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And if Matty Simon missing two sitters (again) doesn’t get him benched nothing ever will

I think Simon works too hard with little support and no reward to be benched. Yep he blew a sitter but we should have had 4 in the 1st half.
My problem was Tommy no organising the midfield or taking control when we kept pissing the ball upfield.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Millsnake was good first half and shit 2nd half....should have been hooked.
If we had a decent striker and a decent keeper we would have won that game easily.

That’s basically all I have to say on that game also.

Matty should have put us up 3-2. But without a proper double digit striker we consistently fail to take advantage of our best attacks and key moments of dominance.

Kennedy HAS TO GO.

So frustrating,

 

[BrisRecky]

Met some Newcastle ( the pommy one) fans on holidays at the bus stop after the game, old mate said to me “ Could be worse like, you could be us” ...I have to agree

 

[nebakke]

Millsnake was good first half and shit 2nd half....should have been hooked.
If we had a decent striker and a decent keeper we would have won that game easily.

A decent keeper would've done the job... Similarly to Roar, had we had the keepers swapped we'd have won that comfortably.

 

[true believer]

what happened after half time is melbourne woke up .
i see progress . but we have the worst keeper i've ever seen
and no striker .
i wonder if one of the new pommy kids can shoot ?
if we play like this we will win games .
i like karacan .looks like an angry man and could play 10

rowles was outstanding

we'll go down and win in soulless next week

 

[nebakke]

what happened after half time is melbourne woke up .
i see progress . but we have the worst keeper i've ever seen
and no striker .
i wonder if one of the new pommy kids can shot ?
if we play like this we will win games .
i like karacan .looks like an angry man and could play 10

rowles was outstanding

we'll go down and win in soulless next week

Tbf I think we played pretty well in the first half. Given it's the same thing every week I think enough evidence is in to say that the lads actually do have the ability to play and play well. It's not the other team falling asleep every week...
But clearly there's a serious fitness issue and I don't see that getting solved before season's end.
Well that and we clearly have a goalkeeper issue too...

 

[Forum Phoenix]

A decent keeper would've done the job... Similarly to Roar, had we had the keepers swapped we'd have won that comfortably.

Yep.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

what happened after half time is melbourne woke up .
i see progress . but we have the worst keeper i've ever seen
and no striker .
i wonder if one of the new pommy kids can shot ?
if we play like this we will win games .
i like karacan .looks like an angry man and could play 10

rowles was outstanding

we'll go down and win in soulless next week

Yeah this exactly.

 

[Tevor]

Two good free kicks by Hoole i’ll give him that this week. I said to my wife at half time that I wouldn’t be surprised if we lose this 3-2. That’s how predictably unfit our team is, the last 15 mins none of them could even run so that allowed MV to attack wave after wave and the inevitable happened. Elvis cut us apart and it took us 20 mins to start trying to mark him. He is going to be a good player. I think he single handily won MV the game, great sub by Muscrat. And he made Millar look shit with the amount of space and time he had. Jem looked ok but he didn’t look like he enjoyed his first taste of HAL refereeing when you are not SFC or MV. Tip him to get a red card by the end of season. Simon is just frustrating, if he buried that header with 5 to go it may have lifted the team to hold on. I hate they give us some hope and then MM does something to them at half time to challenge them to lose with a good lead. Just unbelievable.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Millar made himself look shit - stood off all game and did he actually tackle anyone?
2nd goal being a case in point

 

[Kareem]

Someone please cheer me up... did the fans give him a spray at the end of the game? If so, how did he take it?

Bay 16 let it rip after the players greeted the fans.
Chanting Scummer as Millar walked away!

 

[FFC Mariner]

Whisper it but Melling played quite well, his passing is now less shitty

 

[Pirate Pete]

Jem was interviewed on Coast FM after the game. He found it hard with the humidity apparently.
He said what you'd expect him to say. It will have to get better, I'm here to help etc.
From the sound of it I would say he's watched some of our games this season.
He also said things would need sorting out on the pitch and at training. So maybe he's going to get in Mulyvey's ear about some things at training.
The boys on Coast Fm pointed out how well we can play when we want to. and how shit WSW are at the moment.
We will win next week......

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Why on earth did Nisbet not make it into the squad....

 

[nebakke]

Dunno, teams always seem to come back hard after a dust up like WSW just had..

 

[Big Al]

what happened after half time is melbourne woke up .
i see progress . but we have the worst keeper i've ever seen
and no striker .
i wonder if one of the new pommy kids can shot ?
if we play like this we will win games .
i like karacan .looks like an angry man and could play 10

rowles was outstanding

we'll go down and win in soulless next week

Yep. Melbourne came out swinging. Copped a spray and responded I’d say and we just sat and watched

 

[Big Al]

I think we should take the team photo at halftime and go home

 

[Antlion]

Loved the first half. As usual we just can't keep up that pace all night. Oh well - we're continuing to improve.
The result being what it was and how it unfolded: is this getting surreal enough to be funny yet?

 

[Wombat]

what happened after half time is melbourne woke up .
i see progress . but we have the worst keeper i've ever seen
and no striker .
i wonder if one of the new pommy kids can shot ?
if we play like this we will win games .
i like karacan .looks like an angry man and could play 10

rowles was outstanding

we'll go down and win in soulless next week

Sorry TB. Rowles was a train wreck. He did some great stuff but his error factor and positioning at times is more than alarming.

I believe we will win next week.

 

[Wombat]

Loved the first half. As usual we just can't keep up that pace all night. Oh well - we're continuing to improve.
The result being what it was and how it unfolded: is this getting surreal enough to be funny yet?

NOPE.