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loudish whispers of GVE back to AIS.
Heskey hasn't played too badly during this losing streak, although he has missed quite a few half-chances imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by la bazzle
The real problem is that he doesn't suit GVE's style, and it's something that has ****ed us from the start of the season. If GVE wants to turn things around quickly, we need to get back to playing how we played during the pre-season. Dropping Heskey is the first thing that needs to be done. It's about all that's left for him.
The only thing worse than GVE's tactical decisions at the moment are the suggestions (or demands) from the Newcastle football intelligentsia. I mean far out, look at these people.
Bridges up front with Heskey? The guy struggles to break into a jog.
Kasey Wehrman a good influence? lol.
Bring in Miron to replace GVE? haha, for real
GVE=Mr Bubbles
I was willing to give GVE the benefit of the doubt but I can clearly see now that his judgement in picking the strongest XI every week is clouded for whatever reason or agendas. Oxborrow from what I've seen of him in a few NBN league games this year is still a fair way off A-League standard, yet he gives him a run in a crucial away match against arguably the most physical side in the comp. Meanwhile he leaves midfielders like Pepper and Ribiero (who have shown they can cut it at this level) at home. What was he thinking and what was he trying to prove by handing Oxborrow a starting position???
It backfired badly, the lad was virtually non-existent in the first half and his mistake led to Perth's first goal. At half-time he is in damage control and subs Oxborrow and puts on the more experienced Brillante but we are already chasing the game.
"Super-coach" Deans mentioned just the other week in reference to Kale Bradbury that with his purple patch of goal-scoring that they want to see him scoring at a goal/game before he even gets considered for the first team. Okay, so what was the criteria in picking Oxborrow in the first team??? Has he been "tearing" up the Youth League that much that he deserved to be called up? From what I've seen on performances on the park over much of the past year, if there was anyone to come up from the Youth it would hands-down be Andrew Hoole not Oxborrow.
GVE clearly has no idea on who to pick and when to pick them, who to leave on the bench, who to bring on later and that was all confirmed last night!
Gary out etc etc.
Bridges is wasted talent sitting in Newcastle watching from his living room. The bloke should either be on the sidelines coaching the lads, or on the field wearing the armband telling everyone to ignore Garys "direction".
Good to see your views on football have evolvedQuote:
Originally Posted by Smeezyy
I would like to see: (assuming players are all fit)
----------------Bira -------------------
Hoole -- Tiago/Mitchell -- Chapman --Ritter
Zad/Virgilli--Ribeiro---Jobe/Zad-- Goodwin With ribeiro pushing in attack. Jobe/Zad Dropping in defence.
-----------Griffiths -- Heskey---------------- (rotating around)
Bench:
BK
Virgili/Jobe
Taggart
Kanta/Pepper/Bradberry or whoever else is good.
Tiago/Mitchell only because I think we need somebody with some experience at the back. Alternatively Regan who is a proven good communicator and would have played with Chapman/Hoole in youth.
So true. Even if Bridges can't do the 90 minutes, he's smart and a good leader. A Bridges- Heskey combination should be given a decent run. Both Bridges and Heskey have played under managers of much higher calibre than our arrogant Van God. As a number of people have pointed out, Heskey must be wondering what in the hell is going on, with the poor service he's getting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smeezyy
Give them the opportunity to work together and lead the others and they will soon start to break down opposing defences. If we had a 2 or 3 goal buffer at 2/3 rds time and Bridges can't handle the pace (although I think he can), then sub him off. We are leaking goals alarmingly, and if Van God can't sort it, we need to score more ... giving the almighty time to sort the defence (which I think he claimed was sorted earlier in the season.)
I don't think Chapman and Regan would have played many, if any games together in NYL.
Well I gave myself the off season to think about it, but I have come to the conclusion that Birdges is still class as ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Fish
Who is Birdges
Heskey is a class act that was brought in to strengthen the side, which he has done. the system is still able to be utilized with him in the squad, but gve is going about it completely the wrong way. Heskey does not need to be dropped, that suggestion is one of the worst I've heard this season.
He might be the best player we've ever had but he has also killed the playing style which the team was built around.
Not his fault, but dropping him is the quickest and most GVE-compatible solution.
I can't see us dropping Heskey. I think we need to have somebody next to him all the time. So when we hoof it, there's 2 people to aim for.
That's hardly a solution though. We mightas well just play a 424 and have 3 around Heskey if that is seriously how we are going to play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
Wouldn't hurt for Heskey to be subbed around the 65-70 min mark in future games especially if the game is panning out like it has the last few games. A ryu and taggart combinations with ribiero in behind and 1 bloody deep-lying mid for a change would be nice to see. So sick of seeing 2 mids sitting barely 2 m infront of the back four while virgili and co are trying to break with no one to pass it to.
Not to mention that Bridges & Heskey played up front at nation level for england, but no, big ego GVE wont even give them 1 start up front together!
Instead give a young bloke a start in the middle, then when he makes a mistake blame him, dont stand behind your decision, then totally destroy his confidence.
Even when we won games we played shit. we were lucky!
Piss the formation off, its not working, and even when you come out and say your playing attracive football, you must hae been watching a barcelona game and got upset
Leave your tinkering to your bedroom, and get some stability and some consistency!!
Get the experienced boys back in there and give the young boys some time off the bench and when they play well consecutively give them a start.
Or just piss off back to the AIS, your a pretender with a big ego!
Get terry venables to replace him.
lulzathon. to strengthen a kids team, what hope has he got.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
These kids mean well, try hard, have a bit of talent and could do well if slotted into a team with 8 other experienced players. But GVE has set them up to fail with too much inexperience. This season was always stuffed, next, no better. Either get 6 expereinced players in or GVE to go play football Sims on easy level.
I'm sick of the playing attractive football>3 Points
The gypos play terrible football yet they win
Give it up Gary
since when have we been playing attractive football?
We haven't been but Gary is intent on us playing some Barcelona quality shit.
I think he used the term "high-pressing possession based" in the pre-season.Quote:
Originally Posted by BodyNovo
Even commentators like Bozza and Rudes are saying that GVE should be simply playing players who are performing and not constantly "tinkering" with the side. Imagine how players must feel when you've played well one week and then next week find that you are on the bench or not even in the squad.....has happened just about every week e.g Goodwin, Virgili, Ribeiro, Regan and Chapman have had decent games and then been left out the following week. FFS the comp is only 27 rounds and you only have 1 game/week so there should be no need to "rest" players.
How about they just go back to practicing the basics at training as I've consistently seen some the most fundamental basics of football horribly missing from games each week.
1. A successful 5 yard pass.
2. A successful 10 yard pass.
3. Successfully crossing the ball.
4. Pass and MOVE.
5. Don't go flying into tackles when you obviously have no chance of winning the ball.
6. Repeat the last 5 steps, i mean seriously c'mon......you're meant to be "professional footballers".
Seen many coaches at all levels over the years and the ones that continually change players and formations are the ones doomed to fail
Couldn't agree with you more. Van God has to be a dill, he couldn't run a piss up in a brewery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Wise Man
We were lucky to come away from the Wanders game with points, and we were lucky to beat the Central Coast in our first game against them.
The promised high tempo, high pressing game has hardly been seen. We have two high quality strikers in Heskey and Bridges, and although advancing in years, they have more football knowledge and a deft touch than Van God can ever hope to have.
Start Heskey and Bridges together, and give them a relatively free reign up front, and allow them to lead and inspire the younger players .... they've seen and played more football than our supposedly illustrious Van God can ever dream about.
And as for attractive football .... its mostly dead bloody boring. Full back passes to full back, and again , and again ... oh we better give the keeper a touch, so back to the keeper, and when Kennedy is the keeper, he either kicks the ball out, or the opposition gain the ball from it.
In regard to dropping Heskey, he is the reason we have the points we have.
Is Van God and his larger than life ego simply frightened that his two best players, in Bridges and Heskey, and others like Goodwin might overshadow him?
He's spoken a few times now of some of the players playing with fear ... is he confusing that with his own fear?
I would also like to bring up that GVE was running our youth in the AIS at the exact time our youth couldn't score goals and played boring football.
60% possession isn't so impressive when 50% of that was between the keeper and fullback alone. No point "keeping possession" if you can't score a bloody goal.
Step one of football, score more than the opponent!
Exactly, every word of it! If we leak goals , we need to score more then them .... the basic aim of the game .... and it provides entertaining football as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Imyourhero
how about we adapt our system to suit heskey hey
Play 442
Get it wide, use pacey wingers, cross it into the box.............jobs done.
Agree with the comment about the basics -
Did anyone else notice that when Perth had a throw in, they mostly kept posession?
When we had a throw in, within two passes Perth had posession?
The comments on this page are exactly why I don't want Gary to go.
Barbarians at the gate.
Fan: Are you playing this week ?
Player: Well, I played well last week but with Gary that could mean I'm on the bench or dropped.
Could be a player having a laugh. Might be a player telling it how it is.
I hope it was a player having a laugh.
Was going to say " said " player fits Ribeiro profile but then realised that could one any number of players.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
SB on the moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by Skirt Boy
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Originally Posted by late_to_the_game
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Originally Posted by Football is us
good to see a few of the players jumping on the foz to vent. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Imyourhero
good. will quit my job, and on behalf of all jets fans, walk the 100m to the AIS and boo him every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raw Boned Youngster
you're not the first person to suggest thisQuote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
not true though
shame
miss the days of ljubes truth bombs