WPM R25 vs Western Sydney Wanderers | Fri 21st April | 9:45pm | SS2

The contrast of intent is night and day, look at their players not only reacting but taking initiative and looking hungry to do something. 

they say yan sasse is amazing at training!
he's playing against these guys!

theprof

2 very soft goals, defensively just ball watching. Can't blame it on tactics or coaching, just poor execution of the basics.

WSW just seem to have so much space in the centre of the park, Lewis and Ugarkovic are almost allowing the WSW midfield to sit between them and the defence.

 
Said the same thing to my brother in law. Players that are leaving are some of the worst culprits tonight. 

You've got to feel sorry for Zawada at this point. Excellent effort, consistent as all hell, excellent season from him all round to be fair. 

He's been carrying this team for months.

Fark, some football from us!

YoungHeartHM

You've got to feel sorry for Zawada at this point. Excellent effort, consistent as all hell, excellent season from him all round to be fair. 

He's been carrying this team for months.

our other imports aren't up to it. he's an absolute star

when we get in good positions = WSW goal kick
When they get in good positions = NIX kick off

Kraev not getting close there just a sign it's not going to be our night. Problem it never does seem to be our night as of late.

WanderingSheep

theprof

2 very soft goals, defensively just ball watching. Can't blame it on tactics or coaching, just poor execution of the basics.

WSW just seem to have so much space in the centre of the park, Lewis and Ugarkovic are almost allowing the WSW midfield to sit between them and the defence.

 
Said the same thing to my brother in law. Players that are leaving are some of the worst culprits tonight. 

the good thing about the camera angle is that you can see who's putting it in and who isn't

kwlap

are we trying for the spoon?

Would be about the only thing we're trying for so far this evening.

Second best to everything tonight. This game is not even close.

It should be about 4-0 already.

This is the first men’s game I’ve watched this season…. What is this shark? Even before the second goal. Pointless possession not creating anything. No support for the forwards. Who can’t stay on side either- like 5-6m offside isn’t even close to being onside. The centre backs just need to put their foot through the ball sometimes and clear it. The first goal was pathetic. And the second goal was a ridiculous give away. Then no reaction or fury from his team mates??? Where is the passion? Do they have a captain on the field?? And I read people giving Sail shark about his performances. They could be 4 down without his reflex saves. When out of possession there’s absolutely no intensity to try and win the ball or pressure the opponent even when they get well inside our own half. Very Lame. Would rather watch the aggression of Barry and endeavour of Foster and Wisnewski than this crap. 

Have we had a bloody shot on target?

What’s happened to Kraev? 

Have we literally flown into Sydney this arvo? We look lethargic and disinterested.

WTF is going on? We need points ffs

martinb

What’s happened to Kraev? 

 
He’s trying too hard I feel, confidence seems shot

All eleven players walking off at distance from each other, individually. Dejected. Nobody yarning with any of their team mates. Very telling.

Bananas

Have we had a bloody shot on target?

No

I'm going to bed now, not because we are two nil down, but because if the players don't want to put in any effort on the pitch I certainly don't want to put in any effort to stay up late.

Sub Laws and Rufer on please. Tell Sasse he has 10 min to do something useful

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

Sub Laws and Rufer on please. Tell Sasse he has 10 min to do something useful

 
Mauragis for Sutton and tell him to bomb forward at all cost.

Payne is back on the pitch?

no changes that I can see

theprof

no changes that I can see

just tactical. ball's defending at CM, the wide guys are picking up the full backs
in the first half, ball and zawada were splitting the wsw back 4

Generous ratings across the board. Not sure what Sasse has done to be sitting at 7.

Back 4 feel like they should be all in the 5-5.5 range. Elliot has been alright to be fair, but they haven't tested the right hand side anywhere near as much as Sutton's.

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Kosta for Kraev.

theprof

Kosta for Kraev.

Great, more shots off target. 

YoungHeartHM

Generous ratings across the board. Not sure what Sasse has done to be sitting at 7.

Back 4 feel like they should be all in the 5-5.5 range. Elliot has been alright to be fair, but they haven't tested the right hand side anywhere near as much as Sutton's.

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Sasse has made as many tackles as the back four combined and hit his passes with pace, some even forward. 
Gives the ball to players facing forward.

Zawada the only guy playing for the badge. Get Rufer on, at least he cares about this club.

Maybe we’ve almost got off the plane?

wsw have dropped the tempo

and we've gone to 4-5-1 to try to get a foothold. at least we're not getting done any more

zawada still manages to look so dangerous eh!?

Two great deliveries for him there- unfortunately the best he’s been defended outside Kaltak.

what a goal!

good lord, we make it so easy for them.
who the hell was Kosta marking? Sitting on the outside of his man, Sutton nowhere to be seen.

high, flat and slow. Not the combo you associate with an effective press... and we are giving a fine example of that tonight

He burned four players.

nothing we do going forward finds an attacking player and as soon as we lose it we watch them attack.

number8

He burned four players.

he sure did, then when we attacked, he cut off our runners like we should have done to him. kosta being done at both ends by a rookie (a bloody good rookie)

Kosta is all reputation these days - he is a shadow of the player he was at Victory and Sydney. Has offered us nothing.

This is god awful!
I'll never give up on this club but it's pretty clear some of these players already have.

sasse cannot receieva a pass. he has so many good ingredients, but somehow has no technique!

reg22

sasse cannot receieva a pass. he has so many good ingredients, but somehow has no technique!

doesnt help when you've got your defender climbing all over you.