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Rd. 9, Sat 2 Dec, vs. Newcastle, away


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11 hours ago, Missing_Moy said:

why so much hate for Brattan ?

Because he was terrible apart from Brisbane where he was "OK". He was slow in pass and costed us goal against Perth. I specifically watched him and it was worse than a visit to the dentist which I rescheduled from that Friday.

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7 hours ago, Sec said:

Might be not the right place to ask... But I'm visiting Melbourne for the first time and would love to watch this match on a screen somewhere. 

Any recommendations for a sportsbar of some sort that plays the match?

The Imperial is where most City fans congregate to watch away games 

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Galekovic

Muscat La Rocca Bort Jamieson

            Jakobsen.  Brattan

                           Mauk

Fitzy.              McCormack.    Arzani

Subs Bouzanis Cahill Kamau Kilkenny Budzinski

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12 hours ago, MXG said:

Because he was terrible apart from Brisbane where he was "OK". He was slow in pass and costed us goal against Perth. I specifically watched him and it was worse than a visit to the dentist which I rescheduled from that Friday.

Brattan does dwell on the ball and its an opportunity for opponents to force a turnover, however in his defence he often keeps the ball too long because of poor player movement off the ball and there's no passing options

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4 hours ago, bt50 said:

Galekovic

Muscat La Rocca Bort Jamieson

            Jakobsen.  Brattan

                           Mauk

Fitzy.              McCormack.    Arzani

Subs Bouzanis Cahill Kamau Kilkenny Budzinski

Apparently Kamau is picked...ffs

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Not unsurprising; he had a good first 4 games and theres not really anyone to replace him until Brandan is ready.

PS Before anyone goes on about Brandan being ready but not selected cos Wazza doesnt like him, i dont really buy that because he'd be at very least on the bench if he was ready given the wings (or at least scoring from them) seem to be our biggest issue at this point in time.

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1 minute ago, bt50 said:

Not unsurprising; he had a good first 4 games and theres not really anyone to replace him until Brandan is ready.

PS Before anyone goes on about Brandan being ready but not selected cos Wazza doesnt like him, i dont really buy that because he'd be at very least on the bench if he was ready given the wings (or at least scoring from them) seem to be our biggest issue at this point in time.

Arzani?

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19 minutes ago, bt50 said:

Not unsurprising; he had a good first 4 games and theres not really anyone to replace him until Brandan is ready.

PS Before anyone goes on about Brandan being ready but not selected cos Wazza doesnt like him, i dont really buy that because he'd be at very least on the bench if he was ready given the wings (or at least scoring from them) seem to be our biggest issue at this point in time.

Arzani Najjarine haven't even got a chance

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I appreciate the Arzani call; i even had him in that team above, although tbh thats more of a what id like to see than what i think will happen. He's been called into the squad so I think he may well feature off the bench at least tonight. I have my doubts whether Joyce will actually start him given he hasnt made a sub appearance yet though.

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34 minutes ago, bt50 said:

I appreciate the Arzani call; i even had him in that team above, although tbh thats more of a what id like to see than what i think will happen. He's been called into the squad so I think he may well feature off the bench at least tonight. I have my doubts whether Joyce will actually start him given he hasnt made a sub appearance yet though.

Joyce did pick him for the pre season match in Shepparton and to my eyes he played well. But not featured since...

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In some ways I don't mind Joyce sticking with the team that he started the season with. For the moment. But the period from now until Christmas is key. If at Christmas we're further off the pace being set, especially by Sydney, then IMO it will be time to look at blokes like Crowley, Genreau, Arzani and Najjarine and give them game time. Otherwise we will finish the season, there'll be another upheaval with a significant number of senior players leaving as well as some of the young ones. And the merry-go-round will start again. IMO we need some inter-season stability at City, otherwise we'll never build anything.

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Someone want to have a crack decoding that?

Ok after looking at it like a magic eye it’s revealed itself 

muscat.      Bort.      Jack.      Jam

                    Brat.   Larock    

                             Mauk 

fitz.                        Fat.                Bud 

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With that team selection we are done before we start. 

Can see a 3 or 4 goal loss.

I've avoided posting as I can't think of anything positive but we are well and truly gone. 

Budzinski better do a Koren hat trick and McCormack better start to be more than a deadball specialist. 

We are going to cop a battering and the main reason is we will get dominated in the middle.

I just can't believe this shit.

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8 minutes ago, Jovan said:

With that team selection we are done before we start. 

Can see a 3 or 4 goal loss.

I've avoided posting as I can't think of anything positive but we are well and truly gone. 

Budzinski better do a Koren hat trick and McCormack better start to be more than a deadball specialist. 

We are going to cop a battering and the main reason is we will get dominated in the middle.

I just can't believe this shit.

Hang on. I thought  the only thing that mattered is a good defence?

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15 minutes ago, Jovan said:

With that team selection we are done before we start. 

Can see a 3 or 4 goal loss.

I've avoided posting as I can't think of anything positive but we are well and truly gone. 

Budzinski better do a Koren hat trick and McCormack better start to be more than a deadball specialist. 

We are going to cop a battering and the main reason is we will get dominated in the middle.

I just can't believe this shit.

You pick a team like that, they simply have to win.

lose and the coach’s job is on the line.

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2 minutes ago, playmaker said:

If Jamo plays LM then it makes sense because it is forced due to the fact that Kamau is shit in attack, shit in possession and shit in defending.

Jamo is at least solid so lets see how this pans out.

 

Kamau has scored goals and assisted this season and if we had a functional midfield he'd be doing even better 

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4 minutes ago, playmaker said:

If Jamo plays LM then it makes sense because it is forced due to the fact that Kamau is shit in attack, shit in possession and shit in defending.

Jamo is at least solid so lets see how this pans out.

 

So we are playing our designated lb as our left winger and we are playing a centre back who has been a holding midfielder now at left back because why? 

1 player has been dropped and instead of bringing in a new player to fill that position our genius shuffles the deck chairs so as to keep his starting players starting.

Even in the JVS glory days he wouldnt have come up with this.

Now the entire previous assumption is just that and obviously a completely different scenario could play out but I cannot work out wtf is going on. 

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11 minutes ago, Shahanga said:

You pick a team like that, they simply have to win.

lose and the coach’s job is on the line.

Doubt it. They let him sack the back room staff and effectively run our player of the year from last season out of the club. 

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