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There's a great shot of Bruce celebrating his goal with our fans on the Guardian website.

Some damn stupid substitutions by Muscat helped us too. Took off their best player (can only assume, charitably, that he was injured?), then thought about but failed to sub a player who then broke down and played no further part in the game.

They're over here with him ATM. Hasn't seen them for a while. Clearly very emotional about this. As a migrant I absolutely understand...

Anybody notice his voice nearly cracked talking about his family being here in the post match interview? Lovely human moment.

Indeed. Tards lucky not to have at least one shown red. Dirty team as usual.

Scrappy, backs to the wall, but two fabulous goals and a rock solid team performance.

Get in.

You're right, Paartalu.

Beat up. Clickbait.

Continues the pattern reported by Mauk of pretty ruthless player management by Korean clubs?

Long ago in a land far away, I learned as a callow youth watching English Division 3 that it's mostly about stoical suffering, not winning. Triumph of blind hope over bitter experience.

And then post match he talks about focusing on the big derby at the weekend. Whether he plays or not, or for how long, he's an asset to have in the dressing room.

Dear Mr Aloisi, Calling you a complete wombat would be an insult to wombats. For the record, we were also missing: 1. The league's best striker, and the 15-16 golden boot winner; 2. The country's most celebrated international striker; 3. Our fans player of the season last season, and a first pick defensive midfielder; 4. One the league's most creative and effective wingers. We're not whinging about this, but just pointing out the facts. We outplayed you and our tactics were more effective. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it. 2-0 to us, and we've got Bruce Kamau.

People have been critical because Roar didn't look that good, and reckon we should have looked better as a result. But look at it this way, Roar were only as good as we allowed them to be, and we set out to nullify them. I suspect that under Wazza we are going to be much more defensive and pragmatic. We'll set out not to concede first and foremost, and then take our chances when we get them. Budzik has barely started either. And meanwhile McCormack will get better as he builds understanding. Depth too, there are players we rate, such as Arzani, who didn't even make the bench last night.

For that reason I'm not voting. There wasn't a spud on the pitch.

Agreed, you could see the understanding building in the second half. Kamau pinged a crossfield ball straight to Ross's feet, and you could see the relief on Ross's face, which was reflected in the thumbs up he gave to Bruce when the ball went dead. Aye, but he is a chunky lad at the moment, built of haggis and girders.

Cheeky sod. I would have done, but until DIBP get round to processing my visa, I'm not buying anything I might not be in the country to use. Anybody got a Peter Dutton dartboard?

Anyone want to talk PAX numbers? Ours in the 10,400s buying late last night.

I'm on the Belgrave GS. I feel your pain.

These closures are always out of the club's hands. I think last year they managed to close half the network to the eastern suburbs on the night of a Melbourne derby. It's as if the soccer season doesn't exist for PTV/Metro...

At this rate there's hope for me to get a game...

People just aren't sticking.

I thought he'd put on weight.

Well roger me with a bog brush. Cheers @falastur! The local readers will also work out from my handle that I'm a Walsall fan having a crack at the Vile....

Thoroughly bizarre that you're all now reading the Wolverhampton Express and Star, the local paper when I lived in the UK, and probably still read daily by half my family...