ACL Match Thread - Tianjin Tida 18/03/09

[Kareem]

wat is the commentator on about- sayin they r playin better
apart from set pieces + counter attacks they got nothing

 

[Kareem]

FINISH!!!

 

[Sean]

SO FKN CLOSE!

 

[cruiser]

How the f**k did Wilkinson miss that header which would have virtually won us the game?!!!

Why didnt we get a bloody corner then?

 

[Kareem]

r u serious! be aware Macca- playin crap!

 

[Sean]

How the f**k did Wilkinson miss that header which would have virtually won us the game?!!!

Practising his defense.

 

[Paolo]

FT 2-2

 

[Kareem]

i would have taken a 2-2 draw before the match- but now i feel very very dissapointed!
On the + side- we played some of the best football i have seen for a while!

 

[Sean]

undefeated in Asia.

 

[A.J.V]

wilkinson score the winner?  danny would be more likely

 

[Sacko]

Well I would bitten your hand off for 2-2 at half time, but after taking the lead....
 

 

[FFC Mariner]

Got a point, deserved 3 so feel a little flat TBH.

Much, much better performance than for a long time, slowly starting to look like our former selves. Although our 1st touch looked terrible again(might have been the pitch)

Huke, playing his 2nd game in a week after 4 months with no football - superb. Porter, close to his best game for us, Hutcho, probably MoM for mine (especially for the spray he game to the diving little f**ker).

Osman was very poor as was Nik.

2nd in the group.

 

[marinersman]

Very good effort. I thought we were the better side overall. Schoolboy defending killed us.

Sign up Huke for HAL now.

Overall very pleased and looking forward to the massive game at home against the Japs.

 

[Arabmariner]

Good game.

We held the ball,passed well and dominated for large parts of the game.At times I wondered if it was really CCM I was watching.

Not often I'm impressed with Wilko but I thought he was a rock in defence and pushed up at the right times too.

I'm impressed with Huke.Potential to be better than Mile imo.

There's no doubt we create more with Caceres in the side.They had 3 defenders round him every time he went near the ball.

Bojic looked out of his depth though.

 

[Sacko]

Huke looks like he can do a good job for us in the Jedi role and I agree the Hutcho and Porter also looked good, Wilko got some good blocks in but how did he miss that header in the 91st minute?

This looks like being a tight group so 6 points from the remaining home games should do it - (got the replacement paper tickets through today)

 

[Sacko]

Good game.

We held the ball,passed well and dominated for large parts of the game.At times I wondered if it was really CCM I was watching.

Not often I'm impressed with Wilko but I thought he was a rock in defence and pushed up at the right times too.

I'm impressed with Huke.Potential to be better than Mile imo.

There's no doubt we create more with Caceres in the side.They had 3 defenders round him every time he went near the ball.

Bojic looked out of his depth though.

Bojic hasn't been the same since the clash of heads in the 3-3 at the SFS

 

[MrCelery]

Porter did well. Not sure Hutch was worth MOM, although I loved his spray for the diver!

But for sheer industry I'd give MOM to Matty. Not your typical striker that won't move ten feet, and won't run unless he's one mm from the ball (thinking Disco Nick here). He was f**kin everywhere, and running flat out still after 90. What an engine! Nice goal as well. Sure he falls about a bit, but that's because he's 110% committed.

 

[FERAL YELLA]

Didn't get to watch the game but sounds like we should have won! Bodes well for the rest of the campaign.

 

[Jesus]

Bojic was great until his card knocked the wind out of him for me.

Great display by the lads and good football, and a good game to watch.

 

[georgemladenov]

Im satisfied with the results especially since Kawasaki managed to get a point in Korea. The simple fact is that we cannot afford to lose against Kawasaki at home. For us to have a realistic chance of progressing, which still looks likely to come down to the last home game against Tianjin which Im confident of winning after tonight, we must get atleast 2 points from our matches against Kawasaki. Alot harder said than done, but still achievable. The worst case scenario would be us being 2 stuck Kawasaki, and either 4 behind Pohang if they beat Tianjin twice, or 3 behind Tianjin if they beat Pohang twice. Either way, destiny would be in our own hands which is the main thing - and Im predicting that a draw perhaps in both Pohang/Tianjin matches is likely.