ALM Round 1 vs Adelaide

[scottmac]

Let Theo start in the AFC Cup. Hopefully grabs a goal or two and gets a full game for fitness. The he can back up again on Sunday.

Just can't see Theo being fit for a full game any time soon. He's had a full pre season with the fittest side in the league and still cant beat Wilson to the 11.

 

[Corsair]

Let Theo start in the AFC Cup. Hopefully grabs a goal or two and gets a full game for fitness. Then he can back up again on Sunday.

No harm in inverting the sub. Start him and bring Wilson on as the sub, or preferably Smith on the wing instead, who crosses well.

 

[Ironbark]

No doom and gloom from me personally. Had shit go against us, looked a bit clunky in the final third but got a whole season to fix it up. Torres will piss this league in with games under the belt. Have faith lads.

Same

 

[midfielder]

What can you say for me the big issue was Torres shooting many were not even close.

Lets hope he can get his act together as given the defence we have we will need to score goals..

 

[Wombat]

Yeah I miss Beni. He was a work horse and probably why people are so hard on Wilson. Big shoes to fill.

Torres is the new Beni. He will actually be a far better player than Beni once he settles imho.

Wilson is the new Malick Mane.

 

[adz]

Yeah well had to take a bit of a broom to this thread. Apologies all.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Torres is the new Beni. He will actually be a far better player than Beni once he settles imho.

Wilson is the new Malick Mane.

Cernak

 

[Ozhammer]

Tonight’s result is all on Jacko, as I heard that he ran over a black cat on his way to the airport.

Tough result to cop but the injuries really derailed the game plan and showed our plan B wasn’t quite up to snuff.

Our new coach is going to take time to learn the challenges of this league and will make mistakes just as Monty did early in his career, so we need to accept these and hope that lessons are learned quickly.

Lesson 1: Wilson is not, I repeat not, a left winger. Should have been hooked at HT not only for his performance but also to allow more flexibility with the final substitute window options.

On a positive note, it looks like we now have an assistant coach, anyone have any info on him?

 

[Corsair]

Tonight’s result is all on Jacko, as I heard that he ran over a black cat on his way to the airport.

Love it mate, well done we needed some levity

 

[BrisRecky]

f**king Alex King…f**king Gitto tripped himself , sure that was only one of the goals but geez, really …Wilson on the pine for now, Theo at kickoff (that’ll get him fit hopefully) everybody else to have a massive figure out session …yep

 

[Ironbark]

Way too much overreacting going on, I do reckon

It's too early to stress.

Freak events change options - like only having one unforced sub opportunity and the loss of 3 key players - so too hard to judge coaching.

Players aren't on the same wavelength yet which is to be totally expected. When they do there is a lot of energy and technical ability there so will be fun to watch.

It's not the first time the football gods have abandoned us at Coopers stadium remember. And we're a half new team who had a change of coach only a month ago.

I really don't feel the need to reach conclusions before a couple of months. But on the last 3 games there is plenty there that's not quite clicking - yet is not that far off either. We created a hell of a lot of chances tonight. Convert 10-15% of those and we're golden

The real concern from tonight is losing 3 absolute first 11 players going into a 3 game week. 2 maybe for much longer

 

[Huddo]

f**king Alex King…f**king Gitto tripped himself , sure that was only one of the goals but geez, really …Wilson on the pine for now, Theo at kickoff (that’ll get him fit hopefully) everybody else to have a massive figure out session …yep

Honestly didn't think King had a poor game.

 

[Huddo]

Way too much overreacting going on here tonight.

It's way too early to stress.

Freak events change options - like only having one unforced sub opportunity and the loss of 3 key players - so too hard to judge coaching.

Players aren't on the same wavelength yet which is to be totally expected. When they do there is a lot of energy and technical ability there so will be fun to watch.

It's not the first time the football gods have abandoned us at Coopers stadium remember. And we're a half new team who had a change of coach only a month ago.

I really don't feel the need to reach conclusions before a couple of months. But on the last 3 games there is plenty there that's not quite clicking - yet is not that far off either. We created a hell of a lot of chances tonight. Convert 10-15% of those and we're golden

The real concern from tonight is losing 3 absolute first 11 players going into a 3 game week. 2 maybe for much longer

Doctors initial report is one is a slight knock the other was a cork. So that's a positive

 

[Spacks]

My biggest problem with what I saw that game was not putting Noah Smith as LCB and keeping faz at left back and hoping we keep Nestory quiet. We're all aware just good faz is vs Nestory. Maybe the coach had no idea. Seems a bit stupid tactically imo

 

[Ironbark]

Doctors initial report is one is a slight knock the other was a cork. So that's a positive

 

[pjennings]

My biggest problem with what I saw that game was not putting Noah Smith as LCB and keeping faz at left back and hoping we keep Nestory quiet. We're all aware just good faz is vs Nestory. Maybe the coach had no idea. Seems a bit stupid tactically imo

Even Steele on for Brian and move Max back to CB.

Also way too early to panic, we only had 2 wins and a draw in our first 6 games last season. When you change your squad as much as we do each season it will always take time to gel.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Or put a CB on the bench?

 

[pjennings]

Or put a CB on the bench?

That is on Jacko for his team selection. The replacement for Brian was on Jacko for his in-game reaction. Early days - he probably learnt a bit about his players tonight. Let's look for a reaction from him and the players against Bali and Macarthur.

 

[Coastalraider]

I was wondering this week if Theo was always pencilled in as the impact player, and Wilson is actually playing this role while Di Pizio is recovering.

He travelled this week I believe. Wonder how far off he is.

 

[Avoca]

Gitto tripped himself

Morgan Freeman from The Shawshank Redemption said it best about Ryan Kitto: “Looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over.”