WPW R8 vs Adelaide United | Sat 16th Dec | 7:30pm | Sky Sports 2

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All I can say is well done Adelaide. We failed to put them away in the first half which meant psychologically they knew they were still in the game. 

They had a popgun attack but completely bossed the 2nd half and took advantage of woeful passing and some bad individual errors.

That 2nd half we lost our composure, so often tried such low percentage options - low % through balls from deep positions, low % shots.

Napier Phoenix

Her timing and positioning weren’t right which makes me think she either lost sight of the ball or saw it late.

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

Dunno if wearing a cap would have helped the keeper see the free kick.  Maybe she would have misjudged it anyway, but if it only came down to wearing a cap... looked like a very catchable ball. 

It's coming out of the shade to directly into the sun, can understand why she misjudged it. 

That commentary ranks as possibly the worst I've heard, the comments person was fine, but the main commentator, here's a couple early on...

Then, 'Emma Main gets off the mark this season' (she scored last week - lol)

Was absolutely amateur hour.

Nice to see Paul Temple's honesty.
https://x.com/paultemplecoach/status/1736553799681278203?s=20

performances good and bad are ultimately coaches responsibility. If he doesnt take responsibility then he's basically saying its the players fault nd that's never going to work. What he should be doing is explaining what went wrong 2nd half for him.....what lessons did he learn?

bit of a cop out tweet. 

I just caught up with this game. Thought that it was a pretty even contest, we played really well in patches, and we had the better of the chances, particularly in the first half.
The style that Temple is implementing is great to watch when it comes off. But it does tend to lead to quite an open game, as inaccuracies are always going to lead to turn overs, often in dangerous area's. It's pretty tough to expect these players to perform for 90 minutes playing 1 and 2 touch football with-out errors. That's just not going to happen. I think we will always be competitive no matter who we play, but its about executing in front of goal when opportunities present. And you have to applaud the courage to play the style they are trying to implement .
Our subs certainly didn't have the impact that we would have wanted. We were 1-0 up when most of the subs were made, so that tells a story. Seem to be really missing Wisnewski and Knott to give us more depth in that midfield.
Not all is lost though. This team just need to find there scoring boots and then we will certainly win more games than we will lose. Still a very entertaining watch.