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Went to the game on Friday. Great stadium, horrible terrace. First time in Gosford and was surprised by how small the place is. Plenty of work to be done by the club to bring in people in such a low catchment area. Good foundations laid with cente of excellence, community focus and youth progression etc but I still fear for them long term. Particularly if the academy doesn't spit out sellable assets.

Watching the Syd derby and both terraces are full of team colour. Looks unreal to be honest. It got me thinking about the Yside and we never produce colour like this. Afl culture has lead to a lot of melbourneites not wearing team jersey's to games. On top of this, our terrace seems to have a lot of lads who wear polo shirts and there's the European style of capo & leaders of the terrace not wearing colours which has caught on I think it's an issue that could be addressed and something that would add a lot to the terrace visually. I say we all committ to wearing something red and white against the Jets. See if we can match these Sydney pr!cks.

You score more than Mifsud

Kalmar is thriving in this deeper role. What a man.

Ramsey is bordering on worst player to pull on the red and white

Don't agree. I think he's been OK but the mediocrity of nearly other pr!ck has pushed him up. Defensively OK but offers nothing going forward and nothing through the middle of the park - almost always passing back or sideways. The Hoff is not a long term solution. Being back Mick Marrone!

Bring back Terra

Germano is quality when fit. Shame he takes up an international spot.

Anyone else keen to see Wielart dropped? Been shit after game 1. I'd start Vranks and Kisnorbo.

Welcome to the forums Mr. Cirovski

Kluivert.

Only ever had one season where he's shown he can be anything more than a NYL quality player and that was at NQF but with players like Mehbratu & Ramsey fighting for his spot, Williams is likely to start who ever the coach is.

Two points for the derby. No derby specials and every prick in the bottom left of the terrace with their polo shirts would wanna make some noise.

IMO most things have been said about last night so I won't repeat them. It's pretty obvious when we line up before the game that on average we are on average physically smaller than our opponents, and that is always going to count against us. We are too easily muscled off the ball. Redmayne OK but has no idea when it comes to penalties, so we're pretty much going to cop a goal every time one is awarded.There's not a lot wrong with our back four, except we're short on height with Walker and Behich.Retre was our star last night. Presents himself well, and doesn't need speed to beat his man - just does it with hip movement like a true midfielder should.Mauk is good too, and needs more game time.Dugandzic never in the contest. Would be knocked off the ball in an U-10 game.Kalmar never in the game. Painfully slow. So often fires the ball straight back to the player who's just passed it to him.Murdocca ineffective, poor defensive marking and tries too much on the ball. Likewise Golgol - has all the skills (and gets his head nicely on the aerial ball more often than not) but tries to beat three men instead of laying the simple pass.Williams - missing in action. Overall the team is a shambles. Anxious and tentative, and zero confidence. Refer to other threads for what is needed - a "circuit breaker." Retre was shithouse misplaced passes and lost the ball while dribbling. Regarding kalmar, what would you have him do when he is given the ball with two players on his back, you expect him to make something of it? Of course he's going to pass it back, murdocca was a culprit of this in the first half, did it three times inside 5 minutes. Kalmar inside that first 15 minutes created more going forward than any other player. And while I agree regarding dugandzic being knocked off the ball, let's add walker in there cause he absolutely shits himself in any 50/50 contest. Agree on Kalmar. In principle, he takes the ball and attracts two defenders. Plays a ball to a creative mid like Matt McKay or even Fred FFS who can exploit the gaps created with a pass. Last night , it goes back to Mass or Retre who take it side aways or back further.

but you forget the Tards' home kit.... fools. Hate em obvs, but that would be they best kit they've had.

Our club is bigger than it's manager. Our club is bigger than a few shit results. Will you be there?

I did not hear a single peep out of the RBB. Fuckin ell the Marinators made more noise last home game. Disappointing to be honest. Here I was thinking you had all these 'top boys'.

Not even gonna comment on the game. Capo seemed embarrassed about trying Glad All Over. I liked it and think it could take off.

We've spent the summer chasing European journeyman. This mess is no less than we deserve. Between Heart & Palace I'm so fucking disillusioned with football . Goodnight.

Bolasie will be quality when he learns to play the final ball.

Gol gol would want to start having a crack. Lazy pr*ck has gone on to long relying on talent. I'd rather see one of the youth boys play, namely Mauk, who will at least have a dip.

Dikgacoi, Jedinak, Chamakh and Gayle are all easily EPL-quality players, plus a fair few others I can't remember right now, but as an overall package, they are pretty poor. Shahanga - weird username by the way. Whilst I agree we are well below the standard required to stay up, I thought we were good against Arsenal. More shots, equal shots on target and their keeper was MOTM. Arsenal took care of posession but that's the case most weeks. Baresi I also think you're wrong. Chamakh, Dikgacoi and Gayle aren't upto it. Joel Ward our right back on the otherhand is class and Jerome Thomas is PL quality on his day.

John Aloisi hasn't guided us to a win on the road in more than a season. No method and no directive. Long balls into Ramsey and Mifsud? Seriously. We rely on luck to score. Even the recruitment strategy is shit. We've recruited 3 or 4 injury prone journeyman while the likes of Victory & co have added young, hungry Australians. FFS. Sort it out.

Well that was shit.

Been saying this for months. Jedinak is dominant at Palace. I love the guy.