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This bloke is in the list of cult-heroes. Fight me

Massively underrated signing in the pre season turning out to be providing all the doubters wrong! He's a one man highlights reel so far this season...

Jakolis did provide the through ball for Caputo to centre it for Natel's goal. Take and turn was sublime. He also was somewhat the provider of the assist for Caputos's goal although Caputo had a bit of work to get to it. Caputo has done really well with his last two games. You'd think he'd have to start again next game

Was very glad to be there last night. We should have had two goals in the 1st 10 minutes and sure as hell made up for that as the game went on. The four big things I noticed from last night that WSW couldnt deal with ... 1 - Caputo gave us a proper focal point 2 - Our CBs carried the ball quicker with more purpose and looked to play to the wingers, instead of the full backs. Normally we go slow and predictable to our full backs. This then allowed our FBs to push up and we created overloads out wide, opening up central passages that were then effectively used (as well as wide attacks) 3 - We were better positioned to win the wall back and were a lot more aggressive in doing so 4 - Our CDM pairing of SU and Jeggo worked very well last night relative to point 2 I spoke briefly with JMAC after the game. He still did not seem content, even with his goal (and a disallowed one) ... if we can keep on a run, and get into good positions in a game before he comes on, I think he will def play himself back into form. The crowd was literally stunned after the Antonis goal. Its easy In the best 3 I've ever seen. Would rate it higher than Orlando's ... maybe also pips Cahill's. SUCK IT RUDAN!!

I see many people being frustrated with Natel. How do people compare him to Nabbout? If you purely look at the results I feel that Natel is more effective compared to Nabbout.

Attendance: 2,182. Lowest-ever League attendance at AAMI. Previously 2,292. Both against WSW. Lowest in the Cup at AAMI: 1,800 or 2,905 in September 2018 (depending on the source). Again WSW. Antonis' goal almost 10 years to the day since Engelaar's in 2014.

Nabbout is our aerial out. Ever seen him lose a header from that dump kick out wide from our goalie? Perhaps not as quick but very important to our structure when we play that way. Always has been. Natel is different in that we'd probably play through him nowadays via the ground route. Perhaps not as quick as perceived and can be dispossessed when trying to take on players rather than being direct. Depends on how we want to play. Both have pros and cons.

Natel wasted two 1v1 chances, but at 26 he can still respond to some good coaching. IMO his biggest problem is stopping forward momentum too often. I agree he's looking a lot more competitive. Nabbout at 31 isn't going to change, and IMO he doesn't score often enough to warrant a new contract. As to our wingers generally, Jakolis frustrates me. Last night I was more enthusiastic, but in fact it was Ugarkovic who put in the crosses that I had attributed to Jakolis. The big change up front has been Caputo. The boy has presence, he's slippery and moves around nicely. His anticipation and determination to get to the ball is great to watch. Even JMac seemed to be inspired by him.

Against WSW Natel got a goal admittedly a tap in but you still need to be there and a really well worked assist to Jmac. Lovely dummy sending the defender the wrong way and nice pass to Macca. Nabbout had that cross to Jmac for a header but offside by a mile. They're two different beasts: Nabbout more direct and relies on speed. Natel more on technical trickery. Both are heavily built and can throw their weight around. We haven't seen a great year from Nabbout because of his injury. Natel however is growing on me, I think his attitude has changed as seems much more competitive than when he first got here

My first match since before my accident Great in parts, sloppy in others when we over-elaborated and we were saved several times by Young and some great defensive blocks. Natel and Jakolis are such frustrating players, the former particularly so. Stops the forward momentum too often for my liking. But great contributions all over the park, particularly Caputo, Arslan and Fernandez for me. JMac looked a lot sharper too, when he came on. And they all did look as though they were enjoying their football.

Antonis goal of the season. Not player of the match though. Nuno was my POM. Was immense, passed the ball through the lines perfectly time and time again and scored a goal. Unfortunately seems he has fallen of people's radar this evening.

Love his celebration to the Wanderers bench. Told by them his body wasn't up to it.... 📞📞📞📞

Well, that was a surprisingly competent performance. It's not surprising because the players didn't have it in them; they had done it before. It's surprising because prior to the last game, there was no sign of the fluency and positivity that we saw tonight. Positives: Caputo - he links play in midfield, holds up the ball, makes intelligent runs and has an eye for goal. No wonder he was in the top 100 ranked juniors when he was 16. Arslan - enjoying his football We played forward passes instead of the expected backward passes we've seen all season and kept the pressure on WSW all night Not all our goals were from counter-attacks, and three of our six forwards scored. This was without Leckie and Tilio We pressed intelligently, the first time I've seen this all season and frequently overloaded both the WSW midfield and backline. It was really good to see JMac finally score a goal; I'd still start Caputo at the moment, though. Negatives: In the words of Tyrion Lannister,“It’s easy to confuse what is with what ought to be, especially when what is has worked out in your favour” The result was a little flattering; we still need to tighten up at the back; we were saved, once again, by Jamie Young and by WSW's profligacy. Natel is extremely frustrating to watch; moments of brilliance followed by periods of frustration

Well the last two times City had that size win, the losing coach was unemployed by the morning.

Our 2 biggest wins I'm our history and we still might not make top 6🤣

I got torn a new one on here a while back when I suggested that the team would be better overall with a "lesser" striker.