belaguttman

Couple that with no coordinated team press and opponents attack like a hot knife through butter I agree

Most of the momentum in the second half; conceded 2 goals to 2 shots; scored nothing. No finals for us, mercifully. The quicker this season is over for us, the better

…and Caputo

Down 2-0 and Vidmar makes his first change at 66’. Still no Antonis

Game over now. let’s see if we can keep it below 5-0

I’m watching the game with my brother, who isn’t really a football fan; he says “gee, they don’t play with much intensity or passion, do they?”

…if they ever get on the pitch at the same time

Unlucky to not be ahead, lucky to not be behind. This is not a team that I enjoy watching though, we play stodgy football.

I’d be starting Caputo and bringing JMac on at 60 minutes when there may be more space for him

It's certainly a part of it, but we've been down all over the park: down on completed passes, corners, possession, but up on goals conceded

Yes, and that was the hurdle in Troyes. he clearly fell at the hurdle, it's unclear how much of that was the language barrier/cultural differences, how much of it was him

One and the same; PK bought Mombaerts vision but obviously was successful in uniting the team around it

True, yet only moved one spot up the ladder. PK did well because the players here bought the vision; it created a united working group of players and backroom staff. I wonder whether the language issue was a factor at Troyes, whatever it was, the players didn't buy into the vision, but it's hardly like they have become a star Ligue 2 team unleashed by appointing a new manager

I agree, but even without PK, Troyes are still just out of the relegation zone

True, but it's also a large part of why they want to play for us in the first place.

PK is not the most flexible of managers. we are playing our present 'style' quite poorly, PK is likely to insist on more of the same

PK quite appropriately kept Jamo on the bench and played Bos in his place.

You are only as good as your current season; if he shows that he deserves the money then I’d be happy to pay him. he has been poor this season; well positioned but most shots to the keeper; offers little out of the box.

I was expecting more from Jeggo after all his years in the Austrian Bundesliga; it’s a good league

Bring Caputo on; Maclaren has offered nothing

Substitute Tilio; there were a couple of back-pass opportunities that he missed there

We have no midfield to speak of: not covering the back 4, not opening up the field for the attackers

a lucky half to be only down 1-0 Yes, he’s good to watch

We seem to be under instructions to sit deep, not press at all, and leave the wide spaces for Sydney players to do what they want with no pressure at all

We compress the field when we are attacking; stretch the field when we defend😡 We have a non-existent press and this puts constant pressure on our back four. We never play forwards when we can play backwards