:pissup: Need you back at RM next year Mike :yap:
As for Carney and Griffo, they were playing as wingers, Montano needed to be supported by the two midfielders, not those two.
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Probably thought kicking the ball out was the best option to defend a ball from a throw in.... FFS players where not showing...
pretty sure the jets only know 1st phase footbal let alone 2nd.... wouldnt even know if they knew 3....
Was a good performance... Birraz in Number 1.
There was one time he tried to throw it out and threw it straight into a brisbane player.
Some genius at the back of bay 60 was yelling out "hope that biraz hair wasn't messed up during that - BK in!" after the first goal :rof:
Just read through the shit on FB and the Herald from punters.
Can't believe the lack of intelligence from some of them that sees one of the biggest issues coming out of the game was Birraz hitting a few too many into touch.
No shit he did but FFS I could name a hundred more pressing matters than this that all had a bearing on the result
Over heard a couple of blokes arguing on the hill after the 4th goal. One old guy hating birraz and blaming him (god only knows how he was blaming him?), one young guy decided to pull him up on it and make him look like an idiot.
It really is amazing what some people see compared to others!
Birras nerves are more frayed than a 15yr olds penis, get BK back in.
Myself being a keeper believe he could of at least stretched out his arm fully for Henrique's 2nd and 3rd, rather than having a half assed effort, but that's just me picking at everything
BK Fanbois we did it.
BK BK BK
Yes - Phil must've got our petition !
Would of been 10.0 last week without him. Nice reward for a good game ey. Doesnt make sense if your going to drop him shouldof been done 3 weeks ago not after being our MOM last week.
Any goalkeeper can get MOM when your goal is under siege. Apart from saving an ordinary penalty and a couple of one on ones, what did he actually do so great last week?
suspect under wide balls into the area...... where Juric scores his goals from.
is weird though that hes dropped after pretty decent showing last week (except for goal1)
Why drop him now?
Stubbins is dead set bonkers sometimes.
WTF is Stubbsy thinking? His saves were the only ray of light on a dark day. Yes distribution was poor sometimes, but was also given very few options.
why doesnt Bk ever get picked for the socceroos or a league all stars team if hes that good?
The bk hate is ridiculous. And is exactly why I pick at birraz's performances. Both need to be held to same standard.
Trouble is though, the bk haters say hes shit despite not having seen him play, and use birraz's rep selection as evidence he's better and his errors can be ignored.
Bk finished the season well last year.
Birraz has been solid but has had consistent errors in some areas of his game.
Both deserve our support. Both deserve critique.
"Bk is shit" because he had a bad run of form about 4 years ago, and "birraz is da greatest" cos he played for the allstarz is hardly a fair comparison.
Birraz weaknesses - distribution, communication when defence is stretched and crosses in the "zone of uncertainty"
Bk weaknesses - reflex saves, communication in crowded situations and positioning on set pieces.
Birraz strengths - one on one he stays on his feet and doesn't commit early, reflex saves, penalties at home v roar
Bk strengths - communication when defence is stretched, distribution, dealing with crosses, penalties away v goals coast.
Cant wait til The Stubby Bus names Jacob Pepper as our 'kepper tomorrow.
**** all y'all arguments up.
Mate the way these dumb ****s run our club can't say I am really surprised.
Blokes crime last week having an average night with the boot. Doesn't **** up and give the ball away but hoofs it into touch all night. Big deal really thats how you want your keeper making errors with his feet by putting it to safety
Makes a handful of saves to keep the score down so we drop him. Go ****ing figure what ****ing insanity ideas these dumb ****s at the club making the decisions come up with. I am at a loss following their logic
I take it the other 9 inept ****s(griff excluded) who were in front of him and done sweet **** all all game are playing this week??
I genuinely can't believe I just saw Gaz legit write that BK has good, but Biraz poor, distribution.
Like I wrote in the match day thread - from confirmed reports, BK has been beyond aids at training. Makes no sense that a better keeper, who has been as in-form as the team has allowed him to be, is being dropped for a worse keeper who is in far worse form at training. All it is going to do is see us leak as many, or more, goals and piss off and mentally screw with our best keeper.
But that GCU game was fxxxing sick.
Pepper I can sort of see a reason why not that i am overtly convinced this was the right decision.
That game against Phoenix we got over run that bad in midfield shocking. Not that he was doing much glaringly wrong but he needed to start getting closer to his man make tackles etc. and not be as dominated by the opponent
Against Perth he played FB not his best position I know and most/nearly all of Perths attack came down his side
As someone who actually does have some sort of goalkeeping quals (including coaching), I spotted Birraz problems over a year ago, but because he looked like "Julio" compared to BK's "nerd", and came in with a spectacular start (people forget he got sent off in his first game at home) he was hailed as the new messiah - I am surprised that "Birramas" is not more widely celebrated. Those obvious problems were papered over as "isolated" incidents rather than an indication of some technical failings.
Fact - Birraz built his early rep on shot stopping. Fact - he has a serious issue with the high ball that the other A-League teams are cottoning on to. Fact - at the moment his body language suggests to me he is "shot" confidence wise, and this has a major impact on the defence in front of him.
Instead of saying he is the best in the club and he is one of the top keepers in the league (which he isn't), the kid needs to wake up to himself and admit to these issues and fix them with hard work. He seems to be a bit of a "sulker" when he makes stuff ups - as a comparison, look how Janjetovic has responded to his clanger a few weeks ago. BK went through hell a few years back and I'm sure is a better keeper for it though of course he will never be perfect.
Both are good keepers with strengths and weaknesses - nobody has a divine rite to the position and a spot on the bench for Birraz is due. BK will do his best but I'm sure will make isolated errors - like we all do. He will only be dropped if he consistently doesn't look the goods - not if he stands still for one goal or drops a cross, as some on here will be pining for that first error.
Summary - Birraz, good bloke, slightly vain, lacks accountability, hugely talented, needs a serious slap across the chops from someone he respects.
BK - good honest Newy bloke, has to prove everything to the world, gone through much personal pain, club stalwart, needs to concentrate the full 90 mins though.
Club stalwart only because he wouldn't demand much coin.
And you missed BK's major technical issue too - he jumps just before set pieces are taken. Thus, if it takes a deflection, or indeed goes straight on, he has a lot less time to react to it. It's alright for all age, but anything higher, the ball will come at a fair rate of knots.
On da bench. I might ignore this thread for the next week, whatever happens.
BK did nothing wrong. He should start again next week
Kicked a ball out, should be dropped.
Another clean sheet for BK. What more does he have to do to get the gig permanently?