NBN match wrap without the audio (hence not really a wrap up at all)
http://video.nbnnews.com.au/newcastl...oast201019.mp4
They did have more on the game after the segment above but I can't see it on their site
Life isn't the same without Con... but it can only improve without Tinks...
Once again the opening game of a season for us and Bert has learnt jack shite when it comes to selecting his LB,Johny K was never in the game.
I said at the time i was underwhelmed at the signing of Ridenton and nothing has changed. The bloke is as weak as piss on the ball. I would back my 7 year old niece to disposess him of the ball and put him on his ass. Ridenton would have one of the worst completion rates for passes this league has ever seen. Why the f&*% we are wasting a visa spot on this player i will never know. I hear there are direct flights from up the road to get across the ditch these days then get him on one Stat !!!!!!. Sorry Bert we ain't got the resources to be playing favorites on blokes who are just not good enough.
No secret i don't think Fitzgerald is good enough for this level after suiting up for half the clubs in the competition ( sorry Fitzy supporters but they are the facts ) but he was not our worst on the night, His instinct to just go forward was good but as we have seen with Fitzgerald club after club he is fast and that is it end of section. I agree totally with some of the sentiment toward Arroyo, Just because the bloke is tall does not mean high balls are the go all the time. I want him in a running race toward goal with ball on the ground turning around slow defenders who can't catch him all day.
Anyways i think it was pretty clear without the footballing smarts of Hoolahan the sort of player who like Jeffers when he was here just see the game seconds before others and because of that vision can control the speed of the game we are going to struggle. If Bert is fair dinkum Johny K and Ridenton will be on the bench at best next weekend. A home game and a tired Adelaide this is not time for sentiment and favoritism Bert just put the best bloody 11 we have available on the park.
Nick Fitzuseless played well??
First half ball comes across the box he is 8 yards out central to goal and he takes a touch away from goal cutting the angle down and allowing a man to cover
A REAL FOOTBALLER TAKES IT 1ST TIME
Second half a cross comes to the back stick and he has the chance to bury a winner and he waits and waits and waits and waits and the shot is blocked
The ball was lobbed into the box from the right by Miller from memory
A REAL FOOTBALLER MOVES TO THE BALL AND TAKES IT EARLY
This guy showed exactly why he has been rejected by 4 HAL clubs already
He isn't good enough even for us
The fact we have signed him is a glaring indictment on our level of ambition
No drama if we gonna do things on the cheap but if that the case let's go find some young guy and give him a go like we did with Jowic or Johnny K rather than get some recycled player who ain't any good
The bloke will have one decent game this season for us
The rest of the time he will be an abject failure as he was last night
Miller was as others have said poor to start with but as the game went on looked our most likely threat
The chipped passes to Arroyo agree was shit
But that we were guilty of all over the park
FFS at one stage in the first half with the field spread Moss chipped one 40 yards to Sugar in the centre circle. Hospital pass putting it bluntly
Ridentons passing ain't shit. It the best part of his game
Last edited by MFKS; 20-10-2019 at 11:47 PM.
But his game is shit, so by logical extension it is correct to assert his passing is too, even if you spend most of your time watching it from between your fingers as some of us do because it's that bad...Ridentons passing ain't shit. It the best part of his game
Life isn't the same without Con... but it can only improve without Tinks...
Thought NTS was close to our best. Millar warmed into it after a slow start, while Fitz was direct with the ball - something we desperately require. I honestly couldn't give a **** who played for the gypos, if someone puts on our shirt & gives it a red hot crack I'll get behind them regardless of their CV. It's a salary capped league, blokes go where they can get a job, we all would.
It was our first game of the season, we got a point from our rivals away from home. CCM will be a decent middle tier side this year, they really should of taken points from WSW on the road who comfortably accounted for Victory away from home. We wasted a couple of opportunities? Shock me. They must all be shit. We aren't watching the EPL here.
Last edited by Jetkel; 21-10-2019 at 02:34 PM.
agree here. we always do well with lumbering strikers that rely on balls getting lobbed into the box, its why we've always owned Simons gypo bitch ass.
Thought Ridenton started well, thought Miller started really poorly.
Didnt have a problem with Fitzgerald and thought the team made very little effort to get Arroyo into the game. he was out and about but man we went nowhere near his strengths. Everyone gonna blame Dimi for that, but i wont.
Id almost have no prob with him trying Johnny K and Rideton at 6 and 8 and push Ugabooga up further and get Dimi out wide again. Ive more faith in Ugabooga finding Arroyo than anyone else on this team who isnt Wessi.
in the end we didnt win, and we need to beat teams like the gypos to have any hope of finals.
The same teams are gonna give us issues this year like Adelaide, Sydney, City and Phoenix. Add in Perth and there wont be too many spare spots at the end of the year.
on the positive side Victory being utter trash this year and only having Robbie Kruse to call on for help is a real turn of events.
Nabbout still gonna score 6 on us but anyway.
Still undefeated though.
Still winless though.
Scored in every match.
Cant keep a clean sheet.
Wheres the damn panic button.
Stevie G & Dimi were by far our best players IMO.
Boogs and NTS were so, so classy and solid. It will be so hard, yet again, for Jackson to break those 2 up.
I liked the output from both Millar & Fitz, and can definitely see the more they gel with the team the more they will both cause trouble for the opposition.
I would assume most people would put a selection of Steve, Dimi, Millar and NTS if asked for a 3,2,1.
Arroyo will be a wasted spot if we don't look to play him in behind, which we practically never did on Saturday.
In the Jerkstream podcast Ernie mentioned Bobby Burns was on par with Vujica in being a fringe player currently, and that it would be between him & JohnnyK as starting left back. Judging off Johnny's performance on the wkend, if Ernie doesn't feel comfortable with Burns starting then I see our only reasonable move is to put Hoff back there.
OK
Hoffman has to go back to Right Back
It is scandalous playing Miller at FB with weaker players playing in front of him in the wide attacking roles
The bloke is arguably our biggest threat going forward
Having him at RW would see the rival Left Back never venture forward and their Left Wing would also be asked to run back a lot and assist
Until we have a better option at RW then it is a crime to play Miller at RB
Almost as dumb as that guy who played Leaky G at Left Back when he was the best player in our shitty side
Millars going to be a quality fullback & a real threat for us. Not sure why you'd want to take him out of the position he was signed to play in & move him to an unfamiliar position after one game. A game where he played well, albeit after a nervy start, & our wingers also looked capable.
Winger not wingers , You know what i mean LOL.