Adelaide away - Mauk's last game in Oz

[Yorkshire Mariners FC]

Not getting picked.
We are playing the proven strikers and wide men or foreign over them.

And then the bench is based on back, middle and front cover based on the same respect.

Goddard and Ballard are surely on borrowed time after that...

 

[crock]

Reports from the away end are that some players ripping into others. No names yet but all is clearly not well

This isn't good it means disunity and that always ends in disaster

 

[SFL]

Well done Beni on the 3 Tobin points.

Play of the day goes to Goodwin’s stupid penalty kick style failing.

 

[Ancient Mariner]

Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water here. We are better than our results. We've had no decisions and no luck. Once they turn, and they will, we will start winning games hand over fist. COYY.

Very good post.

There are far too many mistakes. There looks to be a fitness problem. Combinations are not clicking. Poor decisions are being made.
However, I still have the feeling that things are not a long way away from gelling.
I think the good start showed potential and we have all (including the squad) been hoping for great things. Maybe for so many young and inexperienced we are asking too much.

I have some thoughts but will sleep on them and post tomorrow.

No need for a Lynch mob yet.

 

[Corsair]

Cummings is quality technically but has he been disruptive to team balance and morale as predicted...

 

[turbo]

Not getting picked.
We are playing the proven strikers and wide men or foreign over them.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that but I would like to have a little more firepower there. Do we need both Steele and Ballard? Should be cut Cy? RT feels like a waste but need some CB cover and there’s no guarantee Miller will have late game legs for it.

 

[booney]

Beni,Miller, Cummings and Rowles were good,Urena was too slow and passing was poor.Muller is also slow and indecisive.Nizzy has lost his mojo-not having any influence on games.

 

[FFC Mariner]

By all accounts Cumdog is a top bloke and very popular

 

[booney]

Cummings is quality technically but has he been disruptive to team balance and morale as predicted...

How has he affected team morale?

 

[Corsair]

How has he affected team morale?

IDK just speculating based on other comments. No foundation at all.

 

[ryan]

Nice to lose a game without any ref blunders atleast, was a nice distraction from actually just being shit ??

Apart from the free kick Miller should have had.

 

[Ads]

Just looking at the ladder and 2/3 wins in a row can still get us above WSW & Sydney.

Need Perth to loose a few and we need a win vs Brisbane for sure and then we make our way to 4/5th bottom of the league.

So still time not to come last. Haha

 

[Huddo]

We just need to get up by 2, if we do we can rely on defence, relying on defence 1-0 up isn't gunna help us.

 

[turbo]

Just looking at the ladder and 2/3 wins in a row can still get us above WSW & Sydney.

Need Perth to loose a few and we need a win vs Brisbane for sure and then we make our way to 4/5th bottom of the league.

So still time not to come last. Haha

A draw tonight would have put us above WSW on GD. Our upcoming games against Brisbane and Perth are critical. Fellow cellar dwellers and we won’t get better chances for points. Really need 6 points there.

 

[Stoxxo]

IDK just speculating based on other comments. No foundation at all.

I was going to question this too, from the players socials he seems really well liked

 

[yellowcake]

As much as conceding late and leaving empty-handed again is heartbreaking, it's unexpectedly dampened my fury about the proven travesty on Tuesday night. The likelihood of us missing the semi-finals as the result of Evans' disgraceful performance is now reduced...
...(even so, if a season outcome for us or City - such as Premiership, top 2 or 6 - changes with the result of that game, I feel it should be replayed).

 

[Wombat]

I'm probably out of the loop but why it is ironic, is he gay?

Who gives a f**k if that prick is gay or not....he stooged us again with a BLATANT free kick on the edge of the box.....amazingly not given....Cy looses the ball and somehow we lose another game in extra time.

 

[scottmac]

By all accounts Cumdog is a top bloke and very popular

Also a footballing brain that the rest of the team could only dream of.

 

[Wombat]

He's a f**king living advertisement for the morning after pill

or a coat hanger.

 

[pjennings]

The number of games played by each team is making the table very hard to look at. But if you look at the points per game for each team and assume everyone travels the same in their remaining games you can get a clearer (though flawed) picture

Given the number of games each team has played Western United are well placed. City and Macarthur follow them, with Victory and the Nix just after them. At this stage Adelaide look like they would just scrape in the six. Jets, Sydney and Glory look likely to fall short. WSW us, Brisbane look to be rounding out the bottom.

Harper said he sees a lot of good in our team (so do I) but we have 5 games in March. I think we need 10 or 11 points in March to make the top 6. If we do get those points we will deserve to make the 6 - if we don't then the table (as teams end up having played the same number of games) doesn't lie. Fitness still looks an issue, combinations are still not there. That can turn around, but there is only a limited time before it is too late