bt50 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, daniboi said: The wife likes to get caught offside....hahahahah Clearly no flag for you. Are you Archie in disguise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 A tactical defensive master class. We never let them have freedom in their final third and we were dominant in the mid field. A perfect foundation to build upon. Kamau is shit, but if he is shit at everything else and scores 2 goals then he deserves credit especially when he is executing Wazza's plan perfectly by cutting into the box aggressively. Ross is class and created forward momentum. All in all a very well organised and solid performance. Credit to Wazza's leadership. MOTM La Rocca, Bart or Malik with a special mention to Muscat, Brattan, and Jacobsen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moops Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Pretty professional didn't even look like conceding, for the first game of the season to shake off some rust, I really enjoyed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 minute ago, playmaker said: A tactical defensive master class. We never let them have freedom in their final third and we were dominant in the mid field. A perfect foundation to build upon. Kamau is shit, but if he is shit at everything else and scores 2 goals then he deserves credit especially when he is executing Wazza's plan perfectly by cutting into the box aggressively. Ross is class and created forward momentum. All in all a very well organised and solid performance. Credit to Wazza's leadership. MOTM La Rocca, Bart or Malik with a special mention to Muscat, Brattan, and Jacobsen Ross looks like he's made one too many trips to Nando's, wouldn't say masterclass but on point and finally kamau isn't shit just average. Other wise agree with your summary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 I was thinking of posting my opinion of tonight but every time the basic fact that Brisbane were utter trash kept coming back. They were woeful and judgment on us should be made with that in mind. It was an awful game to watch. Defensively we were superb and as a foundation that is a relief but if we are going to win matches we need to improve creatively. I'll enjoy the win and go into the Derby quietly confident. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 That match could've cured insomnia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Really unsure what to make of that game. My instinct is that there's probably a lot of work to do. That good sides will eat us alive and won't let us get away with being so toothless in attack. No one really stood out for me, pretty average effort across the board. But OTOH, we may have just played out Joyce's plan perfectly and every week we'll be able to be this solid defensively and just pinch a goal or two going forward. We also have a few players to come into the side so there's improvement to come there. It's hard to say one game into season. I think my concerns outweigh the positives for me. I'm not expecting us to get anything out of the derby. But three points on the board I suppose. Onwards and upwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Bort so cool in defence. Physical, strong, quick. So well done it went by under the radar. Promising signs, early days. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 City won Friday night's season opening game at AAMI Park 2-0 against Brisbane Roar, and looked a far better side than the one that fell to Sydney FC in the FFA Cup. A slimmed-down Luke Brattan was a walking testament to the new coach's tough preseason regime and focus on discipline. City v Roar player ratings Consistency is the Joyce shtick Bruce braces for huge season Brattan told Fox Sports: "We’ve worked all pre-season about being solid defensively because last season, we copped soft goals. “It’s a different squad to last year so we’ve had to change a lot.” Brattan put the performance down to Joyce’s coaching. “He’s a brilliant motivator,” he said. “He’s been on my back since day one. I’ve got to get fitter, but it’s a long pre season and we’re very fit.” Nick Fitzgerald was everywhere throughout the match and was just shaded for best on pitch by double-goal scorer Bruce Kamau. An exhausted Fitzgerald said afterwards: “The result today was great. I like the midfield, they got the ball out wide and let me and Bruce do our thing “I think our work ethic this season has been top notch. We’ve come in on days off and done extra running because it’s all about working hard for each other. “We wanted to hit the ground running which we did. On day’s when we could have been sitting at home doing nothing, we’ve come in to work hard as a team.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, n i k o said: City won Friday night's season opening game at AAMI Park 2-0 against Brisbane Roar, and looked a far better side than the one that fell to Sydney FC in the FFA Cup. A slimmed-down Luke Brattan was a walking testament to the new coach's tough preseason regime and focus on discipline. City v Roar player ratings Consistency is the Joyce shtick Bruce braces for huge season Brattan told Fox Sports: "We’ve worked all pre-season about being solid defensively because last season, we copped soft goals. “It’s a different squad to last year so we’ve had to change a lot.” Brattan put the performance down to Joyce’s coaching. “He’s a brilliant motivator,” he said. “He’s been on my back since day one. I’ve got to get fitter, but it’s a long pre season and we’re very fit.” Nick Fitzgerald was everywhere throughout the match and was just shaded for best on pitch by double-goal scorer Bruce Kamau. An exhausted Fitzgerald said afterwards: “The result today was great. I like the midfield, they got the ball out wide and let me and Bruce do our thing “I think our work ethic this season has been top notch. We’ve come in on days off and done extra running because it’s all about working hard for each other. “We wanted to hit the ground running which we did. On day’s when we could have been sitting at home doing nothing, we’ve come in to work hard as a team.” That's good to hear and read. Pleasing really. Never would have had that with previous managers. Joyce seems a hard nut which is welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellenic Hero Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Active in the second half was so, so bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Hellenic Hero said: Active in both halves was so, so bad. Fixed 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 I am currently in Tokyo, pissed as I can be and still be able to type after six hours on the Japanese turps. Come back to the hotel and find that the boys won! Long prer-seasnms tend to make us scared of shadoiws and I don't really care oif Kamau has had a crap game but he still scored a brace. I will take that any time. I don't care if Brattan has joined Jenny Craig, it looks like he played his role as did everunboen else. A great way to end the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Baka1 said: That's good to hear and read. Pleasing really. Never would have had that with previous managers. Joyce seems a hard nut which is welcome I don't want to be that guy, but it makes me wonder why Brattan needed Joyce to understand that he needed to trim down and get fitter, or even for Fitzgerald to understand that getting extra runs and fitness work in on 'off days' would be beneficial. No sense in dwelling on the past too much, but...I mean, how many times did we score first last year and fail to go on and win? Nobody at the club managed to pinpoint a lack of fitness as an issue and work to rectify it with all the world class training facilities? I'd love to read a behind the scenes book about this club over its firet ten years. I imagine some of the stuff would be mind boggling. Speaking of Joyce, certainly no issue between him and Valkanis, if the prematch footage was any indication. They were chuckling and back slapping like BFFs. Either they're the greatest actors in the world, or they're on the same page. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartOfCity Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 2 hours ago, NewConvert said: I am currently in Tokyo, pissed as I can be and still be able to type after six hours on the Japanese turps. Come back to the hotel and find that the boys won! Long prer-seasnms tend to make us scared of shadoiws and I don't really care oif Kamau has had a crap game but he still scored a brace. I will take that any time. I don't care if Brattan has joined Jenny Craig, it looks like he played his role as did everunboen else. A great way to end the night. Its amazing that you said you've out on the turps, i can barely tell. 🤣 Its pretty cool some of the places the boys go on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Hellenic Hero said: Active in both halves was so, so bad. I have to agree with @hakz7 here. I rarely say anything negative about active because I know it's a tough job, a lot of people in the active bays don't get involved, etc but last night was nowhere near good enough. Capo incoherently blathering into the mega all night, drumming was out of sync, chant selection was all over the shop. I won't go on about it too much but a lot of improvement needed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 31 minutes ago, KSK_47 said: I have to agree with @hakz7 here. I rarely say anything negative about active because I know it's a tough job, a lot of people in the active bays don't get involved, etc but last night was nowhere near good enough. Capo incoherently blathering into the mega all night, drumming was out of sync, chant selection was all over the shop. I won't go on about it too much but a lot of improvement needed I sit behind active area and couldn't work out some of the chants as the capo screamed so much it distorted the output. And why chant something where only 3 people know of that chant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhitePride Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) Active started off well but by gee did it drop off, especially in the second half. Good result on the pitch nonetheless, the defence seems to be very, very solid and if Cahill, McCormack, etc can find the net regularly, we could be in for a good season. Really happy that Kamau scored twice as well, hopefully it'll be a common theme this season. Edited October 6, 2017 by RedAndWhitePride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Still have Bruno, Tip Rat, Kilkenny and Cahill to come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 People have been critical because Roar didn't look that good, and reckon we should have looked better as a result. But look at it this way, Roar were only as good as we allowed them to be, and we set out to nullify them. I suspect that under Wazza we are going to be much more defensive and pragmatic. We'll set out not to concede first and foremost, and then take our chances when we get them. 3 minutes ago, Dylan said: Still have Bruno, Tip Rat, Kilkenny and Cahill to come back Budzik has barely started either. And meanwhile McCormack will get better as he builds understanding. Depth too, there are players we rate, such as Arzani, who didn't even make the bench last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzema23 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Yes please more pragmatism, would be fucking great to actually defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever City Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 7 hours ago, Hellenic Hero said: Active in the second half was so, so bad. We have a dived terrace, some want a more English style terrace while others want a hardcore euro terrace it also doesn't help when 60% of the terrace don't sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) 37 minutes ago, fensaddler said: People have been critical because Roar didn't look that good, and reckon we should have looked better as a result. But look at it this way, Roar were only as good as we allowed them to be, and we set out to nullify them. I suspect that under Wazza we are going to be much more defensive and pragmatic. We'll set out not to concede first and foremost, and then take our chances when we get them. Budzik has barely started either. And meanwhile McCormack will get better as he builds understanding. Depth too, there are players we rate, such as Arzani, who didn't even make the bench last night. TBH if azarni couldnt get a gig last night he will struggle unless we get injuries from last nights team Cahill and Killa have to return which will leave Crowley and ?carusca? Out Edited October 6, 2017 by Missing_Moy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 I'll take a win and three points, but FMD that was an awful match to watch. I don't blame active for being quiet, whatever the reason. It took just 10 minutes for the bloke sitting next to me to suggest that we needed a counter on the big screen giving the number of City back passes. I certainly hope that we're going to be more creative up front as the season progresses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigs 2 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Where was the sausage stand last night? Did I just not see it? Fuck roast beef rolls 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 56 minutes ago, Pigs 2 said: Where was the sausage stand last night? Did I just not see it? Fuck roast beef rolls Outrageous. I'll have to contact the owner to find out where he was and if he's planning on being there for the next game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 4 hours ago, KSK_47 said: I have to agree with @hakz7 here. I rarely say anything negative about active because I know it's a tough job, a lot of people in the active bays don't get involved, etc but last night was nowhere near good enough. Capo incoherently blathering into the mega all night, drumming was out of sync, chant selection was all over the shop. I won't go on about it too much but a lot of improvement needed It sounds like active support also need a pre-season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Oh loved the team list fail last night pre-game. If we are going to use Roman numerals to write "11" can someone tell the person in charge that the order of the letters is actually considered important? For a second I thought Wazza figured 9 players was enough against these clowns. Oh loved the team list fail last night pre-game. If we are going to use Roman numerals to write "11" can someone tell the person in charge that the order of the letters is actually considered important? For a second I thought Wazza figured 9 players was enough against these clowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyh001 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 10 hours ago, Hellenic Hero said: Active in the second half was so, so bad. I put it down to a lack of Cheezels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Lol you guys exaggerating so hard, we were quite loud at times and quiet at times due to the flow of the game, normal shit. Plus new chants were being tried, some stuck others didn’t. Have a sook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Just now, jeffplz said: Lol you guys exaggerating so hard, we were quite loud at times and quiet at times due to the flow of the game, normal shit. Plus new chants were being tried, some stuck others didn’t. Have a sook. Don't take it too hard, take the feedback and move on and make it better. And tell the capo to get off the mic cause that was unbearable. Just constructive feedback brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted October 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Aloisi thinks roar clearly better side and had the better chances and that Brisbane were just stiff to concede just before half time and they deserved more out of game Sorry what? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 1 minute ago, neio said: Aloisi thinks roar clearly better side and had the better chances and that Brisbane were just stiff to concede just before half time and they deserved more out of game Sorry what? Ha ha. Heard the interview too. The guy is a knob. Don't even try to make sense of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 14 minutes ago, neio said: Aloisi thinks roar clearly better side and had the better chances and that Brisbane were just stiff to concede just before half time and they deserved more out of game Sorry what? Fuck me. he hasn't changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 56 minutes ago, mattyh001 said: I put it down to a lack of Cheezels. Wtf is going on. First off I couldn't find the sausage stand and secondly active forgot the cheezels. This club is absolute joke. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 59 minutes ago, playmaker said: Ha ha. Heard the interview too. The guy is a knob. Don't even try to make sense of it. Now you know how we all feel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzaverx Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 1 hour ago, mattyh001 said: I put it down to a lack of Cheezels. Terraces boys be salty because the loudest chant is about chips we bring to the game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 47 minutes ago, Hazzaverx said: Terraces boys be salty because the loudest chant is about chips we bring to the game If we were actually loud and chanting for 90 minutes, sure we can stop singing it. But with 60 minutes of a lull, who cares what we sing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 3 hours ago, Shahanga said: Oh loved the team list fail last night pre-game. If we are going to use Roman numerals to write "11" can someone tell the person in charge that the order of the letters is actually considered important? For a second I thought Wazza figured 9 players was enough against these clowns. I just wish we'd abandon most of the crap coming from that "announcer" - clearly no-one has taken notice of what was posted on City Voice Mark1 - volume does not equal quality. There have been that many "fails" that I'm astonished that we persist with the same old rubbish. Most of what he says is unintelligble to me. Just put the team list up on the screen and go through the list one by one. What we do at the moment is quite frankly embarrassing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Murfy1 Posted October 7, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 What a pleasure just to see a regulation win. A great way to start of the season. I fully agree with the praise for Malik. He certainly was a metronome last night. I saw lots of one touch passing, and he simply was a strong presence in both attack and defence last night. More of that please! Another big point of interest was our defence. On paper it looked a bit strange. Muscat but no Jamieson? Jakobsen at LB? But every defender put in a top performance last night. They had Brisbane's attackers in Maccarone and Khalfallah under control all game, and even distributed fantastically all game (high passing accuracy and fairly quick ball movement). And I'd say our solid defensive unit laid a foundation for Malik to more easily star in the defensive midfielder role too. A final thing is our attack is pretty young ATM--Kamau (22), Fitzgerald (25), Mauk (21)--with the new guy McCormack to lead the line. But big credit to all our attackers, they were all lively and influential. Mauk looked switched on and sharp (albeit the final pass or shot wasn't always there). Kamau did the business with 2 good goals (also, he only took 2 shots, and he got 2 goals! He's apparently doing extra practice on finishing after training, and fair play it's paying off). Fitzgerald was lively and everywhere, and provided a solid assist for our second goal. Overall, maybe the common denominator is Joyce. All the players say they were very well drilled in pre-season, with there being a lot of focus on fitness and defending. So many good signs last night. Bring on Round 2 and the Derby! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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