AFC Cup

[Corsair]

Yep, shouldn't really get beaten on the near post

He got sent for a hotdog. Everyone in the ground thought he was gonna cross it.

 

[priorpeter]

. can somebody please confirm how Jing's name is pronounced - Rhys or Wreak?

. commentary is doing my head in

Had it confirmed after the game on the weekend it’s actually the latter, which is extremely annoying to me as I was originally told it was the former.

 

[Corsair]

By the way, lovely local fans and ground staff made us feel very welcome. No beer allowed in the ground and no bar, however cultural differences respected and we were allowed to go to the 7-11 for takeaway beers. At half time we went for refills..... and found Shaun and half the staff doing the same!!

 

[style_cafe]

. a trade when the window opens?

. Is Groin a back or winger?

Closer to midfielder i think …

 

[Allreet?]

Must've been awful to play on that surface but the right result.

Glad to hear the travelling fans had a good experience.

Now for City...

 

[Hello Sailor]

Doka has been awful

I had high hopes after seeing his highlight reel. I suppose you have to take them with a grain of salt.

 

[Stuartmcateer]

I had high hopes after seeing his highlight reel. I suppose you have to take them with a grain of salt.

Give him time. It’s a highlight reel for a reason but you don’t get one like that without a bit of something. It can’t be easy to move across the world and not speak the language.

Tulio took a while to get going last year.

 

[BrisRecky]

The phrase! “I”ll take the win but it was a tough watch “ is spot fkn on …still, upwards and onwards

 

[Corsair]

@Corsair hows the game going from your viewpoint? Hopefully cheap beers and we’ll hear you sing in the second half. Is there more then 20 people there?

Approx 300-400 people, unsurprising considering its 4pm on a weds and pretty expensive for local people at 15 AUD. Only 4 of us fans in colours and about 8 Vanuatans, which is seriously impressive. Lovely folk, we had great fun with them. I was disappointed we didn't give Brian a 5 min cameo at least, miss by the club.

 

[Corsair]

I'll read through comments later, had a quick skim but this game has given me a lot of perspective on what people see on tv versus what you see at the ground, especially such a small ground.

The surface was very bad, the conditions were dreadful, the travel was awful (around 24 hours total to get here for the team). We fielded a team that was not our first choice, they worked hard and won 3-0.

After the game they came over and thanked us for coming to watch. Really surprised at some of the criticism.

 

[Huddo]

I'm not gunna comment on match play, as I have never played in those conditions, and They'd probably throw most teams off.

The boys got it done, just happy with the win.

Just a reminder Terengganu went 2 behind here, and only jagged a win in the last 5.

 

[Stuartmcateer]

I'll read through comments later, had a quick skim but this game has given me a lot of perspective on what people see on tv versus what you see at the ground, especially such a small ground.

The surface was very bad, the conditions were dreadful, the travel was awful (around 24 hours total to get here for the team). We fielded a team that was not our first choice, they worked hard and won 3-0.

After the game they came over and thanked us for coming to watch. Really surprised at some of the criticism.

To be honest I think it’s less to do with the actual game yesterday and more the frustration that we went there with it still on the line after pooping the bed at home 2 weeks ago.

 

[bikinigirl]

Theo was unlucky not to get a second. The big defender's ankle just blocked the shot.

. do you mean Placebo?

... surely he had no effect

 

[turbo]

Did Theo do any stepovers tonight?

Did a couple before his shot. He put in the work tonight though and was one of our more lively players when he came on. Relative to the overall performance it was a decent showing from him.

 

[Tevor]

I'll read through comments later, had a quick skim but this game has given me a lot of perspective on what people see on tv versus what you see at the ground, especially such a small ground.

The surface was very bad, the conditions were dreadful, the travel was awful (around 24 hours total to get here for the team). We fielded a team that was not our first choice, they worked hard and won 3-0.

After the game they came over and thanked us for coming to watch. Really surprised at some of the criticism.

Spot on, same in Bali. It’s not unless you are sitting in that humidity do you truely understand. Thanks for the perspective it was a great insight. We topped the group and that is all I care about.

 

[Allreet?]

I'll read through comments later, had a quick skim but this game has given me a lot of perspective on what people see on tv versus what you see at the ground, especially such a small ground.

The surface was very bad, the conditions were dreadful, the travel was awful (around 24 hours total to get here for the team). We fielded a team that was not our first choice, they worked hard and won 3-0.

After the game they came over and thanked us for coming to watch. Really surprised at some of the criticism.

We used to play pre-season games on the all-weather hockey pitch at Grammar. Stinking hot, and while the ball usually rolled true - it behaved so differently from a grass pitch you never quite knew where the ball was. Led to a lot of errors and I saw so many of those same control errors last night.

The players must have hated it.

 

[bikinigirl]

I’ll take the result but that was such a tough watch and I am really struggling to think of a worse performance from us in recent memory

. surely nothing can surpass the home match against Terengganu - but that was so truly woeful you may have wiped it from your memory

. i would say our performance was pedestrian ... and should probably be expected under those conditions. i'd much prefer to get the result than go out all guns blazing and be incapable of finishing the game, or worse

. the fact that i was posting during the game is a fair indicator of the pace

 

[marinermick]

We used to play pre-season games on the all-weather hockey pitch at Grammar. Stinking hot, and while the ball usually rolled true - it behaved so differently from a grass pitch you never quite knew where the ball was. Led to a lot of errors and I saw so many of those same control errors last night.

The players must have hated it.

Played on that grammar pitch as well. It was horrid.

Pretty sure hockey pitches are made differently to international standard football pitches.

 

[sydmariner]

So who do we play next

 

[Stuartmcateer]

So who do we play next

The draw is next Thursday.

Still some games to go tonight.