:rof: bad refereeing? I agree - Mullen's yellow inside 3 minutes was an absolute joke. Having a CB sit on a yellow for a full 90 minutes is asking for trouble yet MV didn't even try and take advantage of it.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it to the game last night... on the upside, I did get to see Carney's interview at the end and then give Lucy Zelic a kiss on the cheek after he was done and she clearly wasn't expecting it. Carney's confidence is obviously through the roof :rof:
Yeah, I thought he was excellent. Cowburn was good but committed to the tackle and missed a few times. Jackson was more than happy to basically jockey back and nip the ball when Kosta inevitably ****ed up. The only times I remember him looking shaky is when we lost the ball fairly deep in our own midfield.
for a midfielder playing for the first time in defence, he was good enough for me.
watching the replay our defensive style and going forward is much more organised compared to the last few yrs. yeah there were some lapses but big improvement even with a fairly new squad
Seriously you are waching a different game. Jackson had Barborouses in his pocket all game. In the past 2 weeks Barborouses has been attacking at will and last night Jackson kept him quiet. Got round him once from memory. Not bad for a 20yr old in his 3rd A-League game coming back from a quad strain
Miller getting our bad news bears to match melbourne. good stuff
Leonardo is a bit of a flog hey. Of all our recent playmaker imports he is the worst I reckon.
Trifunovic, I'm hoping you lot are right when you're saying he'll come good (has been the case in the past with A-League strikers), but fmd he has been honking so far. Unfortunately his nearest replacement is miles away, so fingers crossed the foz is proved right once more.
Also BK was a champ, some of those saves were sensual. Where are the 5 pages of discussion about that this week?
Actually our whole defence is looking hella strong this year. Hate Boogard though.
Hoist up the john b sail
Interesting to know boogs' reasoning for not staying to celebrate with the corner last night, BK clearly telling him to.
I suppose one bloke knows what it meant to everyone in the crowd, and one not yet aware of how much lag nights win meant.
It seems like a lot of things are coming together for us this season, we have two in form goalkeepers although I think Birraz should come back in the squad when he returns, a really good defensive line, which wasn't even at full strength considering lee is out. Poljak and kanta both do really well in the mid, kanta is looking better then ever and poljak is looking solid. Only thing is we need a better substitute or another guy to contend for a starting spot then cam watson. Carney and Enver are killing it down the wing, Leonardo is starting to settle and looking the goods, and hopefully milos starts to pull through and finish his chances cause he had at least three chances on the weekend he should've buried. Get an injury replacement for haliti, try and sign a mid-season mid if possible and everything will be looking good for is moving forward I reckon
Attention Scotty
Cowburn and Jackson > Hoffman.
I've tried to give the Hoff a chance but we have better options for Rb then him, only time until Scotty makes the change IMO.
I've been one of his biggest detractors, but you can't say Hoffman hasn't done well for us at RB so far.
Deserves to keep his position until that changes
Fair play to Carney for the goal etc. but I feel like his woeful Set Pieces are being lost in the haze.
No Jets player had any chance of getting on the end of any set piece from my recollection. Terrible
You mongs. Hoff was close to best on pitch. Wish I knew what game you guys watch.
I've been open to having him back and would love to see him succeed, maybe I've paid more attention to his failures and sort comings the I have to the good work his done.
IMO him and Enver have turned over possession often and far to cheaply also in dangerous positions, I can't recall many occasions of Hoffman getting forward and providing an option in attack and he seems to want to force the impossible ball rather than play the simple options.
You could add BK too.
Hoff hasn't done too much wrong in our first 3 games and should have had a goal to his name too. I see a player who is 100% committed, Kanta too had one of his best games for a while yesterday and should start again next week in CM. So keep trolling away negative nobodies because it pretty much looks they will be mainstays of the side this season.
I have been one of the Hoffs biggest baggers in the past , he has however been very good for us the first three rounds.
Kanta also showing glimpses again of what we all know he is capable of.
All IMO of course
And Watson is still a donkey.
Ribiero
Had a 2nd look at the game this morn. hoffs 1st half was good. his 2nd half was terrible. some of the mistakes he made put us dire situations.
Cheers boiz.
I reckon he's worse than Ribeiro, and we know he's worse than Flores, who is probably one of the most talented guys to have played for the Jets. Most talented for me is the aforementioned Vigs.
Worse than Ribiero? Are you taking the piss? I barely remember him even taking the field. Leonardo last night was fantastic - won a lot of free kicks that released pressure and gave the defenders a breather. Was always a step ahead of Trif with his thinking and passing and if those two can connect we've got a lot to look forward to. Leo knows how to hold the ball off opponents and then with a swift move get around them. He lost it a few times trying to take people on but if we want someone who always plays the safe backward option, we can just bring Caravella back.
rofl worse than riberio, one pete c clearly smoking the crack