Vs CCM Sat 18th 7:30pm

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If you're going to say one of those jokes at least make it a funny one

Bit harsh, was top corner. Past him before he had a chance to react.

In saying that, while I think he had a good game Siggy was immense. Though lets be honest - the only reason it wasn't 4 or 5 by half time is because they had some horrible attempts at finishing.valeo2012-02-18 21:42:18

Greenie tonight looked the most likely player to score ....nice sub Ricky....3 points against Gold Coast should see us make the top 6 safely

Three things i just can't understand:

1 Why Nix always need to concede first to start playing football?
2 Why Paston didn't even try to make a stop for that 1st goal (i think if he tries he might reach it or close to...)?
3 Why sub Greenie off at 60min mark when we were 0-1 down and start showing promising signs?

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Maybe harsh..but Brisbane's 1st goal was much the same...no reaction from Pastion..stood and watched....

I think Paston doesn't help himself by not actually diving for those ones. I've seen him do the same thing before, and usually there's no way he would have got it, but he just makes it look so much worse by not even trying.

Like Ifill said a couple of weeks ago, we're not the the CCM/Roar league yet, but so damn disappointing RH and some of the players seem resigned to that. Siggy and Paston were awesome tonight, and Greenacre being subbed was strange.

Ironically I think a positive that will come out of the losses to the Roar and CCM, particularly the manner of the losses, is the shattering of any illusion we may have had that we can foot it with the top squads in the league (remember we were complaining about ACL qualification a week ago). We have a starting 11 that, on their day, can hold their own but lose a player or two and then look at the drop in quality to the replacements. Contrast that with CCM who had 3 away with the Olyroos and one suspended and still owned us.

Have not seen too much anti Ricki so far tonight, but lets be honest the players we have got are not good enough. As simple as that. No pace, poor techinical ability and no football brains.
The problen I've got is that we have signed most of these players for next yeat.

Yep, been saying that for the last month. RIght now i'd be happy with anything in the 6.

Let them out to easily, then let them play in our half.

I apologise for the racist joke fellas.  Should know better.  But I was tired.  Tired of our downward spiral down the table.

Peace.

Jeez how did this forum come to be full of so many f*gg*ts? I love it how Ifill does f**k all the whole game and nobody says sh*t, yet the same old usernames are more than happy to run their mouths over everyone else in the squad. It was a collectively sh*t performance tonight from all, and youre all collectively sh*t 'supporters' making this forum look like the biggest sausage fest in town. /rant.
AJ132012-02-18 22:24:56

I would like the same answers.  Pasty did the same thing for the first goal v brisbane last week. 

It's time to shuffle things up. 

No goals in the last 2 games, now we're starting another streak....losing. 

Paston had no chance with the first goal-he knew the minute the striker struck it, it was in.

I could not believe we started with Lia at RB, and then I couldnt believe we didnt put muscat there after 15 mins. UKandy2012-02-18 22:40:24

he still should have gone for it. 

leo bertos... my 6yr niece goes harder in a 50/50 tackle and im not joking.. it sickens me how soft he is.. 

I agree. When he was playing for Perth(3/4 years ago) he was tough, quick and one of the best players in the league.
He is a big girl now.

I don't think Leo has ever been described as 'tough'

He's a winger.valeo2012-02-19 00:01:37

racist jokes, sexism it's all happening here tonight

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A lot of poor performances fron the players and Ricky. Garry2012-02-19 07:29:50

Cream rises to the top and stays there and sadly at the moment we are still milk.

THIS...In hindsight!

Maybe try this...

Milk

Phoenix all to Mariners
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Garry, the point of that joke is that it inverts the master/servant relationship. You expect the parrot to be owned by the pirate and then are surprised that it's actually the reverse.

The problem is that put in the context of Africa or the Caribbean it becomes basically a joke about slavery.

Anyway, Stevo apologised so enough said.

Re Paston, i think he has a bad habit of NOT TRYING to save a shot when he believes it's unreachable...remember the goals against Adelaide (Djite), Brisbane (Berisha), and last night CCM, he just stood there and watched...it looks so lazy and made their strikers look so freakin awesome...I really like him to dive for those even he might not save any at the end of the day...

Now we need to pick at least a draw against SYD, or our top 4 is at risk..

Anyway, just why would Abini carry Jasper Parrott into a bar anyway?

Yet another bloody frustrating watch.getting bloody hacked off with watching opposition players string together long periods of possession.While we   struggle to get past 4/5 before someone hoofs it downfield/passes it aimlessly into touch or just ;looses possession in another weak attempt at beating a player.

As for our set piece taking   we still cant find someone who can deliver a set piece    on a consistent  basis.Seems very hit and miss and we just dont have anyone who can deliver consistently.FK me do these guys not train this sort of stuff.

I want third place on the table back.  I agree with what you've said above Ballane.  Though I think Daniel is our best ball deliverer.  Siggy said on the audio clip I heard on the radio this morning that "if we don't start playing for each other some of us won't be playing at all" or something to that effect.  We didn't play like a top 3 side, we played like a team new to the A-League.

There are still 15 points up for grabs and we MUST take them all.  Especially at home.  Gold Coast are at the bottom of the table but I wouldn't underestimate them.

I just find it interesting so many people are willing to absolve Paston of any guilt for the first goal - would they have been saying the same thing if that had been Warner?

There were several curious things about the goal - yes, the shot was very well placed, but wasn't fiercely struck, and not as far away from Paston as some here are implying, so at least warranted an attempt to make a save (whether he'd have made it or not, of course, we will never know). But the other curious thing was Paston's footwork - he tried to get into position for a dive, and then seems to have stumbled somehow, I wonder if that terrible pitch had something to do with it? And perhaps the most curious of all, Rogic himself seemed a bit surprised that his shot in went as easily as it did during his post-match interview. It seems that he at least didn't think "no-one's stopping that...".

Anyway, as far as the game - we were simply outclassed, didn't know (and at times were simply not good enough) how to deal with CCM when they pressed us high up the field and kept turning the ball over, and couldn't hope to hold them out forever playing like that. el grapadura2012-02-19 13:42:07

I'm not absolving him.  Think he should have made an attempt to save it.  Would have said the same of Warner if it he'd done the samel. Rojic was laughing when he'd seen it go in. says it all really.  Pasty was good up until that point.  

Pasty showed against Italy that he can make some incredible diving saves, he should really be trying to keep that up. It may be the lack of a GK coach that has affected his judgement of shots.