A-League thread

[dwaino]

The forearm looks bad in slow motion but there was nothing in it. Two players challenging an air ball. Isais the pee ant should go on home and away.

[dwaino]

Vukovic 

[dwaino]

Will take a draw after that bull sending off. We were on top until then. Points are points so move on to the derby. Bench is really thin. When are the U21s back? Valeri will be a massive in as well.

[dwaino]

"That wasn't even a foul... Isais is a whinger" -Kosmina

[mightytiges]

No doubt Muscat won't hold back in the post-match presser .

Agree with Zdrilic. You see those aerial contests every day of the week. Fos reckons the refs have told the players & clubs that they are cracking down on this but, like the AFL, we'll find in 6 weeks time that these incidents will be let go again as they should. You can't have players getting yellows or worse being sent off for only a 50/50 foul. Absolute joke!

Anyway, as you say dwaino, an away point in round 1 where we were the far better side isn't such as bad thing. Once the rustiness goes away after a few games then most of those chances will be taken.

[dwaino]

Broxham will miss next week now.

The positive I'll take out is Bozanic. Such silky feet, turned a few players inside out and surprised at his strength given his size.

[tigs2011]

That's hardly a foul let alone a card. Get stuffed.

LOL getting sent off for only that. Another year and another A-League referee who has no idea .

In fairness he's not a new ref so it's to be expected.

[dwaino]

Watching Delovski ref this Mariners v Perth game. Perth aren't doing themselves any favours but he is hands the worst. In fact he would do better if he were blind folded and just guess. The fact is that he isn't is embarrassing.

[mightytiges]

City/Heart drew 1-1 with Sydney. All set for the derby now.

The positive I'll take out is Bozanic. Such silky feet, turned a few players inside out and surprised at his strength given his size.

Another shrewd signing by the Victory going by Friday's night effort  .

[dwaino]

Vuka should never have let that first one through. Can't believe he didn't go to ground to stop it, ref would have looked after him being the keeper. Mooy really killed us in that second half but must have been swinging from the refs nuts when it was raining fouls for them. After we were denied a penalty thought would have to be content with the draw but glad to pull out that late one out of the bag. Our work in the final third certainly needs improvement. We stuff around with it way too much and are wasting solid chances.

Most of all love our new reserved seats on the corner above the north end ferals 

[mightytiges]

 

1. Make City/heart initially despondent ....
2. Then let them back in the game to get their hopes up .....
3. Only to crush those hopes again in the last minute  .

[mightytiges]

Vuka should never have let that first one through. Can't believe he didn't go to ground to stop it, ref would have looked after him being the keeper. Mooy really killed us in that second half but must have been swinging from the refs nuts when it was raining fouls for them. After we were denied a penalty thought would have to be content with the draw but glad to pull out that late one out of the bag. Our work in the final third certainly needs improvement. We stuff around with it way too much and are wasting solid chances.

Most of all love our new reserved seats on the corner above the north end ferals 

I'm still not sure what Vuka was doing with their first. He was just too hesitant. The City's player first touch wasn't great and the ball was there to dive on and smother .

The second one, we pushed too many forward while not being alert defensively. It left our centre backs isolated in the defensive half. Granted great ball by Mooy.

[Loui Tufga]

Score??

[dwaino]

3-2

3-1 probably would sum the game up a bit better. Thought we had them cold for most of it except for about 15minutes in the second half when they really took it up to us.

[dwaino]

Vuka should never have let that first one through. Can't believe he didn't go to ground to stop it, ref would have looked after him being the keeper. Mooy really killed us in that second half but must have been swinging from the refs nuts when it was raining fouls for them. After we were denied a penalty thought would have to be content with the draw but glad to pull out that late one out of the bag. Our work in the final third certainly needs improvement. We stuff around with it way too much and are wasting solid chances.

Most of all love our new reserved seats on the corner above the north end ferals 

I'm still not sure what Vuka was doing with their first. He was just too hesitant. The City's player first touch wasn't great and the ball was there to dive on and smother .

The second one, we pushed too many forward while not being alert defensively. It left our centre backs isolated in the defensive half. Granted great ball by Mooy.

You could see that second one coming from a mile away I think. They had their tails up after the first and were really pressing us hard and attacked quick with those long wide through balls and we didn't respond.

As a summary I didn't mind Deng at the back. I wonder how long it will take to settle in to new game plan. Before we were 4231 with Milligan holding down the midfield and we attacked a lot from forcing turnovers in the middle. Now without him we've gone to 433 and playing really wide. I wonder how long until teams start forcing us narrow, effectively taking BFK and Barba out of the game and how we go with that.