mattyh001

Shut up. really, nothing else of note ... not really the time or place for it, just find it interesting that there seems to be a strong disproportionate attention by some on this forum given to some players about their lack of scoring.

Quality strike, but always going to make it hard for yourself when you send a poor square pass across your goals. did think it was funny to see Kisnorbo fire the fuck up.

5 minutes into the game and Williams fails when gifted the easiest of opportunities inside the box. Set Piece whipped in by Ramsey to the back post, ball gets headed back across the six yard box for an open Williams, hits it at the keeper with 3/4 of the goal open. 10 times easier than Mifsud last week where the ball came from in behind and Mifsud had to pivot and volley with not much of sight on the goal (given angle of the incoming ball, etc). just hope the Mifsud haters get onto this ...

through a method of deduction i've give the answer a go: in stating the obvious the issue of poor performance at the club has little to do with anyone outside the club since only those within the club manage the process of who gets signed, who gets played, who passes to whom, etc. yes yes, pretty obvious. and with a salary cap its not like we can say that another club out there is constantly spending big to get our players. that leaves four groups; the board / management / admin team (from here on to mean board), the football department outside of the coaching (aka scouting), the coaching staff and the players. (1) First point of deduction - the Board; responsible for ensuring that we have enough money (check) and enough resources to operate. can't fully comment about resources, other than to to say that if we see the Board meddling with the way we operate then all shit would break lose on the forums (and by meddling i mean constantly sacking people, hiring people aka Adelaide Utd style). hasnt happened so chances are the Board has been okay. of course you could say the final buck stops with the board, so that a summative assessment could be done via final league performances, etc. the club has made the finals once and was in contention last season by Round 22 (sitting 5th) until the calamitous finish. nothing of note happened between round 22 and round 27 from a board perspectively, simply the team fell to shit. hardly the board's fault. chances are the resources are there since the team wouldnt have gotten close otherwise - resources (largely check). i do realise that players have been sold to balance the books and that its effects. just look at the Mariners over the last three seasons. oh wait ... (2) Players; last season, the Heart were well in contention up to round 22, they then fell to shit and lost 5 straight. from watching those five games, frankly they werent any better then than they are now. you could make the argument they might have even been worse but for the fact it all happened at the end of the season when all Heart fans were looking forward to the clean out. its not like we can really do a clean out at the present time - we still have 21 games to play. one interesting fact from the last five games last season is in the 15 most frequent players. only seven remain (Redmayne, Gerhardt, Walker, Williams, Kalmar, Mebrahtu, Mitchenson). take out Mitchenson for primarly being a youth player that backs up for seniors and we are down to six. of those six, only Redmayne and probably one Williams or Mebrahtu are starters in the 2013/14 season. the rest are squad players this season - put out by new recruits!!! and yet we still play shit!!! how can anyone dump / claim all our problems on the players after (a.) playing so shit over the last 11 games and (b.) there was such upheaval inbetween seasons?!?!?!? that tells me by deduction the players are much less responsible for this - too much coincidence for my liking. (3) Football Department; of course you could argue it comes down to the football department signing duds and not developing young talent. but wait a minute. round 22 last season we were actually in 5th and nobody what sacked, shot, etc. and it was a similar squad to the season before where a different coach made the finals. nothing changes and still the Heart fell apart. yes we have injuries but who doesn't? the club signs 23 players to cover injuries. of course some might say the ones left uninjured are duds. but then Murdocca won two titles with Brisbane, Wielaert has over 350 games in the Dutch top flight (a top 7 league in Europe), Mifsud has over 100 caps, Kisnorbo has captained English Championship sides, Behich and Dugandzic had shown form previously, Ramsey had played 76 times in three years for Adelaide (at 25 games a season including last season where they were largely top two / top three for most of the season). add to that Kewell and Engelaar and we start to see decent reruitment. and the fact that the club has been able to on sell young talent means we can at least some what produce young talent. but if its not really any of the above zones then it must be ... . . . (4) One really shit coaching staff; the shock and horror, right!?!?!?! With the exlcusion of the new Dutchie, the coaching staff from the end of last season is pretty much the same. of course its not just them. i get it, there have been injuries. but you play the hand you are dealt and do your best to cover. the problem is we look shit on attack and struggle to keep clean sheets. the players have been changed. so it has to be the system. the system is the coach, and most particularly the head coach!! long deduction done, answer is Aloisi has to fuck off.

It's this. It's quite simply this. If everyone else is scoring but Mifsud then I'd say that we'd bought the wrong player And no one's scoring for Heart this season. Just as our strikers were scoring very few goals, and were taking very few shots, because they weren't getting many chances last season. The bigger problem is how the team is playing under Aloisi. Mifsud's quality is not the problem (his quality might become an issue, if we start creating enough chances for him, and he doesn't put them away, but our problem now is that we're not creating chances in the first place). This. Okay time for some stats. we know that from the ratios on Leopold Method that 318 goals last A League season were scored inside the box (1875 shots at a ratio of 5.9 shots per goal) and 58 from outside the box (1520 shots at 26.2 shots per goal). Thats around 85% of all goals from inside the area. I have added a few other links that show the figure is in the ball park. onto this season, Heart sit worst in the A League for (a.) balls into the box and (b.) shots actually on target. is it any wonder we're not scoring?!?!? of course, the second point above can be put in some way to Mifsud being poor. but then again so has everyone else. i hardly see how Mifsud has actually gotten any decent service since we are not getting balls into him where he is more likely to score (as per the first point above). i thereby wonder how people can blame him for not getting goals. particularly given that Mifsud had a late start to the season and has played more games away than at home (since Heart have such a shit time playing away). to lay blame at Mifsud's feet seems rather harsh. it seems like everyone is expecting him to do it off his own back and in areas where he is more unlikely to score. http://leopoldmethod.com.au/shoot-on-sight/ http://leopoldmethod.com.au/a-league-analysis-round-1-5/ http://john-dewitt.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/goals-goals-goals.html http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/percentage-of-goals-scored-from-inside-outside-the-18.1505812/

Id rather a manager who demanded respect through his structures and tactics than some hothead who just recently lost a team of players because I suspect they realised he was done True. By "firing up" I more or less meant someone passionate and motivating, someone who gives their all week in, week out as a role model and reflection of how the players should be performing on the pitch. Most importantly, someone who has the hunger, desire AND tactical nous to be able to win games of football, pretty or ugly. i too would rather Papas get a little more experience first. plus i cant see why he'd go to India for only two or so years to jump at his first opportunity in the A League. it's a massive step to go overseas to develop than stay here; surely that means he wants to do so for a little while yet. personally i think its great that he has gone the foreign root with his development. just for a laugh, i'd love to see di Canio. guy would rock the boat fucking hard. just imagine him next to Muscat!!!! the one thing i love about Mounrinho, Ferguson, Wenger, et al more than anything else is that they dont mind getting sent to the stands because they love showing a bit of passion. for me, thats what you'd get with di Canio if nothing else. as a note on di Canio's coaching, he: (1) won the League Two title in his first season at Swindon by five points - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Swindon_Town_F.C._season (2) had them sitting third in League One by game round 30 despite financial difficulties and a transfer embargo at the club - given that they went top two games later means he wasn't far off getting them into an odds on chance for promotion despite the financial problems (3) picked up 8 points from 21 to steer Sunderland to safety

Thought he wasnt harsh enough on Aloisi. Same shit from same shit coach across two squads from the (1) last 5 games of last season and (2) the first 6 games this season. Two completely different squads - one of which was built / done alright under the previous boss. Blame whatever you like your just avoid the issue with Aloisi.

for the most part it was the same on Fox. for some reason the pundits can't fathom that poor performances from a lack of organisation and structure week in week out comes directly from coaching. we'd seriously be better off getting a broad cast team of Frank Oz and the muppets. at least then you'd see them taking the piss

i'll defend Mifsud from the perspective that he feeds off shit in terms of service. the guy is 5'5 for fucks sake. this long ball shit is never gonna work for him. people thought last season that Tadic was alright just needed service. well what the fuck do you call the service Mifsud gets? in comparison to Tadic, Mifsud is miles better. at least Mifsud can get to the ball. after all, you cant shoot if you dont get the ball!!!

not much to say other than fucking disappointed. no buy in from players, thoroughly disorganised. like HeartFc, can't fucking wait for the post game press conference.

am gutted about having to watch this one from the lounge chair and not the stands, been off work with the flu. given our history against Sydney some might think that we can't lose, but then again it'll be the end of Aloisi if we do so .....

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1173401/Aloisi-avoids-open-Heart-surgery#! Aloisi looks to be on borrowed time

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1173401/Aloisi-avoids-open-Heart-surgery#! Aloisi looks to be on borrowed time

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1173129/Calvano-faces-lengthy-suspension 8 or 9 months is pretty harsh I reckon. Danny Vukovic got a similar penalty, but I don't think either action was violent. Definitely stupid though. I mean, you should never touch a ref. But around 8 weeks seems more appropriate for a non violent touch or hold of an arm. It looks worse to me when you see a whole group of players surround a ref to protest a decision. That's more intimidating than Tiago's stupid grab of the ref's arm. Vukovic's was probably worse I think, so I'd be surprised if he got that much.IIRC Vukovic got 13 games. Since however it was from the last game of the season then he was 'out' 8-9 months. Timing is everything. I thought Tiago's was quite accidental but stupid whichever way you see it

Can only assume that since Hoffman isnt there that Aloisi has the fucking light with Walker. although Hoffman could be injured ..... I suspect the following: .................................. Redmayne ....... Walker ...... Gerhardt ....... Wielaert ...... Behich ....................... Murdocca ......... Migliorini ....... Dugandzic .......... Williams ............ Ramsey .................................... Mifsud personally, I like to see Behich replaced with Mitchinson and Dugandzic with Kalmar to play central and Williams on the right. i'd be dropping Behich to get him to pull his finger out a bit more. maybe some of his past performances come down to instruction, but Christ he looks shit. Kalmar coming in is to change things up a little. facts are facts, what we were doing first half last week looked nice but didnt work

You can't fault JA for his commitment, just his team selection, team playing style, tactical adjustments during the game and player subs. totally agree Bela, Aloisi is the one who gets final say on who he has as an assistant, etc. he devises the game plan(s) and the one who is appointed to manage the team as a collective. it is his job, pure and simple. sure, players can commit errors at any given time and Aloisi is powerless. however, consider how many times we see fuck ups from Hoffman and co that are the same errors time and again? you seriously think that Aloisi can't correct that?

Hardsy, I can see some merit in what you are saying. as a disclaimer, i have been pretty pissed with Aloisi all season with his inability to string meaningful statements together in press conferences. add to that the debacle in Perth and I can't honestly see Aloisi being a good long term fit for the club. for the best part of the last two weeks i would have been quite happy to see Aloisi gone. that being said, i can see reasons for keeping him on. Reasons for staying: => we have shown glimpes for most of the season where player based errors have been high and have cost games (think the penalties against CCM, our inability to put away our numerous chances yesterday - particularly earlier in the game where going up 1-0 would have had a big impact) => JVS and a few others have been brought in to help. this means that they need time. => we would be throughing out the entire preseason. yes we have been shit but i question how that helps the playing group get better. they basically have to start fresh, which puts them 4 games and any number of preseason trainings. it could also be argued the other way, however i'd question how easy it would be to change coaches now and implement a new system for this season. it will take time to build - how much time can we truly afford to waste this point? from where i sit the club might be better to take a man manager approach to any new coach as opposed to a tacticion. which means they are working off what Aloisi was trying to implement. Reasons for his Sacking: => close enough isnt good enough. just because we make the chances doesnt mean that we have done well enough - we are in a results driven industry. => Aloisi has taken one point from 14 games. to keep him on is to throw good money after bad. => if we go now, we have the chance to get the best out there first. its not panicking if you are the first of many out the door. its called a head start. Overall; I can see merit in keeping Aloisi until we play WSW away in December. it gives Aloisi time to get his system working. if not, then he needs to go. I just hope the club has the ball rolling for when he does get sack.

This. Ultimately a teams performance should fall on the head coach. Of course players, board etc all play their part but head coaches are the motivators, make the tactics and select the side. If the side isn't peforming and in our case we have our best yet starting XI in three years then there is something wrong with the head coach. If we get flogged this weekend we will be lucky to get 6k to the next game. plus they select who they have as coaches and assistants under them so that the grand tactical approach the head coach devises can be executed

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i'd actually say that we barely pressed in our own half.

If you're *the* JD, even if you're not, you've missed the point. The "bitterness" is not born out of this one game, but of more than 2 years of shit football and insipid player effort. ended up walking into watch the second half after my preset recording messed up and couldnt start watching from the start. from the sounds of it I got lucky. on the basis of the second half and reports about what i missed in the first, i am really pissed off. frankly i dont care about records - not winning interstate for nearly two years, getting smashed for passes and possession yesterday, etc., etc. they are all just stats that reflect not heaps by themselves. yes you can look at them as part of a collective and at that point they do start looking bad. but that then starts flowing into my next point. what really grinds my gears is that nothing has changed since last year. Aloisi has no idea of how to change things. the way I see it is that he has three plans: (Plan A.) get the ball to Kewell, let him do some individual brilliance (Plan B.) insert player XYZ in place of Kewell when Kewell is unavailable, let him do some individual brilliance (Plan C.) hit and hope well Aloisi, tell us more how we will succeed with this. tell us more how this is well devised, because frankly we don't look up to performing well on the basis of your well thought out plans. across the three games we have maybe had a dozen chances, most of which have been half chances that have fallen our way. by all means, we have had some chances that we have done well to create but watching yesterday i get that sinking feeling things wont improve this season until Aloisi goes. for a really long time i have hoped that Aloisi could manage the team well. last season i was even willing to say it was useful as a learnnig curve. but FFS i question what Aloisi has learned and how he has then applied it all. Positives (1) Weilaert at the back. (2) we still have the hottest physio (3) Mifsud look ok given it was his first game and lack of service / players working off him (4) Redmayne actually pulled of a couple of decent saves and couldnt do much more on the goal (5) Murdocca and Migliorini look like they can play together well, just dont have the support going forward (6) Ramsey has shown glimpses of doing well just doesnt have the support from Behich and subsequently has to play isolated Negatives (1) Hoffman being Hoffman. i will admit that he did do a couple of things well but got beaten a number of times poorly and unnecessarily. (2) Behich in general. personally i believe he his largely benefiting from the last time he played for us reputation wise. doesnt get forward well enough, looks lazy (doesnt cut in or overlap well enough to create options or space frequently) and is constantly late or diving in with bad slide tackles. better than Hoffman but then again, the marking point is Hoffman. (3) the fact that Murdocca and Migliorini just dont have the support going forward (4) Golgol in general; looks lazy and doenst know what he is doing. a poor man's Bruce Djite. (5) Dugandzic in general; doesnt know how to use space, pass the ball consistently nor make options (6) Williams inconsistency (7) Kisnorbo's injury for the most part i thoroguhly agree. the problem for me with the highlighted passage is that to deal without a Kewell (or even an Engelaar) is to use a Plan B or Plan C. to reframe your question a little; what do we do when we have Kewell playing and he is either playing shite or being marked outta the game? What just expect / hope something else works? games like this is where you get your pattens, your other play to work.

This. Murdocca isnt the problem. for me it comes down to the three mids and one forward in front not offering the option (although to be fair, Mifsud looked ok in only his first outting - Murcdocca's lack of options comes more from the three mids). unfortunately this leaves Murdocca with two options; to rush it and most probably turn it over passing directly to an opponent, or hold it / pass it backwards to a feasible option and look (in your words) like "a headless chook"

At this stage they both look gone for next season. Actually, I suspect there will be a bit of a cull: Duga's on thin ice, Kalmar too, possibly Walker. Hoffman of course will be spared. With the amount of 1 or 3 player forward lines i cant see how playing 3 at the back would help. i wholeheartly agree that it seems a waste to have 2 visa spots on the bench most weeks. the only thing i'd point out here is you should remember that we had a massive cull at the end of last season. to try and then find two more via visas (a) when they are as cheap as they are and (b.) Gerhardt was one of our best last season seems a little forceful for the sake of making changes. I frankly don't see the club signing a local player as good as either without the club taking a massive risk (you are really relying on a state league player stepping up without being on the radar for another another club - quality state league players that perform at the A League level consistently are few and far between). by all means, their positions (like all others) should be reviewed seasons end. and if they are not up to it by all means start looking for others.

from a simple logic test perspective, what does it say if (as you state) "you get smashed for it every time" when you make a post? surely that means you are completely at odds ends with everyone and thereby need to consider how / why you go about the posts the way you do?

doesnt surprise me that Perth were rubbish going into the season they, Newcastle and Wellington have really looked a good season away from being consistent / able to challenge for a finals spot. too many kids with nothing on offer from the older heads to really show class in times of need. sounds like us last season. Wellington might surprise, but with so many youngsters and a WC year they will face too much upheval each week. we still have to treat them with respect. treat it like we have three points to prove.