but he's not ever bad enough to sub off.

I hate to say it but I never saw us having a chance and loaded up on the Mariners to win. Thank you TAB. Hate betting against the Phoenix but what a business opportunity. The standard of the better teams in this league has picked up and Herbert is now out of is depth. We have been playing awful for a while yet keep fielding pretty much the same team. Why because we havent recruited well. Dont blame Elliott anyone. Hes used to a team that passes the ball.

We obviously should be playing Rojas more. We haven't conceded a goal this whole season when he's been on the field!

The Nix have two tactics on attack

Time for my pennyworth.

Why can't we play two up front, this whole 4-3-3 bollocks is ripping us off we're not quick enough for that we show no urgency going forward and we have nothing going through the middle of the park and Jade North isn't a Right backs arsehole play him in the centre of defence ffs oh and we don't need to start with three defensive midfielders it's crippling our creativity not that we have much at the moment (imo)

No first goal was due primarily to a lame midfield effort from Tim Brown!!

What? Tim Brown caused North to slip over?

I must admit a few tears came out when I saw Matt Simon and McBreen outpace our defence on several occasions

Best part of the match for me was getting close to 90 mins and Jnrette starts singing Tom Hark:
"You have to laugh or else you'll cry, you have to live or else you'll die"

The ball only came out to the right because of the lame effort of Brown in the midfield.

Fred is back.

Victimised!! Very droll Fred.

Jets are looking forward to an easy 3 points next week

Crowd looked pathetic in size - what was final attendance?

In patches they were very vocal so good on those who bothered to show up.

5577 from memory. Pretty crap,weather and the hiding at home last week would be the combination that contributed I'd say