jw1739 Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 BTW attendance was 7,501. IMO this derby is growing in its intensity and attraction - good to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 34 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Depends where you sit. We're at the Southern End and could barely hear the WU support. I was personally quite impressed by our City Terrace last night. Yes, also at the southern end and my impression too. Thought they made a decent racket and were on good form throughout. Still not as loud as the bloody PA though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 So the game highlights are already on YouTube but not on Paramount. These guys really have a care factor of Zero. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyh001 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 thought Glover was great last night. given all the criticism (which has been certainly due in a number of cases), he deserves the recognition for when he plays well. fingers crossed this is the start of something really really positive . backline too was great, given two new additions, a youth product who has played at fb only on occasion / is still developing and our skipper as a CB / out of position. Valon Berisha looks to finally be that number 10 we have craved for; ability to turn a game on a dime with his passing and (IMO more importantly given our system) the ability to arrive in the box late / in a scoring position. for all the VAR talk about our first goal (the own goal) it shouldn't have mattered since Berisha should have buried his shot instead of sending it over the bar. willing to put that down to a bit of rustiness and him adjusting to conditions in Oz. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 I agree, Glover deserves a fair bit of positive recognition for last night. I have justifiably criticised him but I think he won us that game with 3 big stops when needed. We know how difficult it is when Western get ahead. Passing was sharper than last year with more willingness to go forward. Berisha looks good. Made some positive runs that weren’t picked up by team mates. Hope we can lift our game to get on his wavelength as he will do damage if we move the ball to him quickly. Forward line still a bit frustrating but Maclaren more involved that last year against WUFC. Lam at the back was passing to his feet and using him to link up, something that we have always failed to manage. Positive signs though I think the league will be much stronger this year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Agree on Glover. Could be a big redemption arc this season, especially given he's out of contract at the end of the season. The thing I really noticed was how strong our front press was. Last season it'd be JMac isolated like 90% of the time but last night we regularly had 4-5 players closing down the Western half backs. Idk if it's sustainable but I loved it. PK deserves credit because our game style really did look different. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 I have been a critic, but Jamo played well last night at centre back. I will worry if he’s there when we face more physically imposing forwards - I hope this isn’t a regular plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughJass Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tangerine said: I hope this isn’t a regular plan. Pretty sure Reis and Good will be the first choice for the CB spot instead of Jamo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Just now, Tangerine said: I have been a critic, but Jamo played well last night at centre back. I will worry if he’s there when we face more physically imposing forwards - I hope this isn’t a regular plan. Well, we have Good and Reis...can't see him being there except in an emergency. What concerns me more is that we still have players being injured regularly in training. Surely they are in only "maintenance training" by now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, jw1739 said: BTW attendance was 7,501. IMO this derby is growing in its intensity and attraction - good to see. Are you being sarcastic? Poor crowd for a 'derby' and the fact both these teams were the best 2 teams last season. We aren't growing at all... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Mr MO said: So the game highlights are already on YouTube but not on Paramount. These guys really have a care factor of Zero. My mate tried to pay again for the subscription. Got an email saying would get the confirmation code in the next 24 hours. Absolutely trash service!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 hour ago, MHFC-FAN said: Are you being sarcastic? Not at all. When you consider what has happened over the past three seasons with COVID and our pre-season I was pleasantly surprised at the attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 5 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Not at all. When you consider what has happened over the past three seasons with COVID and our pre-season I was pleasantly surprised at the attendance. Yeah perhaps. We should be getting 10k at least for these games. 7.5k is a Melb City usual home game attendance against interstate teams. Another team from Melbourne should be drawing well above our average.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 We would have lost at least 3k on the attendance purely as a result of the rain we had yesterday imo. Its an excuse absolutely, but its also the reality. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 25 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said: Yeah perhaps. We should be getting 10k at least for these games. 7.5k is a Melb City usual home game attendance against interstate teams. Another team from Melbourne should be drawing well above our average.... How many did WU bring last night you think? I won’t be surprised if we have gone back in members this season. We’ve done nothing this off season to be become an attractive club to support or even renew. Our rusted member base would sit some around the 6 to 7k I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, bt50 said: We would have lost at least 3k on the attendance purely as a result of the rain we had yesterday imo. Its an excuse absolutely, but its also the reality. Yeah you may be right here. The weather certainly in the earlier part of the day was atrocious. Guess some people were dealing with flooding issues in some parts of Melbourne. 9 minutes ago, Mr MO said: How many did WU bring last night you think? I won’t be surprised if we have gone back in members this season. We’ve done nothing this off season to be become an attractive club to support or even renew. Our rusted member base would sit some around the 6 to 7k I think. I wasn't able to attend last night so can't give an estimate. Their active looked reasonably full on tv? I would be surprised if they brought more than 500-1000 people max? Yes I would agree that we would have a bare minimum member base between those figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) Please also remember that not everyone comes from Metro Melbourne and lives within walking distance of a railway station. We do, and we weren't home until 11.00 last night. If you live a two-hour drive away, as one of our gang does, and the rain is pissing down until 3.00 p.m. it's understandable if you make a decision to do something else. As @Mr MOrightly points out we've hardly had the pre-season or made the signings that would make last night's match a must-go. Further just because you're a member doesn't mean that you can or will go to every single home match. I recall Scott Munn revealing some quite surprising figures about the percentage who attended any particular match. And there are also members whose membership doesn't cover every single match anyway. 3 of our gang have downgraded to the 9-match membership this season becasue of lingering COVID concerns. I don't resile from the opinion that last night's attendance was OK. Edited October 8, 2022 by jw1739 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Watching the replay. That disallowed goal was absolute bullshit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moops Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, fensaddler said: Watching the replay. That disallowed goal was absolute bullshit. My thoughts as well, even their goal I still can't see the touch that let it stand, it should have been offside, maybe there is better footage I haven't seen, but from the replays it looks that way. 5 hours ago, mattyh001 said: thought Glover was great last night. given all the criticism (which has been certainly due in a number of cases), he deserves the recognition for when he plays well. fingers crossed this is the start of something really really positive . backline too was great, given two new additions, a youth product who has played at fb only on occasion / is still developing and our skipper as a CB / out of position. Yep, Glover did well, hopefully we see a turn around from last season. They all did pretty well, even Hall was good when he came on. Edited October 8, 2022 by moops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 How good was Sandstorm aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 10 hours ago, mattyh001 said: backline too was great, given two new additions, a youth product who has played at fb only on occasion / is still developing and our skipper as a CB / out of position. The backline was better because, unlike last season, they weren't having to deal with constant turnovers from our midfielders. We've certainly missed Aidan O'Neill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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