Bannon Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Lol, Nabbout is rusty af, but still shits all over Noone. Can't wait till he hits his stride. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 What team am i watching? Can we do this every week please 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, malloy said: Lol, Nabbout is rusty af, but still shits all over Noone. Can't wait till he hits his stride. legit i think his slowness has fucked cunts over lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, malloy said: Lol, Nabbout is rusty af, but still shits all over Noone. Can't wait till he hits his stride. Takes the pressure off noone as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 hour ago, haz said: If it's another soft injury, the club might as well sack the entire department and hire an overweight high school PE teacher... Didn't we do that a couple of years back? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Luna injured ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Time to bring on some youngsters will 3 nill up? How else do these guys get game time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 It’s gonna happen again, isn’t it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 How come refs never bottle a sending off when it's our player? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Really should be up by 5 goals tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 PK doesn't like the Japanese bloke it seems 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Berenguer has been cooked from 60minutes, he let Ninkovic walk into the box at the Sydney goal. Why not make a sub PK? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 jamo had influence on both there goals. get rid of him 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Very much unlike us to nearly fuck up a guaranteed win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 It's a win and three points but we are as weak as piss in the final minutes of matches. Weak as piss. And everyone knows it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, jw1739 said: It's a win and three points but we are as weak as piss in the final minutes of matches. Weak as piss. And everyone knows it. Ran ourselves out of legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, haz said: Ran ourselves out of legs Earlier subs? We have 5 subs now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Mr MO said: Earlier subs? We have 5 subs now. Don't think PK is too smart with subs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Game changed when Luna went off. Guy was a machine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, haz said: Don't think PK is too smart with subs I mentioned it before Florin he was out of steam after 60min and couldn’t track back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, haz said: Don't think PK is too smart with subs He is like Joyce was in his first season, must think any unused subs carry over to the next game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shahanga said: Game changed when Luna went off. Guy was a machine Luna off and Ninkovic on were critical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 So the dynamic has completely changed with Nabbout back in. Griffiths solid too. A few more matches with a settled XI and we’re probably a more effective team. Worryingly we are still god awful at closing out matches. Why is Kisnorbo not making use of substitutions? Does he want more soft tissue injuries? Running 30+ year olds into the ground isn’t smart management and it was clear that we needed fresh legs. But overall a nice night. Great to get back to the stadium and watch live football. And a vital three points. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Just checking in. Been a long time since we scored so many against Sydney. Hopefully this realigns the season and gives the players and probably the supporters new belief. Next game will see where we are at. 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Great night, we put on a great performance until Kisnorbo forgot he had other players he could sub on. I put the responsibility nearly all on Kisnorbo for the 2 goals conceded. We had multiple players completely gassed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Whilst many players ran out of air, I was impressed with the tank of Nabbout after not playing for 8 week! Metcalf much better. Jmac some missed chances and poor field play but worked hard and finally got a couple of goals again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) My god it's good to beat Shitney. With our team fresh, and Sydney a bit flat, we were lucky that Ninkovic needed a spell, and even more so when Bratts came off injured. With fresh legs we took compete control of the midfield, both in attack and in defence and on the counter. Caceras and Retre come back to the pack without Ninkovic taking most of the defensive focus. What worked very nicely was Florin being creative and attacking in midfield, and Nabout adding another attacking dimension that freed up Mclaren and Noone. Atkinson also looked much sharper, and Metcalfe was playing closer to, and under the direction of Griffith. He was immense. Luna was also very aggressive and had a good game. Jamo also played a lot more centrally, which helped both in an attacking and defensive sense. Despite everything going right initially, when Ninkovic came on, as others have mentioned, a bunch of our players were cooked. Florin, Metcalfe, Noone and Nabout were dropping their heads, hands on knees and Sydney quickly grabbed control of the midfield and game. PK was looking panicked on the sideline and was too busy directing his players, rather than looking to his bench, which he clearly needed to do. To his credit, moving RG into midfield did shore things up a little, but honestly we were at serious risk of dropping 2 points. A good turnaround in form to win, a great performance by the players, and just a pass by PK. Edited February 23, 2021 by Torn Asunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aardvark Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 One of the best halves we've ever played. Luna going down hurt a lot, so much of our success to that point had been from our immense energy and intensity never allowing Sydney to breathe. At that point we were just starting to tire, and losing our most energetic player only exacerbated that. Cannot believe we basically made no subs that we weren't forced into. Tilio or Tsubaki for Noone was a no brainer, Berenguer was great but should've been replaced before he started cramping, and especially after. Griffiths ahead of Reis at CB was an interesting choice but I can't fault the team selection when we perform like that. Metcalfe was fantastic in the deeper role and had a great combination of intercept work and attacking flair, that was the exact game we would be hoping O'Neill would produce there. His pass to Nabbout for our third was beautiful. Speaking of Nabbout he was fantastic, just kept going. Having such a direct player who really keeps defenders on the back foot is going to be an immense help to Maclaren. Very enjoyable performance for the most part, just wish Kisnorbo spent less time talking/shouting everyone through every single moment and actually realised his way to contribute is to manage the side, I don't want another Warren Joyce who seems to think he gets a financial bonus for every unused sub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 My first attendance at a game in about 18 months, and a good, if somewhat unexpected win. Positives We were positive, fresh and pressed well for 60 minutes defence looked solid for 60 minutes We were patient building attacks with good movement off the ball that created space for attacking opportunities Nabbout is a very frustrating player to watch, he makes easy things look hard at times, other times he makes hard things look easy. Good game from Florin Negatives We need to be more ruthless, should have scored 5 Tired after 60 minutes, Bimbi recognised this and brought on Ninkovich who changed the midfield balance. PK didn't respond until almost too late Nabbout is a very frustrating player to watch, he makes easy things look hard at times, other times he makes hard things look easy. I may not be in Melbourne for another game this season Sparse crowd, no food options outside, inside food too expensive and poor quality as usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Anyone got an attendance please? Cannot find anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Geez Steve Corica is a flog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 Absolutely brilliant performance for 65'. Thought Sydney missed a trick in their tactical approach to us but then again not sure it would have mattered, we were exceptionally sharp on and off the ball. Ninko on and Luna off changed the dynamics completely and whilst i still didnt think they particularly dominated after that, its disappointing to give a sucker an even break. Great to see Metcalfe put in one of his best shifts in a City shirt, Flo was back to that form that saw him get extended and it goes without saying how important Nabbout is to straightening us up as an attacking unit. Key, key, key player for us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 9 hours ago, belaguttman said: My first attendance at a game in about 18 months, and a good, if somewhat unexpected win. Positives We were positive, fresh and pressed well for 60 minutes defence looked solid for 60 minutes We were patient building attacks with good movement off the ball that created space for attacking opportunities Nabbout is a very frustrating player to watch, he makes easy things look hard at times, other times he makes hard things look easy. Good game from Florin Negatives We need to be more ruthless, should have scored 5 Tired after 60 minutes, Bimbi recognised this and brought on Ninkovich who changed the midfield balance. PK didn't respond until almost too late Nabbout is a very frustrating player to watch, he makes easy things look hard at times, other times he makes hard things look easy. I may not be in Melbourne for another game this season Sparse crowd, no food options outside, inside food too expensive and poor quality as usual Hopefully with Paddy someone above him mentions it to him that he missed a trick with Subs as he is very passionate and in the game maybe needs to step back a little 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted February 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 I think we looked good until Luna went off then it all kind of fell apart. Still, that first half was the best we've played this season by an age. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Hack Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 I understand the thinking behind Reis coming on and Griffiths going to DM but in hindsight maybe Tilio or Tsubaki should have replaced Luna. At least fresh legs means Sydney's backs and midfielders need to chase hard as well. Caceres should have been sent off too. Happy to ping us for reds but not SFC aren't they. Reis seems a little short for a centre half, that but in the end where he flailed about with McGowan, could that be a reason why they started Griff instead of him since we've had some problems with corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 The commentators pointed out a few times during the game about PK's micromanagement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 An effective combination between Nabbout and JMac will also be helpful for the Socceroos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Has anyone seen an official crowd figure from the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, belaguttman said: Has anyone seen an official crowd figure from the game? I asked that above. So far, I can't find one anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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