WPM R6 vs CCM | Tue 5th April | 9:05pm | SS7

What's worse, I am unable to find the usual stream from Isuzu Ute A-League live on the You Tube channel via VPN that served me well till now.  Spent all of the first half reading the carpings of you lot instead.   

Fenton can fudge off

Mainland FC

What's worse, I am unable to find the usual stream from Isuzu Ute A-League live on the You Tube channel via VPN that served me well till now.  Spent all of the first half reading the carpings of you lot instead.   

Good to see some heavy traffic on the match thread though!

I feel our game would be better if someone had crunched Nkololo a couple of times in that first half. Uffie would’ve!

Is VAR not working?

Oh Louis, that was terrible...

That seemed softer than fudgeing soft

Two of the softest penalties you’ll see. Player going down before the challenge, sod all contact. 

Frankie Mac

Is VAR not working?

Brushed his knee, some cod would give it. 

Outpost

Mainland FC

What's worse, I am unable to find the usual stream from Isuzu Ute A-League live on the You Tube channel via VPN that served me well till now.  Spent all of the first half reading the carpings of you lot instead.   

Good to see some heavy traffic on the match thread though!

..... On second thought....

martinb

Two of the softest penalties you’ll see. Player going down before the challenge, sod all contact. 

Maybe but as soon as you chuck a leg out backwards like that you are just asking for the attacking player to take advantage. He has looked really uncomfortable on the left side all night.

9 goals we haven't been able to answer back to in less than 2 hours of our most recent football.

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

earliest subs from Uffie in an age!

Rock Hopper

9 goals we haven't been able to answer back to in less than 2 hours of our most recent football.

Jesus don't being facts into it.

They are rough enough watches without thinking about the numbers.

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

theprof

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

 I really miss Taylor.

Sotirio and Wayne fancy some goals here, Reno and Sandoval on to help them

I guess while we've still got a few games in hand there is still plenty of hope.......

Bananas

theprof

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

 I really miss Taylor.

Maybe for the flamboyant Taylor personality and leadership, but in terms of football presence I am happy to give Wootton another season to grow into the role. He seems to be playing second fiddle to Payne a bit, and I would not expect Payne to be a better footballer but maybe he has more of a personality that comes out on the field. Just my own observation.

Jaysus infected Olli Sail.

We are shark. Heavily losing to a team we would normally control easily.

Don't think I rate Sail as a captain.

Mainland FC

Bananas

theprof

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

 I really miss Taylor.

Maybe for the flamboyant Taylor personality and leadership, but in terms of football presence I am happy to give Wootton another season to grow into the role. He seems to be playing second fiddle to Payne a bit, and I would not expect Payne to be a better footballer but maybe he has more of a personality that comes out on the field. Just my own observation.

Taylor and Wootton would've been dreamy.

Mainland FC

Bananas

theprof

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

 I really miss Taylor.

Maybe for the flamboyant Taylor personality and leadership, but in terms of football presence I am happy to give Wootton another season to grow into the role. He seems to be playing second fiddle to Payne a bit, and I would not expect Payne to be a better footballer but maybe he has more of a personality that comes out on the field. Just my own observation.

Wotton is no leader on the pitch. He needs a Taylor to tell him what to do 

Marto

We are shark. Heavily losing to a team we would normally control easily.

Don't think I rate Sail as a captain.

Well, it seems at present we would lose to any team, whether CCM or Melbourne City, and it won't get better till we get our act together.  We are losing it in the midfield, everything else follows.  So it could be the loss of Rufer and Lewis combo indeed.

Can't see anyone but us diehards turning up to watch the team come home with our current form (0-10).

How is Wooton getting the blame... he is the last line of defence. CCM are walking through our middle and our backline has been left to scramble all night.

We have no middle atm.

Marto

Mainland FC

Bananas

theprof

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

 I really miss Taylor.

Maybe for the flamboyant Taylor personality and leadership, but in terms of football presence I am happy to give Wootton another season to grow into the role. He seems to be playing second fiddle to Payne a bit, and I would not expect Payne to be a better footballer but maybe he has more of a personality that comes out on the field. Just my own observation.

Wotton is no leader on the pitch. He needs a Taylor to tell him what to do 

that leadership of the team and  especially leadership in the defence is what i miss.

But yea totally agree it will he good to see Wotton grow but we have missed Taylors leadership real bad at times.

Wondering how this game might have gone with Payne at RB…Still up against it probably.

Marto

Mainland FC

Bananas

theprof

siac

So do we all agree we miss Rufer?

as much as I hate to say it, we miss he and Lewis.

 I really miss Taylor.

Maybe for the flamboyant Taylor personality and leadership, but in terms of football presence I am happy to give Wootton another season to grow into the role. He seems to be playing second fiddle to Payne a bit, and I would not expect Payne to be a better footballer but maybe he has more of a personality that comes out on the field. Just my own observation.

Wotton is no leader on the pitch. He needs a Taylor to tell him what to do 

Think they signed Wooton on multi year far to soon. We are the worst defending team in the league. Doesn't say much.

MetalLegNZ

How is Wooton getting the blame... he is the last line of defence. CCM are walking through our middle and our backline has been left to scramble all night.

We have no middle atm.

dont think anyone is blaming him, just wishing Taylor was in the centre with him meaning Payne could be a RB.
its a shame we have no LB with Sutton covering the injured midfield.

Also without Piscopo and Sotirio we've lost the quick outlet players and the guys who make it riskier for opposition to press and commit forward.  Add to that, with Sutton coming inside to fill gaps, we've lost our other best outlet. I mean, it all adds up. Hard to compensate for Piscopo, Sotirio, Rufer, Lewis all missing. It was a pretty good effort that we were still good enough to grab those two wins.

Mainland FC

Marto

We are shark. Heavily losing to a team we would normally control easily.

Don't think I rate Sail as a captain.

 Well, it seems at present we would lose to any team, whether CCM or Melbourne City, and it woun't get better till we get our act together.  We are losing it in the midfield, everything else follows.  So it could be the loss of Rufer and Lewis combo indeed.



We’ve lost half a team or more and replaced them with guys out of position or without much experience. We’re missing two or three central midfield players. Sutton filled in for a game, but it’s unfair to blame Louis for not being Sutton or McGarry. 
Louis is our replacement RB, who can do some minutes at LB. 

Just pathetic. Embarrassing.

It’s grim, no two ways about it. 

Goodbye finals football.

11 goals in two games. We are shark. Ollie should have prevented the last one.

martinb

We’ve lost half a team or more and replaced them with guys out of position or without much experience. We’re missing two or three central midfield players. Sutton filled in for a game, but it’s unfair to blame Louis for not being Sutton or McGarry. 
Louis is our replacement RB, who can do some minutes at LB. 

Yes but it was a good opportunity for others to step up. Which they have not. 

Marto

11 goals in two games. We are shark. Ollie should have prevented the last one.

 
What? He saved it. After their man was completely unmarked to have a free shot on goal. The defenders stood and watched as he took another shot this time in the goal.

nufc_nz

Marto

11 goals in two games. We are shark. Ollie should have prevented the last one.

 
What? He saved it. After their man was completely unmarked to have a free shot on goal. The defenders stood and watched as he took another shot this time in the goal.

true he saved the first shot but he did not control it well, letting it fall to the feet of the opposition.

At the end of the day, we were poor across the park for 180 mins of football.  Too many of our defenders are converted midfielders and it shows (Elliott, Laws, Fenton, McGarry, Payne, Sutton).