John Aloisi....... not a target man

[serious14]

Mick, note that those goals (well, one of them was from the spot) were scored from either crosses  or when John was deployed as an out and out striker.......... THAT system I am not criticising.  What I am questioning is the use of him with his back to goal 90% of the time.  Surely another player (in this case, Simon or Sasho) is better deployed in that role - I'm sure John would be sick of having 2 defenders permanently attached to his back as well (quite literally in some cases).

 

[skilbeck]

John due to his profile is gonna have 2 defenders attached to his back man-marking him anyway so regardless of how you deploy him you are not gonna solve that problem. I reckon it would work either firing crosses at him in the box or playing through balls through the centre but his lack of pace these days could hurt there

 

[striker]

Last year we had Mori playing in the same position.... he had no problem shaking off the marking players.....as Greenpoleffc above said: we have to change our  play to 4:3: 3 or even 3:4:3 so the  cental striker  is supported by  2 quick forwards trying to feed off him.

 

[soccersensei]

Simon - long balls all day, milks free kicks well as he is so lanky

Aloisi and Sash - run off those long balls

Id start all 3 next game. Need to win, second chance if we dont, f**k it, throw caution to the wind

Got my vote.

 

[Deej]

Simon - long balls all day, milks free kicks well as he is so lanky

Aloisi and Sash - run off those long balls

Id start all 3 next game. Need to win, second chance if we dont, f**k it, throw caution to the wind

Got my vote.

Lawrie won't start 3 up front next game, he'll have at least 45 mins of his usual formation and tactics......we might need to score but it's just as important that we don't conceed early.

 

[marinermick]

Simon - long balls all day, milks free kicks well as he is so lanky

Aloisi and Sash - run off those long balls

Id start all 3 next game. Need to win, second chance if we dont, f**k it, throw caution to the wind

Got my vote.

Lawrie won't start 3 up front next game, he'll have at least 45 mins of his usual formation and tactics......we might need to score but it's just as important that we don't conceed early.

an early goal and they may well wilt under the pressure

2-0 is not that bad but we HAVE to score first

 

[mustapha_beer]

It's pretty clear that Lawrie won't start with 3 up front except in the most extreme of circumstances (the 2nd leg at Gosford could well fit into that category). It's also clear that Aloisi & Petrovski is his preferred starting combination. Given those 2 facts, it's clear that Aloisi is going to be doing the "Target Man" duties, as Petrovski struggles to hold onto the ball when he's being pressured by defenders. He's a poacher, not a target man.

If Aloisi & Simon started the game instead, things could change.......

Also, comparisons with Newcastle & Joel Griffiths are a bit pointless....they have speed up front that none of our forwards can match.

 

[skilbeck]

Yeah I agree that the mariners biggest weakness is their lack of pace in pretty much all positions not including Tommy and Heff and Kwas on a good day. I think next year we should invest in a quick forward especially if we dont re-sign Mrdja. I wonder how much of a transfer fee we would have to pay Perth to get Rukavystya

 

[Bear]

I wonder how much of a transfer fee we would have to pay Perth to get Rukavystya

Teams in the A-League are not allowed to buy players off other A-League teams. Players have to be off contract, or in the case of Owens, the player can ask to be released from his current contract so he can sign for someone else

I say let Sash be the target, let Johnny run off him