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We weren't real great, cohesion was terrible, but I'll take a point away in the first game of the season.
Topor was good, millar and burns give me some hope.
No idea what we were trying to do with arroyo.
Gave my vote to Wes Hoolahan for avoiding this abortion of an effort.
I thought about it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Arroyo wasn't fit and should not have played but as we have no other striker besides some Petratos brothers Ernie probs will never play he was always going to start.
Problem is he hasn't changed his tactics from last season looks like it which is a huge worry. Also if Ridenton could never play CM and Johnny K never play LB again that would be great
It’s like you’re reading my mind.....Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
I’d love to see Thurgate get a nod in front of Ridenton.
His lack of passing ability is one thing, his lack of protection and cover for his defenders though is too much.
id be ok if he played Johnny K at CM and Ridenton at LB.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
then sub Jackson on for both of them.
Ernie is that you? If so can you change our style of playQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
my brother if you've ever seen me at the Rhino or the coke dealer you'd know im not a man that hangs onto cash like a Scot.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Actually anyone gonna be in Melbourne early Jan come to the Rhino and Crown im due for a night out.
I’m just going to assume we have walked past each other at these spots without knowing who the other really was.....Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
https://media1.giphy.com/media/l36kU...7&rid=200.webpQuote:
Originally Posted by Aegon
I saw this and the Western v Glory game. The gulf in quality between the two matches makes me sad
We looked better when we got Ugarkovic on the ball in the second half.
Ridenton can't play again. Ever. If he does then Ernie is taking the piss
Ernie favourite is seems so expect he will playQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
Firstly
Did anyone else see the Gypo women pushing 50/60 who was walking around with no pants on in downtown GypoHQ just prior to kick off
FMD
Can't say I was shocked
As foe the game
Lets call a spade a spade
The Gypos are shit they got a better keeper now than they had when BK was there but they still getting the wooden spoon as they are still honking bad
As for us Bert has to be fired surely now??
Unable to beat these ****s should be a sackable offence
Absolutely disgraceful if he is still employed by Monday morning
As for our players
Fitzgerald is shit I am calling it now. Complete waste of ****ing space
Arroyo is honking FFS we had him here all off season and he can't run out 90 mins FFS What are we doing fitness wise with players ?
Gypo Miller is wasted at FB play him at RW and make Hoffman play FB. The bloke is 5 x a threat of Hoff and Fitzgerald combined and we are making the ****s defend WTF for
As for the game defensively we were sound. Was a great finish for their goal and they rarely threatened but FFS it is the Gypos and they had Matt Simon up front
Our midfield defensively were shit house.And it all starts with positional play. Dimis is miles away from Ridenton and Sugar who are also too far away from Fitzuseless and Hoff. The amount of times we got outnumbered in midfield scraps was a ****ing joke. Defensively Ridenton is weak always has been but Sugar done his usual going MIA without Kanta present
As for attack 1 ****ing goal from a charity penalty says we are ****ing shit
Lets just pencil ourselves in for 8th place at seasons end and stop wasting our ****ing time
Is 8th the new 7th?
Oh no, I was unfortunately pre-dispossed yesterday evening and missed this event.... How sad!
To be honest is this really a derby anymore? Half of the players have played for both teams anyway. This is more like a reunion. Just put us out of our misery already.
Also, did anyone cringe at all the pregame "banter" between the CEOs that was clearly organised at their weekly co-meetings? Actually, McKinna probably still has his own office down there to plan our downfall easier.
Western v Glory was a great game. Diamanti looks like he's going to absolutely destroy this league - fabulous player. However, Berisha looks like he's lost 20 yards of pace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Every Jets training session is a derby these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
what game were you guys watching? Fitz and Millar both did well, looked to get the ball and barrel down a wing
Arroyo's problem was they were constantly playing him the wrong ball. He's not Dukes ffs lobbing high balls for him to get with his back to goal and with two defenders on him isnt his game. He needs through balls and balls over the top of the defence for him to use his pace to run on to. We start giving him the right service he'll be fine.
All those whinging about Ridenton, he was there because Kanta wasn't.
We immediately looked better with Burns in that LB role, Johnny K should be next to Stevie UG when Kanta isnt available.
Arroyo was not fit and it was so obvious and hindered his game. Millar was poor the first 30 mins. Ridenton didn't have to play Thurgate and Langois were fitQuote:
Originally Posted by furns
NBN match wrap without the audio (hence not really a wrap up at all)
http://video.nbnnews.com.au/newcastl...oast201019.mp4
They did have more on the game after the segment above but I can't see it on their site
https://media2.giphy.com/media/doUu2...9&rid=200.webpQuote:
Originally Posted by furns
https://media0.giphy.com/media/3ohhw...rid=giphy.webp
100% what I saw.Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
Once again the opening game of a season for us and Bert has learnt jack shite when it comes to selecting his LB,Johny K was never in the game.
I said at the time i was underwhelmed at the signing of Ridenton and nothing has changed. The bloke is as weak as piss on the ball. I would back my 7 year old niece to disposess him of the ball and put him on his ass. Ridenton would have one of the worst completion rates for passes this league has ever seen. Why the f&*% we are wasting a visa spot on this player i will never know. I hear there are direct flights from up the road to get across the ditch these days then get him on one Stat !!!!!!. Sorry Bert we ain't got the resources to be playing favorites on blokes who are just not good enough.
No secret i don't think Fitzgerald is good enough for this level after suiting up for half the clubs in the competition ( sorry Fitzy supporters but they are the facts ) but he was not our worst on the night, His instinct to just go forward was good but as we have seen with Fitzgerald club after club he is fast and that is it end of section. I agree totally with some of the sentiment toward Arroyo, Just because the bloke is tall does not mean high balls are the go all the time. I want him in a running race toward goal with ball on the ground turning around slow defenders who can't catch him all day.
Anyways i think it was pretty clear without the footballing smarts of Hoolahan the sort of player who like Jeffers when he was here just see the game seconds before others and because of that vision can control the speed of the game we are going to struggle. If Bert is fair dinkum Johny K and Ridenton will be on the bench at best next weekend. A home game and a tired Adelaide this is not time for sentiment and favoritism Bert just put the best bloody 11 we have available on the park.
Nick Fitzuseless played well??
First half ball comes across the box he is 8 yards out central to goal and he takes a touch away from goal cutting the angle down and allowing a man to cover
A REAL FOOTBALLER TAKES IT 1ST TIME
Second half a cross comes to the back stick and he has the chance to bury a winner and he waits and waits and waits and waits and the shot is blocked
The ball was lobbed into the box from the right by Miller from memory
A REAL FOOTBALLER MOVES TO THE BALL AND TAKES IT EARLY
This guy showed exactly why he has been rejected by 4 HAL clubs already
He isn't good enough even for us
The fact we have signed him is a glaring indictment on our level of ambition
No drama if we gonna do things on the cheap but if that the case let's go find some young guy and give him a go like we did with Jowic or Johnny K rather than get some recycled player who ain't any good
The bloke will have one decent game this season for us
The rest of the time he will be an abject failure as he was last night
Miller was as others have said poor to start with but as the game went on looked our most likely threat
The chipped passes to Arroyo agree was shit
But that we were guilty of all over the park
FFS at one stage in the first half with the field spread Moss chipped one 40 yards to Sugar in the centre circle. Hospital pass putting it bluntly
Ridentons passing ain't shit. It the best part of his game
But his game is shit, so by logical extension it is correct to assert his passing is too, even if you spend most of your time watching it from between your fingers as some of us do because it's that bad...Quote:
Ridentons passing ain't shit. It the best part of his game
Thought NTS was close to our best. Millar warmed into it after a slow start, while Fitz was direct with the ball - something we desperately require. I honestly couldn't give a **** who played for the gypos, if someone puts on our shirt & gives it a red hot crack I'll get behind them regardless of their CV. It's a salary capped league, blokes go where they can get a job, we all would.
It was our first game of the season, we got a point from our rivals away from home. CCM will be a decent middle tier side this year, they really should of taken points from WSW on the road who comfortably accounted for Victory away from home. We wasted a couple of opportunities? Shock me. They must all be shit. We aren't watching the EPL here.
Agree 100% with everything you said apart from defending Ridenton :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetkel
I actually thought Fitzgerald did well. He didn't do anything amazing but he worked his arse off trying to get in the right spots.
Fitzy's defensive work rate was awesome
agree here. we always do well with lumbering strikers that rely on balls getting lobbed into the box, its why we've always owned Simons gypo bitch ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetkel
Thought Ridenton started well, thought Miller started really poorly.
Didnt have a problem with Fitzgerald and thought the team made very little effort to get Arroyo into the game. he was out and about but man we went nowhere near his strengths. Everyone gonna blame Dimi for that, but i wont.
Id almost have no prob with him trying Johnny K and Rideton at 6 and 8 and push Ugabooga up further and get Dimi out wide again. Ive more faith in Ugabooga finding Arroyo than anyone else on this team who isnt Wessi.
in the end we didnt win, and we need to beat teams like the gypos to have any hope of finals.
The same teams are gonna give us issues this year like Adelaide, Sydney, City and Phoenix. Add in Perth and there wont be too many spare spots at the end of the year.
on the positive side Victory being utter trash this year and only having Robbie Kruse to call on for help is a real turn of events.
Nabbout still gonna score 6 on us but anyway.
Still undefeated though.
Still winless though.
Scored in every match.
Cant keep a clean sheet.
Wheres the damn panic button.
Stevie G & Dimi were by far our best players IMO.
Boogs and NTS were so, so classy and solid. It will be so hard, yet again, for Jackson to break those 2 up.
I liked the output from both Millar & Fitz, and can definitely see the more they gel with the team the more they will both cause trouble for the opposition.
I would assume most people would put a selection of Steve, Dimi, Millar and NTS if asked for a 3,2,1.
Arroyo will be a wasted spot if we don't look to play him in behind, which we practically never did on Saturday.
In the Jerkstream podcast Ernie mentioned Bobby Burns was on par with Vujica in being a fringe player currently, and that it would be between him & JohnnyK as starting left back. Judging off Johnny's performance on the wkend, if Ernie doesn't feel comfortable with Burns starting then I see our only reasonable move is to put Hoff back there.
Hoffman has to go back to Right BackQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
It is scandalous playing Miller at FB with weaker players playing in front of him in the wide attacking roles
The bloke is arguably our biggest threat going forward
Having him at RW would see the rival Left Back never venture forward and their Left Wing would also be asked to run back a lot and assist
Until we have a better option at RW then it is a crime to play Miller at RB
Almost as dumb as that guy who played Leaky G at Left Back when he was the best player in our shitty side
Millars going to be a quality fullback & a real threat for us. Not sure why you'd want to take him out of the position he was signed to play in & move him to an unfamiliar position after one game. A game where he played well, albeit after a nervy start, & our wingers also looked capable.
Winger not wingers , You know what i mean LOL.
Because he is our best option at RWQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetkel
Why would you play him at RB when you could have him more of a threat up the park and we have adequate options to play RB ??
You play your best players where they can be most effective on the park for you
What do you base that on? One game?Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Just before you get truth bombed by the membah. You know Millar played in the league last year don't you? They may not have looked like it, but that team in yellow actually played in the HAL last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetkel
pffffft.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Jetkel is correct.
Millar has played only one game in the HAL.
We are the first club hes ever played for.
Sorry Frodo but you've fallen for #fakenews
Nope, he doesn't get away from his disgraceful past that easily. Until he single-handedly wins us the ACL he's a Gypo scumbag. Same goes for the rest of them. Anyone who says otherwise can go back to their relocatable home and think about what they've done.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague