Deans inherited the squad, not a difficult one to point out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
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Deans inherited the squad, not a difficult one to point out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
Doesnt excuse his poor tactical and in game choicesQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Base of the squad Robinson inherited and got much better out of themQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield
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Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Central coast racked up approx $550 million in debt before an administrator was appointed. Lawrie was Mayor for 4 years 4 years before this happened....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
I’m not saying he’s entirely to blame, but jeez, he doesn’t have a good business record...
As for Deans, he’s signed quite a few players, Duncan, the Indonesian, the guy from Malaysia, Yuel, AP, Prso, Abbas. That’s near enough to a third of the squad, I don’t buy the “not his squad” excuse.
Do you need petrol money?Quote:
Originally Posted by mge61
Yeh, look, appreciate it was a nice gesture to put in his “own money”. Also agree that all this rubbish happened with him at the helm.
Wouldn’t surprise me if it was a bit of PR ahead of his caravan business on the coast, or whatever venture he’s undertaking there. Bit of a Bad look to have racked up significant debt in previous positions. Putting in some of your own money looks a little better for the gullible coasties parting with their food stamps.
As for Deans. I think he showed enough in the early parts of the season to warrant a shot at gig. Was getting some good results and performances.
Has he convinced me he deaerves another year to put his mark on things? Not at all yet.
New coach, 2 year contract, only allowed to sign players to 2 years unless approved by club Eg local or upcoming olyroo/socceroo, be on track to make finals midway through season 2 or sacked, make finals, extension.
Seems some clubs seem to be able rustle up a new team, new coach and compete, whereas we end up resorting to not my team excuses.
New owners need to put their money on the line to prove to supporters and potential sponsors that they are investing. Otherwise, people have been burned too many times. How many “new dawns” have we had? Same story.
Uga's back injury stems from carrying our midfield since 2016.
Yep! AgreeQuote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Up for the game tonight. Missed the last 2 games with commitments so somewhat keen.
Anyone from the foz making the game?
Somehow we are favourites too.
I can't make it.
I won't be able to make any more games this season. I'm still a fan but I feel let down by the Deans decision. We need an owner ASAP.
If Millar starts tonight I'd like to see Deans hand him the captaincy as well - so our young fans aren't under any illusions about how much the clubs management hates them.
Deans seems to have a few favoutires , Learnt too much from ErnieQuote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Going to throw it out there, this will be our line up
Italiano
Miller, topor, Jackson, otoole
Prso, thurgate, remy
AP, Yuel and Roy,
Maybe throw ugga in instead of one of the midfield three?
Yuel is on the bench swapped with Hoff. Deans has lost the plot. Perf will exploit the **** out of Millar slacking off defensivelyQuote:
Originally Posted by Thomas477
Helpful tips from your friendly local Hobbit/Ring fancier, you could just make this your own signature to save you having to type it out every day. When we get a new coach you just change the first name and continue on, yea?Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Yeah, should’ve seen that one coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Reporting in for tonight's edition of gouging my eyes out with a rusty spoon.
Next level kick off. Deans is evolving as a coach.
Deans should be fired for that stupid kick-off routine alone.
It never works.
If the shoe fits I'll keep saying itQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Also, if they can play on this ground then move our home games to #2 now.
IF the shoe actually fit in this instance it would make a whole lot more sense. But you do you Stanny.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
NTS dribbling up the field seems to be a better attacking option than anything else I've seen.
The fact no one has told Italiano to shave his head shows a complete lack of leadership and duty of care at the club.
Deans showing his inexperience again.
Geria never scored in 100 and something games?
Nailed on to score tonight then...
Thinking we are playing better than Perth. What happened to them?
Enjoy seeing Hoffman tbh. Think he does well. Wouldn’t mind him and Millar swapping for a bit.
Hoffman probably should have at least got a decent shot away on goal.
Donovan hasn’t done much tbh.
Jackson never seems switched on enough for my liking. Anyone could have seen that run from Keogh but Jackson, and of course Chianese is the one who's gonna score against us now that Chris Harold has left. Lachie seems to have the attributes, just not the smarts to match.
Prso: Shoulda let Geria bundle him :rof:
2.5k in Coffs
Are we only allowed 1 sub?
2 apparently...Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
how we managed to level it to 1-1 at the 67th minute, and Deans waited till the 88th to bring on Ali Abbas is beyond me
Not saying it would have changed the result, but **** that is so incompetent its crazy
Deans use of subs not just this week but over many weeks has been highly questionable.
I think back to the game v smurfs ( Kogorah ) where Corica made 3 changes about the 57th min and those changes started to swing the game well and truly back to the smurfs. Dean was about the only person in this universe who did not see that momentum swing unfold in front of him. His belated changes in that game were perplexing not too mention last weekend and now this evening.
Its almost like he loses his situational awareness of the game.
11th v 10th, last 10min, and I swear he's instructed them to hold on for the draw...
I would too if my name was gonna be next to an 8 game losing streak.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojetfireV8
Couldn't agree more Brem. At this point I swear some people seem to think we should be fighting for top spot with this squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
We were 7 games without a point and it was end to end stuff. Dean's obviously told them to sit a little deeper and not allow Keogh or Ikonomidis in behind. Which meant their only weapon was Bruno, who we doubled up on. Simple tactics.
Wed made the attacking change with Yuel coming on. That gave us 2 speedy forwards either side of Roy to get at them on the counter with 3 CMs to block the centre of the pitch. Abbas was only brought on for fresh legs and we know he only has 10-20 mins on them at full pace. Krasniqi sits on the ball too long and could have cost us big time if he lost it close to our goal.
This was one of Dean's better games as coach IMO. Got a point against a Perth side who will likely shoot back up the table now they have their frontline sorted. Losing to Victory obviously knocked a few players heads around I'd hope, this is something to build off of.
No way we should be fighting for the top, but I want us to show a bit of heart - or promise of what might come next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
The interplay that drew the penalty was by far our best passage of the night.
But by god, we need to overhaul the midfield.
Am I correct in that Thurgate (21) was our only CM signed permanently with the club last night? Prso (20) and Rami (20) are both on loan until the end of the season so quite clearly we have a midfield rebuild on our hands if we stay in the comp next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
CorrectQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
I agree with this to an extent, but we were also going into that game level with last place, and I would like to imagine Deans would like to avoid getting a wooden spoonQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo