Dylan Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I pitty the souls who think we will win this game. Have you learnt nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Press conference thread on Twitter. Hendry is fit and Susaeta is ready to play more minutes. Talks about needing to be stronger defensively and a lot of work was done on trying to break down Perth’s compact defence. https://mobile.twitter.com/MelbourneCity 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 The more I reflect on last week the more I feel it was an exercise in defensive mentality and keeping a clean sheet - addressing our culture and mindset. It was probably an exercise to prepare us for Perth, who will go for the jugular. We are going to have to be at our best. Noone, Jmac and Luna need to continue their form. My guess it we will play 2 DMs with Griffo and Brilliante to try and break down Perths attack. Goals will be hard to come by, so a loss or draw is more likely. At our best, though, we just might scrape in. This is the biggest game of the season to date. COYCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, JMSTEP123 said: The more I reflect on last week the more I feel it was an exercise in defensive mentality and keeping a clean sheet - addressing our culture and mindset. It was probably an exercise to prepare us for Perth, who will go for the jugular. But then we will have to score first! I struggle to see we are going to break then down with our current game, we seem to be stuck with that. Don’t get me wrong I’ll be happy if we score first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 have we played in a 0-0 this season? if not, I'm betting this one will be the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moops Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mr MO said: But then we will have to score first! I struggle to see we are going to break then down with our current game, we seem to be stuck with that. Don’t get me wrong I’ll be happy if we score first. We have to go central and our fb's have to provide the width, winning the midfield battle will be key I think. Edited January 24, 2020 by moops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 44 minutes ago, Nate said: have we played in a 0-0 this season? if not, I'm betting this one will be the first. First Derby. Could be a nil all if we defend well. Says a lot. 1 hour ago, Mr MO said: But then we will have to score first! I struggle to see we are going to break then down with our current game, we seem to be stuck with that. Don’t get me wrong I’ll be happy if we score first. I agree 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 28 minutes ago, JMSTEP123 said: First Derby. Jesus that really was such a forgettable game, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 43 minutes ago, Nate said: Jesus that really was such a forgettable game, of course 💯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 17 hours ago, moops said: We have to go central and our fb's have to provide the width, winning the midfield battle will be key I think. Agree with this. What I hope we see is an unchanged midfield plus Susaeta and Noone trying to play through them. Their system gives them compactness and a lot of deep protection but not a lot of control over the middle third because they’ve basically just got the two midfielders (Kilkenny and Juande/Brimmer) versus our three. Get past the first pressing line and it’s 3v2. So it gives us a good foundation to break them down but like you say, the width from our FBs is important because there will be space there. But I hope we resist the temptation to always go out wide (like last time) because it’s safer and easier. Keep our FBs wide and it stretches their back 5, which is very important. We can produce attacking width like this but attacking depth will be much trickier. As always, fast combination play is the best way to break them down and maybe we see a deeper line from us to stretch them a bit and produce space between lines. Brillante will need to be fucking brilliant when they come for us though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Castro is their key player. Susaeta needs to offset him with the impact on the other end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, Imtellingyou said: Castro is their key player. Susaeta needs to offset him with the impact on the other end. This is it. We know Perth will come and play well. Not sure which City will turn up, but history shows its not in our favor. I remain realistically optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IssySG Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 COYCB Fire up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 This game won’t be easy, but I don’t see why we can’t win it. Having access to some quality on the bench will be a big help, not to mention actually being able to train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, Shahanga said: This game won’t be easy, but I don’t see why we can’t win it. Having access to some quality on the bench will be a big help, not to mention actually being able to train. Good point, that last one. He said yesterday in the press conference that we were able to hold five training sessions for the first time in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Can anyone please tell me how hard this football Oz aid game was promoted. This is plain embarrassing, I'm actually disgusted tbh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Seriously, who is interested in that kind of show. Even AFL would struggle with numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 47 minutes ago, rass said: Can anyone please tell me how hard this football Oz aid game was promoted. This is plain embarrassing, I'm actually disgusted tbh... Perhaps JW was right people are little over it and have already donated by other means. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Delbridge pushed out of his CB position straight away. Hendry must have impressed pretty much after one training day. Edited January 25, 2020 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 I'm staggered by this team, especially that Hendry has come straight in Guess we will see how good he is straight away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 This is the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, rass said: Can anyone please tell me how hard this football Oz aid game was promoted. This is plain embarrassing, I'm actually disgusted tbh... Was only announced during the week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Why do we keep persisting with Jamieson? Fuck me, they're going to run rings around Delbridge on the wing. Susaeta is starting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 minute ago, haz said: Why do we keep persisting with Jamieson? Fuck me, they're going to run rings around Delbridge on the wing. Susaeta is starting He’s got nudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Delbridge is a quick player but too tall for RB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afif Adam Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Erick wrong for dropping Atkinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Perth attack down the wings = Perth win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 WE HAVE ALL 5 VISAs ON THE PITCH!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 minute ago, haz said: WE HAVE ALL 5 VISAs ON THE PITCH!! In warm up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 So much for my predictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Del at RB against the widest attacking team in the league. Clearly thats been done intentionally but will it work in our favour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, haz said: WE HAVE ALL 5 VISAs ON THE PITCH!! Edited January 25, 2020 by mus-28 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 We might play with 3 at the back with Hendry, floating around man marking Castro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Castro regularly floats out onto the left to find space and cut in. Maybe Big Boy Haz is out there to be a bit more defensive minded to keep Castro in check. On the other wing Chianese and Kim certainly doesn't strike fear like and in form Ikonimidis and Franjic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Something is happening different in defence, Jamo just said it without saying it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afif Adam Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Is our active support at the AO too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Erick knows his shit. Whatever it is it’ll work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, citypool said: Was only announced during the week Nah, it was a week or two before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Let’s hope we aren’t going to play long balls and high crosses again tonight. Edited January 25, 2020 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Fox sports has us as a back 5 with Susaeta at wing back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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