Round 21: Auckland Away

[Allreet?]

Ever been hit in the nuts, or nose by a full blooded shot?

Or the wrist? I got a broken arm once for moronic bravery.

 

[Wee-mac]

I will happily take a point away from home to the run away league leaders. Given our league position a win would have been better though.

 

[Ads]

The save by Paulson on Theo.

And their first goal being shoddy as f**k.

You know what, that wasn’t bad at all, really could have been a win.

And big difference today as well was our gamesmanship, pulling down players early, pushing players wide and less coughing up the ball.

 

[Corsair]

5 games to go...i mean mathematically the threepeat is still on!!

 

[Josho Howe]

Wasn't expecting anything out of this one so will take the point. Too far away from the 6 to make a challenge for it but hopefully, if we play like that 2nd half consistently in the coming weeks, we can finish this season off strong

 

[Corsair]

Wasn't expecting anything out of this one so will take the point. Too far away from the 6 to make a challenge for it but hopefully, if we play like that 2nd half consistently in the coming weeks, we can finish this season off strong

If we can manage to overtake the scum that'll do me.

 

[shipwreck]

If we can manage to overtake the scum that'll do me.

This should be the sole motivation of the team in every game.

 

[shipwreck]

I think I have a new most hated set of fans.

I've never seen a stadium actively boo when opposition supporters are shown on the screen, when they booed the 4 lads in Mariners shirts that's a new low.

These f**k heads are plastic AF, already failed once as a city and are owned by plastic American corporate money which is the only reason they're successful. Calm down you f**king clowns.

 

[FFC Mariner]

A very creditable draw. What struck me was the absolutely terrible distribution by Brian (worst) and Sains. Both were dreadful. Mauragis was also very poor - not sure how bad Smith must train to keep missing out to him.
Given Kuol was utterly invisible you'd hope Duarte will start next up.
Take that and move on

 

[Josho Howe]

I think I have a new most hated set of fans.

I've never seen a stadium actively boo when opposition supporters are shown on the screen, when they booed the 4 lads in Mariners shirts that's a new low.

These f**k heads are plastic AF, already failed once as a city and are owned by plastic American corporate money which is the only reason they're successful. Calm down you f**king clowns.

I look forward to them bottling it in the finals and their fanbase dropping off when they aren't top. Would be fun to go on a Wanderers speedrun. Big first couple of seasons, big support, start to drop off, become plodders. Fingers crossed.

 

[booney]

Hoi Charlesworth, get Chopper Harris cloned

Nah Nobby Stiles was the man-about 60 Kg dripping wet .No teeth

Wow that was a gutsy performance.Happy for Feijao to score that great header.

 

[Corsair]

Just turned the scum game on

 

[BrisRecky]

Nah Nobby Stiles was the man-about 60 Kg dripping wet .No teeth

Wow that was a gutsy performance.Happy for Feijao to score that great header.

Ahh f**k, forgot about Nobby...one of each then

 

[Ben10]

A very creditable draw. What struck me was the absolutely terrible distribution by Brian (worst) and Sains. Both were dreadful.

Sainsbury was one of our best on the pitch. He pinged diagonals wide plenty of times to get us on the front foot, better and better each week.

 

[Wombat]

Excellent performance by us.

Swap the Keepers and we win that game but young Dylan made some good saves.
Replacing Steele with Alfie made us a better side. Less tentative and timid.
I was actually proud of the boys today.

Dylan 6. Got a bit lucky at times but also made some good saves. Swept well.
Doka 6.5-7. Our most likely goal source but gave the ball away abit.
Paull 7. Mixed game. Did poorly on both goals but saved us a few times and had a very decent shift overall.
Kaltak 7. Gutsy and commited. Still not reading everything correctly.
Tesco 7.5. Good game. His class and willingness to pass forward was very important today.
Mauragis. 6. Worked hard as usual and supplied a great ball in for our 1st goal.
Eames 6. Some nice moments.
Alfie. 8. MOM for me. Recycles the ball so well. Good vision and battled hard today.
Feijao. 5.5. Some nice 1-2's and scored a great goal but needs to work harder on the defensive side of his game.
Theo 6. Jeykll and Hyde performance. So talented at times but so shit at other times.
Kuol 6.5. Worked very hard also probably the best defensive header of the game. Needs a goal for his confidence.


All the subs did a solid job and credit Duarte for another goal.

 

[Allreet?]

Much better game from Sains today, although still looked a tad suspect in defence. Good with the ball at his feet.

 

[booney]

To make the day even better Jets down 6-2 with 5 mins of extra time to go.
Alfie did have a top game and Sains,Kaltak and Paull generally were strong especially in the second half.Doka worked hard and worried Auckland when he had the ball.
When Feijao scored our players seemed to be very happy for him as well as it got us back into the game.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Accurate long balls, Sains 55%, Brian 22%, Paull 29%
Our distribution from the back was poor.

 

[Stuartmcateer]

To make the day even better Jets down 6-2 with 5 mins of extra time to go.

Owen popped up for both teams too.

 

[Wombat]

Hoi Charlesworth, get Chopper Harris cloned

I preferred Norman Hunter tbh.