Wellington Phoenix vs Perth Glory

Good news - Dadi certain to play 

You tell him he's on the left, draw a picture, wind him up and let him go....

I thought Manny might be a left back option but then he's been bloody good where he is, so leave him.

Siggy, McKain, Durante and Hearfield in the backline = friggin solid. Sounds great to me
Royal2010-01-19 08:52:03

No problems with Siggy at RB. He's been out for quite a while now so he will be fired up to make an impact. being slightly more defensive away to Perth is not a bad idea. If it does not work then it can be changed against Melbourne.

My only concern is Siggy's lack of pace - he was brutally exposed in one game earlier this season IIRC.

I just think beating Adelaide is key- we can't really count on our away form. I'd hope for a win in Perth tbh, not so sure about anything from Melbourne but you never know. Backline could be interesting, I think that should be all good but certainly dangerous from Ricki not to put Manny back there.

 

With Manny on the field, we can always alter things during the game, and move McKain into the midfield if things look bad.

I think its the best choice, although I first thought of Muscat just dropping back.
Guess Ricki wants to keep his winning formation. Otherwise I would have just brought Greenacre in and Dropped Muscat back to LB.

But good call and agree that we need to be quite solid at the back for these games

Midnight kickoff.....finishes at 2.am NZST

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My concern precisely.

Couldn't Hearfield stay on the right and Muscat go into the left-back position with McKain covering Muscat's DM role and Siggy coming in for McKain? 

How much pace does Perth have up front these days?  A season or two ago Rukavysta or however you spell his name was a massive threat on the break, but I'd say Siggy has enough positional awareness to keep anyone under tabs.  He's hardly a disco troy going foward but I'm okay with him hanging back for an away game in Perth.

And against Melbourne?

Don't care what anyone says - Lochy is a huge, huge loss. A big part of why we have been playing well is because the fullbacks have been given license to get forward as we have had Manny covering them when they do.

And if I remember right, Siggy was burnt by Brosque, who would probably skin most defenders in the league for pace, maybe even Disco

Didn't realise that Perth was playing tonight. Could that work in our favour, bit of a tight turn-around for Perth, levelling up the usual jet-lag of the visiting teams?

I see Sky have relegated all of this weekend's A-League games to Sky3.  Makes ya wonder, why bother with HD.

So far I think everyone's been saying the same sort of thing.  Definitely one of the harder positions to cover with our current squad IMO

I'm only worried that Siggy isn't exactly a player with a forward mentality. Although, it was his break which eventuated in the corner kick in the 1-0 game vs Bahrain. But let's face it: he won't go as forward as Hearfield, or even Manny would at RB. If to this you add that Disco Boy will be playing at LB and might not be as confident as at RB, then there is a chance that we won't be doing much pushing from the back - which Ricky seems to want, a lot.
This being said, we will probably be just as good in the defensive phase, as Siggy is probably better at covering than Lochy.

Let's hope we turn in a massive performance and get 3 points! Although I'd be happy with a win and a draw or even 2 draws from the next 2 massive games.

my prediction for the next 3 games.

vs Perth: close win
vs Melbourne: scoring draw
vs Adelaide: convincing win

For Premier League and the Australian Open.

Lochhead out !!!!!!!

oh, happy days !!!(OH, HAPPY DAY-AY-AYS !!!) oh, happy days !!! etc.....

we WILL WIN !

if we do win, it won't be because we're without him.

The rest will do the world of good for him, he's been playing the full 90 week in week out since July.

  (unless you are joking)

 

Do we change our formation? Three CDs at the back? Lochy, love him or hate him, is the best LB we've got.

why is lochead out? injured?

mulligan for leftback perhaps?

yes it will.

I had a dream. A dream where we played quality football. A dream where no one ran to the sideline only to kick the ball out with no opposition near him. A dream where the left back actually played a good game.

I woke up and realised the match day squad was without one, T.Lochhead.   
 
oh happy days !! OH HAPPY DAY-AY-AYS !! ohhhhhhhhh HA-PP-YYYYY DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS !

trust me, this is a blessing in disguise.

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Lives up to current title with that