That's a great idea. Then we can get to the end of the season, finishing in last spot whilst Stubbins goes through the motions, re-signing half of the shit players and letting go half of the good ones. Then he gets the boot, new bloke comes in and we start yet another ****ing rebuilding phases whilst he uses the excuse of not having HIS players in the squad. Pyramids were built quicker than it has taken us to rebuild after winning the GF, ffs.
Why not , he was everywhere else Friday that he should not have been.
Adopt a similar gameplan to the wanderers dare I say, stay compact and solid in defence, break quickly with the aim of getting in behind the fullbacks. They also crowd areas forcing opposition players into long switches which they pounce on if ill directed. Zane basically had us playing the 442 version of it last season. I'd go with
Birras
Nev. kew. Dash. Gallagher
Celeski. Kanta
Hoole. Griff. Carns
Monty
Ps. Not saying we have to play as dour as they play, just set up similarily
--------------Biraz--------------------
Neville--Kew--Madaschi--Gallagher
--------------Celeski------------------
Hoole-------------------------Carney
--------------Flores-------------------
---------Griff--Jeronimo-------------
Give us 1 game of that pls.
OK
That's a decent line-up. No-one other than defenders really weak on the ball, maybe Nuemann and Hoole have a few stray passes in them. Gallagher won't overlap Carney so we won't be caught out there. Neville and Hoole can interchange.
If we go 1-0 up and want to defend a lead, bring Monty up front and bring on Kanta/Pepper/Caravan on for the other striker. We can then play 4-5-2.
The only thing i like different to what you have PV4 is maybe play 4-1-2-2-1 and let Griff drop deep to get the ball as well as Flores, let Nuemann drag defenders wide and play off the shoulder. If Griff then wants to join him up front we are 2 on 2 in attack with a little pace and Flores ability to pick out a pass.
Also, it would be great to have the option on bringing on Big Monty in the 70-80th minute to out muscle tired defenders and cause havoc. Just send up some long balls when we are chasing the game in the last quarter, as will probably happen many times this year. Even if you're playing poorly, anyone can score from a goal mouth scramble if you can get the ball in there and have a bit of luck.
I don't think Jeronimo and griff can play together up front, they both play the same style, trying to get in behind whereas montano likes to come for the ball and hold it up.
In the game Jeronimo started besides the goal he was shit, didn't come for the ball once. Love PV4s lineup but I would swap montano for Jeronimo.
stubbins sounds like moyes.
i love it how our coaches always seem to lament a lack of preparation time (despite the a-league having the longest pre-season in world football) and a large turnover of players (despite the fact that it's the a-league and every ****ing team has the same problem every ****ing season).
it's actually embarrassing. up until the roar game i didn't really have an opinion on stubbins either way, but now i think he's clearly out of his depth and has to go.
I like PV4's line-up too, with the team we have that's the best we can hope for. As for Phil....... I was hesitant when wr signed him as he's not exactly the guy on anyones radar, but now that he's spomen and shoen what he can do, I'm afraid that my girls will never know a winning mentality in Newy.
Too many excuses, not enough arse kicking and too much putting players and laughable line-ups together. I'd send him to hang out with Theo alla season two and give miron a call. We need someone who has proven credentials and charisma.
Stubbins out. He should have shot back at Hutchos better than "that's disrespectful". Hutcho bags our club, our record and our stadium. Don't let that prick off so lightly. I'm limiting the talking I do over the weekend so I can save it for a verbal barrage at that scum Hutcho
Should have interviewed griff. Would have been more entertaining
Last edited by Jeterpool; 27-11-2014 at 07:58 PM.
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To be honest I couldn't really give a shite what hutcho has to say and I think stubbins was the same. Hutcho will be without his minder (Montgomery) this Sunday so I'd rather see our response to his comments shown against him on the pitch rather than in some chit chat during the week. The way I see it, our club has the potential to be one of the better in the comp under the right ownership. His beloved club only has the potential to be moved to north Sydney or somewhere else in the future. As the years roll by I have no doubt who's the better club will be
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