CCM v Perth 30 March.

[Allreet?]

I only saw bits on tv. He looked no better or worse than most out there. He rose to the same level of mediocrity as everyone else.

We haven't kept possession well at all this season. Every team does it better than we do.


I think it could be a bit of a blessing if we are organised. It means we need to get our business done early though to have players in and training prior to the game.

I daresay Alfie suffers from Nizz comparisons. I'm used to seeing a short chap in the middle hold possession under pressure and start attacks.

Not getting much of that from Alfie and Harry.

 

[Meerkat]

I daresay Alfie suffers from Nizz comparisons. I'm used to seeing a short chap in the middle hold possession under pressure and start attacks.

Not getting much of that from Alfie and Harry.

I forgot Harry was out there until he did something useful in the second half.

 

[midfielder]

Puts on helmet..... the squad the money spend, improvement from other sides.... we sit were we deserve....

 

[FFC Mariner]

Puts on helmet..... the squad the money spend, improvement from other sides.... we sit were we deserve....

Absolutely. The table never lies. We are where we deserve to be.
Add in the fact we are evidently unfit compared to other teams and you can see why we struggle.

 

[adz]

Absolutely. The table never lies. We are where we deserve to be.
Add in the fact we are evidently unfit compared to other teams and you can see why we struggle.

I don't get the fitness thing, surely being fit doesn't need a massive budget? Run some laps or something?

And yes I'm saying this as I smash beers and pizzas and stuff every week yelling at the telly about how unfit the players are. I'm not a professional sports person 🤣

 

[bikinigirl]

I daresay Alfie suffers from Nizz comparisons.

. and that's on Jacko ... I'm pretty sure he was announced as Niz's direct replacement

 

[FFC Mariner]

. and that's on Jacko ... I'm pretty sure he was announced as Niz's direct replacement

He was

 

[pjennings]

Puts on helmet..... the squad the money spend, improvement from other sides.... we sit were we deserve....

Agree with this . Though I still would have liked to see Trent minus the pec injury at the start of the season, a fit MDP and Tappy not getting another nasty injury. I daresay we may have been a couple of spots higher but not enough to make a difference.

 

[Allreet?]

Absolutely. The table never lies. We are where we deserve to be.
Add in the fact we are evidently unfit compared to other teams and you can see why we struggle.

The lack of fitness was really noticeable yesterday.

 

[Allreet?]

We all sound we had a loss, but it was not a good performance.

 

[Ads]

It’s very much a similar system & setup to the relatively unexciting national team Popa football.

Very hard for Alfie and Steele / Eames to show their best work because the system relies on wide football, then cut in when higher up the pitch.

When Alfie and Steele do get the ball they often are probably f**ked from chasing and haven’t really had their foot on the ball much so haven’t had many touches unlike our CB and wide backs.

Can’t compare Alfie to Niz as well because Alfie was even out of action when we did try the 4-4-1-1 like last year.

The current setup is safer and can get the odd win, but not really exciting to any degree.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Pep lite 433 that Poppa also tries to copy. Our players aren't good enough or fit enough to play it.
Doing plan A better it seems

 

[sydmariner]

 

[greenlig]

Alfie was the only one coming through the midfield with purpose and pace in the first half.

 

[Lunchbox Legend]

Absolutely. The table never lies. We are where we deserve to be.
Add in the fact we are evidently unfit compared to other teams and you can see why we struggle.

Just a theory on the fitness thing but I wonder if part of the problem is we've had two seasons of asian football and travel which a portion of this squad has been a part of and when combined with the injuries we've had some players are having to rack up a lot of minutes on the pitch and travel.

 

[greenlig]

I might be an absolute minority, but I think Di pizio is overrated. His first touch is often overcooked and he has to stretch for it, looks on the edge of losing control a lot. Less Rogic, more Jamie McMaster.

 

[JoyfulPenguin]

I might be an absolute minority, but I think Di pizio is overrated. His first touch is often overcooked and he has to stretch for it, looks on the edge of losing control a lot. Less Rogic, more Jamie McMaster.

I think he has great first touch when not tired but he doesn't yet have the engine to keep it up consistently. There's a big difference between his first involvements in a game and his latter ones.

 

[finally retired]

I might be an absolute minority, but I think Di pizio is overrated. His first touch is often overcooked and he has to stretch for it, looks on the edge of losing control a lot. Less Rogic, more Jamie McMaster.

🤣 Jamie McMaster 🤣