Round 22 - Perth away

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

It makes no sense just how useless the team becomes without Tom H....

 

[Big Al]

It makes no sense just how useless the team becomes without Tom H....

Same with Taveras last year

 

[Insertnamehere]

Termination and employing someone else now would just equal more expenditure, so can’t/won’t happen even if the club wanted to. I can deal with that.

I don’t expect someone could come in now and get our players to play a different style. Change shape though... But for multiple reasons we’re not even suited to a different formation right now either.

PO is out of contract in May. It would cost blob to flick him. Maybe 10-15k.

 

[Wombat]

Thought Baro was good enough to be A-League standard, was let down by Melling's defensive positioning time and time again though.

Baro and Tom our our best players by a mile....i just didnt think baro was up to standard last night.

 

[priorpeter]

It makes no sense just how useless the team becomes without Tom H....

So it turns out there’s actually a good chance we’ll have to get used to that for the rest of the season.

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

How is that not a red? Or at least a yellow... if it’s enough to stop a goal it’s enough for a f**ken card.

No it's not. Only needs to be a careless foul to deny a goal. This is good VAR use (although AR should have spotted it to start with). Clear foul on a defender and it affected play - the other defenders had to change their positions to cover him, meaning glory were left with 2 on 1 on the back post, and an uncontested header.
Only one angle I saw, didn't look particularly violent, couldn't even argue strongly that it was reckless.

I'm just stunned that we got a VAR decision....and that a HAL ref actually booked somebody for dissent.

So it turns out there’s actually a good chance we’ll have to get used to that for the rest of the season.

So the wooden spoon is still a clear option then.
There's something badly broken that we play that badly without Tom.

 

[Wombat]

No it's not. Only needs to be a careless foul to deny a goal. This is good VAR use (although AR should have spotted it to start with). Clear foul on a defender and it affected play - the other defenders had to change their positions to cover him, meaning glory were left with 2 on 1 on the back post, and an uncontested header.
Only one angle I saw, didn't look particularly violent, couldn't even argue strongly that it was reckless.

I'm just stunned that we got a VAR decision....and that a HAL ref actually booked somebody for dissent.


So the wooden spoon is still a clear option then.
There's something badly broken that we play that badly without Tom.

The squad is shit. Baro, Tom, maybe Wout, and DDS get a starting spot in ANY other team.

 

[Gratis]

The squad is shit. Baro, Tom, maybe Wout, and DDS get a starting spot in ANY other team.

I still think the quality in this squad would cut it with a different approach. Playing keep ball then trying to crack an established defence is doomed to fail.

 

[MrCelery]

I never thought I find myself planning my weekend to avoid watching our team. I'll turn up for the rest of the season as a member, but will skip watching the away games if I can find something more rewarding to do. But beyond this season, who knows.

The sad thing is that individually, we've got some real players of quality. But the team approach is aweful.

 

[MrCelery]

"It is possible to make a shit pie from quality ingredients. But the blame must fall on the restauranteur and the chef"
William Shakespeare

 

[MagpieMariner]

Well I went to bed before the match started (just finished moving house and was buggered). I certainly didn't miss anything, and wasn't surprised to see the result in the morning.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

i saw more movement in the u10's trial i watched saturday. your to generous FP there was no movement
i can't think of a worse performance by a ccm team .

Yeah the reason I dropped in a mostly was because Hoole ran into space and Trent tried sometimes also.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

PO is out of contract in May. It would cost blob to flick him. Maybe 10-15k.

Cost them 10-15k on an uneccessary move that won’t change anything, but will create additional bad blood and a good amount of ill will in the upper echelons of the football community.

I get your reasoning but in the clubs eyes I just can’t see it stacking up.

 

[Gratis]

He'll see out the year I'd expect. Would be better for everyone involved if the decision was made now though. Okon either extends or agrees not to extend. If he doesn't at least we can start looking for a new manager now to take over when he leaves.
What this club needs most of all right now is hope (the fans mostly). Without it there won't be many renewals next year. With it and the support should remain.

 

[Ozhammer]

We need a new ambitious and hard working coach who is prepared to both live on the coast and bring someone like Hutch or Monty in as their assistant. That way us fans can be assured that the team will be in no doubt of the club’s expectations. Right about now it feels as if there is zero accountability within the football department and that has to change.

 

[true believer]

I will renew our memberships next year but dragging the people along will be difficault with pure shit served up week after week

 

[FFC Mariner]

We need a new ambitious and hard working coach who is prepared to both live on the coast and bring someone like Hutch or Monty in as their assistant. That way us fans can be assured that the team will be in no doubt of the club’s expectations. Right about now it feels as if there is zero accountability within the football department and that has to change.

Hutch and Monty have the quals I believe. We could do far worse. Like now.
Whether Hutch could be tempted back after the way he was treated is another story

 

[Insertnamehere]

Hutch and Monty have the quals I believe. We could do far worse. Like now.
Whether Hutch could be tempted back after the way he was treated is another story

If that's the way it goes, I'd rather see the club get an experienced coach and bring them in as assts to do a longer apprenticeship.

 

[Big Al]

Cost them 10-15k on an uneccessary move that won’t change anything, but will create additional bad blood and a good amount of ill will in the upper echelons of the football community.

I get your reasoning but in the clubs eyes I just can’t see it stacking up.

FP we don’t care about the football community opinions on us. Having fox not kick us while we are down due to Okon is actually annoying. He is not getting any of the scrutiny he deserves from the outside or the inside it feels

We need to care about our community and it’s being destroyed right now.

Another year of this will destroy the soul of the fans and the club

 

[style_cafe]

I missed the game due exhaustion catching up with me but from the sounds of things I didn`t miss much.
From all accounts though it was much of the same that we`ve seen all season.
As much as it runs against the grain with me it`s time to help Okon pack his bags so that he can move closer to home.(at the end of the season)