WELL....what a difference a couple of days makes, you would of thought that the team would of been buzzing after the FFA cup win ...BUT....instead we got a mob that couldnt pass to each other, and clearly some decisions coming from the bench need some re-thinking.
BOTTOM LINE We played for 30 minutes, turned off for 40 minutes then played again for 20 minutes.
I think its fair to say that Kim starting after last week was a bizarre choice...I dont know if its a language thing or whatever, he needs to have a couple of youth games, maybe Mossy feels he has to play Kim because he is on big money and it would be waste not to use him.
I fairly certain there is a time coming soon where Moss will hit the tipping point and bench him.
Wombat said to me after half time, that the subs Moss made him wonder if the boss knows what he is doing. 'Bat also said that the obvious sub was Hutch not Monty when we are chasing a game...couldnt agree more
Lets get the reffing out of the way...that was right up there, possibly, as the worst game a ref had at The Fortress...how you can blatantly take money for doing approximately half a job eludes me...all three of them missed so many things and got calls wrong... it was getting stupid
New kid Jacob Posco at the back against an always physical Welly was an odd choice, is Zac injured or something, he didnt do bad, but the tackle that gave Welly the penalty was a bit over zealous..
Hutch backing up after Tuesday was unwise, 3 games in what, 10 days, is a bit much maybe, he should have been subbed earlier OR Triffers could of started instead.....Our link play still needs considerable work - it's clearly better with Triffer and A.C on the pitch
And Mossy and Sully surely had to see that matching Malick up against Sigmund wasn't working, and he should have known that a lone striker against Welly rarely gets any traction. Between Sigmund, Durante and Muscat, they got monstered.
Failure to shift into a more concerted attack and some pressing higher up the park when it was clearly going to be required after 60 mins and we were a goal down. Pity we saved it for the last 10 mins
Maybe it would have worked to have Duke and Mane up front together running at defenders, with Fitz right, Sim left, Trif and Caceres behind, Monty anchoring...BUT what do I know
Well we have played the worse two sides in the comp and I'm filled with fear that we will get smashed when we play someone decent.
The first 15 we were good. The next 60 we were pathetic. The last 15 when desperate we were quite good.
Again Mossy sent out a strange and less than exciting side, but we played well for the first 15 minutes and I actually was impressed and thought we would kick on.
Then we decided that zero effort would be enough....it wasn't.
Reddy 7. Furious at his defence on both goals as was I.
Roux 7. Best of the back 4.
Bosnar 6. On the wrong side for the 2nd goal. One great block.
Pasco 5.5. Bad penalty mistake. Why did he start in front of Chesty who was in good form??
Rose 5. Sloppy.
Sim 6. He IS NOT starting 11 quality. Has more guts that most of his team mates but poor touch. Tries hard.
Hutcho 5.5. Started well when we dominated but dissolved when we had to really compete.
Monty 7. Our only decent middy today. Mossy looked like a goose when he subbed him off.
Kim 5.5. A couple of decent moments but Trifero is the better option.
Duke 7. That was a stinging shot! Tried hard all day. Probably MOM. The most disturbing moment of the game and the reason we will struggle all year was....duke burst into the clear and looked up to square the ball....the only player in the attacking half was Mane, but he had 6 nix players between him a Duke. Not one other Mariners player made any attempt to support the attack. Unforgivable.
Mane 6. Mixed game.
In summary we were shite. Nix pressured us when we had the ball. We just watched when they had it.
SO...Lots for Mossy to consider out of that game including a lot to look at himself for as his tactics and team selections are causing a lot of the problems. I think it is going to be a very long season for us.
Week off coming up, cause the poor old drive bys have to play the AFC game...WE DIDNT GET A WEEK OFF when we came back last year from OS and played them with jet lag out the wazoo...I'm not bitter...not at all
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