Phil-Moss-ophy.

[Luke]

This is a brilliant in depth look at some (or all) of our problems at the moment.

http://leopoldmethod.com.au/central-coast-mariners-labour-under-the-phil-moss-ophy/

 

[nearlyyellow]

So how good is Assistant Coach Wayne O'Sullivan as a stats man, as a tactical advisor to Mossy? I would have thought that a coach would have known all the information that the excellent article linked to above describes. Or is there a greater master plan in action? All these questions and more may be answered in the January transfer window (I hope ).

 

[ballantyne]

No surprises but interesting to see some figures. I love that bit "score more than once every 765 minutes"!
I guess the main point is that we have NEITHER the players NOR the tactics to be competitive.
Just looking at that list of departed players breaks your heart.

 

[BrisRecky]

a very interesting read....as for a Mossosophy....I dont think Phil actually has one...does he?

 

[mariner72]

I think he does and it involves the words bus and parking.

 

[eenfish]

It isn't bus parking Chelsea/WSW style, it is controlling possession a la Pep's Barcelona. But without the technically gifted players to do it effectively like Adelaide have. The philosophy and players don't match. Bosnar, Monty, they are good at the long ball, Fitz, Duke, Simon, are counter attacking players. Outside of Hutch, Trifiro is our best player because he seems to be the only one playing in the role he is meant to. Caceres is being told to play a certain way that isn't the best for his skill set or development. Joshy and Storm aren't making the runs down the wing and linking up with wingers a la Pedj and Bernie combo that was so explosive when we were winning trophies. We play a 4-5-1, push Duke to the wing, then don't even effectively use the wing.

Whatever, who cares, we suck, it sucks.

 

[Leigh]

Duke| Simon
Vernes | Trifiro | Fitzgerald
Caceres | Montgomery
Neil | Rose | Poscoliero | Roux
Reddy

 

[Bladesman]

This is a brilliant in depth look at some (or all) of our problems at the moment.

http://leopoldmethod.com.au/central-coast-mariners-labour-under-the-phil-moss-ophy/

The report seems to back what many on the forum have been saying about our play with stats. Also that Moss seems to have run out of ideas on how to fix it.

 

[VicMariner]

Top article from Leopoldmethod as always.

Personally I'm over possession, tiki taka football.
If we are going to lose I'd prefer to watch hell for leather attacking rather than a pass it around the back snooze fest.
We'd likely win more games too.

 

[Yoda]

Duke| Simon
Vernes | Trifiro | Fitzgerald
Caceres | Montgomery
Neil | Rose | Poscoliero | Roux
Reddy

I like you're idea of playing a 4-2-3-2, but I don't think we'll get away with it.

 

[Gratis]

maybe that's what we need, what's the opposite of a red card? a blue card? get an extra player on the pitch. stay with a green card, two greens is an automatic blue

 

[dibo]

Naming 12 players, none of which is Hutch. Good work.

 

[VicMariner]

Why stop at 12?

Duke| Simon
Vernes |Trifiro| Fitzgerald
Caceres | Montgomery
Neil | Rose | Poscoliero | Roux
Reddy | Nash | Pearce

Three goalkeepers should make our defence competitive.

 

[Atomic]

maybe that's what we need, what's the opposite of a red card? a blue card? get an extra player on the pitch. stay with a green card, two greens is an automatic blue

No idea what you're talking about, but shouldn't it be a yellow and blue make a green?

 

[sydmariner]

Why stop at 12?

Duke| Simon
Vernes |Trifiro| Fitzgerald
Caceres | Montgomery
Neil | Rose | Poscoliero | Roux
Reddy | Nash | Pearce

Three goalkeepers should make our defence competitive.

why not just play the whole team plus nyl squad ffs then we might actually win

 

[MagpieMariner]

why not just play the whole team plus nyl squad ffs then we might actually win

No, they'd all get in each other's way, particularly at the back, and we'd concede shiploads.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Great article. Certainly the way I see it. And I've maintained since the start that I didn't think we had the quality in the squad to play how Moss wants to play. Weemac is probably the best attacking midfielder in the league, Bernie added pace and could beat several men, the class of Sterj, the finishing of McBreen, a promising but under under done 10 in Caceres vs a Perez a Musti or a Tommy...

We need some serious recruiting and a change of approach.