Round 15 vs Adelaide 12th January, Thursday

[MCY HERO]

14 hours ago, bt50 said:

2-0 for mine. Bruno and Kamau to score

Yeah I hop Bruce scores against his old club

[MCY HERO]

11 hours ago, GreenSeater said:

Fitzy has scored our only goal in our last two games in Adelaide. Start him and watch us win 3-0 off his hattrick

That is extremely unlickly to happen 

[rass]

 

8 hours ago, illeatyourheart said:

pls Valko, play a front 2

                 Sorensen

Franjic Tongyik Jakobsen Colazo

          Brattan     Kilkenny

Fitzy          Brandan        Kamau

            Cahill         Bruno

Good luck getting 12 on the pitch...

[NewConvert]

8 hours ago, MCY HERO said:

Surely we can beat them they are last

If we dont make top 4 it is a serious fail and we need some serious offseason trading 

The trading has happened - JVS is no longer the coach.

[Dylan]

Will be interesting to look for any changes after Valkanis has had them for a full week

[Tony999]

11 hours ago, jw1739 said:

Pretty simple really, for every match from here on in - got to take as many points as we possibly can. With the squad we have anything other than a top four finish is an absolute fail.

I'd say anything less than a top two is a fail despite being 6 (potentially 9) points behind Victory. Anything less than a top four is a catastrophe!

[MCY HERO]

1 hour ago, Tony999 said:

I'd say anything less than a top two is a fail despite being 6 (potentially 9) points behind Victory. Anything less than a top four is a catastrophe!

Yeah this is our 3 year under the CFG and we need results!

[jw1739]

 

11 hours ago, wombegongal said:

Also where the fuck is Murfy1?

Teaching in China I think. IIRC he's in Shanghai. Probably can't see his keyboard/screen for the smog.

We all miss you Murf.

[belaguttman]

Not sure about this one, by rights we should win, it's likely that we will win 0-2 however anything is possible with our team. Valkanis knows Amor well so is likely to tactically match him and the Reds scoring potential is pretty low but old habits die hard, I can't go past a 1-1 draw

[Shahanga]

Personally I think Cahill can now only play at an elite level in one position- striker. So I would play him there and have Bruno as #10. Bruno will get more time on the ball and has the class to cause chaos.

[n i k o]

Valkanis live press conference regarding tomorrow's game coming up on Facebook for anyone that's interested 

[n i k o]

Seems to be a pattern with these live feeds having issues. Is anyone else not able to watch the interview? 

[haz]

3 minutes ago, n i k o said:

Seems to be a pattern with these live feeds having issues. Is anyone else not able to watch the interview? 

"Page Broken" for me

[n i k o]

Seems to be a pattern with these live feeds having issues. Is anyone else not able to watch the interview? 

[bt50]

I watched. Quite an impressive speaker imo.

[n i k o]

20 minutes ago, bt50 said:

I watched. Quite an impressive speaker imo.

Yep agree . Just watched it then. Nice to go through an interview with a manager that doesn fudge his way through it. I do miss the trademark JVS cough when he would be asked a difficult question though. 

[belaguttman]

22 minutes ago, bt50 said:

I watched. Quite an impressive speaker imo.

What did he say?

[HeartOfCity]

1 hour ago, Shahanga said:

Personally I think Cahill can now only play at an elite level in one position- striker. So I would play him there and have Bruno as #10. Bruno will get more time on the ball and has the class to cause chaos.

But how do you justify last years golden boot winner not being the main man. I think Cahill is doing well, he really sets the temprement of the team and im not sure he can do that from the strikers position but in midfield he can put on hard tackles and get under peoples skin. If he tries to do that from a strickers position then the ref will blow the whistle everytime.

[playmaker]

10 minutes ago, belaguttman said:

What did he say?

That his priorities are this:

Priority 1: Play good football and entertain the crowd.

Priority 2: get the 3 points

Good to see the JVS brainwashing continues.

[n i k o]

44 minutes ago, playmaker said:

That his priorities are this:

Priority 1: Play good football and entertain the crowd.

Priority 2: get the 3 points

Good to see the JVS brainwashing continues.

Harsh. I thought his interview was very good. I'm glad good football and entertainment is part of our game. 

[Jovan]

31 minutes ago, n i k o said:

Harsh. I thought his interview was very good. I'm glad good football and entertainment is part of our game. 

I'm just wondering what the alternative is? Seems a logical approach. 

[[LIBBA]]

1.Thomas SORENSEN (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Josh ROSE, 5.Ivan FRANJIC, 6.Osama MALIK, 9.Nicolas COLAZO, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Nick FITZGERALD, 14.Daniel ARZANI, 17.Tim CAHILL, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI (c), 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Fernando BRANDAN

**two to be omitted**

Ins: 14.Daniel ARZANI (promoted), 18.Paulo RETRE (promoted), 27.Fernando BRANDAN (returns from suspension)

Outs: 8.Neil KILKENNY (suspended - 1 week)

Unavailable: 7.Corey GAMEIRO (ACL – season), 28.Steve KUZMANOVSKI (ACL – season), 

 

[jw1739]

7 minutes ago, Jovan said:

I'm just wondering what the alternative is? Seems a logical approach. 

The priority must surely be to win the match. If you can "play good football" and "entertain" at the same time as winning, then that's a bonus. But I don't see them as being more important than actually winning.

FFS I wish that City could get off their arses and get a roving microphone at these pressers so that we could actually hear the questions as well as the answers.

 

[Shahanga]

1 hour ago, HeartOfCity said:

But how do you justify last years golden boot winner not being the main man. I think Cahill is doing well, he really sets the temprement of the team and im not sure he can do that from the strikers position but in midfield he can put on hard tackles and get under peoples skin. If he tries to do that from a strickers position then the ref will blow the whistle everytime.

I know what you're saying about Bruno, I justify it in that he is now normally surrounded by defenders and without Mooy is not getting the service, so by his standards he's struggling at present. 

[haz]

On 1/11/2017 at 1:24 PM, [LIBBA] said:

1.Thomas SORENSEN (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Josh ROSE, 5.Ivan FRANJIC, 6.Osama MALIK, 9.Nicolas COLAZO, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Nick FITZGERALD, 14.Daniel ARZANI, 17.Tim CAHILL, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI (c), 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Fernando BRANDAN

**two to be omitted**

Ins: 14.Daniel ARZANI (promoted), 18.Paulo RETRE (promoted), 27.Fernando BRANDAN (returns from suspension)

Outs: 8.Neil KILKENNY (suspended - 1 week)

Unavailable: 7.Corey GAMEIRO (ACL – season), 28.Steve KUZMANOVSKI (ACL – season), 

 

 

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SUBS: Sorensen, Caceres, Muscat, Fitzgerald, Retre (Arzani)

On 1/11/2017 at 1:24 PM, [LIBBA] said:

1.Thomas SORENSEN (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Josh ROSE, 5.Ivan FRANJIC, 6.Osama MALIK, 9.Nicolas COLAZO, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Nick FITZGERALD, 14.Daniel ARZANI, 17.Tim CAHILL, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI (c), 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Fernando BRANDAN

**two to be omitted**

Ins: 14.Daniel ARZANI (promoted), 18.Paulo RETRE (promoted), 27.Fernando BRANDAN (returns from suspension)

Outs: 8.Neil KILKENNY (suspended - 1 week)

Unavailable: 7.Corey GAMEIRO (ACL – season), 28.Steve KUZMANOVSKI (ACL – season), 

 

No Chapman? He's surely gone

Edited March 16, 2017 by haz

[[LIBBA]]

36 minutes ago, haz said:

SUBS: Sorensen, Caceres, Muscat, Fitzgerald, Retre (Arzani)

No Chapman? He's surely gone

Giving Rose the chop chop?

 

I like it

[Dylan]

59 minutes ago, Shahanga said:

I know what you're saying about Bruno, I justify it in that he is now normally surrounded by defenders and without Mooy is not getting the service, so by his standards he's struggling at present. 

Well it was actually Novillo that provided more assists for Bruno than Mooy did. There is a good YouTube clip of all his goals and it's surprising how little Mooy did assist Bruno

[haz]

14 minutes ago, [LIBBA] said:

Giving Rose the chop chop?

 

I like it

Well if you have a choice of Colazo, Rose or Muscat.... which 2 would you pick? 

[[LIBBA]]

29 minutes ago, haz said:

Well if you have a choice of Colazo, Rose or Muscat.... which 2 would you pick? 

Colazo and this man.....

 

 

[jw1739]

1 hour ago, [LIBBA] said:

1.Thomas SORENSEN (gk), 2.Manny MUSCAT, 3.Josh ROSE, 5.Ivan FRANJIC, 6.Osama MALIK, 9.Nicolas COLAZO, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Nick FITZGERALD, 14.Daniel ARZANI, 17.Tim CAHILL, 18.Paulo RETRE, 20.Dean BOUZANIS (gk), 21.Ruon TONGYIK, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Bruno FORNAROLI (c), 26.Luke BRATTAN, 27.Fernando BRANDAN

**two to be omitted**

Ins: 14.Daniel ARZANI (promoted), 18.Paulo RETRE (promoted), 27.Fernando BRANDAN (returns from suspension)

Outs: 8.Neil KILKENNY (suspended - 1 week)

Unavailable: 7.Corey GAMEIRO (ACL – season), 28.Steve KUZMANOVSKI (ACL – season), 

All 22 players in the senior squad are named except Chapman. Why not name them all and say "three to be omitted"?

[bt50]

8 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

All 22 players in the senior squad are named except Chapman. Why not name them all and say "three to be omitted"?

I've just always assumed they name the squad that actually travels.

[playmaker]

2 hours ago, jw1739 said:

The priority must surely be to win the match. If you can "play good football" and "entertain" at the same time as winning, then that's a bonus. But I don't see them as being more important than actually winning.

 

Exactly, hearing from a coach that winning is 2nd priority is concerning. And if entertainment is a high priority then what the hell happened last week and the preceding weeks where our game has been absolute torture to watch.

The top 3 priorities should be:

WIN

WIN

WIN

And then worry about everything else.

[belaguttman]

1 hour ago, playmaker said:

Exactly, hearing from a coach that winning is 2nd priority is concerning. And if entertainment is a high priority then what the hell happened last week and the preceding weeks where our game has been absolute torture to watch.

The top 3 priorities should be:

WIN

WIN

WIN

And then worry about everything else.

That was the priority last week and we all complained about how boring it was!

[n i k o]

8 minutes ago, belaguttman said:

That was the priority last week and we all complained about how boring it was!

No ones wrong here. Winning is the priority however we need to win by attacking the goals more directly. 

[jw1739]

37 minutes ago, belaguttman said:

That was the priority last week and we all complained about how boring it was!

The complaints had we actually lost would have been far worse, Dylan would have started his "Season Over" thread and the "Sack Valkanis" thread would have run white-hot.

[n i k o]

1 minute ago, jw1739 said:

The complaints had we actually lost would have been far worse, Dylan would have started his "Season Over" thread and the "Sack Valkanis" thread would have run white-hot.

There's always next game jw

[Dylan]

12 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

The complaints had we actually lost would have been far worse, Dylan would have started his "Season Over" thread and the "Sack Valkanis" thread would have run white-hot.

Not sure I can claim credit for the last one?

[neio]

Kilkenny is a huge loss,  in player of season voting he has been in top 3 in his last 7 games

If Malik can cover him which I think he can do a good job,  we should win comfortably 

[GreenSeater]

20 hours ago, MCY HERO said:

That is extremely unlickly to happen 

Cheers Geoff

[playmaker]

47 minutes ago, belaguttman said:

That was the priority last week and we all complained about how boring it was!

We both know that was rubbish.

Firstly the game wasn't dead until the 85th minute after Malik, Fitzy and Caceres came on and the 10 man opposition had to defend.

Secondly, you don't play that style from the start of the second half when you are only 1 0 up against 10 men.

Thirdly, the tactic did nothing, as we held our lead by shear luck where they had at least 3 clear goal scoring opportunities and should have converted at least 1.

Forthly, we are forced to play like that because we are incapable of counter attacking and lack accurate distribution to our centre forward area.

Fifthly, we are so obsessed with pressing and holding the ball that our constipated mindset allows the opposition a chance to score on the counter because our players are spent from running around like headless chooks.

Lastly the strategy played in the second half gets employed once the the game is dead, which is usually at the 70th minute when defenders get subbed on and the score is 2 0, but even then an 11 man squad wouldn't allow that to happen

If there are going to be no changes to the way we play, the total football, beautiful football rubbish; to something much more solid, balanced and sustainable and perhaps less attractive, which is a matter of opinion anyway, then kiss another season goodbye.

BTW, watched the game again last night and Kamou is killing our scoring potential, he needs to be rested for a few weeks.