vs Heart Sun 29th Jan 4:30pm SS3

vs Heart Sun 29th Jan 4:30pm SS3

Needs a win. Manny's out. All the best Mrs Manny and Manny Junior.

Discuss.

Edit: MANNY'S BACK!!!!ahmad2012-01-29 16:10:46

Lindsay at Right back possibly.  Interesting.

Hmmmmmmmmm...........

It's been a while, but I think I can feel a prediction coming on................

Looking forward to the game.

Hate having Manny out, will be interested if Lyndsay starts esp since he hasnt had any time off the bench even.

Heart have played some sharp football up front recently, and still lost or drawn.
So want a win for us to be able to consolidate our place.

GO THE MIGHTY NIX

I hope the Heart's plane is landing at Wellington airport today sometime.

Would have loved to see the lineup something like this

                   Paston

Lindsay      Siggy       Dura        Lochhead

                    Ward

   Downey                           Daniel

                   Sanchez

             Ifill        Smith

Bench: Warner, Brown, Greenacre, Bertos

However, it'll likely be something like this:

                 Paston

Lindsay      Siggy       Dura        Lochhead

                  Smith

   Bertos          Brown               Daniel

                   Sanchez

                   Ifill   

Bench: Warner, Downey, Greenacre, Ward     

Actually, if it landed yesterday, you will probably find them down at Farmers today buying underpants.

Ahmad, you're living in the past, the date of the game is the 29th.  I thought the Black out thread was the match fred?

Thanks WTF is going on. I think I have a severe relapse of yellow fever.

Apparently this is now the match thread.

Behich and Terra have been pretty sharp recently for Heart, sure is going to be good test for Lindsay.

It seems a bit pointless having two threads, the Black out thread was .

edit: just read other thread, now know reasons and retract my earlier statement.patrick4782012-01-27 11:45:22

Agreed. Behich is quick and has been playing with a lot of confidence. I bet he fancies his chances against a young debutante.

Would you swap Smith for Lindsay early (I'm talking early early, short of wasting a sub) if he looks like he's getting a bit exposed? Drop Brown into a DM positon, and let Lindsay work the middle with Sanchez. I'd be confident Smith could do a decent job as RB if asked to do so.

Sounds like Lia came through training OK. I'm guessing Lia will play unless there are after effects.

Maybe Lia off the bench though?

I have a bad feeling about this game. maybe 1 nil win to Heart. but hope not!!!

Yeah I'm nervous about blooding Lindsay too but this is how young blokes get their chances.

Also, not blooding young blokes is how we end up with one of the oldest teams in the league.

Lindsay isn't the really fast chap who kicks the ball forward even faster is he? Who had a one on one with the keeper a few games back?

No..that was Downey.

You might be thinking of Downey.

Thanks guys, has Lindsay played before?

not in the a-league

Oh God Mrs Manny I hope you are feeling pain tonight. I mean that in the best way possible.

I hope Manny's baby isn't a Downey!

I dunno, I'd quite like this guy in our defensive line.

I thought Downey looked all right the other week except the obvious missing the one on one. Up there with Leo for pace ?

I hope Ricki gives him another go off the bench.

I think we are reaching the levels of lunacy when we are talking about playing Smith at RB when he is an ATTACKING midfielder by trade. I also saw Ward as a DM and starting Downey? Downey? Are we that desperate to throw his name into a starting position?? We've got better footballers than him than to give him 90mins. This is not the game to go experimenting.

I think playing Lindsay in this game is the wrong call. Put him on against GCU at home but not Heart. We need to bag these 3 points because the congestion behind us mean one slip up and we let the rest of the pack in. Its called putting your foot on the opponents throat and leaving it there. If there is another option, I think you have to either go with Downey and pray like sh*t he doesn't have a mare, or you try out Leo based on what he did with the All Whites. Neither suffice but the other alternative it push SigmUnd out there and Griffiths into the middle - no thanks. Either way, there is not option that is really palatable so maybe Lindsay is the call to make and see if he has anything about him. I'm still not sold. We could always follow fatboynotsoslims logic and put Lochhead they because 'if you can play RB, you can play LB'.... *shakes head*
Jeff Vader2012-01-27 23:37:37

Shall I delete NewcastleGuy now you are using this?

I love you Hard News.

You said you are a tolerant mod but surely you can lower the boom. Go on, flex that brand new shiny 2012 ban-hammer.

If we use peer pressure would you?

If he is like stefan was last night, then no... Not getting wasted on your 21st? Really???

Where is the pax thread?