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Not saying he's a good coach. saying the players blew that today, not the coach. those same players dealt with that scenario countless times in the game. pressure on and when it's the most critical, they fukd it up. simple.

you said it yourself drew, players should have. they're pros and all of them should be able to execute a 2-1 scenario with a minute to go.

because he was fukd and brown wasn't bad when he came on. players panicked when they didnt need to. should have been 5-0.

That's not coaches fault. Classic 2-0 up and dominating game, cop nothing goal and then shit yourself and sit back waiting for the other team to equalize effort. ffs.

I think Gombau has done a great job at Adelaide. I think it's important to note however that he's had the backing to build the team he wants. It's also half full of very good Spanish/Argentinians whatever, so he has been able to effectively communicate with them and get them to follow his plan. I think that is why he has been able to 'succeed' given the start they had last season. I'm not sure if he would be as effective walking into a new team with different players, unless he was given the free rein to again build the team he wants. I don't think he'd be able to communicate his message as well as he has at Adelaide and there would be a lengthy period before the results would start to flow, if they did at all. Not taking away from his coaching ability - it's just that the situation at Adelaide seems to be a perfect fit for him at the moment.

Most insipid performance from a team ever tonight Newcastle.

In regards to Miller, he's been signed short term to plug a hole. So i couldn't give a toss why/how he left Brisbane - as long as he does his job here, that's all that matters. ...and if he does it better than expected and his tenure becomes something more long term, then good luck to him (and us).

Depends if Mooy himself actually gets a say in the matter.

Well I guess his 1 goal from 100 shots will still be better than Mass's 0 goals from 0 shots....

Fuk for a moment there i thought Mifdud was back...

Accident aside, if you just compare the weekend games - Mooy is far more advanced than Antonis. Raise questions in my mind if they did put Antonis ahead of him. Hope the boy is ok though.

Lol do those vids bring back memories. Brilliant stuff!

This is what I thought too.

No, he was good tonight. Have to give the credit where it's due.

Mooy i thought it was Paartalu... hmmm

woohoo! gotta love Young!

I haven't been too critical of jvs yet, but the squad named tonight really concerns me. So i have an idea... There have been many good suggestions on this forum around squad and formation. So why not pay him out and hire one of us for a week to coach, for say ~$15K. If we win, the new coach stays on at the same rate. If not, just pluck another dude from the forum and continue on until we win. With 20 odd rounds to go, that would only cost $300k or so - way unders to what jvs is getting... and let's face it, we wouldn't do any worse. Really enjoying this Golden Ale at the moment....

Unless he springs a surprise with the actual formation at kick off, i'm really worried too. Please, at least try something different - be creative!

not even on the bench, let alone start...

where is this side posted? jump on their twitter page. it's definitely there. really scratching my head at the moment...

Why aren't either Garuccio or Mauk playing? ..and thought Retre wasn't in the squad...

I said last Saturday and still believe that he will take Villa's spot at LW. Unless he moves Duff to the central striker position, it means that we will have two left footers on the wings.

Great analysis above and whilst it's all very valid, i do believe the starting point lies with what is happening between the players ears (short of replacing the whole team of course). I look back to Rnd 1 and we were all over Sydney. We then fell behind but it wasn't long before we were back level again and finishing over them. We could easily have taken all 3 points. So the team is full of confidence, evident by what i saw at training the week following that game. Great morale and enthusiasm in the group. Dare I say it, but perhaps the team expected to win against Newcastle. Again early domination. Then, a goal against the run but we still managed to equalise - just. So the confidence is there to fight back but it probably has taken a bit of a hit as they didn't get the result they thought they would (and nearly lost). Then comes the news of Villa's early exit and Koren's injury being more serious. So now there is more pressure on the team, especially coming into a derby. We start great again and for 44 minutes, looked the goods - even managing to score directly after giving up a goal (a sign of a team still with confidence). This was the real turning point of the season so far for me. Instead of going into the break with their heads up, we cough up a crap goal and the players are gutted. So then Victory get their heads up (no way Berisha would have scored that goal directly after half time had he not scored just before the break - he was on a yellow and moments away from hitting the destruct button and being sent off). The rest is history. We can't fight back because confidence is shot. Pressure on everyone at the club intensifies and the Adelaide then becomes even more important. Again a great start and a goal to hit the lead. This is where you can tell the confidence is really down. We could have gone for the kill but we start sitting back. It's obvious to anyone watching that Adelaide are working back into the game. Germano gets injured, deflates the players even more. They score twice and we have no come back. Very similar pattern to last year. I'm not sure what sort of sports psychology (or whatever it's called) they are doing, but I do believe they really need to invest here, big time. Yeah some of our players aren't the best, but there's lots of duds in the other teams too, yet they still believe they can win. So they really need to develop mental strength and make it a culture - as many people on here have stated. Look at the Cats in 2007. They invested in it and look what happened to them with the same team and coach. Look at last year for example. The majority of players are still there. So how could a team go from a losing everything to all of a sudden winning? The coach change was the catalyst for this but it wasn't the coaching that made them win - it was a reason for the players to develop confidence. It starts with them and no matter how many changes we make at coaching level or above, the impact will only be temporary on the group unless they change their way mentally. If they can't, then they need to go.

Ramsay will play Villa's position now.

He is a football predator and as such not the bloke I expected to see running all over the place. Sure it didn't look great a few times seeing him not track back, but on the other hand he saved us in two games and always looked dangerous the times he had the ball. I stayed behind with the kids last night hoping to see him, so was disappointed he didn't come around.. but neither did most of the team and considering the deflation of the performance, you can understand why they didn't. For all you however that think he doesn't give a toss and has already pissed off; well he trained fully with the rest of the team this morning. He then came by and met us and took a photo with my two kids. A memory they will always have. We are miles away from the bustle of European football, so I will forever be grateful having the opportunity to see this great of the game play in the flesh. Despite that it may not go down as a success, it's something I will always treasure.