Syd FC away

[Roy Law]

Yes this is exactly what I saw on the replay and had no idea what the (biased all game) "commentators" were going on about. They were baying for blood despite the replay showing that the studs weren't up. And Rogic actually had the ball leading in to it as well.

Ref had a yellow out and seemed to change it on the report of the linesman. He won't care if it's incorrect as he is now covered.

Rogic was hacked 8 times by the same guy, four of which happened after he received a yellow. Disgraceful, but we've become so used to it now that it's just the norm....

Agree that we fell to their level and need to keep control of possesion again. NYE will be tough but we've all been saying what a great squad we have. Let's hope the hunger is back.

What the photo does not show is how high Rogic's foot was before it hit the ground - studs were up.

 

[elevated position]

Let's try another tack in this post mortem.why didn't arnie switch rogic and mcglincey or macbreen with rogic as this would have changed their defensive plan

 

[FFC Mariner]

Arnie never changes his system.

Hence Bernie on the wing and not up front in a 442.

 

[Mumbles]

Watched the game again. Just some observations. Shoot me down if I'm wrong.

With no Pat to mind the young ones in the back, Rose made shorter runs before turning the ball back into the centre around half way.
This meant that Rojic had to start his run further back which turned into route one football through a very compact defense.

With no Pedj the deep wide runs from the wing backs were pretty much non existent therefore no one to draw the defense wide, giving Rojic, McBreen and Bernie some gaps to play through to receive a cross. Only once, Duke went wide and deep, crossing a great ball to Rojic's feet and we know what happened there!

I think we had very few options created due to a few key play makers either absent or preoccupied covering for those absent. The end result a route one blood bath which is not how we normally play. The occasional switch out to Morton and WeeMac didn't have the same effect as Pedj and Rose flying up the flanks and crossing to a box full of forwards.

Probably due to frustration, Rojic's heavy touch before the incident put him in that awful situation.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I think your bang on about our wingplay. Rosie had a shocker to be honest. As did, Weemac, Hutch, and Monty by his standards. That's 3 of our 5 mids, and our left flank under par. Add a debutante at RB, who did really well, but Pedj is massive down that right side. Dutchy out, Sydney hacking and arriving late...

Just not a good day t the office. Yet despite this, we still created the more chances looked the better team I thought.

 

[Golly]

Think Arnie needs to park the bus

coastal liner have that covered!!

 

[Wombat]

Just got back from Darwin and only saw some snippets of the game so thanks for the reports.

I saw possibly the worst free kick ever from WeeMac and a great run up the wing from Tesco...but that was about it.

We looked poor from the 10 mins I caught.