15/16 HAL Round 02 | Newcastle Jets vs Sydney FC | Saturday 18/10/15 ko 515pm

[Jeterpool]

A-League 15/16 Round 2 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 32 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, FC Wins - 18, Drawn - 8


In Newcastle – 16 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 9, Drawn - 4
In Sydney - 16
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 9, Drawn - 4

Average Home A-League Crowd – 12525.8125
Average Away A-League Crowd - 14421.75

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 35, FC - 51
In Newcastle -
Jets – 17, FC - 25

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 10, FC - 19

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 59 (56 yellow, 3 red), FC 68 (61 yellow, 7 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LW (3 points from last 3)
FC - WLD (1 points from last 3)

Leading Scorers
Jets - David Carney, Milos Trifunovic (1)
FC – Filip Holosko (1)

Last Result -
Jets 3 (Alivodic 21’, Montano 67’, Hoole 76’ pen) – Sydney 4 (Brosque 48’, 56’, Ibini 52’, Stambolziev 80’) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 26, 17/04/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 26

Newcastle JetsSydney FC
Ben KennedyVedran Janjetovic
Nick CowburnSebastian Ryall
Taylor ReganMatthew Jurman
Daniel MullenJacques Faty
Ki-Je LeeRhyan Grant
Enver AlivodicMilos Dimitrijevic
Jacob PepperChristopher Naumoff
Allan WelshAlex Brosque
Mitch CooperAlex Gersbach
Edson MontanoBernie Ibini-Isei
Andrew HooleMarc Janko



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Topor-Stanley 22’, Zadkovich 29’, Brockie 38’, Brockie 87’, Abbas 90’) – Sydney FC 2 (Moriyasu 47’, Beauchamp 71’), Round 7, Season 7 at Sydney Football Stadium, 05/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 16, Season 1 at Express Advocate Stadium, 31/12/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Milton Rodriguez, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie, Michael Bridges, Jobe Wheelhouse (3)
FC - Alex Brosque (6)



2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubstitute AppearancesSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed - Second BookableStraight Red
1Mark Birighitti11009000000
2Daniel Mullen11009000000
3Jason Hoffman11009000000
4Nigel Boogaard11007700010
5Ben Kantarovski10102800100
6Cameron Watson11016200000
7Enver Alivodic11009000100
8Mateo Poljak11009000100
9Milos Trifunovic11018910000
10Leonardo Vitor Santiago11018100000
11Labinot Haliti1010900000
12Andy Brennan0000000000
13Ki-Je Lee11009001000
14Mitch Cooper1010100000
15Themba Muata-Marlow0000000000
16Lachlan Jackson0000000000
17Radovan Pavicevic0000000000
20Ben Kennedy0000000000
23David Carney11009011100
24Braedyn Crowley0000000000
25Brandon Lundy0000000000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Graham Arnold - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 win, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 18 match (4 wins, 3 drawn and 11 losses = 22% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 0 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 4 drawn, 1 loss = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans - No matches
Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 losses = 0% win ratio)

Sydney FC Coach Record – Graham Arnold 0.461538461538462 win ratio (6 wins, 5 drawn, 2 losses)



PLAYER FOCUS
This week we take a look at another player who has returned to the Jets in the off-season and is a crowd favourite from his two previous stints with the club.



Labinot Haliti has made 10 appearances against Sydney FC which has consisted of 6 starts and 4 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 5 times. He has played on the field for 546 minutes.
He has captained the side 0 times and scored 0 penalties.
He has scored 1 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 0 yellow and 0 red cards. He scored for the Jets once every 316.466666666667 minutes.
Labinot Haliti has a Win-Draw-Loss record against Sydney FC of 2-3-5.


The opposition player is the leading Sydney FC scorer in this fixture:


Alex Brosque has made 18 appearances for Sydney FC which has consisted of 18 starts and 0 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 3 times. He has played on the field for 1608 minutes.
He has captained the side 3 times and scored 0 penalties.
He has scored 8 goals and provided 1 assists. He has received 2 yellow and 1 red cards. He scored for the Opposition once every 207.444444444444 minutes.
Alex Brosque has a Win-Draw-Loss record for Sydney FC against the Jets of 12-4-2.
In his A-League career he has made 21 appearances in total against the Jets, scoring 9 goals and provided 1 assist. He scored 0 penalties and missed 0. He has an overall W-D-L record of 14-4-3.


KEY FACTS:

General

The Jets haven't defeated Sydney in the last 7 matches between the two teams.
The Jets have kept only one clean sheet against Sydney in the last 20 matches.
Sydney have been kept scoreless by the Jets in the first half of the last 5 matches.
The last time the Jets and Sydney faced off in the 2nd round of matches was Heskey v Del Piero. The Jets won 3-2 in Sydney that day with both marquees scoring.
The Jets have never won two consecutive matches to start a season. The Jets first home match record (W-D-L) is 2-5-3.



Players

Mark Birighitti has saved the last two penalties he has faced
However, he has never kept a clean sheet for the Jets against Sydney FC
Boogaard (cap 129), Watson (130), Poljak (131), Trifunovic (132) and Leonardo (133) all made their first A-League appearances for the club.
Carney and Trifunovic became the 58th and 59th players to score a goal for the Jets.
Trifunovic is the 6th player to score on A-League debut for the club. The others are Vaughan Coveny, Milton Rodriguez, James Holland, Byun Hwan-Sung and Joey Gibbs



Coaches

Graham Arnold is undefeated in the last 6 matches involving the Jets
Scott Miller is the 4th Jets coach to win his first A-League match. Others are Gary Van Egmond, Branko Culina and Craig Deans
Miller is also the first Jets coach to win the first away A-League match he's taken charge of

[plague]

We are doomed.

[Bon]

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 59 (56 yellow, 3 red), FC 68 (61 yellow, 7 red)


Well, I was not expecting that..
I thought we were always more carded than other teams.. (At least it always feels that way)

[MFKS]

We are doomed.

What times Kick Off??

I need to organise my schedule around it.

Not ****ing good last week when I got 2 calls from Thailand during the match because I told someone the wrong time.

Saddest part is when the first call arrived I was more interested in talking than watching the game.

Second call was good it came as Boogaard got sent so it stooped remote flying at the tv

[Jetmaster]

Teach a man to fish....

http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/results/a-league

[Grimario]

Teach a man to fish....

http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/results/a-league

Or maybe just say "look at the thread title"...

[Jeterpool]

Or maybe just say "look at the thread title"...

This. Just proves to me very few read the preview.

[Grimario]

This. Just proves to me very few read the preview.

Should start putting nonsense in there for those of us that read to enjoy.

[Jeterpool]

Should start putting nonsense in there for those of us that read to enjoy.

Might do that

[MFKS]

This. Just proves to me very few read the preview.
I am though a special case.

Proves nothing

***

[lquiquer]

What times Kick Off??

I need to organise my schedule around it.

Not ****ing good last week when I got 2 calls from Thailand during the match because I told someone the wrong time.

Saddest part is when the first call arrived I was more interested in talking than watching the game.

Second call was good it came as Boogaard got sent so it stooped remote flying at the tv

No calls from Thailand during Mariners game? :grin:

[MFKS]

No calls from Thailand during Mariners game? :grin:

I would make a bet with her except I know the Jets will make me pay big time

[Superdylan]

I would make a bet with her except I know the Jets will make me pay big time

Howcome Thai girl keeps calling you ting tong for?

[MFKS]

Howcome Thai girl keeps calling you ting tong for?

Ting tong is thai word for crazy.

When I catch up with you SD I will explain why she say that

[lquiquer]

Ting tong is thai word for crazy.

When I catch up with you SD I will explain why she say that

And there are more than one Ting Tong on the foz.......

[lquiquer]

Actually we r all Ting tong......We follow the Jets!!???............

[boz-monaut]

back on topic or member gets a ban

[evolution]

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 16, Season 1 at Express Advocate Stadium, 31/12/2005.


Wut?


EDIT: Found it, our biggest loss to the Smurfs was:

Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 21, Season 4 at Sydney Football Stadium, 25/01/2009

[Retro Jet]

It the jet pre game flyover this game or is it the Rnd 8 Brisbane/RAAF joint partner...whatever game?

[terry]

hope we beat kuntney, they big felchers

[plague]

It the jet pre game flyover this game or is it the Rnd 8 Brisbane/RAAF joint partner...whatever game?

dunno.

can't wait.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMJUYCWUsAABAMr.png

[borat]

First test of depth in this game. If Jackson is still out injured and with Boogs out suspended, we may need to call up an NYL defender to the bench. Is Cowburn playing NYL?

[Nou Camp]

First test of depth in this game. If Jackson is still out injured and with Boogs out suspended, we may need to call up an NYL defender to the bench. Is Cowburn playing NYL?

I think either kanta or Watson will play CB with mullen

[Jeterpool]

L
Wut?


EDIT: Found it, our biggest loss to the Smurfs was:

Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 21, Season 4 at Sydney Football Stadium, 25/01/2009

Ta. Saw that on the phone last night

[borat]

I think either kanta or Watson will play CB with mullen

That would be ideal, only if we have an NYL DM we can call up to the bench.

With only 3 DMs in the squad these 3 are going to do enormous amount of defensive work this year given the possession we had last week. I would always have a fresh DM on the bench as they will be needed every game.

[leftrightout]

Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Topor-Stanley 22’, Zadkovich 29’, Brockie 38’, Brockie 87’, Abbas 90’) – Sydney FC 2 (Moriyasu 47’, Beauchamp 71’), Round 7, Season 7 at Sydney Football Stadium, 05/02/2012.


How good was that game!

[Mark325]

First test of depth in this game. If Jackson is still out injured and with Boogs out suspended, we may need to call up an NYL defender to the bench. Is Cowburn playing NYL?

Don't we have Muata-Marlow as backup?

[borat]

Don't we have Muata-Marlow as backup?

Yes. But assuming either Muata-Marlow or Kantarovski are promoted to the starting team to replace Boogs. Who fills their position on the bench is the question

[borat]

How good was that game! Freaking amazing wasn't it.

What was the game where Zads hit a screamer on the volley and runs to the Cove pointing to the name on his shirt?

[leftrightout]

Freaking amazing wasn't it.

What was the game where Zads hit a screamer on the volley and runs to the Cove pointing to the name on his shirt?

It was that game 5-2 to us in sydney...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZX44YIKP20

[q-money]

the absolute f*cking state of that game :rof:

we also made the cover of goal weekly :rof:

http://i.imgur.com/txiDZz0.jpg

[Jeterpool]

That game was my first Sydney away day. Such a good time was had

[Mark325]

Yes. But assuming either Muata-Marlow or Kantarovski are promoted to the starting team to replace Boogs. Who fills their position on the bench is the question

Well I'd say kanta starts at centre back, Marlow covers him, cooper fills in the midfield and then one of the young guys like radivan, baressi or Lundy to cover attacking mid and wing

[borat]

Well I'd say kanta starts at centre back, Marlow covers him, cooper fills in the midfield and then one of the young guys like radivan, baressi or Lundy to cover attacking mid and wing

In that scenario, you are replacing a defender in the squad with attacking midfielders and there is no one to cover for Watson or Poljak when they run out of legs on 60-70mins, like they did against the Nix.

I would rather see someone like Andrew Pawiak called up to the bench to come on late in the game

[Tommyjet]

In that scenario, you are replacing a defender in the squad with attacking midfielders and there is no one to cover for Watson or Poljak when they run out of legs on 60-70mins, like they did against the Nix.

I would rather see someone like Andrew Pawiak called up to the bench to come on late in the game

At home, likely to be close or down 1 or 2 goals, ATTACK!!!!!!

[Fairgo]

In that scenario, you are replacing a defender in the squad with attacking midfielders and there is no one to cover for Watson or Poljak when they run out of legs on 60-70mins, like they did against the Nix.

I would rather see someone like Andrew Pawiak called up to the bench to come on late in the game

Why would they when they have contracted players like Barresi that plays the same position??

[The Postman]

Michael Kanta is a DM

[Fairgo]

Michael Kanta is a DM

Michael Kanta has been cut from the system no longer with them.

[Goweston]

Theres a centre back out at Weston who would fill the job better than any youth player will. #kingcarl


GO WESTON

[borat]

Why would they when they have contracted players like Barresi that plays the same position??

Barresi is an AM.

[plague]

Sydney paying $2 the win.
Take that and the over 2.5 goals and make up for last weekends losses.

[MFKS]

In that scenario, you are replacing a defender in the squad with attacking midfielders and there is no one to cover for Watson or Poljak when they run out of legs on 60-70mins, like they did against the Nix.

I would rather see someone like Andrew Pawiak called up to the bench to come on late in the game

If our entire game plan this Saturday involves another 90 mins of parking the bus I will be not impressed.

Our game plan can be built on commitment and defensive structure as a starting point but FFS we have to have a go in the attacking third as well.

We are at home we need to be entertaining the fans and getting the crowd into the game and the best way to do that is by having a ****ing go

[RAM]

If our entire game plan this Saturday involves another 90 mins of parking the bus I will be not impressed.

Our game plan can be built on commitment and defensive structure as a starting point but FFS we have to have a go in the attacking third as well.

We are at home we need to be entertaining the fans and getting the crowd into the game and the best way to do that is by having a ****ing go

Nah, I'd rather we're pragmatic

[RAM]

Well I'd say kanta starts at centre back, Marlow covers him, cooper fills in the midfield and then one of the young guys like radivan, baressi or Lundy to cover attacking mid and wing

Cooper wouldn't make a good holder IMO

[RAM]

This would be my starting line-up

http://footballformation.co.uk/team/4231/141015234152.png

[Jeterpool]

Listening to NBN last night it sounds like Kanta will slot into Boogs position. Lee Ki-Je is also a doubt with his hamstring injury. That's a concern for me.

Personally I would start Jackson for Boogs because we need some experienced legs on the bench to come on after the mids have busted their gut. Left back I've got no idea. Maybe put Carney there, switch Alivodic and put Brennan or Haliti out right

[Wilso8948]

Listening to NBN last night it sounds like Kanta will slot into Boogs position. Lee Ki-Je is also a doubt with his hamstring injury. That's a concern for me.

Personally I would start Jackson for Boogs because we need some experienced legs on the bench to come on after the mids have busted their gut. Left back I've got no idea. Maybe put Carney there, switch Alivodic and put Brennan or Haliti out right

Jackson is in doubt with a quad injury too. I think its a little funny we sign squadies as backups for injuries/suspensions but when this happens they always seem to be either injured or not good enough.

[Couscous]

I have decided to support the Jets in round 2.

Excited about this match, but won't be in beloved Newy.

[q-money]

neg repped for that

[RAM]

Listening to NBN last night it sounds like Kanta will slot into Boogs position. Lee Ki-Je is also a doubt with his hamstring injury. That's a concern for me.

Personally I would start Jackson for Boogs because we need some experienced legs on the bench to come on after the mids have busted their gut. Left back I've got no idea. Maybe put Carney there, switch Alivodic and put Brennan or Haliti out right

Carney to LB and Haliti on left cutting in sounds better to me.

Hard to pull Carney back though when he scores one and gets an assist on the other....

[Bon]

Carney to LB and Haliti on left cutting in sounds better to me.

Hard to pull Carney back though when he scores one and gets an assist on the other....

Not a bad idea, but I don't think Cabbage is a defender at all anymore (if he ever was)..
Great going forward, not getting back..

[hawk]

Not a bad idea, but I don't think Cabbage is a defender at all anymore (if he ever was)..
Great going forward, not getting back..

spot on

[Jeterpool]

Hard to pull Carney back though when he scores one and gets an assist on the other....


Not a bad idea, but I don't think Cabbage is a defender at all anymore (if he ever was)..
Great going forward, not getting back..

Don't disagree with wither of your points. If Lee is ruled out, I will be interested to see how we line up.

What is Mario Simic doing?

[MFKS]

Hard to pull Carney back though when he scores one and gets an assist on the other....

Hard??

It is ****ing impossible to get him to track back point blank.

Bloke cost us an Asian Cup because he don't track back.



Putting him at FB is asking for trouble.

Find a role for him where he don't have to track back cause when you are relying on him to do so you are gonna be screwed

[Jeterpool]

Find a role for him where he don't have to track back cause when you are relying on him to do so you are gonna be screwed

If this were last year, I'd have said Manager.

[GazFish35]

Hard??


Bloke cost us an Asian Cup because he don't track back.


NO. he tracked back, he just left the bloke inside him wide open.

[ForeverRed]

Theres a centre back out at Weston who would fill the job better than any youth player will. #kingcarl


GO WESTON
he wouldnt make the top 10 in npl let alone A league

[borat]

Listening to NBN last night it sounds like Kanta will slot into Boogs position. Lee Ki-Je is also a doubt with his hamstring injury. That's a concern for me.

Personally I would start Jackson for Boogs because we need some experienced legs on the bench to come on after the mids have busted their gut. Left back I've got no idea. Maybe put Carney there, switch Alivodic and put Brennan or Haliti out right

Jackson has a quad strain

[borat]

This would be my starting line-up

http://footballformation.co.uk/team/4231/141015234152.png
This will be the team but with Cowburn at left back replacing Lee-Ki who has been omitted from the squad

Bench will be Muata-Marlow, Haliti, Cooper, Pawiak (who has been called into the squad) and Kennedy

[Couscous]

Oh ffs. Don't make me go back to supporting my old team, which I turned my back on because I'm plastic.

[q-money]

i don't mind cowburn out the back tbh, was excellent in the games he played last year considering he was in and out of the squad

[ForeverRed]

Don't forget we are playing at home, 2 up front with only one holding mid, if we play one up front with 2 holding mids at home we all should just go to fogs coach depot and watch buses all afternoon

[Grimario]

Don't forget we are playing at home, 2 up front with only one holding mid, if we play one up front with 2 holding mids at home we all should just go to fogs coach depot and watch buses all afternoon
I don't mind us not playing two up front at home but would prefer two attacking mids and just the one holding.

[Goweston]

he wouldnt make the top 10 in npl let alone A league

And now southy isn't in the top 10 teams :)


In all seriousness. The jets should look more towards some of the more established talent in the npl.

[front2]

Carney LB. Not a big deal. Will hold that position with mom proportions if we get a result.

[Frodo]

Muata is ahead of Jackson at the moment i thought? So he would have slotted in to centreback ahead of Jackson, although redundant if Jackson is injured at the moment.

Would Cowburn slot into RB and Hoffman move across? Not sure who's better with their standing legs out of those two?

I don't think Kanta has the man-marking ability to deal at centre-back without Boogard to direct him around but if they play him there surely Cooper would be backup for centre-mid? He can cover alot of ground over the entire 50-60 mins he plays??:rof: But seriously he's the most well-balanced option. Alivodic would be ok, but i reckon he wouldn't read the game well enough to help out defensively?

[Jeterpool]

THE REFEREE: – Peter Green

Peter Green has refereed the Jets 20 times during the A-League
The Jets have a W-D-L record of 6-3-11.
Green refereed the last match between these two clubs - a 4-3 win in Round 26 to Sydney.
The Jets have lost the last 4 matches with Peter Green in charge.
Green has issued 37 yellow cards to Jets players and 20 yellow cards to opposition players.
Green has give 4 penalties in Jets matches. 3 were in a single match against the Brisbane Roar (Preliminary Final). The other was the last match against Sydney FC, which Andrew Hoole converted.

[RAM]

Don't forget we are playing at home, 2 up front with only one holding mid, if we play one up front with 2 holding mids at home we all should just go to fogs coach depot and watch buses all afternoon

meh, I'm happy with 4-5-1 in defence and 4-3-3 going forward.

[Nou Camp]

And now southy isn't in the top 10 teams :)


In all seriousness. The jets should look more towards some of the more established talent in the npl.

I don't think anyone in the local NPL is anywhere near a league quality
might find a junior in Sydney or melb that has slipped through the cracks

[Jetmaster]

Apparently something will go "boom" if we score a goal....better not be a f@#$ cannon...

[hawk]

itll be Arnold's ass

[joel31]

we don't have to worry about that

[front2]

THE REFEREE: – Peter Green

Peter Green has refereed the Jets 20 times during the A-League
The Jets have a W-D-L record of 6-3-11.
Green refereed the last match between these two clubs - a 4-3 win in Round 26 to Sydney.
The Jets have lost the last 4 matches with Peter Green in charge.
Green has issued 37 yellow cards to Jets players and 20 yellow cards to opposition players.
Green has give 4 penalties in Jets matches. 3 were in a single match against the Brisbane Roar (Preliminary Final). The other was the last match against Sydney FC, which Andrew Hoole converted.


No offence Jeterpool. The officials record I think means stuff all. New team and owners on a constant carousel clears the meters each time.

[MFKS]

SYDNEY FC coach Graham Arnold hit back at tactical criticism from young Newcastle Jets coach Scott Miller by reminding his rival of the looming threat of the axe at the troubled club.

With just one senior match under his belt, the opening-round 2-1 win over Wellington, Miller spoke this week of his surprise that Arnold did not play with a higher press given the talent at his disposal.

"Obviously with the personnel Graham has got, I'd play a different style, with the high press, but they tend to sit back and let us play," Miller said at the Jets season launch on Wednesday.

In response to Miller's criticism of Sydney FC's tactics, Arnold took a swipe at the 34-year-old coach, hinting he should focus more on avoiding the sack than publicly commenting on his team's tactics.

"It's a nice gesture from Scott to give me some advice," Arnold said before their clash on Saturday.

"I've been coaching now for 15, 20 years. It's the first time an opposition coach has given me any type of advice before a game, and we'll definitely have a look at what he's talking about."

Arnold went on to claim that the Jets were a title contender this year, following their season-opening upset of last year's surprise packets Wellington.

"We have to respect what Scott's doing. He's the most successful coach in A-League history at the moment. So we're listening," he said.

While Arnold mostly laughed off Miller's comments at the pre-game press conference, he delivered a subtle reminder of the trapdoor many coaches stand over, which is especially true at the Jets, who could come under new management before the end of the season.





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"For me, always at the start of the year it's about not becoming a statistic of A-League coaching,’’ Arnold said. ‘‘The A-League is 10 years old and since I’ve been coaching in 2010 I think there’s been five or six coaches that get sacked at the end of the year.

‘‘I’m very confident that I’ve got a full watertight contract and most other coaches have only got three-month contracts, so I’m happy about that.’’

Arnold is one of the few coaches in the history of the competition who has not been sacked or released from a club. The Sky Blues will be sweating on the fitness of marquee man Filip Holosko, who is suffering from a grade-one hamstring tear.

The Slovak international’s injury is minor and he could play, but Arnold hinted at resting his prized signing away to the Jets as a precaution.

Holosko has not trained with the rest of the squad this week due to the injury.

‘‘Filip is a 50-50 chance at the moment,’’ Arnold said. ‘‘As to whether I risk him this week and potentially push him out on the field, and if it doesn’t go well, he could be missing for six weeks, it is one of those situations with a hamstring that sometimes it is better to be safe than sorry.’’

Defender Alex Gersbach is a chance to make his season debut but must also prove his fitness after suffering a minor hip flexor injury while away on international duty.

AAP reports: Adelaide and Western Sydney played out a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Coopers Stadium on Friday after Spaniard Andreu found the net for both sides.

The Wanderers midfielder helped the Reds take the lead midway through the first half courtesy of a headed own goal before dramatically salvaging a point in the 83rd minute.

Western Sydney attacked from the first whistle, and the visitors did not have to wait long for their first chance in front of 9442 spectators.

On five minutes, Mitch Nichols slipped Romeo Castelen in behind the defence, but the Dutch flyer blasted his shot into the side netting.

Adelaide broke the deadlock in the 21st minute, albeit with a slice of luck, when Reds midfielder Isaias dinked a delightful ball over the Wanderers defence to release Tarek Elrich, who broke through a weak Scott Neville tackle.

Elrich shaped to pick out a teammate inside the area but his cross took a wicked deflection off Andreu and the ball looped into the back of the net with keeper Andrew Redmayne rooted to the spot.

The visitors repeatedly wasted attacking opportunities until a poor clearance from Elrich landed at Andreu’s feet inside the box.

The Spanish midfielder jinked around a defender and picked out the top corner from 10 metres.


What a ****ing flog Arnold is.

I take it the dumb **** not remember what happened to him when he went to Japan??


Winning today will now be so much sweeter.


Come on You arseholes

[Liam26]

Hope the weather doesn't turn sour and spoil our promising crowd figure :(

[boz-monaut]

having boycotted the Stubbins era, this will be my first game since 2013 or someshit

[Frodo]

Bloody SD causing trouble.. Stealing Shitney Flags and shit. Haha!

[MFKS]

Kanta very lucky to not get straight red ***

[Retro Jet]

Smeltz still has a habit of catching keepers.
Ryall is still a grub.

[Thomas477]

How many times does smeltz have to put a ****ing keeper in hospital?

Also, Jeterpool, what's our win rate with BK as keeper?

[hawk]

Smeltz still has a habit of catching keepers.
Ryall is still a grub.

smeltz was born from an apes ass

2nd half was abominable

[The Camel]

****ing Smeltz. What a grub. Birraz was playing well. BK absolutely puss once again. Losing Carney from the attack hurts us. He played fine at lb just missed him up the pitch

[Retro Jet]

Oh yeah...David Carney > the Cove.
:brrr:
Wot a bunch of try hard turds.

And as for that dumb as dog shit yankee doodle chant? FOAD wankers.

[Jeterpool]

There's something there with this team. I think it will come together. We needed to sort our defence out first and the attack will come.

For me, our weakness is on the transition. The trio of Poljak, Watson and Leonardo are still working themselves out and there is a massive gap in the midfield when attacking.

There were many good performances out there tonight. Birraz again and that's a cruel injury from a real grub. Thought the backline did really well, Poljak and also Alivodic.

Trifunovic was again isolated and Labi going off stunted out attack because basically nothing went down Lundy's wing.

[Jeterpool]

Oh yeah...David Carney > the Cove.
:brrr:
Wot a bunch of try hard turds.

And as for that dumb as dog shit yankee doodle chant? FOAD wankers.


What went on with Carney?

[Jeterpool]

How many times does smeltz have to put a ****ing keeper in hospital?

Also, Jeterpool, what's our win rate with BK as keeper?

Let you know Monday

[Jeterpool]

How many times does smeltz have to put a ****ing keeper in hospital?

Also, Jeterpool, what's our win rate with BK as keeper?

Let you know Monday

[Fairgo]

I think it will be a while before he is back playing Nasty!!
1166

[Jeterpool]

Is that his tooth in his chin?

That's sickening

[Jetmaster]

Let you know Monday

Really...what would that stat prove? A bit sad .

[Jeterpool]

Really...what would that stat prove? A bit sad .

Why are you asking me? I don't want to know it

[Thomas477]

I'm just interested is all. BK cops a lot from myself and others, and I'd just like to see if the stats back me up or not.

[Retro Jet]

Oh yeah...David Carney > the Cove.
:brrr:
Wot a bunch of try hard turds.

And as for that dumb as dog shit yankee doodle chant? FOAD wankers.


What went on with Carney?

Smurfs tried to rile him up when he was taking a throw by the Cave.
Seemed to be water of a ducks back.
I wondered if he said something like "But..but, you used to wuv me..." :violin:

[Bremsstrahlung]

Smurfs tried to rile him up when he was taking a throw by the Cave.
Seemed to be water of a ducks back.
I wondered if he said something like "But..but, you used to wuv me..." :violin:

Hilarious. Giving them thumbs up, probably a few comments, all in good banter.
"Who are ya? Who are ya?"
*Carney points to name on Jersey*

[MFKS]

Speaking of stats is Jeterpool able to rustle up anything on late goals we have concerned to draw/lose games and then contrast it with our ability to grab late equalisers /winners

I can't for the life of me remember when we last scored at the end of the match to change the result. I remember though countless times in the last 2-3 years where we have been ****ed over thouh

[mervan]

Speaking of stats is Jeterpool able to rustle up anything on late goals we have concerned to draw/lose games and then contrast it with our ability to grab late equalisers /winners

I can't for the life of me remember when we last scored at the end of the match to change the result. I remember though countless times in the last 2-3 years where we have been ****ed over thouh

Sydney were at a level above us, unfortunately we look similar to previous seasons.

We can recruit an old foreigner

[Retro Jet]

Speaking of stats is Jeterpool able to rustle up anything on late goals we have concerned to draw/lose games and then contrast it with our ability to grab late equalisers /winners

I can't for the life of me remember when we last scored at the end of the match to change the result. I remember though countless times in the last 2-3 years where we have been ****ed over thouh

Jade North v AfterBirth Glory in Perf. 3-3
Nicky's solo effort v P!ssants.
Rooney v Beijing Guoan.

Those are stand outs but daylight after that 'era' tbh.
Cbf looking up the exact seasons...and Jeterpool has enuf on his plate with the barrage of stat requests after tonight.
You're right Member...something not currently in our DNA

[front2]

We were fed most of the second half. Arnie had all the answers.

[ForeverRed]

When taveres came on he changed the game, class above, feel for Kennedy, his mums on her death bed, he did well just to show up tonight

[joel31]

To summarise my views on the game:
Trifunovic = shit
Alidovic = shit (he actually defended alright but I thought he was shocking in attack. If Lee's out again maybe play him fullback and Carney on wing)
Lundy = not up to a-League standard
Birraz > BK
Leonardo = quality

[baldrick]

Jade North v AfterBirth Glory in Perf. 3-3
Nicky's solo effort v P!ssants.
Rooney v Beijing Guoan.

Those are stand outs but daylight after that 'era' tbh.
Cbf looking up the exact seasons...and Jeterpool has enuf on his plate with the barrage of stat requests after tonight.
You're right Member...something not currently in our DNA


Marko Jesic v Victory at home (can't remember the year though)

[leftrightout]

Marko Jesic v Victory at home (can't remember the year though)

Ryan griff hit a penalty late, I think it may have been Sydney FC? To draw a few years ago. But I completely agree that is just such a familiar feeling!

I though we at least showed fight that we haven't for years. Our defence looked pretty solid again even without boogs.
Our attack was incredibly blunt, but it is something that can come. Id rather have a solid defence and to build our attack than vice versa!

My biggest concern is our, what seems to be, match fitness. I know we had 2 subs wasted by injuries but out guys looked absolutely spent with 10-15 minutes to go. Not just tired but out on their feet. Considering Miller is a S&C coach, I thought we would be running teams off The park.

As for players... I thought most did alright. Watson to be rested, kanta back in midfield when boogs in. Leeky back as carney forward will give us huge amounts more creativity.

Hope to never see Lundy again. That guy is not even close to A-league standard. I don't get to see many games locally as I play and coach myself but surely we have better than that around in NPL?

In the end, unlucky result given that we scored a fair goal and they struggled to create clear chances against us. But need to so better to really compete week in week out.

[joel31]

What was Milos doing with that volley. Your a professional striker you need to take good chances like that

[Bremsstrahlung]

What was Milos doing with that volley. Your a professional striker you need to take good chances like that

+1.
Bit of a silly effort.
My first instincts when he hit it were wtf.
From memory, he had time to bring that down with a good touch, then finish. Going for the spectacular Cahill-esque goal was a really low percentage.

Back to my armchair.

[Beeen]

How can you criticise Trifunovic when all the service he got were high balls? There were **** all times we actually played it to the big man's feet.

Watson, meh.

[GazFish35]

What was Milos doing with that volley. Your a professional striker you need to take good chances like that


You're

[MFKS]

Ryan griff hit a penalty late, I think it may have been Sydney FC? To draw a few years ago. But I completely agree that is just such a familiar feeling!

I though we at least showed fight that we haven't for years. Our defence looked pretty solid again even without boogs.
Our attack was incredibly blunt, but it is something that can come. Id rather have a solid defence and to build our attack than vice versa!

My biggest concern is our, what seems to be, match fitness. I know we had 2 subs wasted by injuries but out guys looked absolutely spent with 10-15 minutes to go. Not just tired but out on their feet. Considering Miller is a S&C coach, I thought we would be running teams off The park.

As for players... I thought most did alright. Watson to be rested, kanta back in midfield when boogs in. Leeky back as carney forward will give us huge amounts more creativity.

Hope to never see Lundy again. That guy is not even close to A-league standard. I don't get to see many games locally as I play and coach myself but surely we have better than that around in NPL?

In the end, unlucky result given that we scored a fair goal and they struggled to create clear chances against us. But need to so better to really compete week in week out.

As for Lundy I think you are being incredibly harsh. He rarely got the ball at all.
How you can make a judgement on a kid who hasn't established himself at this level based on a game where he got **** all ball in a side chasing the ball all day beats me


As for our fitness. If our entire game plan is based on defence and running after the ball of course we are going to tire.
I not too worried about our fitness. I more worried about our game plan that needs some tweaking big time

Same shit different season for me

I though was impressed that when we dropped the goal we pushed forward and had a go in the last few mins.
Question though is where was that in the first 85 mins??

We are at home. **** off the 2 DMs and 1 striker shit.

Have a go at the ****s FFS

[the blue manc]

on a side note,i thought the game day experience was good.i went to the game wanting the team to win. i think we are light years ahead of last season playing wise and was far more entertaining to watch. plus i liked the fireworks.

[Jetmaster]

Late Byun winner a couple of seasons back?

Overall..a better vibe and feel and the team looked to have tried their best. Can't ask for much more considering the situation we are in.

Also, we have a tough first four weeks..if we can pick up a couple of points in the next two games we will have done ok.

Has to be baby steps at this stage

[rhysd]

If we had nige and lee ki in the side that would have been an entirely different ball game. Haliti coming on at the end for Leonardo would have allowed a 442 to chase the game at the end. We have setup to be defensively resolute and hard to break down. Sydney may have had the number of shots they did but I don't feel that reflects whether they were 'effective' shots or not. Our first chance which fell to milos was the most dangerous effort after Sydney's opening stanza with all that ball.

Kanta looks like he has found his passion for the game again but needs to keep those tackles out of the game.. Although he was sold up the river with the pass..

Watson I think is more an option off the bench.. Kanta deserves a start.

Trifunovic will score many goals, leads the line well. Great touch.

Leonardo just needs to acclimatise and he will be a weapon. That drop of the shoulder and change of direction is worth the admission fee alone.

Can't help but feel that Scotty made the choice to rest ki je this week to save him for the big visit of victory who pose much more attacking threat.

We will finish top 6.

[WolfMan]

Goals change games. If Hoffman's (very good) header had rightfully been awarded, we would have won that match with ease.

As others have mentioned, we don't look like conceding every time the opposition has the ball, which is a nice change.

Am seeing some very positive signs, and the goals will come.

Seems like Trifunovic likes to have an audacious shot early on, shows confidence but hopefully he can be a bit more clinical as the season wears on.

[Liam26]

You can't call Milos shit after that. They only got the ball to him in a shooting position like twice and he always had two defenders on him. bit more quality up front from everyone else and I think he can come good. Lundy was just...out of his depth. Whether it was nerves or ability I don't know but he was losing the ball everytime he got it.

[q-money]

feed the beast and he will score

[matty]

anyone know the extent of haliti's injury? all the talk is about mark and his head, but i cant seem to find an injury update anywhere

[Tommyjet]

Personally I'd like to see us change to a straight 433. Having our wingers do so much defensive work is taking a lot out of our attack. Move Leo wide and let him roam and have him and alivodic higher up the pitch so they can link with milos more frequently. Carney-poljak-Watson through the midfield. Obviously carney and Watson pushing on a bit more if we maintain possession.

Not panicking yet. Our attack will eventually kick into gear.

[joel31]

How can you criticise Trifunovic when all the service he got were high balls? There were **** all times we actually played it to the big man's feet.

Watson, meh.
When it did come to his feet he did little as well. He certainty is not quick

[joel31]

As for Lundy I think you are being incredibly harsh. He rarely got the ball at all.
How you can make a judgement on a kid who hasn't established himself at this level based on a game where he got **** all ball in a side chasing the ball all day beats me


As for our fitness. If our entire game plan is based on defence and running after the ball of course we are going to tire.
I not too worried about our fitness. I more worried about our game plan that needs some tweaking big time

Same shit different season for me

I though was impressed that when we dropped the goal we pushed forward and had a go in the last few mins.
Question though is where was that in the first 85 mins??

We are at home. **** off the 2 DMs and 1 striker shit.

Have a go at the ****s FFS
Every time he got it he looked terrified to do anything with it

[GazFish35]

anyone know the extent of haliti's injury? all the talk is about mark and his head, but i cant seem to find an injury update anywhere

6-8 weeks

[Liam26]

6-8 weeks
shiiiit

[Liam26]

Andy Brennan may get a run after all

[Fairgo]

As for Lundy I think you are being incredibly harsh. He rarely got the ball at all.
How you can make a judgement on a kid who hasn't established himself at this level based on a game where he got **** all ball in a side chasing the ball all day beats

I think it is fairly obvious why he did not get much ball. They were playing with 10 men after Haliti was injured. I think we are in a lot of strife with no depth, they can nearly get away with covering 1 weakness but when another 1 or 2 are added we will get hammered.

[Jeterpool]

6-8 weeks


shiiiit

:gent:

[Superdylan]

Bloody SD causing trouble.. Stealing Shitney Flags and shit. Haha!

Haha I'm mates with the guy that had it met him via socceroos games. Returned it in style. Even some of the other Sydney fans that were drinking there saw the humor in it.

[The Baby Piglet]

Personally i think that Scott Miller got the tactics all wrong. You would assume, considering miller was a strength and conditioning coach back in England, the jets would be fit enough to play a high intensity and high pressing game. Unfortunately, they just defended their half of the pitch; 40% possession and 0 shots on target is pretty poor statistic !!!!

[lquiquer]

Watson's confidence must be at an all time low.....And Kanta to replace him Friday?

[Jeterpool]

Watson's confidence must be at an all time low.....And Kanta to replace him Friday?

I noticed him apologising a hell of a lot. Particularly late second half

[leftrightout]

As for Lundy I think you are being incredibly harsh. He rarely got the ball at all.
How you can make a judgement on a kid who hasn't established himself at this level based on a game where he got **** all ball in a side chasing the ball all day beats me


Didn't happen to get to the FFA cup match did you? He was embarrassingly bad in that game!

[joel31]

Didn't happen to get to the FFA cup match did you? He was embarrassingly bad in that game!
I thought he was better in the FFA cup then last night. At least he beat players once or twice

[plague]

2 victories in 2 weeks and you mob are already tearing the joint down.
Reackon this season is tops already.

[Beeen]

Any of the pissheads from the front of the south east corner post on here? I, on behalf of the pissheads standing behind you would like to get in contact.

Sorry mods if this is in the wrong thread.

[halo se7en]

There's something there with this team. I think it will come together. We needed to sort our defence out first and the attack will come.

For me, our weakness is on the transition. The trio of Poljak, Watson and Leonardo are still working themselves out and there is a massive gap in the midfield when attacking.

There were many good performances out there tonight. Birraz again and that's a cruel injury from a real grub. Thought the backline did really well, Poljak and also Alivodic.

Trifunovic was again isolated and Labi going off stunted out attack because basically nothing went down Lundy's wing.

My thoughts exactly. There's a clear difference with this team from the last few years. In defence they have a clear plan and seem to know how to execute it. No team in world football is going to keep a clean sheet every single game. We will concede goals but jesus we're making it hard for the opposition.

In attack, we've got players who can attack and score goals. The transition at the moment is too slow and we seem so set on getting the defensive structure right, the players don't know what to do with the ball. It'll come though. Losing Labi early was a huge blow, combined with having Carney stuck at LB and without the forward bursts from LeakyG. Lundy is useless. What's happening with Brennan? Still injured or is Lundy getting picked ahead of him?

[Thomas477]

Our transition from defence to attack has been slow for the past 7 years. Van Egmond would've been successful, but we kept on being slow with the ball, which allowed the opposition to catch us with our full backs 30m up the field away from the centre backs. First option always has to be forward.

[Jeterpool]

I think we look at this as a two year journey with Miller. This season, I'm not expecting us to blow teams away as it is about getting defensive structures and solidarity in place which is why we are looking to attack on the counter (so far). There will be moments of brilliance but there will also be moments of mediocrity.

Next season Miller can recruit the players he want and release those he doesn't want. He won't have players forced on him like they were this season with like-for-like contracts offered. I think that's when we will see how he really wants us to play

By no means am I saying this season is going to be a write off, because I've seen glimpses in the performances so far of what we can do. But I don't look at this team being able to achieve the finished article Miller aspires them to be.

[leftrightout]

One thing we did a few times that annoyed me was have possession in the attacking half play the ball all the way back to our defenders and then back to the keeper who proceeds to just try to pump the ball forward. Its a league wide thing that drives me crazy. There is so much emphasis on "pass, pass, pass" that teams pass out of an attacking situation to the point where we compete for a 50/50 long ball at half way.

I'm not saying they should force the attack, yes keep the ball and reset. You don't have to go back to the goal keeper to do that though. It so contradictory to pass the ball so much that the only option left is to hoof the ball up field.

[joel31]

One thing we did a few times that annoyed me was have possession in the attacking half play the ball all the way back to our defenders and then back to the keeper who proceeds to just try to pump the ball forward. Its a league wide thing that drives me crazy. There is so much emphasis on "pass, pass, pass" that teams pass out of an attacking situation to the point where we compete for a 50/50 long ball at half way.

I'm not saying they should force the attack, yes keep the ball and reset. You don't have to go back to the goal keeper to do that though. It so contradictory to pass the ball so much that the only option left is to hoof the ball up field.
+1

[Jeterpool]

One thing we did a few times that annoyed me was have possession in the attacking half play the ball all the way back to our defenders and then back to the keeper who proceeds to just try to pump the ball forward. Its a league wide thing that drives me crazy. There is so much emphasis on "pass, pass, pass" that teams pass out of an attacking situation to the point where we compete for a 50/50 long ball at half way.

I'm not saying they should force the attack, yes keep the ball and reset. You don't have to go back to the goal keeper to do that though. It so contradictory to pass the ball so much that the only option left is to hoof the ball up field.

I agree. We were on the counter and didn't quite have the numbers so we played it back, allowed Sydney to get behind the ball, then played it into the midfield where we then lost it again. Clearly it was an instruction, but it's not something I like seeing either. But we will get better and it wasn't something we did (back to keeper) in the FFA cup match.

What I also liked was Miller's instruction and coaching on the sideline. He barely sat down and he wasn't yelling or abusing the players (that I saw) but instead was guiding, adjusting and instructing.

[leftrightout]

I agree. We were on the counter and didn't quite have the numbers so we played it back, allowed Sydney to get behind the ball, then played it into the midfield where we then lost it again. Clearly it was an instruction, but it's not something I like seeing either. But we will get better and it wasn't something we did (back to keeper) in the FFA cup match.

What I also liked was Miller's instruction and coaching on the sideline. He barely sat down and he wasn't yelling or abusing the players (that I saw) but instead was guiding, adjusting and instructing.

I definitely think there are a lot more positives than negatives so far which is something i haven't felt about our team for a few years now.
The defence in particular, we look like a team that is really difficult to break down. It had to be the priority to fix and Miller seems like he is doing a great job with it at the moment.
Credit to him too, when you have a back 4 for first game, lose half of them for the second game against strong opposition and still look solid its obviously a system that is working.

And if people still struggle to find a positive, look at it like this...
At least we aren't Perth, they are terrible!

[Bon]

I don't usually like to get in to the BK vs Birraz stuff.. I don't think BK is to blame for the goal though.. Poor bloke wouldn't have been able to see a thing with the amount of people in front of him when it was headed..
As others have said, its more a question of where were the two guys on the sticks..

[Liam26]

I think we look at this as a two year journey with Miller. This season, I'm not expecting us to blow teams away as it is about getting defensive structures and solidarity in place which is why we are looking to attack on the counter (so far). There will be moments of brilliance but there will also be moments of mediocrity.

Next season Miller can recruit the players he want and release those he doesn't want. He won't have players forced on him like they were this season with like-for-like contracts offered. I think that's when we will see how he really wants us to play

By no means am I saying this season is going to be a write off, because I've seen glimpses in the performances so far of what we can do. But I don't look at this team being able to achieve the finished article Miller aspires them to be.

That of course all depends on the new owner keeping Miller on.

[Liam26]

One thing we did a few times that annoyed me was have possession in the attacking half play the ball all the way back to our defenders and then back to the keeper who proceeds to just try to pump the ball forward. Its a league wide thing that drives me crazy. There is so much emphasis on "pass, pass, pass" that teams pass out of an attacking situation to the point where we compete for a 50/50 long ball at half way.

I'm not saying they should force the attack, yes keep the ball and reset. You don't have to go back to the goal keeper to do that though. It so contradictory to pass the ball so much that the only option left is to hoof the ball up field.

See I thought we had moved on from that! In the FFA cup game we NEVER did that. We passed around the back for sure but I don't think we even once passed all the way back to Birraz and it for the most part worked. so I don't know why they have reverted back to it.

[WolfMan]

See I thought we had moved on from that! In the FFA cup game we NEVER did that. We passed around the back for sure but I don't think we even once passed all the way back to Birraz and it for the most part worked. so I don't know why they have reverted back to it.

In my view, we are doing it more selectively now. Not every time we have possession, as had been the case.

I don't mind it, especially while all the moving parts up-front are gelling.

[parksey]

We were horrible when we had to make the play. There's a serious gap between midfield and attack and Leonardo had nothing to work with.

We do look good on the counter but we have to improve when we're in possession.

[plague]

I don't usually like to get in to the BK vs Birraz stuff.. I don't think BK is to blame for the goal though.. Poor bloke wouldn't have been able to see a thing with the amount of people in front of him when it was headed..
As others have said, its more a question of where were the two guys on the sticks..

I guess the counter to that is unless the coach specifically instructed players to not guard the posts then it should be on the keeper to organise that.
If that was BKs job then he failed and should cop the blame.
If it was the coach then he should wear some of it too.

If anyone watches the replay can you confirm if we guarded the posts while Biraz was in goals?

[Jeterpool]

I don't usually like to get in to the BK vs Birraz stuff.. I don't think BK is to blame for the goal though.. Poor bloke wouldn't have been able to see a thing with the amount of people in front of him when it was headed..
As others have said, its more a question of where were the two guys on the sticks..

100% agree


That of course all depends on the new owner keeping Miller on.

Very true. Hopefully he has impressed sufficiently to keep his job.


See I thought we had moved on from that! In the FFA cup game we NEVER did that. We passed around the back for sure but I don't think we even once passed all the way back to Birraz and it for the most part worked. so I don't know why they have reverted back to it.

We did once that I can recall and it wasn't until the second half because I specifically commented to Pv4 about it. But yes, it's been occurring a lot more since the FFA cup match

[Jeterpool]

We were horrible when we had to make the play. There's a serious gap between midfield and attack and Leonardo had nothing to work with.

We do look good on the counter but we have to improve when we're in possession.

Spot on

[The Dunster]

I definitely think there are a lot more positives than negatives so far which is something i haven't felt about our team for a few years now.
The defence in particular, we look like a team that is really difficult to break down. It had to be the priority to fix and Miller seems like he is doing a great job with it at the moment.
Credit to him too, when you have a back 4 for first game, lose half of them for the second game against strong opposition and still look solid its obviously a system that is working.

And if people still struggle to find a positive, look at it like this...
At least we aren't Perth, they are terrible!

+ 1.

I think we are going to suprise a lot of teams this season.

[Bradj]

I don't usually like to get in to the BK vs Birraz stuff.. I don't think BK is to blame for the goal though.. Poor bloke wouldn't have been able to see a thing with the amount of people in front of him when it was headed..
As others have said, its more a question of where were the two guys on the sticks..

Was watching shootout last night and they spoke about this. Lundy was on the near post but as the corner was taken, ran off in to no- mans land.

Didnt really stand out til you watch the replay a few times but it was really really poor