What a start from Greenie, 4 games unbeaten, 3 straight wins. I knew Chiefy and his philosophy were the problem, and our players are capable of more. Getting really close to making the top 6 now. It's all on!
WPM R23 @ Melbourne Victory | Sun 5th Apr | 5:00pm | Sky Sport 3
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Procrastinixing wrote:brookem wrote:I was having kittens for the last 10 minutes.
I'll take that! Now the game is over can say I was so so nervous the more the commentators were talking and as it went on. But honestly I'll take that win!
I had to result to standing up (was watching in my room) in the middle of having dinner but I couldn't help but stand up. Would've paced if I wasn't having dinner. I was so stressed
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Games to come:
Macarthur 31
V Perth, Adelaide, Nix
City 29
V CCM, Nix, Brisbane, Adelaide
CCM 28
V City, Brisbane, AFC, Jets
Nix 30
V City, WSW, Macarthur
If we win our three games then only CCM can beat us to 6th. And they'd need to win all four.
A big ask. But also anybody can take points off anybody. Every side in contention has tough games. And CCM, City, Macarthur and Nix have games vs each other. Starting with midweek after Easter, City v CCM and then Nix v City next weekend. Jets, AFC, Adelaide all have matches vs the 6th place contenders and could be spoilers.
Who knows, but the lads are in with a shot.
Macarthur 31
V Perth, Adelaide, Nix
City 29
V CCM, Nix, Brisbane, Adelaide
CCM 28
V City, Brisbane, AFC, Jets
Nix 30
V City, WSW, Macarthur
If we win our three games then only CCM can beat us to 6th. And they'd need to win all four.
A big ask. But also anybody can take points off anybody. Every side in contention has tough games. And CCM, City, Macarthur and Nix have games vs each other. Starting with midweek after Easter, City v CCM and then Nix v City next weekend. Jets, AFC, Adelaide all have matches vs the 6th place contenders and could be spoilers.
Who knows, but the lads are in with a shot.
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Greenie has a good bargaining chip for contract negotiations if he takes us to the top 6....
I say tackle him in the face.
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ballane wrote:Alf Tupper wrote:Agree going to be so PO if the rumors are true and the club let him go without a wimper
Excellent all round. Particularly pleased for Alex Rufer - those who knock him need to give themselves an uppercut. And Oluweyemi looking more and more solid.
Eze - in my mind as good as we've ever had up front. 00
Mate there's 0 chance Eze stays, that was probably decided by him and his management weeks ago and I can hardly blame him.
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Procrastinixing wrote:
Greenie post match said team were heading back to Wellington and not staying in Melbourne. He also said Singh should be back training as well as Walker and Cassidy. I am curious to know where Mileusnic has disappeared to.
Bloke had played less than 90 minutes the entire season. We could probably get away with leaving him back in Australia at this point...
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valeo wrote:ballane wrote:Mate there's 0 chance Eze stays, that was probably decided by him and his management weeks ago and I can hardly blame him.Alf Tupper wrote:Agree going to be so PO if the rumors are true and the club let him go without a wimper
Excellent all round. Particularly pleased for Alex Rufer - those who knock him need to give themselves an uppercut. And Oluweyemi looking more and more solid.
Eze - in my mind as good as we've ever had up front. 00
He’s talking about Rufer. Think ballane has been very clear he knows Eze is offski, despite us all hoping the opposite 😂
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valeo wrote:ballane wrote:Mate there's 0 chance Eze stays, that was probably decided by him and his management weeks ago and I can hardly blame him.Alf Tupper wrote:Agree going to be so PO if the rumors are true and the club let him go without a wimper
Excellent all round. Particularly pleased for Alex Rufer - those who knock him need to give themselves an uppercut. And Oluweyemi looking more and more solid.
Eze - in my mind as good as we've ever had up front. 00
I wasnt refering to Eze aware he is as good as gone.
Its Rufer im talking about rumour doing the rounds is the club havnt even put an offer in front of him for next season. Friggen criminal if true given the numbers off contract its looking like a massive rebuild job. Hope they arnt going to fill the squad for our 20th season with Academy players
Its Rufer im talking about rumour doing the rounds is the club havnt even put an offer in front of him for next season. Friggen criminal if true given the numbers off contract its looking like a massive rebuild job. Hope they arnt going to fill the squad for our 20th season with Academy players
GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS
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I just watched a replay of the game. When Piper hit the bar from a corner, a Melbourne Victory play had his arms around Piper's neck and then he dragged Piper to the ground. Surely a penalty but no it seems anything goes at corners. If that was Rugby, the Victory player would get a red for a head high tackle.
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YoungHeartHM wrote:Procrastinixing wrote:Bloke had played less than 90 minutes the entire season. We could probably get away with leaving him back in Australia at this point...
Greenie post match said team were heading back to Wellington and not staying in Melbourne. He also said Singh should be back training as well as Walker and Cassidy. I am curious to know where Mileusnic has disappeared to.
It’s a pity. I thought that he’d put in honest shifts for us each time he played. Won that pen that James missed.
Deserves better, but I guess that’s football. Armiento can’t feel he’s done too much wrong either, but Greenie’s the gaffer now and we can’t argue with the result today!
Deserves better, but I guess that’s football. Armiento can’t feel he’s done too much wrong either, but Greenie’s the gaffer now and we can’t argue with the result today!
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whatever-11456-1 wrote:
I just watched a replay of the game. When Piper hit the bar from a corner, a Melbourne Victory play had his arms around Piper's neck and then he dragged Piper to the ground. Surely a penalty but no it seems anything goes at corners. If that was Rugby, the Victory player would get a red for a head high tackle.
They had arms around our necks several times.
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WanderingSheep wrote:valeo wrote:He’s talking about Rufer. Think ballane has been very clear he knows Eze is offski, despite us all hoping the opposite 😂ballane wrote:Mate there's 0 chance Eze stays, that was probably decided by him and his management weeks ago and I can hardly blame him.Alf Tupper wrote:Agree going to be so PO if the rumors are true and the club let him go without a wimper
Excellent all round. Particularly pleased for Alex Rufer - those who knock him need to give themselves an uppercut. And Oluweyemi looking more and more solid.
Eze - in my mind as good as we've ever had up front. 00
Out of interest, where do you think Eze would best suited? While having some strong talents, he is also technically limited.
K-League, China J-League even (as a player of contrast)?
K-League, China J-League even (as a player of contrast)?
I know, I know, its serious!
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Fenix wrote:
Josh was great. Assured performance.
Shame for LBS, he did brilliantly to create the chance he then missed.
Armiento with an immediate contribution leading up to the goal.
Certainly the best watch all season never mind the result.
I am so over refs allowing holding and allowing players to be just charged .
Yeah I just saw that first Piper volley miss and the Victory defender was all over him, arm around neck and pulling hard - undoubtedly affected Pier's shot - surely a penalty every day of the week! Anyone else but Piper or Eze would have dived. Unbeleivable how the VAR didn't notify the ref there was something to look at.
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ballane wrote:valeo wrote:I wasnt refering to Eze aware he is as good as gone.ballane wrote:Mate there's 0 chance Eze stays, that was probably decided by him and his management weeks ago and I can hardly blame him.Alf Tupper wrote:Agree going to be so PO if the rumors are true and the club let him go without a wimper
Excellent all round. Particularly pleased for Alex Rufer - those who knock him need to give themselves an uppercut. And Oluweyemi looking more and more solid.
Eze - in my mind as good as we've ever had up front. 00
Its Rufer im talking about rumour doing the rounds is the club havnt even put an offer in front of him for next season. Friggen criminal if true given the numbers off contract its looking like a massive rebuild job. Hope they arnt going to fill the squad for our 20th season with Academy players
If we haven't even bothered then that's insane - my guess is Rufer just wants something different at this stage in his career and there's not much else we can do
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Turfmoore wrote:WanderingSheep wrote:Out of interest, where do you think Eze would best suited? While having some strong talents, he is also technically limited.valeo wrote:He’s talking about Rufer. Think ballane has been very clear he knows Eze is offski, despite us all hoping the opposite 😂ballane wrote:Mate there's 0 chance Eze stays, that was probably decided by him and his management weeks ago and I can hardly blame him.Alf Tupper wrote:Agree going to be so PO if the rumors are true and the club let him go without a wimper
Excellent all round. Particularly pleased for Alex Rufer - those who knock him need to give themselves an uppercut. And Oluweyemi looking more and more solid.
Eze - in my mind as good as we've ever had up front. 00
K-League, China J-League even (as a player of contrast)?
His stated goal is Europe, Scotland would make sense considering their ALM obsession.
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Just finished watching a replay.
Going into the game I woilda been very happy with a draw, but as that game went on I was gonna feel robbed without a win as we looked the best squad. I knew a win for either team was gonna come down to one moment. Thank the lord Nixie it was our moment.
Come on you Nix. Let's have finals football dor both squads!!!!
Going into the game I woilda been very happy with a draw, but as that game went on I was gonna feel robbed without a win as we looked the best squad. I knew a win for either team was gonna come down to one moment. Thank the lord Nixie it was our moment.
Come on you Nix. Let's have finals football dor both squads!!!!
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Greenie has done it with hardly any backroom staff compared to the other clubs. I will put my hand up and say I wasn't convinced with giving him the interim job. Still a ways to go but he is winning me over. Hard to argue with 4 games unbeaten.
Hopefully the club can get another visit from Ifill during the week too, I'm sure he provided some robust advice and inspiration. I also hope the womens team are an inspiration of sorts for them too.
Hopefully the club can get another visit from Ifill during the week too, I'm sure he provided some robust advice and inspiration. I also hope the womens team are an inspiration of sorts for them too.
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I thought it was a stunning performance for us and reminded me of the Nix of old. Nerves of steel in defence.
Makes you wonder why Italiano lost the plot in the first place, since these are largely the same players, just different gaffer.
The closer to the final whistle we got the more I was worried Victory players would milk a penalty call in the box, but it never came. Conversely, I thought we could have had a good claim for more then one ourselves but the VAR did not even blink.
When was it last time that we could complain that the Nix were wasteful in front of an open goal? But I will not complain if we win against a top four team from an excellent volley like that.
Makes you wonder why Italiano lost the plot in the first place, since these are largely the same players, just different gaffer.
The closer to the final whistle we got the more I was worried Victory players would milk a penalty call in the box, but it never came. Conversely, I thought we could have had a good claim for more then one ourselves but the VAR did not even blink.
When was it last time that we could complain that the Nix were wasteful in front of an open goal? But I will not complain if we win against a top four team from an excellent volley like that.
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