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A frustrating draw where we dominated still saw a solid voter turnout although a much smaller pool of players received recognition than previous weeks. Richard Van Der Venne is our first unanimous MOM with a maximum possible 18 votes, Lam came in second with 4, just ahead of Tilio with 3, and lastly O'Neill with 2. O'Neill is just the second player this season to score recognition in 4 consecutive games, although he is the first to not actually get an official vote from such a run. WSW Draw. 2 votes to Richard Van Der Venne, 1 vote to Thomas Lam. Leaderboard after 12.23 games Van Der Venne moves into 4th place with his third polling game, while Lam ends up on top of the centre back shuffle. 7. Tom Glover 6. Mathew Leckie 5.5 Marco Tilio 4. Richard Van Der Venne 3. Jordan Bos 2.5 Jamie Maclaren 2. Valon Berisha 1.5 Thomas Lam 1. Curtis Good 0.5 Nuno Reis

Absolutely, my point, though is that the replacements in his position are less effective, lessening the effectiveness of the team. We should be giving our JMac successor more game time now so that he's ready to step up

Sure, but if its just for a game or two then we can make do. If Jmac goes down with something more serious, then we can use the injury replacement rules to bring in a more credentialed striker for a more appropriate amount of money.

Leckie, in particular in this league, can play anywhere in the front half. He's probably our best #10 when he moves into that position. Can easily play as a hold up #9 (strong and technical), fast enough as an off the shoulder #9 and can out jump most defenders and is a great header. Great asset.

In the NPL set up he plays more as an AM with Caputo as the striker. Look at there goals in NPL level, 21 from 26 games for Caputo and 9 from 20 with Rafa. I reckon he plays more like an AM as well, a little bit of incisive passing rather than an out and out shot taker. He really needs to play some games this year, I wonder if it's worthwhile loaning him out to somewhere like we did with Moudi Najjar and can really work out if he has the grade

I have mostly good memories of Melbourne Heart.