vs Perth 7th November

You used to be cool Osky.

North?

Bring back Mckain

macallister instead of pav? you have to be joking.

we have to play ifill as well

be interesting to know how we've performed with Manny in mid as opposed to when he's been out or at fullback

the sooner we get lochy back the better (as long as Toto keeps his feet up - to allow Elliott to stay)

yeah the more i look at the squad, the more i just have no clue what ricki was thinking.

Things Ricki needs to do asap:
* Find a back four/three - but preferably four. Seriously just sort out who will play CB and stick to it. Give em time. Readress Hearfield as a RB. He may or may not work. Siggy may get another yellow and force himself out of contention soon anyway?
* get a working midfield. We need to play players on performance. For me, Ward gets on the ball more than Lia and Brown combined. I would look bringing Daniel and Bertos into the wings and play Elliot and ward in the middle.
* Play two strikers. Or three. Just don't isolate greeny. If ward is on the field, he does link a bit with greeny up top. We need to crete much more dynamic movement and we saw this first half against adelaide when we had Bertos, Pavlovich etc all linking up well. Maybe throw in Ward and Ifill and the team has real movement. This for me will make us much more stronger.


When Ricki drops a player like Ward, Hearfield, Pav, Mac etc; why the heck does he drop them completely out of the lineup? Sure a bench spot for these guys to fight for their place. I don't see how these guys are missing out when brown, lia etc are underperforming???

does anyone know if the coaching staff are on the same page...as for ricky is he out of his of his depth.seems to be the same sh*t every season where we are fighting back from a crap start to the season after a rubbish preseason with an unfocused manager....

Was he out of his depth last season?

http://www.football-lineups.com/team/Perth_Glory/A_League_2010-2011

we were the last team Perth had a win over. Hoping for our guys to get out and fight tomorrow but preparing for the worst. Still I'm Phoenix til i die!

This looks like the only reasonable lineup considering what we have to choose from

except it wont be that, it will be this:

                     Paston

North Sigmund Durante Muscat
                      Elliot
                  Brown Lia

Bertos                                    Ifill

                  Greenacre

Anyone but Big Mac.

Well yes, but the key word was reasonable

This interesting from Paul Thomson, maybe some word leaking out of the camp? mjp22010-11-06 13:58:04

= new players are sulky sh*ts with big reputations but no heart? and who think they are playing below themsleves in NZ?

plus Lochy comes back and we start playing well again...
martinb2010-11-06 13:55:54

Ifill should be playing UP the middle with whoever. He has not got the pace to play out wide. When he joined us, he was great and scored a lot of goals.

North had a sh*t game, I don't have too much confidence in Hearfield, and just about none for Lia.

I'd also like to see him in this position. Wonder if it's something he's not comfortable with.

When he joined he said that he started out playing as either CF or striker (can't remember which) but was then out into a wide position which he has stuck with.

He looked good then, and certainly not looking comfortable at the moment.

Weather is 24 tomorrow. Should be OK.

Id like to see Ifill up as striker. He can receive the ball well, has good holding skills and will take a shot given half a chance.

As a wide midfielder he has too much ground to make up to get into a scoring position, and a lot is expected  from him defensively in tracking back. He doesnt seem too fit for now, dont see that changing. I'd rather he was further forward, and not working much on defense so that he has plenty of gas in the tank to go for goal. 

Lia is the one I don't understand really. It's effectively like playing a man down because I barely ever see him touch the ball or get involved in games in any way whatsoever. Amazing that he starts week in, week out.

Those going to the game we are meeting at the Queens Pub at 1pm

                      Paston
North     Sigmund    Durante    Muscat
              Elliott        Brown
Ifill                                 Bertos
         Greenacre       Pavlovic

If we're up with 15 to go then I'd like Rojas to be bought on.  MacAllister too maybe.

I don't think McCallister should start over Pav, but no Pav in the squad that travelled. I don't think Pasty's been at his best for a few weeks now, while as much as I LOVE Siggy, he's being caught out for pace to often, and has an annoying knack of playing opposition onside. I think that with Muscat at defensive mid or left back, Hearfield's our best right back option, he's not in the squad either, and North and Siggy have proven they aren't right backs. Lia "Next best thing" to quote Siggy (lol).
 I think once Elliott settles we can stop crying over missing Lochhead a bit, Manny does LB fine and we're not going to play Elliott and Manny because they're quite similar midfield players, only Elliott has better passing.
Daniel in, he hasn't had a bad game for us all season when he's been given the oppotuinty, while Leo's had several dismal and a couple brilliant performances. Ifill central, if we have some one who can actually feed the strikers through the middle we'll see a bit less long ball. Also, it's the best way to fit Daniel in, because no one on the bench deserves a start more.
I think Rojas and Brown will get a run no matter what if they are on the bench, Siggy I'm not so sure about, we'll see I guess.

I agree with you Oska. As much as I love Pasty, I was watching him before the game started on Wednesday and his body language was negative like he didn't want to be there. So put Vukovich in.

Brownie must have it written into his contract that he starts every single game no matter how bad he is in.

Come on nix, 3 points please!

Brisbane's amazing 4-nil win over Adelaide last nights makes you feel a bit better about midweek, but still no excuse for a heartless display. Barbarouses is flying with this club, and hits home that RH is struggling, especially with Pav not travelling. He's gonna score a lot of goals for someone one day. 

Siggie off the bench @ 1-0 ahead after 10mins...PARK THE BUS TIME!!!

Watching the Roar beat Adelaide 4-0 with ten men for most of the second half had me thinking "At least we scored a goal".

Especially considering the flak they got end of last season (the great Brisbane exodus of payers), how bloody good are they?

In my opinion its all Kosta, fine job you Wellingtonians did training him up

When is the game NZ time? 9?

Its hard to fire up but I have

long balls up to mcallister that will come to nothing yey cant wait

99% sure it's at 9.

it's at 9

Ridiculously, Pav is not in the squad.

I don't really get it. Pav doesn't look like scoring but he always throws his body about and is at least a good option off the bench.

Does anyone know if he's away at a youth game or something? In the squad list it doesn't say he's injured or been left out. He's just not there at all.valeo2010-11-07 14:03:28

Bench Brown to get his hunger back as he looked lazy and slow on Wednesday night. Start Daniel and put Lia on the bench, I am a big fan but same as Brown he looked like half the player he normally does. Put three up front Ifill Bertos and Greenacre, Roja and Daniel in behind them, Elliot in front of the back four and of course WIN THE GAME!

That is all.

Don't think Brown lacks for 'hunger' to be honest - he's one of the few where I reckon you could never question his commitment. Just hasn't been the same since the injury. I think that maybe not being able to play for the All Whites at the WC affected him more than he'll admit.valeo2010-11-07 17:09:11

2-1 to perth

Agreed.Before the injury he was one of the players I was looking forward to seeing at the W.C. Would have killed it, Id say .

Today can't get much worse so I'm thinking a nix win 2-1