Yellow Fury vs NQ Fury (Match Fred)

OK. Kids are off to bed, I've had a few hours to reflect on the game, had dinner and a nice hot cocoa, feeling calm now.

F#ck, f#ck, f#ck, f#ck, f#ck, f#ck, f#ck, f#ck, f#ck, F#CK!

That's all I want to say.

The way it was going in the second half, it almost resembled pinball. Especially on their attacks.

That's summed it up very succinctly Junior82 - perfect!  Also I've just realised that's the first time I've laughed since the awful moment when "that" goal went in!

good bye 3 more points. good by top 6.

if we don't win next week - we can kiss the finals good bye.

Should have won.
I said to myself after the third Sub, this is a big mistake. Unless it was injuries then Riki blew it again by making bad decisions.

update : FT Perth 4-2 Bris.......

tbh, i don't know why the f**k Ricki put Hearfield at right back in stead of Lia when Muscat came off.

the thing is - it's the supporters that gets hurt the most. The players know there will be a big paycheck waiting for them next week, so it softens the blow.

did you know Durante earns a reported $240k a year ?

Dont care how you want to put a spin on it,that was sh*t.Around us the further we got into the 2nd half many seemed to be getting nervous.Forget the unbeaten run at home as its no use at all if some them arnt wins.Yet again we gift a point to lesser opposition.Not sure i have left after a game feeling as gutted as today.Its about time our guys realised Greenacre isnt 6ft6.

That could quite possibly be the dumbest comment I've seen on here amongst several pages of utter crap.
Quite frankly if you were put in a room with the players it would not be pretty
I'd imagine with your intelligence that you earn $24k
Royal2009-09-20 21:06:41

how much do you wanna bet it will be all smiles at training tomorrow ???????

yep.

We put in a lot of good crosses in that game. We have been generally better this season at crossing. Ifill sure helps with this part of the game. Bertos has been putting dangerous balls also, though every game he does have one that he completely mish*ts.

Agreed. Numpty comment. Chin up lads and ladies. It is coming - just have confidence. But I do get a squeaky bum every time we are faced with a free kick or corner as our defending from set pieces fails to inspire a huge amount of confidence.

i can hear Herbert laughing while buying the round as we speak.

Mate, I know you're not serious but still. Steve-O annoys me just as much as the next man but I've lost two friends to depression and I'm sure many other people in this country wouldn't enjoy seeing someone suggest to another human that they should take their own life. In short, pull your head in.
I think that sort of thing is far more ban stick worthy than sack Rikki and dump Paston.


On a lighter note I have the solution, I have been to one game this season and that was the win over Perth.
The last three games I attended were:
That 2-1 with that Bertos goal
The 3-0 win over the jets when Leo scored from a little closer
The 2-1 win against the tards when Judas got that goal, we saw Fred after we asked where our Fred was at (those two chants alone are reason to bring him back)


I was also along for the Beckham weekend double header but I am going to ignore those games because one was an exhibition match and the other does not support my point.

Thanks to airline pricewars I am already booked in for the following games:
Oct 25 VS Judas and the gang     
Nov 4 VS Jets
Nov 8 VS Glolry
Dec 4 VS Tards

If anyone is interested I will set up a fund to help get me to more games, all contributions welcome.
I'm sure Tony P stays well away from the match threads but if you are reading this Tony, let's talk flights :)

i second that.

Of all the things you can say about Herbert you cannot question his passion for the team. I'm sure he will be genuinely Gutted that the Nix drew!

Yeh - surprised Lia didn't go to RB.  Brown to DM.  Caceres on to play CM.

Those saying top six is gone.  No way.  20 games to go and there is not a side we've played that we couldn't beat.  just a wee bit more finish and a wee bit more 90mins

and the day it falls for us we are going to score 4

I'm finding it hard to remain positive but at least the phoenix are closer to the top of the table than what they where last week!

 

Honestly, there is a need to readjust our attacking tactics. But not by much.

We are putting plenty of balls into the ball from crosses but as it mentioned, it is easier for the defence to sort that attack because it was predictable. Only by getting to the byline and getting behind the defence line and peeling back the ball would increase the goal scoring chances, tho. Which is what we are doing more in one game than the whole last season which is something that I had recommended to improve at the end of last season. I feel we have varied our attack from the wide sufficiently as I have again recommend and happy that we have improved on. But we have gone too predictable to the wide attack and need some work to be done in the central attack. We are giving them more defence presence in the centre making it tough for Greenacre.

In order to get Greenacre into the game and him attacking right in front of the goal we have to move the ball through the centre of the park (even pass the centre circle of the park if we have too) and hereby enable us to have options to attack to the either side or straight through the centre.

We still attack along the line and stay to the same side of the field too often/too long, making the hard work harder and the crossing tougher when we do get shut down. That too has to be mixed up. It is noticable that when it was tougher, we had to pass to safety right back to Paston. I don't have a problem with that as safe possession is key but we need someone to be available in the centre midfield more so they can chose to either switching the ball to the other side, or to switch back to the same side or chose a centre attack with Greenacre.

In some of the tight short passing, we couldn't shift the ball across to the other side and was stuck on the same side. We need to move the ball into the larger space (which happens to be the other side). A player has to turn to face the other sideline and move the ball to space which is against the less numbered defence which can also enables creative variety. It hasn't been use enough times.

So basically it is a refining factor for the team play.

1. increase options by having the ball in middle of the park with a capable midfield player that can make that choice.
2. increase the centre attack to bring Greenacre into play,

Greenacre has been forced to come back to play the ball but at times in the last number of games, he has been forced to come back to the sideline rather than to the centre and evidently there has not been anyone clicking quick enough to fill his place up front when he is temporary forced wide, back and to the sideline. This has happen because the midfielders has been working from the sideline with the wide attack. Once we have a bit more centre attack being sorted, we will have Greenacre into play and he would not be forced to the wide but in a more suitable centre position in the box so that in a episode of a quick interpass play he is suddenly back into the centre front rather than track all the way from the wide which would enable him to be ready to a shot at goal. Also it is easier for other players to recognise that the spot he had vacanted is open for an attack so that someone can run into that space while he is busy in the deep centre. This will allow the person that was in his vacant spot to set Greenache up for a shot when he turns from the deep centre and runs back up the centre front.

3. Seek alternative direction away from the tight defense on one sideline by switch the play or again redirection the ball to the centre (circle) of the park with a midfielder or even one of the centre backs to redirect the ball into the better/larger attacking space with less defence to worry about.

Sort this quzzle out and then you should see Greenacre and others scoring in no time.

This games shows that despite the number of crosses into the box with good and poor one alike, we lacked the number of shots on target. This is usually because it is a combination of being either terrible shooters or that the shooting was a result from too much wide attacks because the angle makes the goal smaller or we are pushed to the wide and not shooting from the centre and their defenders have shut us out from the cross by tight mark in the centre or that their first defender was able to stop ball path.

We need to attack occassionally from the centre and exploit possible gaps in the centre.

If we are able to switch the ball a couple of times, the gaps will open up as well as we move their defense line left and right as well as up and down the park. This is were real teams really exploit other teams all most to their leisure. Of course I am not expecting to play like Liverpools from the 80s that is too ideal but I believe that we can work the same plan to great effect at this A-League level.

Of course, I really can't wait for Fred because that is the type of player at this level that will facilitate this.

Also, we wouldn't have to do those long balls if we have a capable, available and consistent midfielder that can chose and move the ball in the desired direction.AllWhitebelievr2009-09-20 22:15:15

Cracking good post Jnr

Greenache?

No offence AWB but does anyone read your essays?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7G_DIth8Y&feature=sub

ten mins of highlights for those with strong control not to punch the screen.