Am I crazy? I know that both Kosta & Rufer had their moments, and you can see their quality and how important they are to our team, but they were both very rusty and wasteful. Did nobody else notice this?
And Kosta wasn't that far away from getting a touch on the ball before the keeper clattered into him, and if he had it'd have been a stonewall pen. But he didn't so it was just a coming together.
And Kosta wasn't that far away from getting a touch on the ball before the keeper clattered into him, and if he had it'd have been a stonewall pen. But he didn't so it was just a coming together.
Expected more out of Nagasawa and Ishige tried hard but quality was lacking.
I thought Olawayemi was horrendous. He barely looked like a pro keeper, didn't claim one ball, stayed on his line, punched everything, didn't even get close to saving the shot and was too scared to play out from the back half the game. Really shows how good Paulsen was, and imo will be the biggest reason we don't do as well this season.
Other than that, a lot of positives with the young kids - Walker was outstanding, and I thought Hughes, Sheridan and Conchie did a decent job too. Conchie has a bit of something about him on the ball, but not quite good enough off it yet.
I think with the team we put out, we played some good stuff and I'm not that worried. We pretty much always start slow and never win our first game, so this is nothing new.