WPM R26 vs Macarthur FC | Sat 29th April | 7:00pm | SS7
Underwhelming as all hell, but we got there.
Kraev looked lively when he came on which was promising. Zawada is obviously our talisman up top (should have at least got a double tonight though) and I think Sasse was very good in patches as well with some heads up and positive football - was a good outlet and found some good balls through to feet for our guys to get in behind them. Would like to see him take up a more central position or at least drift in centrally more frequently, because he at least looks a threat, whereas coming from wider he seems to drift out of matches for large periods.
Clean sheet is a positive and a confidence boost for our defence after being blown apart by teams in the run in.
Adelaide will be a whole different kettle of fish next week, and they'll be hurting after getting trounced by CCM last night too. But we've got our name in the mix, so I guess we've ultimately achieved what we set out to do at the start of the season.
pedestrian opposition with no players capable of opening (even) us up. so of course our back 5 with 2 holders were able to keep them out
terrible, anti-football attitude from us. it's a pity that we have resorted to this. it reflects poorly on the club
https://keepup.com.au/news/top-four-locked-in-mariners-secure-week-off-reds-wanderers-to-host-elimination-finals/
Against a decent team we would have been destroyed.
Lack of faith in players by the coach or the players in one another?
Sadly I agree.
Highly talented squad but boring to watch in recent weeks
pedestrian opposition with no players capable of opening (even) us up. so of course our back 5 with 2 holders were able to keep them out
terrible, anti-football attitude from us. it's a pity that we have resorted to this. it reflects poorly on the club
Driving home from the game and I’m fudgeing pumped for the playoffs. You know what, we were never going to pump MacArthur 4-0, but a team that’s out of form just kept a clean sheet and created chances. A month ago we’d be cheering Sail chewing up time or Pennington taking a shot in the guts to keep the opposition out.
We might not be the favourites against Adelaide but there will be 11 players with Phoenix badges on their chest who are 90 mins away from a home and away semi and I’ll take that any day.
Our team has legitimate things to address but ffs what value is there in getting on players’ backs right now? There’s four games for us to win the a-league and a whole off-season to fix the issues.
Coyn!
From here it’s about getting results however we can. A home final would be nice.
And thought it was much better to see players make a lot of tackles and get mad at each other when there was miscommunication or mistakes. Much better than the slumped shoulders of last week.
I thought Ugargovic was very good last night, he’s one of the few players who constantly performs. Not sure who fills the Ugargovic/Lewis gap in the next season. Both are very tidy midfielders.
I'm not even sure that he's been out of form. He looks our most dangerous player every time I see him play.
Not sure what Talay is not seeing in him. Maybe he's fallen out of favour.
And consistently starting Barbarouses as well now. It's truly baffling.
Not sure what’s Zawada xG is, but he’s still one of our top ever strikers.
Zawada scores every 133 min
Burns(14/15) 161 min
Krishna (18/19) 120min
Brockie (12/13) 131 min
Sometimes he only had one chance and he buried it. If he scores the same a mount of goals next year, he will be for sure the all time greatest strikers. Zawada may need only one chance on Friday to kill Adelaide, we don’t know yet what he’s capable of under maximum pressure.
It could be a night of legends, I’m talking to you David Ball :-)
If he keeps pushing like he is and keeps getting game time then there's every chance he'll be better next season.
If he keeps pushing like he is and keeps getting game time then there's every chance he'll be better next season.
If he keeps pushing like he is and keeps getting game time then there's every chance he'll be better next season.
If he keeps pushing like he is and keeps getting game time then there's every chance he'll be better next season.
That is the excuse for people who don’t want to put the effort in.
Was a honour watching #MACvWEL with these lunatics last night in the rain! Many thanks to @cornerofyellow @WgtnPhoenixMelb for all you do! Esp @Clarke_NZL who gave me a poncho so I didn't soak thru ... pic.twitter.com/zLwuPXmiEo
— David Dome (@Domestar) April 30, 2023
Was a honour watching #MACvWEL with these lunatics last night in the rain! Many thanks to @cornerofyellow @WgtnPhoenixMelb for all you do! Esp @Clarke_NZL who gave me a poncho so I didn't soak thru ... pic.twitter.com/zLwuPXmiEo
— David Dome (@Domestar) April 30, 2023
Was a honour watching #MACvWEL with these lunatics last night in the rain! Many thanks to @cornerofyellow @WgtnPhoenixMelb for all you do! Esp @Clarke_NZL who gave me a poncho so I didn't soak thru ... pic.twitter.com/zLwuPXmiEo
— David Dome (@Domestar) April 30, 2023
I always assumed he is at the stadium with us during games.
Was a honour watching #MACvWEL with these lunatics last night in the rain! Many thanks to @cornerofyellow @WgtnPhoenixMelb for all you do! Esp @Clarke_NZL who gave me a poncho so I didn't soak thru ... pic.twitter.com/zLwuPXmiEo
— David Dome (@Domestar) April 30, 2023
I always assumed he is at the stadium with us during games.
If he keeps pushing like he is and keeps getting game time then there's every chance he'll be better next season.