WPM R24 v Melbourne Victory | Fri 12th Apr | 7:00pm | RoF / Sky Sports 2

WTF was that corner?

Also I never thought I’d see the day when the Phoenix regularly would have 7 kiwis starting and a bench full of kiwis. Clubs come a long way.

We’ve expended so much energy here, with nothing to show for it. 

loyalgunner

Questionable decision making in the final third but we’re knocking at the door. You feel like it’ll come.

 
But at which end??

That MV front four is lethal. Sooner or later they are going to get some momentum and quite probably undo us. We've squandered some very good opportunities unfortunately.

Payne has to be careful here. He’s got himself caught out of position a couple of times and dived in a couple of times not getting the ball. 

Old’s been absolutely awful unfortunately. Weather can’t be good for his playstyle, but the ball’s getting away from him at every opportunity

Old has been the good news and the bad. 

Tbf 2 or 3 times he’s there on the left looking to cross and there are no runners in the box for him to find. And even though he’s broken away, Victory have got 3-4 defenders back. 

Though that shot was poor. Should perhaps have controlled it, but the conditions and the Victory making the transition difficult. 

I wonder what Van Hattum and Ball might have for us today. 

Fun to watch. Wasteful in front of Goal.
Chief will fix Old at halftime, next one is in.

Almost brilliant from Rufer.

Hugely entertaining game. We need to find that final pass quicker to open up their defence 

Oh my god test Izzo please 😭

SHOOT!!!

Our corners are as threatening as the average throw in. We do nothing with them. You’d almost rather the ref awarded a goal kick because if they take it long we may win the ball and do something with it.

Grrrr those floaty corners drive me nuts!

Mind you, no other types of corner are working so what the heck....

To be fair, Surman almost scored from one if it went literally anywhere either side of Izzo.

That's the most threatening our beachball corners have been.

No killer instinct in attack. Over playing, cutting back to enable cover, not picking runners. Frustrating 

YF sounds fantastic tonight.

SHOOT BALLY, AGH

I have not seen this many missed opportunities in a long time. And I am dreading the late goal to lose it, reallllly hope they finish their chances soon.

Rufer is pure magic. Who would have predicted this in 2020?

Rufer showing all the qualities we so desperately missed last week.

This game feels like it's been going for 4 hours 😵‍💫

We're fading a bit, time for a change up front asap

WhoStoleMySock

This game feels like it's been going for 4 hours 😵‍💫

 It really does, Nix should be 4 goals up at least but aren't and Victory haven't done anything....yet.

I wonder if missing zawada is the reason we’ve been so effective for long periods this season. But also the reason of why we can’t win the premiership. 

Geezus, almost binned it there

Yeah. THAT. It's bound to happen...

Oh Pennington FFS!

Oh fudge’s sake that’s his shoulder ref

Good shift from Kraev. A pity to see him go off, even if he is almost gassed.

Np

WhoStoleMySock

This game feels like it's been going for 4 hours 😵‍💫

 It really does, Nix should be 4 goals up at least but aren't and Victory haven't done anything....yet.

This game could be played for 8hrs and we still wouldn't score.

Could open up for either team soon

I hate to be negative, especially given we’re top of the league but we are so bad to watch. I can’t handle it.

We might *not score 

I’m starting to wonder if salas was the right option. He seems very intent of bring the victory into the game

I'm feeling like I would be happy for the point now. Realistically.

Something is about to happen, but might not happen. Story of this match really.

Hmm, I thought he got the ball...