CCM V Heart Wednesday 18th Jan

[Ancient Mariner]

I think if any of our younger players were where Kwassie was last night the pill would have ended up on the runway at Tullamarine.

I do not know if many of the young players would have been in that position.
Kwassie may be brilliant one day and ordinary next but he does have a striker's instinct to be in the right place at the right time. The goal did not look spectacular but it was a side foot volley and beat Fawlty at his near post. Very competent.

I suspect we will be seeing a lot more of him before the season is out and I hope he regains the lead as the club's leading scorer.

 

[Roy Law]

This. Our top scorer for the season is a defender. Even Bojic has more than McBreen and Hearfield. Ibini does not look like scoring anytime soon, Neither does Hearfield or McBreen. We need a decent striker ASAP. I hope that Arnie bites the bullet and ships Ibini back to the Youth side for a stint and drags Mitchell Duke up for a shot at the big time. The more I am seeing of Ibini the less I am liking it.

Our top scorer is Matt Simon with 7;
Ibini looked like scoring with Matty alongside him; Bernie had three chances brilliantly saved by Liam Reddy only a couple of games ago; against the Jets if Sainsbury's cross had been a half metre forward he would have scored (Zwaanswijk scored from the ensuing corner). Bernie isn't lazy but can't be expected to run like Matt Simon, because no-one does,and he is miles ahead of Matty in development for his age.People are forgetting the former Teflon first touch of Matty - for years I sat at Bluetongue alongside a Matt Simon hater so cut Bernie some slack!

 

[A.J.V]

First 65mins

----------Ryan-----------
--Pedj---Wilko-PZ-----Rose

----------Griff-----------

Glinch-----Mcbreen------Oli

----Kwasnik------Ibini-----

Final 25

----------Ryan-----------
--Pedj---Wilko-PZ-----Rose

----------Griff-----------

Glinch-----Amini------Hutch

----Kwasnik------Mcbreen-----

+1

 

[style_cafe]

The 3 points are sincerely welcomed after last weekend & although it didn`t look good from our perspective I came away a lot more confident in our ability to win the premiership.

With Ryan having a blinder & our back four defending stoutly,i`m confident that what happened in Brisbane last season will not happen again.We were able to soak up the pressure & continue with our natural game even though under extreme pressure.We didn`t panic & still held onto the ball for long periods.

When Griffith came on he looked huge. His size allows him to completely dominate the air in DM & although Hutcho has filled in admirably Griffith just gives us another dimension.

Amini played a lot better than on the weekend & Ibini also looked a lot better.
I thought Hearfield struggled & at the moment McBreen looks the better option.
Although Kwassie scored the goal I still don`t think he`s up to it.A good striker would have been ball side of the defender & it was more good luck than anything that he put it away.(He`s actually missed easier oppotunities)

Overall,very satisfied with the points.

 

[Wombat]

Our top scorer is Matt Simon with 7;
Ibini looked like scoring with Matty alongside him; Bernie had three chances brilliantly saved by Liam Reddy only a couple of games ago; against the Jets if Sainsbury's cross had been a half metre forward he would have scored (Zwaanswijk scored from the ensuing corner). Bernie isn't lazy but can't be expected to run like Matt Simon, because no-one does,and he is miles ahead of Matty in development for his age.People are forgetting the former Teflon first touch of Matty - for years I sat at Bluetongue alongside a Matt Simon hater so cut Bernie some slack!

Agreed, to me he looks like a future international player. I think most of the criticism is misguided.

 

[dibo]

Bernie looked pretty good to me against Heart