FIXTURE FACTS
We haven't played them before.
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FIXTURE FACTS
We haven't played them before.
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Never beaten them. Never even scored against them.
A record of failure against this lot.
Loose 6-1
They have goals in them we don't so hard to see a win but fingers crossed
But we've scored in every game this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
It may be singular, not the plural, so your statement I guess holds true.
But we have also conceeded in every game as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
So with a record of scoring and conceding in every game this season and only scoring 1 a game we are 100% no chance of winning if it continues
Look at you, getting all statsy! Nice :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I actually think we will win this week
Just got a feeling we will
missed a few stats thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Current pts table we are behind
Goals for we are worse
Goals against we are worse
They bought well in off season and we 2bit pov asses just managed to get a team together
They are 5 minutes old and have built a better side then we have in the last 10 years
They have berisher we have hoffman
Any other unwanted truths before the delusional optimists crap their undies about being negative?
score? 2-0 to someone
Who is unavailable due to international duty for this game?
Burns, Arroyo and RidentonQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Wait Arroyo? is not available as well? **** Hoff please save usQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
****Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
No Arroyo and no Ridenton
That is 2 of our best players not playing
We no hope now
We need points this weekend. I would love to see 2 positional changes.
Let's move our most dangerous player Miller to Right Wing to have a greater impact on game.
Let's start Thurgate into centre midfield where Ridenton was.
Dimi Petratos really needs to dominate these games
depending on where people are sitting they are gonna read the word 'dangerous' two different ways there.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Attacking wise I should say, looks threatening every time he goes forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
My team would be
Gk moss
Rb johny k
Lb l jackson
Cb topor
Cb boogs
Cm stevie u
Cm angus t
Rw miller
Am dimi
Lw fitzy
Str hoff
Subs
Pretty much whoever is left including ben kanta, petratos boys, pat l
Reasoning, need goals. Hoff has shown in trials he can finish. Miller can add pace down flanks, fitzy had his best game for a few years and needs a run off games to get some confidence.
Thurgates prefered position is cm, lets give him a full game, is surely the long term option there.
Jackson not ideal left back but deserves another game. Good to see john k as right back
Wait.. We are missing our back up LB so you think it's a good idea to move our starting RB further up the pitch and move our LB across to the right side.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Basically, weaken the left side, as well as weaken the centre with Boogs back and hope that another fullback in attack (which would make us starting with 2 RBs in our front 3) will help us score goals?
That's a very hard No from me.
How would you adjust your formation with Boogaard being out? He's rated a 60-70% chanceQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Boogs at 60-70% is probably gonna have the same game as 100% fit Boogs anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
The two swaps I think Ernie will do is Thurgate for Arroyo with Hoff or Fitzgerald moving up top and Kanta coming in for Ridenton. Jackson will retain his spot.
Kanta in straight swapQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Understand your thoughts. But the facts are, we are on 2 points from 4 games. Lose another game and we are in deep you know what. We need points, we have a really good player in Wes H out til January. We need to be in the mix before he comes back, let's not give everyone a headstart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Basically we are going to be weaker anyway we have 3 players unavailable this week plus the 2 attacking players that are already out. Thats 5 out, 3 off which are attack minded players, so we need to look at options.
Western United are an older team, probably the oldest in the league. Why not throw some pace at them?Especially with Durante and Gulum at the back and No Risdon available.
Miller best strengths are with the ball, he isn't in our top 5 defenders. Against Adelaide he constantly got caught too high up the park. Troisi and McGree killed us when the space opened up.
The only other option could be to keep john k as left back and give Pat Langlois an opportunity at right back. Miller for me at right wing is a must, thurgate at cm is a must for me as well. Pace and sharpness to combat the older Western United
If we didn't have the financial restraints an injury replacement would be extremely handy right about now...Especially a wide player or striker
Jackson and Topor need to stay as a partnership, Johnny needs to stay at LB, being out of form, last thing he needs is another position to get to grips with as he's only played LB this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Kanta and Ugar a must
Keep the attacking three and give Maki Petratos a run, Hoff does not do well at the point of attack
We are 2 points off 1st place with lots of rounds to go.
Rest the players, put the youth in.
Sign Kale for a guest stint. Goals galore.
You guys gotta start thinking big picture here.
Johny out of form?? He had a solid game Saturday, hoff played upfront in trials and scored heaps of goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Terrible against Mariners and Sydney when the targeted him, Adelaide and Perth left him alone which was dumbQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield
So it was the oppositions fault that he played well?? Makes perfect sense...... Keep beating that drum Stanny, never concede.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
nah but if he got targeted like he did with those two teams based on this season, I dont have any faith he would've played any betterQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
agree with Mariners and Sydney games, his positioning for goals wasnt great.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
he was fine against Adelaide and he had Castro on him all day against Perth but defended well. Castro went after him big time trying to create numbers in his area of the field.
Johnny K shut that shit down, with a good chunk of help from Topor.
gonna be fun though when Ernie breaks up the solid centre back pairing to bring Boogaard back in and shuffle Jackson off out wide or something bad.
love this team.
I felt Castro spent alot of time on our right hand side. Maybe I should watch games again (Shudder)Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
This is why we will forever be shit. The Hoff up top has been tried and tried and tried. And failed miserably. Again and again and again. But hey let's try it one more time....Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield
This is exactly how it was for the first 8 weeks of last season. Club treating the competition and supporters with contempt.Quote:
Originally Posted by la bazzle
With 5 players out we can't be exactly picky. There isn't exactly a truckload of options.Quote:
Originally Posted by la bazzle
Also Hoff didn't score many ore season
He is a 60%-70% liability in defence regardless of how fit he isQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
You do realise Hoffman cost a grand final win because he couldn't finish??Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Missed not 1 but 2 sitters with one of them being an empty net
I know we struggling for options but no ****ing way is this a legitimate option
Play Lachie Jackson up from before Hoffman plays 9
Hell play Johnny K up there seeing as we play him out of position every other week
I'm more concerned with our other players who failed to get into scoring positions than I am with Hoff.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
True at least he makes runsQuote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Watch JohnnyK being torn apart by Diamanti...
I honestly have no faith in him at the moment, he had a big part in Perth's goal on Sunday too.
His passing has been bad.
He's not a LB, how many games do we have to lose to prove it?
Give Burns a chance: really, he can't be worse than JohnnyK.
Burns absent this weekend but I do tend to agree he needs a chanceQuote:
Originally Posted by mic22