Round 18 - CCM v Roar @ Gosford

[JoyfulPenguin]

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

 

[Pirate Pete]

Damn, I saw someone with inflatable pizza at The Entrance today. Should have found out where they got it from.

 

[true believer]

so looking forward to this . having missed a few games due to night shift .
i think were gunna have a big one . im gunna wear the sash , were gunna win !

 

[Wombat]

yep its SASH time TB.
COYY

 

[NoDiggity]

We're at full strength bar Connor tonight, will be great to see Danny starting again and brama returning from injury (although I thought melling did a superb job last couple weeks). I'm excited for this one, 2-0 win!

 

[Gratis]

Game day.

Must win game.

Expected to win game.

If we don't we don't deserve to make finals.

Go get 'em!

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

 

[NoDiggity]

Interesting little fact- Skapetis scored 11 goals playing for the u23's, 8 of which were assisted by DDS.
Hopefully Paulo gives Skapetis a run up front and they can find their proven form together

 

[BrisRecky]

You never know, the Roar might get in front and then their socks will unravel and the shirt numbers will come loose and wrap around their eyes and they lose...OR , our front three will click and we will slaughter them

 

[MrCelery]

Interesting little fact- Skapetis scored 11 goals playing for the u23's, 8 of which were assisted by DDS.
Hopefully Paulo gives Skapetis a run up front and they can find their proven form together

More worryingly, he's never scored a goal for a professional club team. Let's hope he can turn that around tonight!

 

[tim...]

More worryingly, he's never scored a goal for a professional club team. Let's hope he can turn that around tonight!

He scored for the Roar in the FFA Cup six months ago, fairly sure that counts.

Was an absolute f**king peach too.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Against Sydney we seem to show that we CAN hold most of the field against anybody out there.
SFC got some fast counters against us which is always dangerous and may be something for our back third to work on, but the ONLY area we struggled was our decision making in the final 3rd. And I feel like same faster switching and forward moving balls can help there. We were facing equivalent numbers or higher a lot when we got into the box.
Also, taken on board some feedback about my comments on Appiah and going to try to watch him with an open mind tonight

 

[Tevor]

Damn, I saw someone with inflatable pizza at The Entrance today. Should have found out where they got it from.

You can buy them from K Mart, my kids have one for the pool.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Okon likes Apiah, his physical output has been measured as truly world class. That’s easy to like.

But, and it’s a big ass but, we need him to make much better decisions, get his head up and consistently find the other forwards with his final balls. Otherwise it just doesn’t matter. Another player who has only one fifth his output but does the right thing at the right time will be more valuable - except perhaps in keeping possession. Hmmmm.

 

[pjennings]

Okon likes Apiah, his physical output has been measured as truly world class. That’s easy to like.

But, and it’s a big ass but, we need him to make much better decisions, get his head up and consistently find the other forwards with his final balls. Otherwise it just doesn’t matter. Another player who has only one fifth his output but does the right thing at the right time will be more valuable - except perhaps in keeping possession. Hmmmm.

Yes - I heard that on the podcast. He has been best for us when he has come on as a sub. Maybe that is the result of the defence tiring, not keeping up with him but also not tracking our players as well as earlier in the game. This enables him to make better crosses when he is fresh and the defence is tired.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Yeah if speed and strength/athleticism is your number one trait, matching you up against a tiring opposition with wreak the mist havoc for sure. But I think unless his limp that was mentioned on here hasn’t settled. That he’ll start.


Line up:

Back line is a given I think. But I think we’ll see Lachie on the bench with Hoole or Appiah playing left. Either way -I expect our starting wingers will be hoole and Appiah

Unsure on whether they’ll ease Wout in and start Melling. I have no concerns with this, which is nice.

DDS. Back to ten obviously.

I also think Paolo will start Powell again, with Skapetis to sub. But I’d prefer to be wrong and see what he can do.

I like what someone else said about giving him the same trust as was given to Adsrubal and see if he can make his mark. Everyone else has had their chance to stake their claim. Give him a shot. Always hard to break in and find top form with a few minutes off the bench. Anyway, we’ll see.

 

[Big Al]

A ferrari with no steering wheel is a useles car that goes fast, looks good but crash and burns on the turn

 

[Big Al]

Yeah if speed and strength/athleticism is your number one trait, matching you up against a tiring opposition with wreak the mist havoc for sure. But I think unless his limp that was mentioned on here hasn’t settled. That he’ll start.


Line up:

Back line is a given I think. But I think we’ll see Lachie on the bench with Hoole or Appiah playing left. Either way -I expect our starting wingers will be hoole and Appiah

Unsure on whether they’ll ease Wout in and start Melling. I have no concerns with this, which is nice.

DDS. Back to ten obviously.

I also think Paolo will start Powell again, with Skapetis to sub. But I’d prefer to be wrong and see what he can do.

I like what someone else said about giving him the same trust as eas given to Adsrubal and see if he can make his mark. Everyone else has had their chance to stake their claim. Give him a shot. Always hard to break in and find top form with a few minutes off the bench. Anyway, we’ll see.

Wales is an interesting one. His general play was terrible but his set pieces are so much better than Hoole’s which even Paulo said aren’t up to scratch and we will see more of Wales but that is not enough for him to start for me. That and Hoole looks the most comfortable on the left of everyone who’s tried and it’s not there natural position.

I see same back 4.
The two dutchies
Hoole DDS Appiah
Powell

Bench. Skapetis Wales Melling and Rose.

However Paulo seems to be afraid to leave Storm out of the squad but it leaves it unbalanced with him on the bench
He also may leave out Melling for Storm if he has faith in the dutchies and could move DDS back and bring on Wales into 10 or Powell and bring in Skapetis.

Has Wales jumped TBT?

We have some choices for a change but i want to see a balanced bench which should mean no storm

 

[Gratis]

Line up:
Back line is a given I think. But I think we’ll see Lachie on the bench with Hoole or Appiah playing left. Either way -I expect our starting wingers will be hoole and Appiah
Unsure on whether they’ll ease Wout in and start Melling. I have no concerns with this, which is nice.
DDS. Back to ten obviously.
I also think Paolo will start Powell again, with Skapetis to sub. But I’d prefer to be wrong and see what he can do.

I like what someone else said about giving him the same trust as eas given to Adsrubal and see if he can make his mark. Everyone else has had their chance to stake their claim. Give him a shot. Always hard to break in and find top form with a few minutes off the bench. Anyway, we’ll see.

I see same back 4.
The two dutchies
Hoole DDS Appiah
Powell
Bench. Skapetis Wales Melling and Rose.

i think this will be the line up too, and for the most part will be happy with it. we'll find out soon via sms no doubt

Powell has waited patiently, worked hard and done little wrong so it would be hard for the coach to bench him instantly for an unknown and keep his morale up. As such I expect Powell to start. Possibly Skapetis for Appiah on the RW if Appiah not fit, otherwise he'll start with Appiah.
That said I'd personally like to see Skapetis start at 9 to see how he goes.

I think maybe this is Appiah's problem - it's hard to be clinical when running at 110%. So it's either back off a tiny bit and get more precise with the final ball or keep up the work/speed and add technique with practice.
As I've said previously if he adds this to his game I hope he stays with us as a world class player to reward us for our patience support.