haz Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Top of the league! Top the league! We cant hear you, we're top of the league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Muscat on a yellow scares the crap out of me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Kamau pretty much replicated Kruse's first half from last night - heaps of good runs with zero end product, but managed to nab a goal on the stroke of half time anyway lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted October 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 I know it's only a half but we have never looked that solid defensively One long range shot from calletti and one scuffed shot from skapetis is all they have had Brattan, mauk and Malik have controlled the midfield well Kamau was terrible but then scored so hopefully confidence lifts Need to keep going and kill them off, and not leave it at 1-0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, neio said: I know it's only a half but we have never looked that solid defensively One long range shot from calletti and one scuffed shot from skapetis is all they have had Brattan, mauk and Malik have controlled the midfield well Kamau was terrible but then scored so hopefully confidence lifts Need to keep going and kill them off, and not leave it at 1-0 Only issue is that Mauk needs to stop following Ross in and stay at the top of the box as we have no one centrally. Defensively we look very solid so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Have liked how vocal Wazza has been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) Look good defensively but lack creativity going forward. McCormack looks good but lacks support, this will come when he's had more than 1 week with his teammates. We're controlling possession but Roar are controlling space in our front third where we are offering little and lacking intensity Kamau lacking in confidence despite his goal. Brattan looks much sharper and less porky than last season. WTF is Jakobson doing at LB? Edited October 6, 2017 by belaguttman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Imagine how much money you’d have made if you’d bet on Kamau scoring the opening goal of the A League season from outside the box! We should be 2-3 up given our possesion. Lack of chances created. This short corner shit is getting old fast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Ross and Kamau were very weak. Roar lost many key players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Now the next test from Wazza... Will we throw this match in the last 15 minutes?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Our fitness starting to pay off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 WE are so shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 hahahahaha KAMMMOOOOOOO Was it a good goal @Missing_Moy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted October 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Kamau for golden boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 minute ago, haz said: hahahahaha KAMMMOOOOOOO Was it a good goal @Missing_Moy? Took a deflection was a good set up from Fitzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning issues Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 I've got to agree with Brenton Speed. Fitzy the best on the park. I'm not sure he needed a rest at the end, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted October 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 In no way was it pretty but I'll take a 2-0 win with a clean sheet and defensive very strong than a 4-2 shootout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Tough to split Fitzy, Schenkenveld and Brattan for MOTM. Kamau probably worth a shout too given he scored a brace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Most underwhelming brace performance from Bruce but I’ll take it. Also we need to work on our corners this week at training. Fitzy MOTM imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning issues Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Brattan looked great, he's in for a superb season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Outstanding performance, mainly because there is clearly a ton of improvement in this team. Budzinski, Kilkenny, Carrusca and Cahill playing zero-minimal part, just glimpses from McCormack. I think the most promising thing was that basically all of our whipping boys (Kamau, Muscat, Malik, La Rocca, Brattan) played really well. Schenkenveld had a great league debut after a howler to cost us the first goal in the Cup Quarter Final. Jakobsen solid in an unfamiliar role, though he was found wanting a bit for speed at times. And I'll always love the red and white stripes, but geez the new kits look classy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 wtf was up with the players not coming iver the barrier to celebrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GreenSeater Posted October 6, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Gotta say, Malik was MOTM for me. Didn’t put a pass wrong all night and looked solid defensively. I’m not a fan of his usually but that was his best shift in a City shirt apart from maybe the FFA Cup final 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, GreenSeater said: Gotta say, Malik was MOTM for me. Didn’t put a pass wrong all night and looked solid defensively. I’m not a fan of his usually but that was his best shift in a City shirt apart from maybe the FFA Cup final Agree; had a great game and played his role excellently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted October 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, GreenSeater said: Gotta say, Malik was MOTM for me. Didn’t put a pass wrong all night and looked solid defensively. I’m not a fan of his usually but that was his best shift in a City shirt apart from maybe the FFA Cup final It's amazing what he can do when he keeps it simple, he got the ball took a touch and played simple balls to the players who have the better passing range. Most definitely did his job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 It's good to start the season with a win. Disappointing that we sat back at the start of the second half, it allowed us into the game more as Roar didn't sit back as much and lost control of space but increased the risk to us. It was good to see our defence remain solid and most importantly we kept a clean sheet. With less space on the ball, Brattan was less influential in the second half, Kamau despite his 2 goals is too keen to run into a dead end or pass off the ball when he should attack. Iy was good to see us more patient with the ball, not just wasteful square passes but using the slow buildup to maintain shape so that when we made one of our still too regular turnovers, we weren't caught on the counter like we were last season. McCormack shows glimpses of being useful, didn't see enough of Marcin o form an opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 First on the ladder. Scored twice from two shots on goal.No other clear cut chance. Clean sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 The only real reason you could argue that Malik wasnt motm tonight is that kamau scored twice. Terrific performance by everyone, in particular the gaffer whom i thought absolutely nailed it tactically. Everyone was good tonight, kudos on a pragmatic but effective approach. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 For those praising Malik’s performance it was better than usual. But there is a clear reason many get frustrated with him. He can only pass backwards and sideways. For anyone who has ever played in a midfield alongside this kind of player it destroys a team’s momentum. He is a passenger most of the time we have the ball - not sure we can afford these against better organised teams. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 24 minutes ago, jeffplz said: wtf was up with the players not coming iver the barrier to celebrate. Probably forgot we were there since we made no noise. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 26 minutes ago, Tangerine said: For those praising Malik’s performance it was better than usual. But there is a clear reason many get frustrated with him. He can only pass backwards and sideways. For anyone who has ever played in a midfield alongside this kind of player it destroys a team’s momentum. He is a passenger most of the time we have the ball - not sure we can afford these against better organised teams. Are you kidding? Osama was pinging them forward all night. Easily best performance I've seen of his in a city shirt. Absolute metronome in midfield. All in all solid and disciplined team effort. Not world beaters but 3 points and a clean sheet I'll take it 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Thought it was a mediocre performance against a crap team. Take the points and pull our finger out next week Slow ball movement and for fucks sake I thought the constant switching play in defence was done for when the tanned cunt left Jako good apart from the massive chance on the wing 2nd half 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 We got the 3 points, Kamau both goals, not a fluent display with lots of kinks but then again a lot of upside possible. Well then how bad was Aloisi's Roar? Aloisi OUT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC22 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Not as negative as some on here. Wasn't electric but pretty professional win which is rare for us. Definitely content with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Even though its only been one game, I have a feeling that this how most of our wins will be this season. Nothing exciting but gets the job done, true Wazza Lower League style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 58 minutes ago, GreenSeater said: Gotta say, Malik was MOTM for me. Didn’t put a pass wrong all night and looked solid defensively. I’m not a fan of his usually but that was his best shift in a City shirt apart from maybe the FFA Cup final I'd say Brattan edged him but that doesn't take anything away from Malik, he had a great game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Winning comfortably and rarely being challenged, despite not playing especially well. I'm enjoying the novelty of this feeling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Tangerine said: For those praising Malik’s performance it was better than usual. But there is a clear reason many get frustrated with him. He can only pass backwards and sideways. For anyone who has ever played in a midfield alongside this kind of player it destroys a team’s momentum. He is a passenger most of the time we have the ball - not sure we can afford these against better organised teams. A similar criticism was made of Makelele once. Fwiw don't take this as trying to defend Malik as he has been a rubbish player for us (couldn't watch game tonight so cant comment on his latest performance). Edited October 6, 2017 by malloy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) 25 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said: Are you kidding? Osama was pinging them forward all night. Easily best performance I've seen of his in a city shirt. Absolute metronome in midfield. All in all solid and disciplined team effort. Not world beaters but 3 points and a clean sheet I'll take it To me it seemed like while he wasn't firing lasers around the ground, he'd get an important touch in heavy traffic or under pressure to release a teammate in space time and again, If he can do that regularly, he'll deserve to be pushing for a starting spot. Edited October 6, 2017 by SF33 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniboi Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 7 hours ago, bt50 said: FYI memberships are fully transferrable, provided they would otherwise be in the same category or lower. Ie adult for adult. Obv you can't get an adult in on a kids membership etc 5 kids? Man you could have done with more TV games a few years back! The wife likes to get caught offside....hahahahah 6 hours ago, neio said: My personal favorite WTF fixture this year is the Tuesday 10pm Vs Perth I know it's 7pm there but surely some consideration needs to go to the team they playing and their fans watching Didn't know about that one - that takes the cake!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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