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No organisation, no structure, nobody knows what to do, what runs to make, where to pass. We are looking at another 6-0 drubbing; well deserved on the effort so far

No defensive structure into defensive transition, it allows Roar to push or pass close to goal before there’s even a challenge. We’re just making it hard for ourselves. Runs not tracked. It’s like the stronger the team gets on paper, the less effort the players believe that they need

4 minutes in and Roar has had 3 shots on target, one goal.😱

Amazing final selection, who would have picked it? Qatar playing at home

Possession-based football is hard; it's high risk, high reward. It requires teamwork, speed and endurance, a good understanding of when to team press and accurate passing and movement off the ball; all qualities our team lacks this year.

Yes, he's right. If the players feel attacked, then they become defensive. Once they are defensive, they aren't open to learning. We don't want them to try harder; we need them to try differently; to do this, they need to be open and curious and work together collectively.

There's no doubt that the team's performance is far lower than the sum of its parts. Publicly bagging [players is not the way to improve it, though. Look at how Ange publicly responds to Spurs' bad games or players' poor performances as an example of how to motivate players.

I only watched the first half, we didn't play too badly, although, as usual, we wasted too many chances and conceded an unnecessary penalty. It's not surprising that we have the lowest shot conversion rate in the League, and this is what is hurting us. The year that we won the double, our conversion rate was the highest in the League. I agree, it isn't helpful to publicly bag the team that you are coaching. That's our job

Yep, right up there with Optus, Medibank...

The quality that's really lacking on the pitch is on-field leadership. I don't expect that to be addressed with Tilio or Jeggo, so Sahki's visa replacement is a crucial signing for a better second half of the season.

Damn autocorrect😂

Good to have him back; we really don't have such a strong bench this season and have few players apart from Antonis that we have been able to change the game after coming off the bench. We now have Tilio, Jakolis and Leckie and Patel as wingers; which gives us strong bench options. We still have a visa spot and some cash, depending on how much space we have in the salary cap.

Perhaps they do, let's see how they use the money and the vacant visa spot.

It seems from Petrillo's comments, that we aren't done yet.

Look at the bright side: the Visit0rs released a player at the start of his career in a fit of pique, now he's worth $2M for a half-season loan, no payment to the Visit0rs😂. Aziz gets a late-career payout, we are without him for half a season We are cashed up and have a visa spot.

😀A reputation laundering business. At least we are a solvent reputation laundering business.

We'll have to change the way that we play now

Agree, the Saudis have too much money to spend, it's one of the factors driving the inflationary spiral in football and widening the gap between the wealthy teams and the rest

10 point deduction😂♥️

I agree, the A League season should be aligned with football seasons around the world

It's like a modern competition, everyone gets a medal.

What do the Socceroos do between matches? Do they have training sessions? It doesn't look like it; they are playing like 11 strangers. We can barely put three passes together and they don't seem to be aware of each other's runs

Radioactive decay is predictable; that's how we can carbon date objects by measuring the level of radioactive carbon14 isotope. Adam kersey is the opposite of radioactive decay!

Yes, he did, high efficiency in converting chances into goals is also not a strength, at least not early in games. Our ball speed and movement off the ball is so slow these days that he has no space.

It's always both; all strikers have their strengths and weaknesses, JMac is a great finisher, and great at finding space, give him the right ball and he's likely to score. He's not as effective away from the box, not one for imposing himself on games. He's a team striker, not an individual striker.