15/16 HAL Round 05 | Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney | Saturday 07/11/15 ko 515pm

[Jeterpool]

A-League 15/16 Round 5 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 9 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 3, Drawn - 3


In Newcastle – 4 matches.
Jets Wins - 0, Wanderers Wins - 2, Drawn - 2
In Sydney - 5
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 1, Drawn - 1

Average Home A-League Crowd – 16524
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11185

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Wanderers - 12
In Newcastle -
Jets – 3, Wanderers - 7

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 3, Wanderers - 6

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 21 (19 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 7 (7 yellow, 0 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LWLWW (9 points from last 12)
Wanderers - LLDLW (4 points from last 12)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (3)
Wanderers – Mitch Nichols, Andreu Mayoral, Dario Vidosic (1)

Last Result -
Jets 2 (Alivodic 22', Ki-Je 45') – Wanderers 1 (Kalmar 51') at Pirtek Stadium, A-League, Round 22, 21/03/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 22

Newcastle JetsWestern Sydney Wanderers
Ben KennedyAnte Covic
Nick CowburnIacopo La Rocca
Taylor ReganSam Gallaway
Daniel MullenDaniel Alessi
Ki-Je LeeJonathan Aspropotamitis
Enver AlivodicYianni Perkatis
Ben KantarovskiJason Trifiro
Jacob PepperAlusine Fofanah
Andrew HooleNick Kalmar
Mitch CooperJaushua Sotirio
Edson MontanoSteve Kuzmanovski



FIXTURE RECORDS


Biggest Win

Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0, Round 21, Season 2013/14 at Pirtek Stadium, 02/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013.

Leading Scorers in fixture –


Jets - Adam Taggart (3)
Wanderers - Mark Bridge (4)



2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS

NumberNameAppearancesStartsSubstitute AppearancesSubbed offMinutes PlayedGoalsAssistsYellow CardsRed - Second BookableStraight Red
1Mark Birighitti330125900100
2Daniel Mullen440036000100
3Jason Hoffman440036000100
4Nigel Boogaard330025700010
5Ben Kantarovski431029810300
6Cameron Watson321119700000
7Enver Alivodic440036000100
8Mateo Poljak440036001100
9Milos Trifunovic440135930100
10Leonardo Vitor Santiago330324401000
11Labinot Haliti21112400000
12Andy Brennan0000000000
13Ki-Je Lee220018001100
14Mitch Cooper41316300000
15Themba Muata-Marlow0000000000
16Lachlan Jackson11016800000
17Radovan Pavicevic1010200100
18Josh Barresi0000000000
20Ben Kennedy211010100000
23David Carney440135822200
24Nicholas Cowburn0000000000
25Brandon Lundy10107500000
29Andrew Pawiak00000000000
40Blake Tuxford00000000000



COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Tony Popovic - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
Richard Money - No Matches
Branko Culina - No Matches
Nick Theodorakopoulos - No Matches
Craig Deans - No Matches
Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)

Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Tony Popovic 33% win ratio (3 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses)




KEY FACTS:

General

Newcastle are undefeated in the last 5 matches against the Wanderers.
The last match between these sides was memorable for a terrible offside call from the assistant referee against Edson Montano.
The Jets have scored in the last 5 matches against the Wanderers.
Last week's match is only the second time the Jets have won after being behind at half time. It was the first time they've won after being two goals behind.



Players

This match will be the first time Ante Covic hasn't been between the sticks for the Wanderers against the Jets.
There was 66 A-League appearances, and 129 matches, between the two goals Ben Kantarovski scored.
Lee Ki-Je has scored in his last 2 appearances against the Wanderers.
Visa players have scored the last 4 goals for the Jets against the Wanderers (Flores, Ki-Je x2, Alivodic)
David Carney is a man in form. He's had a hand in 4 of the Jets' 6 goals scored this season.



Coaches

Scott Miller has equalled the best start to a season by any Jets coach. He is equal with Gary Van Egmond (v2). A point this weekend will be the best start to a season in Jets history.

[hawk]

In Newcastle – 4 matches.
Jets Wins - 0, Wanderers Wins - 2, Drawn - 2
In Sydney - 5
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 1, Drawn - 1

This is wierd. So who wants to win at home, no you can, no you can

[plague]

doomed.
no chance.
Miller OUT.

[plague]

although having said that I'm in sydney this weekend if i manage to get to the casino ill let you know.
load up lads, the streak is real..

[stopper2]

although having said that I'm in sydney this weekend if i manage to get to the casino ill let you know.
load up lads, the streak is real..

Highflyer eh!

[Retro Jet]

doomed.
no chance.
Miller OUT.

This Foz attitude is working for us Plague
KUTGW! (all season long)

[plague]

This Foz attitude is working for us Plague
KUTGW! (all season long)

You know me Retro.
Anything for the team.

Tinkler OUT!!!

[plague]

Highflyer eh!

No, I'll be driving down.

[Couscous]

I am proud to be a Jets supporter for round 5.

[hawk]

This Foz attitude is working for us Plague
KUTGW! (all season long)

we will loose :lulzturtle: worked there for a while

[Jetmaster]

Flare count ?

[belchardo]

Flare count ?

cop count?

wankerers - increasing security bills since 2012.

[Bon]

Important question:
Is Magic selling beers (full strength) at the Jets Women's game, which is on at 2pm??

[Grimario]

http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/article/squad-leonardo-in-for-for-wanderers-clash/xsnsmfrc5mb81tqkkvxpu86fk

Newcastle Jets Squad vs. Western Sydney Wanderers: 1. Mark Birighitti (Gk), 3. Jason Hoffman, 4. Nigel Boogaard (C), 5. Ben Kantarovski, 6. Cameron Watson, 7. Enver Alivodic, 8. Mateo Poljak, 9. Milos Trifunovic, 10. Leonardo, 12. Andy Brennan, 13. Lee Ki-je, 14. Mitch Cooper, 17. Radovan Pavicevic, 20. Ben Kennedy (Gk), 22. Lachlan Jackson, 23. David Carney, 24. Nick Cowburn, 29. Andrew Pawiak *two to be omitted*
Ins: 10. Leonardo (returns from knee soreness), 12. Andy Brennan (promoted), 29. Andrew Pawiak (promoted)
Outs: 2. Daniel Mullen (knee – under assessment)
Unavailable: 2. Daniel Mullen (knee – under assessment), 11. Labinot Haliti (knee – indefinite)

Hope Brennan is IN in.

[BodyNovo]

as do I, be interesting if miller plans to play him off the bench on one of the wings or up top now that labi is gone for the season.

[Nou Camp]

is there anywhere we can see certain player stats?
ie pass accuracy, turnovers etc

[outsider]

Referee Steven Lucas

[parksey]

mullen out so i guess jackson starts at centre back?

[Mark325]

Yeah looking like Jackson's gonna be getting a start. I'm hoping this week we make a few more subs, would like too see at least one of pawiak, radovan or Brennan get a run this week.

[stopper2]

Yeah looking like Jackson's gonna be getting a start. I'm hoping this week we make a few more subs, would like too see at least one of pawiak, radovan or Brennan get a run this week.

Speaking of Pawiak, just shows how in sport luck (or bad luck) can play a big part in getting opportunities. Against Smurfs he was warming up and had got the signal to come and get ready to come on. In the next minute or so Smeltz kicks Birraz in the face and Miller is forced to bring on BK meaning the Jets have used all their subs and Pawiak cannot come on. Just hope he gets another chance at this level.

[halo se7en]

This is wierd. So who wants to win at home, no you can, no you can

I'm guessing it's a similar story with Brisbane. Home ground advantage is a myth!

[hawk]

I'm guessing it's a similar story with Brisbane. Home ground advantage is a myth!

yep. we must be due/dew/jew a win

[Jeterpool]

is there anywhere we can see certain player stats?
ie pass accuracy, turnovers etc

What do you want to know? The sports mate app is good for individual stats

[Jetmaster]

So...if Syd/Bris draw tonight, we can take the outright lead with a win tomorrow?

Dare to dream.

[Retro Jet]

So...if Syd/Bris draw tonight, we can take the outright lead with a win tomorrow?

Dare to dream.

Funny you should say that.
I dreamt last night the Jets won in an epic and celebrated as a group in front of the Western Stand.

[Jetmaster]

Bah - you told us so it can't come true.

[Nou Camp]

What do you want to know? The sports mate app is good for individual stats

mainly just the passing completion % for each player
whos the xavi of the team atm

[MFKS]

Funny you should say that.
I dreamt last night the Jets won in an epic and celebrated as a group in front of the Western Stand.

This is the Jets we are talking about.

They can't be arsed celebrating with their fans.

As much as Millertime has things travelling Ok on the park these blokes still hate the fans.

[MFKS]

Game day ****s

Fire the **** up


By my counts we beat these houso's then we are top of the league.


Guaranteed loss coming as we tend to fail when we need success the most

[snake]

beer

[Mitchy]

beer



Can't wait to see you snake

[Superdylan]

Beer is very tasty currently at bitter n twisted.

[The Dunster]

It will be a big test for the Jets today. WSW are looking pretty sharp at the moment especially their midfield.
Hopefully we get a better start than we did last week.

[weston]

I'll miss this game. My regional presentation is on and every club has to buy 6 tickets to the event. Apparently its torture. No one wants to go. I'm one of the dick heads who put their hand up to go so its not a complete waste of money.

Dirty when I found it I'll miss the jets though.

[MFKS]

These ****s are shit

Millertime tell them to pass to the blokes in blue shirts and we win this comfortably

We haven't seen such a bad side at Stade de Newy that was this bad and wasn't us in ****ing years

[Hunter403]

Dead set get even from the reflective. Useless sod

[Hunter403]

Someone shoot Hoffman

[plague]

Someone shoot Hoffman

As hilarious as that was everyone should check out where his closet pass was (Carney). Bloke was standing 2m over the sideline.
Not exactly offering many options.

[Hunter403]

As hilarious as that was everyone should check out where his closet pass was (Carney). Bloke was standing 2m over the sideline.
Not exactly offering many options.

Agreed, but in that instance he should have gone long. That was a limp clearance.

[la bazzle]

That was a pretty bad performance. Buckled under Wanderers pressure. Deserved loss. We need more away games

[plague]

Agreed, but in that instance he should have gone long. That was a limp clearance.

Oh I agree his only option was to pump it.
Just larfs that Carney pulls shit like that all the time and everyone is like 'cool cool'.

[Retro Jet]

Good to see that Brendan Santalab still remembers what Seb taught him at Sh!tney FC
Diving kh**t

Match thrown away.
How many subs did we make? 1??

Are the Red Blacked pricks gonna pay for breakage as well?

[The Dunster]

Jets came out in the second half and cut the wanderers to bits.
We scored a good goal from a set piece and looked to have the game in the bag.
Milos has a brain snap in defence and WSW get a penalty they fully deserved.
Then some sloppy marking at the top of the box gives Bitch Nicholls enough space to get a solid shot on target and into the back of the net.

The Positives for me though is Birraz. He Copped a leg in the head again today and the kid never even flinched.
Add to that the many saves he made and regardless of the scoreline he can go home tonight knowing that he's done the team and the fans proud.

Never thought I'd see the day - but Birraz is now one of my favourite players.

[Nou Camp]

As hilarious as that was everyone should check out where his closet pass was (Carney). Bloke was standing 2m over the sideline.
Not exactly offering many options.

I also noticed his laziness of wanting to have anything to do with it

[Retro Jet]

Jets came out in the second half and cut the wanderers to bits.
We scored a good goal from a set piece and looked to have the game in the bag.
Milos has a brain snap in defence and WSW get a penalty they fully deserved.
Then some sloppy marking at the top of the box gives Bitch Nicholls enough space to get a solid shot on target and into the back of the net.

The Positives for me though is Birraz. He Copped a leg in the head again today and the kid never even flinched.
Add to that the many saves he made and regardless of the scoreline he can go home tonight knowing that he's done the team and the fans proud.

Never thought I'd see the day - but Birraz is now one of my favourite players.

Had my rant.

Birraz + 10. Made some unbelievable saves; some almost point blank.
Still think the soft as puss Pen was an equaliser for what all accounts looks to be offside goal for us.
At the time I though it was an oggie tbh.

I thought with Carney that some of the hype was starting to catch up with him.
Plenty of KISS moments gone begging and turnovers to fancy stuff that wasn't on.

[Jetmaster]

Pissed orf....should've had those idiots buried after 60 mins. Kept giving the bsll away needlessly, poor decision making in the final third, lack of intensity at stages.
And Birrashitti makes the same mistake that started the ongoing crucifiction of BK all those years ago...hate everyone and wish the world woukd drown in its own pus.

[Scourge]

Not even going to call the penalty soft, it was just an absolute brain snap... There was absolutely no reason to even do that, the ball was lofted and had no power meaning any power would have to have been generated by the player at a shit angle, the best wsw could have hoped for was to loft one back across goal where we had an abundance of defenders... Just plain stupid really, should never have been considered.

Still positive signs, but definitely need to sharpen our strikers. Lots of wasted opportunities, and way too much of players trying to do too much

[parksey]

we were outplayed all game bar a good spell at the start of the second half.

no complaints with the loss.

still gutted though.

[plague]

When do we get to play shit teams like Victory and Roar again?

Need those easy points.

[Retro Jet]

Always remember, when it mattered most, when we really needed these Red & Black Wally's to
step up to the plate and go into bat for the rest of the A (League) team, they fail and failed miserably.
To be the club that let the sCCuM win their one and only true star is a heavy burden.
No amount of tifo, drumming or stolen chants can ever eradicate that scar from their now tarnished history.

Now, we have some wrongs to be righted next week. Same bat time, same bat channel.
Better not be the same bat shit....

[furns]

Always remember, when it mattered most, when we really needed these Red & Black Wally's to
step up to the plate and go into bat for the rest of the A (League) team, they fail and failed miserably.
To be the club that let the sCCuM win their one and only true star is a heavy burden.
No amount of tifo, drumming or stolen chants can ever eradicate that scar from their now tarnished history.

Now, we have some wrongs to be righted next week. Same bat time, same bat channel.
Better not be the same bat shit....

I like the cut of this guys jib

[q-money]

hey bon i was right

[hawk]

Plenty of KISS moments gone begging and turnovers to fancy stuff that wasn't on.

Leo has to release the ball more quickly when going forward.

alivi made so many runs that he ignored everytime until too late then lost possession. ruins the other good sh1t he did.

[BodyNovo]

How good are the Balkan 3 though they ****ing love it. Triff, Poljak and enver

Would have them for life, the passion they show us 3 times any other blokes in the team, not that they don't show it

I think the fact our 2 biggest chances minus the goal fell to boogard and kanta speaks volume as to why we didn't win

If that was one of the front 4 you would have assumed they would have banged in at least 1 of them.

[WolfMan]

When our first went in, that should have been at least 2-0 and put the game to bed. Playing 1 up front (which given our stock I agree with) means we have to be ultra clinical.

We weren't yesterday, and we paid the price

[rhysd]

agreed m-bod, a lot to look forward to this year and unfortunately just didn't happen for us yesterday.

Trifunovic I have been impressed with. he will score 10+

We will win more than we lose.

[Bon]

hey bon i was right

I was waiting for this..

[stopper2]

How good are the Balkan 3 though they ****ing love it. Triff, Poljak and enver

Would have them for life, the passion they show us 3 times any other blokes in the team, not that they don't show it

I think the fact our 2 biggest chances minus the goal fell to boogard and kanta speaks volume as to why we didn't win

If that was one of the front 4 you would have assumed they would have banged in at least 1 of them.

Interesting point when you break down why we lost, in effect we were let down by mistakes from players being at the "wrong end" of the field. Kanta and Boogs missing one-on-ones in the front third and Milos giving away a silly penalty in the box. Okay, with Boogs and Kanta making good runs and they found themselves in a great position to score but really does our #9 have to be in the box helping defend???

[MFKS]

To say we lost because we were not clinical finishing is wrong.

We lost because we played poorly against a piss poor opponent.

They were ****ing garbage. Make no mistake about it. They were only in the game after 80 mins as we hadn't been playing well enough to put a side as shit as them to the sword.


As for Leonardo bloke is garbage in my opinion. Some occasional nice touches but no ****ing end product.

Can't believe Millertime gave this bloke a contract and continues to ignore the Griff

[WolfMan]

So being more clinical doesn't put a poor team to the sword? In my opinion, that's up there with one of the more ridiculous statements on this whole forum

[hawk]

I was waiting for this..
pretty sure he said 3-1 lol

[hawk]

To say we lost because we were not clinical finishing is wrong.

We lost because we played poorly against a piss poor opponent.

They were ****ing garbage. Make no mistake about it. They were only in the game after 80 mins as we hadn't been playing well enough to put a side as shit as them to the sword.


As for Leonardo bloke is garbage in my opinion. Some occasional nice touches but no ****ing end product.

Can't believe Millertime gave this bloke a contract and continues to ignore the Griff

both teams made some mistakes but some good passages as well. Was pretty dour in the middle.

imo Leo did some good stuff on the ball spesh when he cam back but i eluded to the other earlier.

[militiamon]

Actually agree with MFKS.
Leonardo is Brazilian trash. Good on the ball, but that's about it.
Also stand by my earlier call that Milos is a flop. Butchered yet another clear cut chance last night in front of the goal at the southern end.

[stopper2]

Actually agree with MFKS.
Leonardo is Brazilian trash. Good on the ball, but that's about it.
Also stand by my earlier call that Milos is a flop. Butchered yet another clear cut chance last night in front of the goal at the southern end.

Jury is still out on Leonardo, what is letting him down mainly is his decision making which as a #10 is everything. There were so many times yesterday when an earlier pass would have sent someone through but a couple of extra touches and he was corralled in by 3 WSW players and we lost the opportunity.
Milos too has to be more clinical, good strikers put away a good percentage of those half-chances, let alone the easier ones. Having said that if you compare him to Heskey he has some decent attributes that the big man didn't have....first touch is better and overall technique is sharper than Heskey's.
Five matches in both have been a bit hot and cold, the next five they both really need to start hitting their straps!

[parksey]

i still don't think leo has much to work with when it's played in to him, but his final ball is definitely lacking. he's absolutely magic with the ball at his feet though, beats his man every single time.

milos looks to be your typical a-league import; some good stuff, some bad stuff and you'll see some of both in each game. it was a soft penalty but he was so dumb to make that challenge, and he should have buried that header at the death.

[WolfMan]

RE: Milos - JP was absolutely spitting chips at HT walking towards the tunnel. Assuming it was to do with Milos not cutting the ball back and having a shot at the near post instead.

[MFKS]

Football hools are about to appear on NBN news just now??

Anyone see what happened??

[furns]

two jets fans trying to rile up RBB were asked to leave
Secco grabbed one to evict, but was spat on. Secco clocked him.
Someone captured it on phone

[hawk]

Football hools are about to appear on NBN news just now??

Anyone see what happened??

scuffle at worst. Seen worse at maccas x1000.

Bogan Herald loves putting shit on aleague.

[The Dunster]

This never would have happened if Tony Abbot was still PM.

Malcolm Out.

[stopper2]

scuffle at worst. Seen worse at maccas x1000.

Bogan Herald loves putting shit on aleague.

Disagree, we get good coverage of the A League and it's usually just about the football and the players.
If you want to see a rag that puts shit on the A League just have a look at that tabloid Murdoch-run piece of sensastionalist garbage called the Daily Telegraph!:angry:

[Retro Jet]

Interesting point when you break down why we lost, in effect we were let down by mistakes from players being at the "wrong end" of the field. Kanta and Boogs missing one-on-ones in the front third and Milos giving away a silly penalty in the box. Okay, with Boogs and Kanta making good runs and they found themselves in a great position to score but really does our #9 have to be in the box helping defend???

Make no mistake, f**kwits like Brendan Skylab are the scourge of our game.
(Skylab: useless piece of shit that fell to earth)
On 2nd (and 3rd) look, Milos makes minimal contact and the Del Piero/Ryall protégé goes down all too easily.
Gullible ref looking for a leveller can't blow it quick enuf. Can't get a break with these Sh!tney teams. Been going on since 1978.
Miller said it in the presser: "over the 27 it will balance out"
Never seems to with us mate. Get used to it.

[Frodo]

Milos is scoring at the exact same rate he has for his entire career. We had X amount of money to spend and i think he is easily doing more than we would be paying him. He is doing well and as far as i see the only problem we have is that we have no other option to go up and help him if we need it. Haliti on at 60-70 to sit on his shoulder when chasing games would have been our plan B. Now we have no plan B in the final 3rd.

Leo seems to be improving every game, he seems to be able to beat a player most times he has the ball now we just need to either make a quick pass from their or he needs to shoot more. I actually think he is running at defenders outside the box purely to win fouls. We don't do as well once we beat them at the back as when they foul us.

[Frodo]

Also Cabbage is still a giant bag of doodles. Can't wait to see the back of his shiny devon slapped head!

[Retro Jet]

Milos is scoring at the exact same rate he has for his entire career. We had X amount of money to spend and i think he is easily doing more than we would be paying him. He is doing well and as far as i see the only problem we have is that we have no other option to go up and help him if we need it. Haliti on at 60-70 to sit on his shoulder when chasing games would have been our plan B. Now we have no plan B in the final 3rd.

Leo seems to be improving every game, he seems to be able to beat a player most times he has the ball now we just need to either make a quick pass from their or he needs to shoot more. I actually think he is running at defenders outside the box purely to win fouls. We don't do as well once we beat them at the back as when they foul us.

And this is where I thought Brennan would have been implemented.

[Grimario]

Surprised we haven't seen Brennan given that he is back from injury. Also surprised we haven't used our bench more... but then again, I am pretty happy we aren't subbing people just to use subs like Nubbins so often seemed to do.

[Bon]

pretty sure he said 3-1 lol

:lulzturtle:

[q-money]

:rof:

q-man attendance count for the year for those playing at home: 1

gotta hand it to scotty miller though, i haven't seen a more organized bunch playing for the jerks since the days of dura et.al.

boogs is doing well, not his fault he is still dealing with well ingrained jets mongery

[stopper2]

Surprised we haven't seen Brennan given that he is back from injury. Also surprised we haven't used our bench more... but then again, I am pretty happy we aren't subbing people just to use subs like Nubbins so often seemed to do.

Brennan is coming back after a soft tissue injury with his hamstring I believe. Is being eased back in by playing with the Youth team at this stage.
Yeah when they got their second, Miller had to make a change by introducing fresh legs with either Cooper or Pav or even both.

[stopper2]

Make no mistake, f**kwits like Brendan Skylab are the scourge of our game.
(Skylab: useless piece of shit that fell to earth)
On 2nd (and 3rd) look, Milos makes minimal contact and the Del Piero/Ryall protégé goes down all too easily.
Gullible ref looking for a leveller can't blow it quick enuf. Can't get a break with these Sh!tney teams. Been going on since 1978.
Miller said it in the presser: "over the 27 it will balance out"
Never seems to with us mate. Get used to it.

Having watched the replays now and after hereing the guys on shootout last night, yes Santalab clearly duped the ref into awarding the penalty, grubs like him keep doing it but they don't realise it is a blight on themselves and the game.
To be fair though the replays showed that Alivodic was in an offside position and the linesman was correct in his initial call.

[belchardo]

yes Santalab clearly duped the ref into awarding the penalty, grubs like him keep doing it but they don't realise it is a blight on themselves and the game.

yet he'd probably be pretty happy he got them the points...

[Mark325]

What we need is to make more subs. Obviously don't make subs for the sake of making them, but in this situation were they levelled the game and then got in front I see no reason why we didn't try and bring on Cooper, Pav or Brennan.
I think Milos will by seasons end have 10+ goals, if he can do that then for me he's been worth having. One game Id like to see how Leo fares on the wing, does a better job at beating his man and Carney has a good eye for some incredible passes so I wonder how they'd go, even for just a half swapping roles.

[The Dunster]

If Kanta was still on the park I cannot imagine Nicholls being afforded that much time and space to take a shot.

Was Kanta injured ?

[BodyNovo]

If Kanta was still on the park I cannot imagine Nicholls being afforded that much time and space to take a shot.

Was Kanta injured ?

he wasn't injured

the way it looked he was hooked for his decision to shoot rather than pass it across goal.

miller was going off his head and he was substituted 30 seconds later.

[The Dunster]

he wasn't injured

the way it looked he was hooked for his decision to shoot rather than pass it across goal.

miller was going off his head and he was substituted 30 seconds later.

I thought Miller might have given him a Jessie P for that.

If that's the case I think Miller needs to tread carefully or he will lose the dressing room quicker than he can blink.

He needs to be in control and blowing up is not being in control.

The substitution confused me as well given Cooper was available.

[monz6]

he wasn't injured

the way it looked he was hooked for his decision to shoot rather than pass it across goal.

miller was going off his head and he was substituted 30 seconds later.


could be wrong but the board went up ten seconds max after that shot.. i think he was already going to be subbed

[plague]

To be fair if Hoffman wasn't going to be dragged then why should any of the good players?

[belchardo]

could be wrong but the board went up ten seconds max after that shot.. i think he was already going to be subbed

that's what I thought too. he was off before the goal kick was taken and they didn't hold play up for that long.

[Nou Camp]

someone said they saw him signal to the bench and say he was done, not sure if it happened
I saw carney give the coach a spray about a ball kanta played through over the top forhim which he didn't chase about 2 mins before he was subbed
however so wsw started to boss the midfield more once he went off

[WolfMan]

Saw Kanta get his calf iced on the bench. Can't remember if it was left or right.

Questioning the lack of subs too, could see the game slipping away. Why not bring on a fresh Cooper in place of Leo who looked shagged?

He and JP orchestrated one of the great comebacks in our history, so I will trust in their wisdom. But it certainly left me scratching my head

[Retro Jet]

Saw Kanta get his calf iced on the bench. Can't remember if it was left or right.

Questioning the lack of subs too, could see the game slipping away. Why not bring on a fresh Cooper in place of Leo who looked shagged?

He and JP orchestrated one of the great comebacks in our history, so I will trust in their wisdom. But it certainly left me scratching my head

There's only been two....but it was definitely the greater of them :tongue:
Fair call though WolfMan, that gritty win v Fart gave me hope we won't be getting the spoon this year.

[redwah]

If Kanta was still on the park I cannot imagine Nicholls being afforded that much time and space to take a shot.

Was Kanta injured ?
I was surprised it took them that long to shot from in front of the box. They picked up the ball there free stacks of times and either indecision or scrambling defence stop the shot.

[Wilso8948]

100% can confirm kanta signalled to bench saying he was spent before anything went down. Watson started warming up. missed that goal and then was subbed