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fensaddler

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  1. Not impressed with Jakolis' simulation. That's twice in two games. For me he can fuck right off if he wants to do that. I'd rather finish rock bottom than cheer players who cheat.

    But in a wider context we have been decimated with injuries, on top of huge changes in the close season. Suspect it's going to be a struggle. Even worse because I suspect Victory and all their sycophants in the media are going to be insufferable this season.

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  2. 44 minutes ago, rass said:

    Agree that Jakolis was really average early on. However i do think he grew into the game and looked better in the second half as he became more involved.

    Disappointing to lose but i actually thought we played ok, well better than i expected us too. 

    I left excited thinking it will be a privilege to come and watch Arslan playing for us. A real player.

    Fair comment. Jakolis is an 80% player, he has a lot that you'd want, but frustrates for the lack of the 20%, which in his case seemed usually to be the final ball. Has pace, finds space, but nothing comes of it. There's potential, but he's not there yet. 

    Also agreed that we looked better than I feared we might, though we have been finding some shape and form as pre season has progressed. Still some way to go yet.

    Yes, Arslan is excellent. And Macca looks up for it. Defence worries me most.

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  3. 5 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said:

    Settle down mate. He already added more spark from his limited gametime then the other 2 wingers combined...

    I'll be pleased to be converted. The one moment he had in the box I thought he showed promise, but there wasn't much else. Jakolis is frustrating. He has pace and gets into a lot of good positions but then does bugger all with it. Like Lachie Wales a few years back...

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  4. 6 hours ago, MHFC-FAN said:

    He was involved in that first Jmac goal as he found Leckie out wide who then passed into Jmac. Then Jmacs second goal was from a direct asssist from Antonis. 

    Also the round of 32 he provided the winning assist after coming off the bench. 

    In 2 cups game and limited minutes in those games he's been involved heavily in 3 goals! 

    Agreed. I do like him. Bit of a supersub and changes the game when he comes on.

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  5. 1 hour ago, jw1739 said:

    Not being a particularly noted analyst I had a somewhat different assessment of today's match. I was at the match and the low seating will give a different perspective on the match from that seen on TV. I didn't think Wellington had much to offer at all, certainly less than Oakleigh had, except for height in the box; this I feel is going to trouble us all season both going forward and at the back.

    I thought that our defence was a lot sharper than it had been before. Aziz looked as though he'd never left us. Reis seems to be copping some criticism but I don't see why - he seems to have lost a lot of bulk and is paring well with Good. Souprayen looked very assured to me in his first appearance, and Young looked sharp enough to me. The team loses nothing when Hall comes on a substitute too.

    The midfield of Ugarkovic/Antonis, Sakhi and Arslan looks good to me; if we were voting I'd give Sakhi three points. JMac was a different man from what he was two weeks ago, and as already mentioned he chased hard and to much better effect than before - one point to him for the two well-taken and deserved goals. On the wings I'm still not sure that we've quite got it all together yet - the crosses aren't effective enough. There's still some woeful shooting too - evidenced in the warm-up drill as well as in the match.

    My two points would go to Good for holding the defence together pretty well all match.

    The first goal seems to be being credited to Steven Ugarkovic (except on the Football Australia website https://www.australiacup.com.au/match/melbourne-city-fc-v-wellington-phoenix-australia-cup-28-08-2023/22278552) even though it clearly took a deflection from Arslan. I estimate the crowd to be somewhere between 2,000 and 2,500 but I will post a figure when I see one.

     

    I watched on TV and I would struggle to disagree with much of that. We were much sharper all over the pitch. None of the rusty doziness from the Oakleigh game. Us much better or Wellington worse? I'd give us a lot of credit TBH. The defence looked way sounder and the midfield is beginning to click. McLaren was simply a different player.

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