HAL 13/14 Rd13 - Newcastle Jets vs Perth Glory 4/1/14 k/off 530pm AEDST

[furns]

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2013/2014 Hyundai A-League
Season 9 Round 13
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Perth Glory FC

When: Saturday 4th January, 2014
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 530pm AEDST (gates open 430pm)
Tickets: https://beta.proticket.com.au/proticket/Events/Details/2748
Pre-match: from 2pm District Park Tennis Club, Cnr Lambton and Curley Rds Broadmeadow

Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys # NTUA #NEWvPER
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/563168533775587/
Expecting a performance vs Brisbane rather than vs Adelaide

Hope Kew or Chapman is back ffs

[GazFish35]

Might turn up.

[la bazzle]

Does snake have a box?

[Grimario]

Definitely won't be there. Have already passed my seats on to someone so hopefully they show up and hate football as much as I did.

[Hunter403]

If the Jets play like they did against Adelaide it will be a long afternoon.

[plague]

Going.
Lose.
Middleby out.

[MFKS]

Hopefully Palmer gets his team and tactics right this week.

We all seen what happened last week when GVE was off sick,Palmer was nowhere to be seen and Deans was left in charge of the squad for the vast majority of the week

DEANS OUT

[hawk]

we should have had a point v adelaide. I remember perf beating us nearly every game. loose

[GazFish35]

Is their grub burns now ruled out?

[MFKS]

Is their grub burns now ruled out?

Should be.


Send Offs mean you are suspended for the next match.


Being that it was 2 yellows he can't appeal on the grounds of some bullshit excuse like it weren't him

[front2]

Being the R13 fixture at Thug Stadium, and no other sneaky catch up or deferred match I reckon Perf will be full of fire and brimstone. Bash on!

[pv4]

Apparently Jacob Burns looks to be in serious bother from the mariners game. Word is the MRP will look into him wiping his bloodied hand over Matt Simon's shirt, which in the real world (aka off a football pitch) is considered assault

[hawk]

Apparently Jacob Burns looks to be in serious bother from the mariners game. Word is the MRP will look into him wiping his bloodied hand over Matt Simon's shirt, which in the real world (aka off a football pitch) is considered assault

Simon deserved it, playon.

[militiamon]

Apparently Jacob Burns looks to be in serious bother from the mariners game. Word is the MRP will look into him wiping his bloodied hand over Matt Simon's shirt, which in the real world (aka off a football pitch) is considered assault

I heard about this, fxxxing lol!

[plague]

Simon deserved it, playon.

This.
Can't get AIDS twice now can yer?

[snake]

Does snake have a box?

no :'(

probably watch a the tenzo

[joel31]

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/newcastlejets/news-display/Jets-name-18man-squad-to-face-Glory/82141

Newcastle Jets squad: 1. Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 3. Taylor REGAN, 4. Kew JALIENS, 5. Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6. Zenon CARAVELLA, 7. Andrew HOOLE, 8. Ruben ZADKOVICH (c), 9. Emile HESKEY, 10. Nathan BURNS, 11. Craig GOODWIN, 15. Josh BRILLANTE, 16. Jacob PEPPER, 17, James VIRGILI, 18. James BROWN, 19. Michael BRIDGES, 21. Sam GALLAWAY, 22. Adam TAGGART, 20. Ben KENNEDY (gk).

Ins: 4. Kew JALIENS (returns from injury) 17. James VIRGILI (promoted), 19. Michael Bridges (promoted),

Outs: 14. Josh MITCHELL

Kew is back :)

[joel31]

but still no chapman

[q-money]

i will be at this game, snake i expect to see your beautiful face

[WolfMan]

Kew is back :)

Thank Kew! :grin:

[Premy]

but still no chapman
If Conor is still injured why is he still going to Oman?

[MFKS]

Played the last 3 Yoof games so he isn't injured unless something in training has occurred that I missed

Only seen one of them and did nothing to warrant justifying turfing Kew or Taylor Reagan out as he was pretty average to say the least that day

[joel31]

Played the last 3 Yoof games so he isn't injured unless something in training has occurred that I missed

Only seen one of them and did nothing to warrant justifying turfing Kew or Taylor Reagan out as he was pretty average to say the least that day
He should at least be in the 18 man squad even if he doesn't start

[My2BobsWorth]

We couldn't penetrate a crack whore at the moment, so obviously try to hang on for 0-0

[joel31]

Jets 1 Perth 0 Taggart to grab the goal in a return to form

[Thomas477]

Jacob Burns said on NBN news that the club was appealing his red card in the Mariners game. So somehow they are appealing a yellow card.

FFA to open a huge can of worms if they agree.

[lquiquer]

Played the last 3 Yoof games so he isn't injured unless something in training has occurred that I missed

Only seen one of them and did nothing to warrant justifying turfing Kew or Taylor Reagan out as he was pretty average to say the least that day

So last week Mitchell rather than Chapman?!!!! interesting

[Premy]

Jacob Burns said on NBN news that the club was appealing his red card in the Mariners game. So somehow they are appealing a yellow card.

FFA to open a huge can of worms if they agree.
he was sent for decent I highly doubt FFA to overturn a card for decent.

[MFKS]

So last week Mitchell rather than Chapman?!!!! interesting


Thought that had more to do with our master tactician Palmers love for having a right sided defender (Taylor/Chapman) and Left sided defender (Kew/Mitchell)

[Jetmaster]

he was sent for decent I highly doubt FFA to overturn a card for decent.

Took a moment to see what you meant.....lol

[lquiquer]

Thought that had more to do with our master tactician Palmers love for having a right sided defender (Taylor/Chapman) and Left sided defender (Kew/Mitchell)

spot on MFKS .....thanks....also what's the latest with Mitch Cooper? Close to a return to A league football?

[hawk]

Thought that had more to do with our master tactician Palmers love for having a right sided defender (Taylor/Chapman) and Left sided defender (Kew/Mitchell)

well that was a spastic thought. stick to putting the best players on the park mofos

[MFKS]

spot on MFKS .....thanks....also what's the latest with Mitch Cooper? Close to a return to A league football?
Still being brought along slowly in the Yoof. Started off with 30 mins or so in the second half and gradually increasing his game time

After last years shambles with James Brown I am all for him getting 6-8 games with a few of them as a starter under his belt in the Yoof before even considering him for HAL

[Grimario]

he was sent for decent I highly doubt FFA to overturn a card for decent.

Burns has never been decent. dunno why he got sent for that.

[Premy]

Is that overrated French twat playing tomorrow???

[Premy]

Burns suspension confirmed

[furns]

Sighs of relief all round the training paddock today....

[Tommyjet]

Was hoping burns was playing, such a passenger in midfield these days. Perth will be much quicker through the midfield tomorrow

[stopper2]

Chapman is clearly an integral part of the U/22's going to Oman so I would say that the powers to be in the National set-up have instructed GVE not to risk him in recent weeks since he has just came back from injury. Pretty obvious

[stopper2]

Was hoping burns was playing, such a passenger in midfield these days. Perth will be much quicker through the midfield tomorrow

Burns is always good for a card or two:grin:

[MFKS]

Game Day

About ****ing time we had a home game

FIRE THE **** UP LIKE THE RBB

[380]

Game Day

About ****ing time we had a home game

FIRE THE **** UP LIKE THE RBB

Does this include flares and detonators or should we leave them at home for now ?.

[Tommyjet]

Wonder if Jacob will turn up to run things from the sideline for Jacob burns fc

[q-money]

since when is a bunger called a detonator ffs

[plague]

Game Day

About ****ing time we had a home game

FIRE THE **** UP LIKE THE RBB

Yeah I'll be there Member.
Prob just sit and mind my own business though.
Sorry.

[boz-monaut]

since when is a bunger called a detonator ffs
if it was a detonator, which is the term they give the small explosive charges they leave on rail lines to act as a warning for workers, then the RBB would have blood coming out their ears and possibly other injuries -

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/P%C3%A9tard_sncb.jpg

they take a fair bit of an impact to set off so it's not like someone could just throw one down on the ground and have it go off - this would be very noticeable on CCTV if done in a stadium, or if it was being obscured by blokes, they'd likely be injured - they're also incredibly stringently controlled and very hard to get hold of

I could be wrong but anyway we'll wait to read this expose in the Murdoch press tomorrow

[belchardo]

Terrible first 20 minutes.

[belchardo]

Just gash.

Pepper is not a right back.

Are they still drunk from the golf? Only way i can think to explain the atrocious passing.

[Premy]

Get that farking liability (Caravella) of the park

[belchardo]

Are we getting worse?

[belchardo]

Are we getting worse?

Yes.

Thank god, caravella off, kanta on.

[snake]

chivas regal and peppz have been best so far

[snake]

vuko making up for no-show at beijing

[belchardo]

Just bloody terrible.

Love the work from tara interviewing vuko: "what is it about perth glory? They seem to be your bogey team." Vuko response: "i am perth"

[stockojet]

well noy getting worse. at least we had some chances today and barring vukovic would have had some but our passing is abysmal and I counted 20 dangerous turnovers in the first 22 min. I'm already thinking bring on next year

[belchardo]

2 points outside the bottom 4. Carn you jets!

[jim wallis]

couple of honest points

If perth can have 6 supporters and win you cant blame the other 11000 for another shit performance
gve, you are a spastic coach. the sack is coming
hesky, difference between you and crap are the boots
taggert, the other goals were a fluke glad your on kids duty
the crowd, you were awesome to turn up and support this shit
the supposed fortress, is a vagina, fully ****ed
Burns, the sooner you go the better for all australian's, ****
Brillinate, if you were faster than a snail you might win a ball
truth hurts get it up ya

[belchardo]

couple of honest points

If perth can have 6 supporters and win you cant blame the other 11000 for another shit performance
gve, you are a spastic coach. the sack is coming
hesky, difference between you and crap are the boots
taggert, the other goals were a fluke glad your on kids duty
the crowd, you were awesome to turn up and support this shit
the supposed fortress, is a vagina, fully ****ed
Burns, the sooner you go the better for all australian's, ****
Brillinate, if you were faster than a snail you might win a ball
truth hurts get it up ya

Thought I was reading an mfks post until I noticed no kale reference. :lulz:

[MFKS]

couple of honest points

If perth can have 6 supporters and win you cant blame the other 11000 for another shit performance
gve, you are a spastic coach. the sack is coming
hesky, difference between you and crap are the boots
taggert, the other goals were a fluke glad your on kids duty
the crowd, you were awesome to turn up and support this shit
the supposed fortress, is a vagina, fully ****ed
Burns, the sooner you go the better for all australian's, ****
Brillinate, if you were faster than a snail you might win a ball
truth hurts get it up ya

Who is this dickhead??

[Pierre Essers]

couple of honest points

If perth can have 6 supporters and win you cant blame the other 11000 for another shit performance
gve, you are a spastic coach. the sack is coming
hesky, difference between you and crap are the boots
taggert, the other goals were a fluke glad your on kids duty
the crowd, you were awesome to turn up and support this shit
the supposed fortress, is a vagina, fully ****ed
Burns, the sooner you go the better for all australian's, ****
Brillinate, if you were faster than a snail you might win a ball
truth hurts get it up ya

Assuming your edit was to soften the post?!?!

Or made a mistake between swallowing turpentine?.?.

[Jeterpool]

We got robbed tonight. The ball was over the line. Kew can now join Frank Lampards support group.

Also Caravella is a less-than-adequate fill in for Kanta. Bloke refused to drop leaving us with zero options to play out except the keeper and the bloke who just played it. Not surprisingly we looked terrible as we did the first three rounds.

Much better second half but I'm beginning to think Taggz over plays things. He holds onto it for too long and tries tondo everything himself.

Goodwin had a fair game and looked good in second half. Should have buried his chance but I reckon he thought too much about it because of the time he had. Looked dangerous second half.

[Jeterpool]

Oh and Reegz was immense.

[pv4]

Needs more kanta

[Premy]

Also Caravella is a less-than-adequate fill in for Kanta.
Welcome to the club.

[sammydog]

Did anyone else here GVE in the fist half yelling at Birrighitti to keep getting the ball played back to him until there was 5min in the half to go? Seems like we are sliding back to the possession game and the results are showing as we slide down the table.

Ball looked across the line to me.

But honestly, we were terrible. No movement off the ball when attacking, not that it mattered, the players with the ball weren't looking up to play the ball anyway. Once again players look scared to shoot.

The back line looks fine to me (other than Peppers in ability to pass to one of our players). Regan and Jailens make a good pairing.

[Jeterpool]

Welcome to the club.

Always was a member mate. Just trying to get new recruits.

[Jeterpool]

Always was a member mate. Just trying to get new recruits.

I heard and saw it too. Gary was mighty pissed first half. You could have parked 5 cars in the gap Caravella left in midfield.

I said to my mate we looked like we we did early in the year. New year so all that was old is new again

[MFKS]

We got robbed tonight. The ball was over the line. Kew can now join Frank Lampards support group.

Also Caravella is a less-than-adequate fill in for Kanta. Bloke refused to drop leaving us with zero options to play out except the keeper and the bloke who just played it. Not surprisingly we looked terrible as we did the first three rounds.

Much better second half but I'm beginning to think Taggz over plays things. He holds onto it for too long and tries tondo everything himself.

Goodwin had a fair game and looked good in second half. Should have buried his chance but I reckon he thought too much about it because of the time he had. Looked dangerous second half.

What was even more noticeable about the difference between Zenon and Kanta was that when one of Kew/Taylor had the ball for some reason Zenon started always moving forward up the park. When Kanta was on he dropped in and covered Kew/Taylor.

What the **** was GVE thinking dropping him.

On another note with the contentious goal line decision. Can't fault the linesman as he wouldn't have had much chance to do anything other than guess

I suppose playing with a white ball with a team in an all white kit isnt helping the cause????

The linesman would have had a hard time spotting the ball anyway. There were 2 Jets players and Vukovic in his way and a white ball amongst a cluster of white kits wouldnt have helped

[Jeterpool]

What was even more noticeable about the difference between Zenon and Kanta was that when one of Kew/Taylor had the ball for some reason Zenon started always moving forward up the park. When Kanta was on he dropped in and covered Kew/Taylor.

What the **** was GVE thinking dropping him.

On another note with the contentious goal line decision. Can't fault the linesman as he wouldn't have had much chance to do anything other than guess

I suppose playing with a white ball with a team in an all white kit isnt helping the cause????

The linesman would have had a hard time spotting the ball anyway. There were 2 Jets players and Vukovic in his way and a white ball amongst a cluster of white kits wouldnt have helped


I noticed Zenon's movement too. Thanks for bringing that up. He's simply not that sort of player.

[Tommyjet]

Kanta makes our midfield. I thought zads looked lost between the lines without kanta there but when he came on it just freed zads up.

[hawk]

Did anyone else here GVE in the fist half yelling at Birrighitti to keep getting the ball played back to him until there was 5min in the half to go? Seems like we are sliding back to the possession game and the results are showing as we slide down the table..

yep. we will play his way even if it means no semis. give the vaneg a choco, woof.

embarrassment.

[MFKS]

yep. we will play his way even if it means no semis. give the vaneg a choco, woof.

embarrassment.

Rather ridiculous this argument.

Taggart Goodwin Jalians put them away in the first half and we are 3-0 up at HT and fapping over how good we are on here tonight.
. Even the contentious line decision Kew should have buried it he had plenty of net from 3 yards out to aim for and somehow found Vukovic

We played alright tonight except we didn't put the ball in the net. We could easily have bagged 6-7 tonight if things were running our way.

We just didn't take our chances and They did.

Thats football

[Captain Obvious]

We need to start winning games if we are to make the top 6.

[Premy]

We need to start winning games if we are to make the top 6..

We need to start winning games if we are to make the top 6.

[hawk]

Rather ridiculous this argument.

Taggart Goodwin Jalians put them away in the first half and we are 3-0 up at HT and fapping over how good we are on here tonight.
. Even the contentious line decision Kew should have buried it he had plenty of net from 3 yards out to aim for and somehow found Vukovic

We played alright tonight except we didn't put the ball in the net. We could easily have bagged 6-7 tonight if things were running our way.

We just didn't take our chances and They did.

Thats football

couldve shouldve didnt wakey wakey

[hawk]

we should have had a point v adelaide. I remember perf beating us nearly every game. loose

any cvnt surprised cept for mk who thought we bosed

[lquiquer]

First half we were technically terrible......could not put 3 passes together and when we did we finally lost the ball and they scored....!!!!

[lquiquer]

And yes our finishing touch (As MFKS mentioned) let us down big time

[Thomas477]

With Kanta and with the ball we play a 3-4-3, with Kanta another CB.

With Caravella, we play 2-5-3, with our midfield on halfway and. our defenders on our 18.

Nice and tight.

[joel31]

Rather ridiculous this argument.

Taggart Goodwin Jalians put them away in the first half and we are 3-0 up at HT and fapping over how good we are on here tonight.
. Even the contentious line decision Kew should have buried it he had plenty of net from 3 yards out to aim for and somehow found Vukovic

We played alright tonight except we didn't put the ball in the net. We could easily have bagged 6-7 tonight if things were running our way.

We just didn't take our chances and They did.

Thats football
Agreed but they should have never had that chance in which they scored off. Shocking pass from Pepper

[lquiquer]

watching the replay on Fox and the Squadron sounds great..... terrific effort in a poor night for us

[stopper2]

Roar showed tonight against Victory the way football should be played. We butchered numerous chances tonight because of players not even being able to hit the target and wanting to go for personal glory by having ridiculous pings on the edge of the box when team-mates are in better positions....until that changes we will always struggle to score goals.

[Skirt Boy]

**** it can be depressing supporting this team at times.

[lquiquer]

Roar showed tonight against Victory the way football should be played. We butchered numerous chances tonight because of players not even being able to hit the target and wanting to go for personal glory by having ridiculous pings on the edge of the box when team-mates are in better positions....until that changes we will always struggle to score goals.

You must be referring to our hat trick boy?

[lquiquer]

**** it can be depressing supporting this team at times.

Depressing sounds too nice

[MFKS]

Depressing FFS

In the endless shower of shite you endure supporting this club I will happily take losses like we got tonight as opposed to the usual dross we get.

We at least were robbed blind and Perth got ****ing lucky.

WHAT THE **** IS THERE TO BE DEPRESSED ABOUT???

[joel31]

I'd call my mood leaving the ground as "extreme frustration" not depression

[pv4]

Here's a note to gve - on your first home game in 5 weeks, don't play the same shit football you did for the last two seasons and bore the home fans who came to watch the team play.

The exact tactics employed tonight were the ones which saw us play the equally as boring 0-0 game earlier in the season. Why exactly did gve think it would work this time?

I will repeat - without kanta we are nothing.

Oh also regan should have stopped the goal.

[stopper2]

Depressing FFS

In the endless shower of shite you endure supporting this club I will happily take losses like we got tonight as opposed to the usual dross we get.

We at least were robbed blind and Perth got ****ing lucky.

WHAT THE **** IS THERE TO BE DEPRESSED ABOUT???

I'll tell you what's depressing....Whenever this club has a chance to really set ourselves up nicely amongst the frontrunners (a win would have put us in clear 3rd) we fail everytime...this has been going on for SIX SEASONS NOW!

[joel31]

Here's a note to gve - on your first home game in 5 weeks, don't play the same shit football you did for the last two seasons and bore the home fans who came to watch the team play.

The exact tactics employed tonight were the ones which saw us play the equally as boring 0-0 game earlier in the season. Why exactly did gve think it would work this time?

I will repeat - without kanta we are nothing.

Oh also regan should have stopped the goal.
The same tactics which saw us take 23 shots tonight, a number of which were good chances that if we'd taken would leave us happy winners

[pv4]

The same tactics which saw us take 23 shots tonight, a number of which were good chances that if we'd taken would leave us happy winners

The same tactics that saw us lose. At home. Against Perth Glory. Without their captain. After a cosching shakeup. And general club turmoil. With their two main strikers out.

Yep those ones

[seldom]

I'll tell you what's depressing....Whenever this club has a chance to really set ourselves up nicely amongst the frontrunners (a win would have put us in clear 3rd) we fail everytime...this has been going on for SIX SEASONS NOW!

Yeah I dont understand why we pressurise Roar and then rest players and play a different style against an under par Glory...makes zero sense

[furns]

watching the replay on Fox and the Squadron sounds great..... terrific effort in a poor night for uscheers mate
considering there were about 70 in the bay and only 30 were actually singing, imagine if everyone actually participated?? :sigh:

[The Dunster]

I don't recall another game this season where we created so many scoring chances and yet it would appear that many think the sky is falling.

It just wasn't our night.

Caravella, is a massive liability in defence and needs to go. Adelaide let him leave for a reason.

[baldrick]

I don't recall another game this season where we created so many scoring chances and yet it would appear that many think the sky is falling.

It just wasn't our night.

Yeah, if we put away any of the multiple chances that we created, we'd all be having a different conversation (I'm agreeing with you btw)

Not a minute before Perth scored, I turned to my brother & we both said "you know what will happen: we will miss all of our chances, Perth will only get one arsey chance & bury it."

It's all my fault...

[Jeterpool]

The same tactics which saw us take 23 shots tonight, a number of which were good chances that if we'd taken would leave us happy winners

I'd be interested to see how many of those were in the second half and how many ended up on target.

We wasted the first 45 minutes out there yesterday with the tactics we deployed. And the few free kicks we had in attacking areas were wasted - particularly in the first half.

[halo se7en]

According to my aleague app we had 23 attempts on goal, 8 on target. Compared with 7 & 2 for Glory. The irony was that our general lack of idea up front directly lead to playing it all the way back after a corner, leading to the **** up & Perth goal.

[WolfMan]

One thing I am increasingly noticing is the general petulance of one A. Taggart

After a lovely worked move and then a shot inside the box from Burns after cutting inside, Taggart threw a mini tantrum because Burnsy didn't pass him the ball.

Burns was well within his rights to shoot, as is Taggart when he is in a good position. The hypothetical ball to be played for Adam to shoot would have been impossible due to the placement of defenders anyway.

I want our players to want the ball of course, but it seems like Taggs is the first to blow up deluxe when he doesn't get the ball, even when his teammates might be in better positions.

I'm not denouncing the bloke, he is a real talent. Just think it is a maturity thing. I'm sure he will become a better player for it.

[joel31]

One thing I am increasingly noticing is the general petulance of one A. Taggart

After a lovely worked move and then a shot inside the box from Burns after cutting inside, Taggart threw a mini tantrum because Burnsy didn't pass him the ball.

Burns was well within his rights to shoot, as is Taggart when he is in a good position. The hypothetical ball to be played for Adam to shoot would have been impossible due to the placement of defenders anyway.

I want our players to want the ball of course, but it seems like Taggs is the first to blow up deluxe when he doesn't get the ball, even when his teammates might be in better positions.

I'm not denouncing the bloke, he is a real talent. Just think it is a maturity thing. I'm sure he will become a better player for it.
Its probably from all the pressure of being called the new Joel Griffiths and linked with a spot to Brazil

[WolfMan]

He was doing it from the first match of the season. I thought perhaps it would settle as the team bedded in, but maybe not?

[Disinterested Bystander]

One thing I am increasingly noticing is the general petulance of one A. Taggart

After a lovely worked move and then a shot inside the box from Burns after cutting inside, Taggart threw a mini tantrum because Burnsy didn't pass him the ball.

Burns was well within his rights to shoot, as is Taggart when he is in a good position. The hypothetical ball to be played for Adam to shoot would have been impossible due to the placement of defenders anyway.

I want our players to want the ball of course, but it seems like Taggs is the first to blow up deluxe when he doesn't get the ball, even when his teammates might be in better positions.

I'm not denouncing the bloke, he is a real talent. Just think it is a maturity thing. I'm sure he will become a better player for it.

He's not the only one and it had been going on all season - him and Burns have been abysmal in thisregard. Apart from Heskey, who actually looks to provide for his teammates, the attacking third this year, regardless of lineups/combos, has looked to me like a bunch of guys playing a junior rep team trial match - everyone trying to do it all individually to look like a star, ignoring teammates in better positions and cracking the shits big time when they get ignored.

[outsider]

We got robbed tonight. The ball was over the line. Kew can now join Frank Lampards support group.

Also Caravella is a less-than-adequate fill in for Kanta. Bloke refused to drop leaving us with zero options to play out except the keeper and the bloke who just played it. Not surprisingly we looked terrible as we did the first three rounds.

Much better second half but I'm beginning to think Taggz over plays things. He holds onto it for too long and tries tondo everything himself.

Goodwin had a fair game and looked good in second half. Should have buried his chance but I reckon he thought too much about it because of the time he had. Looked dangerous second half.



Inconclusive on TV and AR's view would have been restricted.Would not have been an issue if the middle two of the so called back four had been in position when Perth scored not to mention the fact that we missed at least 3 chances in the first half and several in the second half and had over 60 per cent possession.

[Jetmaster]

Can't blame the coach for the misses and defensive stuff up...however:

* Most of our team have the first touch of a rapist, why is this not being dealt with?
* Why are so many passes astray?
* Why are so many of our players on their heels when a pass is made - the mobility across the whole team is poor.
* Why tinker with a team that was going fine before Christmas?
* Why do we still not have either a midfield playmaker nor a quality dead ball specialist for free kicks and corners?
* Why do we stuff up throw ins !!??
* Pepz is not a defender, yet...he has cost us goals against Sydney, WSW and Perth in the last month.
* Galloway can defend but provides nothing in attack.

I agree with many that say we are still a struggling mid table team - success would be getting sixth spot.

Something needs to give - tactically and culturally...

[My2BobsWorth]

Only one player can fix this mess

[Tommyjet]

Only one player can fix this mess

No

[stockojet]

[QUOTE=Jetmaster;58460]Can't blame the coach for the misses and defensive stuff up...however:

* Most of our team have the first touch of a rapist, why is this not being dealt with?
* Why are so many passes astray?
* Why are so many of our players on their heels when a pass is made - the mobility across the whole team is poor.
* Why tinker with a team that was going fine before Christmas?
* Why do we still not have either a midfield playmaker nor a quality dead ball specialist for free kicks and corners?
* Why do we stuff up throw ins !!??
* Pepz is not a defender, yet...he has cost us goals against Sydney, WSW and Perth in the last month.
* Galloway can defend but provides nothing in attack.

I agree with many that say we are still a struggling mid table team - success would be getting sixth spot.

Something needs to give - tactically and culturall

[stockojet]

some great points here. Galloway and Brilliante in particular gave the ball away regularly.
Jaliens looked terrible trying to come forward
we build attacks only to retreat to our keeper who must have the most touches in every game
our quality of crosses and dead ball free kicks are abysmal and we have no height in the box. got to get runners in the box
throw ins are regularly under pressure and given away
our so called stars, Bridges, Caravella, Jaliens, Burns, Heskey under perform week in and out
we need ruben in the backs, Brown with game time in the midfield and we need to use Virgilli and Goodwin as supersubs in the last 25 to run the defenders ragged

[stockojet]

who? Ronaldo or Van Persie

[stockojet]

At least we did create some chances. not like against Adelaide where we looked like a 5th division pub side. Caravella doesnt make an adequate replacement for a ball boy. Not even in the same league as Kanta

[My2BobsWorth]

Settle down stocko, you'll burst a poofle valve

[pv4]

Only one player can fix this mess

You're right - Kanta

[la bazzle]

Galloway stinks. 52% pass completion in the first half. Honkin. His tackles look great but mostly come after he's lost the ball and tracks back. He's a deadset stinker.

[hawk]

Settle down stocko, you'll burst a poofle valve
rofl

[furns]

Galloway stinks. 52% pass completion in the first half. Honkin. His tackles look great but mostly come after he's lost the ball and tracks back. He's a deadset stinker.
wb bazzle