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Vidmar put on Maclaren, Galloway hardly kids, Lopane who's meant to be decent, and Politidis who is a kid and also almost won a penalty. I think a lot of you just want to spit the dummy because things aren't going our way this year. Toughen up for God's sake. Vidmar has inherited a squad which Petrillo put together which is too top heavy in over 30s so they can barely play the game out, and the mid 20s guys are pretty much plodders. And the kids not as good as previous years.

We will make Top 6 as we have a better list than most but not all this season. It is a case of all the things you mentioned. New players not gelling as we had something like 7 first team players and a couple of youngsters leave this season. New manager being appointed after old one seemed to lose the dressing room or just got too hard. Remaining players from last year seemingly dropped in form or injured. New players older and slower or not as good a standard as the ones who left. Our younger players don't appear as good as previous years. Some other teams improved in particular our derby neighbours Victory and also Macarthur, Wellington and Brisbane. How far we actually go in the end is dependent on improvement in all of the above and also there is the January transfer window which may/ may not be used

Bit late but Round v Newcastle saw Arslan with the three off 10 votes, Jakolis the two with 9 votes and Sakhi and Behich both one with 3 votes each.

3 Arslan 2 Souprayen 1 Leckie

Nope $40 adult, $20 kids, $30 concession. Me and my son had to pay $80 for the Kofu game. I'm not sure why the extra $3 for this one, is that a booking fee? Possibly they may not have electronic ticket system at Princes Park so they may have to scan manually

Or CFG may give him a lifeline. Mumbai City coaching role is still available. Also word is that Muscat is likely to get a role in Europe soon after doing well at Yokohama whose season has finished

Vidmar referred to it in his aftermatch. They've had very few training sessions because they've been flying all over the place for games and only really had time to watch vids. Again we're off to Perth this time, crap scheduling by APL. Once they're able to train a bit together they shouldn't be so clunky. We've got a block of six games at home after Glory so that should help. Saying all that the two goals scored v Newcastle were from very good assists, especially Maclaren goal involving Jakolis, Arslan and then a simple tap in. Jakolis was actually very good both goals coming from him picking the pocket of defenders. I think Nabbout may find it hard to displace him now

Professional win. 3 Arslan 2 Jakolis 1 Antonis

Thanks to the above for voting in such a disappointment of a game. That sees Hamza get the three after accumulating 11 votes, Souprayen the two with 10, and Young gets the one with 4 votes. After 5 rounds we see Aziz and Hamza both on 5 leading with Marin on 4. Something to note Good has not been so good with only one solitary vote for the year, same with Talbot. If it hadn't been for Ugarkovic BOG against Sydney he would also be with them. I reckon that explains our season in a nutshell so far

Pretty much what NC said, PK is a coach who has little ability to think outside of his rigid pattern of do Plan A and if not working do Plan A better and do it without fresh legs. Here's a question apart from his brutality why do you think he can get more out of the cattle we have this season?

Good to see the monkey of their back of first goals from Talbot and Jakolis, could lead to more from both these guys which would be welcome. And also good to see Maclaren let Arslan take the penalty and he did it so smoothly too. He's one class act

3 Sakhi 2 Souprayen 1 Young

Actually looked up a report by Yale University says depending on the sport women are up to 2 to 8 times more likely to suffer an ACL. They attribute it to a few things: different pelvic floor, less mass surrounding knee than men, and a more knee then men.

Thanks for votes. Rd 4 votes totalled and the three goes to Galloway with 30 votes, two to Jmac with 20, and one to Aziz with 12.

Would think you could transfer the injury replacement between players, eg if Nabbout is back before Leckie then could transfer to Leckie etc

Netball is notorious for knee and ankle injuries and I think you'll find the same with tennis. Saying that men's sport are the same, just look at Leckie and Nabbout and Suleymani for us

Des Buckingham's been appointed as manager of Oxford Utd in League One. Currently running second. Could be promoted to the Championship next year. Apparently he is Oxford born and bred.

My son and his 5 mates are going. I've got to ferry my other son to and from a VCE end of year party tonight

3 Maclaren 2 Sakhi 1 Reis

Viddy has had two training sessions with the boys, it will take him much longer than that to assess where he wants the squad to be. I'd think bringing on the kids was to assess what he's got available which doesn't appear like much from that source. I think Petrillo has to take a lot of the blame for this year's squad. Feel we've gone away from the under 30 visa pick ups and bought in a lot older and slower guys. And lost some good youngsters from last year because they weren't getting game time which was fault of Rado

Ugarkovic has the three votes for Round 3 after polling 25, Sakhi two votes with 14, Jakolis with the one on 8 votes.

Birra has been given his marching orders from Dundee United. Might be back in the A-Leagues again soon. Was one who was never given a good chance by us imo

Fwiw I thought it was a step in the right direction and I always look at a win as a good thing. 2-0 is a decent win, it's a clean sheet and a win which put the game to bed at the 46 so good for us and suck that Corica. I thought everyone was decent, midfield pretty was on top, Jakolis one his wing easy against Grant, Maclaren was busy for a change. Both CBs were good and Young did what he needed but was pretty untested which is good. My thoughts on improvement was that Behich was caught out by Lolley in the first 20 mins but tightened up after that. Talbot looks to be playing with little confidence, will Viddy be able to help him through or will he look elsewhere. Lopane definitely not a winger, suggest Caputo or Antonis given a run there for a bit

Thanks so much for all the votes really appreciate it. Just a reminder that this is only for A League games so no voting for AFC games mainly because I started it too late. Cheers

Actually bit hard to vote because everyone had a decent game. But here goes 3 Ugarkovic 2 Sakhi 1 Reis