Let's not too hung up on 1 game preseason. We have key players not playing or ready yet. The transfers have come in late and a few who will probably be starters haven't even trained with the squad yet and others have had only had a handful of sessions.
Bidois and Raffa will need to get an understanding and given one has been in a moon boot and the other just arrived (relatively) they have hardly had an opportunity to gel. There a lot to like about piper but would be surprised if he ends up with north of 5 goals.
The Duke and Kazu can be good providers but will need the top 2 to produce the end product. Until these 2 have had a chance to train and play together we can't judge how the season will look. Hopefully this starts soon.
In defence Hughes is injured and LKH was a late withdrawal so again we're missing some quality at the back.
So let's not get too many worried the WSW result. Football is a funny old game and if Piper and Raffa had taken their early chances yesterday we could have been 2 nil up at the break and playing with confidence. If we had won that game wed all been cheering from the rafters and looking forward to a 3 nil win in the 1st derby.
Let's steady the ship and see how the team performs when everyone is fit and on board and actually spent some time together.
Bidois and Raffa will need to get an understanding and given one has been in a moon boot and the other just arrived (relatively) they have hardly had an opportunity to gel. There a lot to like about piper but would be surprised if he ends up with north of 5 goals.
The Duke and Kazu can be good providers but will need the top 2 to produce the end product. Until these 2 have had a chance to train and play together we can't judge how the season will look. Hopefully this starts soon.
In defence Hughes is injured and LKH was a late withdrawal so again we're missing some quality at the back.
So let's not get too many worried the WSW result. Football is a funny old game and if Piper and Raffa had taken their early chances yesterday we could have been 2 nil up at the break and playing with confidence. If we had won that game wed all been cheering from the rafters and looking forward to a 3 nil win in the 1st derby.
Let's steady the ship and see how the team performs when everyone is fit and on board and actually spent some time together.