WPM R20 vs Melbourne City | Sat 9th Mar | 9:00pm | Sky Sport 2
Hopefully we see Pennington & Zawada return as well.
Will certainly be on there coaches mind though. With WSW probably the more crunch game as there is more chance of them catching upto WSW on the ladder.
No 1 piece of advice: don't wear the black kit!
When Sutton came on last Sunday it was not to replace LKH, even if they are both nominally left FB. Sutton is arguably a better and more aggressive winger than LKH could be, but LKH is for my money a better defender than Sutton because LKH always tracks back, whereas Sutton can be guilty of overstaying upfront.
Sutton like Fenton is a winger shoehorned into wingback. Play him as a winger.
Hopefully we see Pennington & Zawada return as well.
Chiefy has pretty much said the starting XI is a horses for courses thing, but he doesnt like to change the defensive line much, so sutton may get the start given he did ok against Adelaide, however, we did concede 2 goals which is not the usual when we have LKH, Payne, Surman and Wootton as the back 4.
Some analysis on which shape the Nix have conceded the least goals would be interesting
Chiefy is far more flexible than Uffy was with his rigid 4-4-2. One of the biggest changes between the two
I can't recall if we've started wkith that though.
It would make sense t go that way against City away fer sure.
It was encouraging to see how well Sutton played when he came on in the last game. But I don't expect he'll be up to a start with his limited minutes of late. The coaches seem to be very cautious when re-introducing players from injury.
I saw that - as expected - Salas was kicked mercilessly by the Reds las Sunday.
It would make sense t go that way against City away fer sure.
You have to go back to the 'away' game against Glory on 14th Jan, to find an away game where the Nix had a back 4. That was the Unite Round in Sydney so not really an away game. A 4-3 win.
So if you want goals, yes the back 4. If you want a more grinding result the back 3/5. The latter is definitely working. Since that Glory game it's been 2W & 2D in Aussie, only 3 goals conceded.
Even before the Unite Round the Nix had played with 3 CBs in Aussie, with LK-H alongside Surman & Wootton. Lately it's been Hughes.
They have only lost one game all season in Australia, which is a great stat. A 3-1 loss on 29th Dec at SFC. Started with a back 4 that day.
https://aleagues.com.au/news/a-league-fixture-update-pride-round-melbourne-victory-adelaide-united-melbourne-city-wellington-phoenix-newcastle-jets/
The temperature drop is also in our favour. I feel like both sides would fade heavily in a 38 degree game, but perhaps our boys moreso.
can anyone enlighten me to where the away "end" (section) is for City games? Only seen us play Victory there before. As usual the Ticketek website is next to useless.
can anyone enlighten me to where the away "end" (section) is for City games? Only seen us play Victory there before. As usual the Ticketek website is next to useless.
Believe it's on the tv broadcast side in the northern corner
Maybe he comes back next week and nobody gets injured this week and we have a full strength squad until the end of the season, how good would that be?
Or Zawada has already signed somewhere else and is feigning injury to not play for us until he goes.
Why have they been so poor? See that Leckie's mostly been injured.
But yeah I'd take another draw on the road game. A 1-0 win ideal. Even with the later KO, it's gonna be hot. CCM who played tonight have a tough game at Macarthur on Sunday.
Next weekend at Eden Park you'd hope for a win. Nix's record at EP is very impressive, and will be a big crowd behind the team.
Winning this weekend will lead into a massive home crowd against Sydney and even more momentum.
Tomorrow is huge.
Marco Tilio has suffered an injury to his hamstring tendon that is expected to keep him out of action for between four to six weeks.
— Joey Lynch (@joeylynchy) March 7, 2024
More injury woes for Melbourne City and the Olyroos.
Marco Tilio has suffered an injury to his hamstring tendon that is expected to keep him out of action for between four to six weeks.
— Joey Lynch (@joeylynchy) March 7, 2024
More injury woes for Melbourne City and the Olyroos.
That is a blow to them as Tilio has been performing well (based on the highlights from previous rounds).
December 27th, 2012. 𝟒,𝟎𝟗𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. Yes, it’s really been that long since @WgtnPhoenixFC defeated Melbourne City at AAMI Park 🕰️🤯
— Isuzu UTE A-League (@aleaguemen) March 8, 2024
🇨🇷 Carlos Hernandez was in the ‘Nix midfield
🇦🇺 Harry Kewell started for Melbourne Heart
🇧🇪 Cult figure Stein Huysegems scored the… pic.twitter.com/UMZzJRTeDd
December 27th, 2012. 𝟒,𝟎𝟗𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. Yes, it’s really been that long since @WgtnPhoenixFC defeated Melbourne City at AAMI Park 🕰️🤯
— Isuzu UTE A-League (@aleaguemen) March 8, 2024
🇨🇷 Carlos Hernandez was in the ‘Nix midfield
🇦🇺 Harry Kewell started for Melbourne Heart
🇧🇪 Cult figure Stein Huysegems scored the… pic.twitter.com/UMZzJRTeDd
I hope that left back is still playing for them!
We only beat Melbourne City at their own ground if they have a current Socceroo in the team, and we have a Costa Rican player in our team?
....cool....
Winning this weekend will lead into a massive home crowd against Sydney and even more momentum.
Tomorrow is huge.
100%
Time to make a statement
Tyler Boyd? Probably running the right wing on the Republican Party
Winning this weekend will lead into a massive home crowd against Sydney and even more momentum.
Tomorrow is huge.
100%
Time to make a statement
They've had 3W2D for their last five, so maybe not likely. But possible even for Sydney.
Just keep winning lads. Let's not limp it.