YELLOW CARD DANGER

[promdi442]

With so many games coming up I was wondering who is treading precariously near the yellow line of suspension. Dutchy is the biggest concern at the moment.

Name
1. John Hutchinson. . . 5
2. Patrick Zwaanswijk. . 4
3. Matt Simon . . 3
4. Joshua Rose. . 3
5. Rostyn Griffiths. . 3
6. Daniel McBreen 2
7. Oliver Bozanic 2
8. Pedj Bojic. . 2
9. Patricio Perez 1
10. Nik Mrdja. . 1
11. Adam Kwasnik. 1
12. Michael McGlinchey. . 1
13. Mathew Ryan. . 1

I wonder how many of these yellow cards were genuine yellow cards and how many were for stupidity like back chatting, not moving back 10 meters, time wasting, etc etc.

 

[cbowden9000]

At least we've got Doig to cover for Zwaanswijk for a game. It would be a worse issue if Rose for example got suspended as we don't have any natural LB's. Same goes for RM with McGlinchey.

 

[timmers]

As long as they stagger their suspensions a little bit, I'm not too concerned. We have cover everywhere on the field. Dutchy will be the most missed, but Doig showed that he is a quality CB when we need him. Thanks for the list though, always helpful to know.

EDIT: Beaten to it. Can't Bozanic play LB? Then Lewis to LM. Not ideal, but still a fairly strong left side.

McGlinchey is one who would be missed. Having Porter out for the season hasn't helped our cover on the right side.

 

[pjennings]

At least we've got Doig to cover for Zwaanswijk for a game. It would be a worse issue if Rose for example got suspended as we don't have any natural LB's. Same goes for RM with McGlinchey.

If Rose was out I would be tempted to put Ollie there with Lewis at LM. Ollie seems very good defensively and positionally.

My roughy for Socceroo starting LB in Brazil. What odds can I get?

 

[marinermick]

marc warren is also a choice at left back

was immense at the youth asian championships

 

[pjennings]

marc warren is also a choice at left back

was immense at the youth asian championships

He seemed to resort to the hoof a bit - but he takes a wicked corner.

 

[mariners4ever]

marc warren is also a choice at left back

was immense at the youth asian championships

exactly right there mick, just like arnie has been saying, he will blooding youth players if anything comes up, so i would expect the likes of warren, sainsbury, mallia, bernie or fitzy to pop up in squads if anyhing happens

 

[Roy Law]

exactly right there mick, just like arnie has been saying, he will blooding youth players if anything comes up, so i would expect the likes of warren, sainsbury, mallia, bernie or fitzy to pop up in squads if anyhing happens

+1
Warren is a member of the first team squad for a reason.

 

[scottmac]

marc warren is also a choice at left back

was immense at the youth asian championships

Yep, he was very impressive and kept some good talent out of the team. The sooner he plays first team football the better for us and him.

 

[bulldogmariner]

Wilko is going all right once again with yellow cards. Just shows what a quality defender he is.

 

[Wee-mac]

Wilko is going all right once again with yellow cards. Just shows what a quality defender he is.

Wilko is one of the cleanest defenders ive seen. From the only yellow I recall him getting was for backchat

 

[Forum Phoenix]

marc warren is also a choice at left back

was immense at the youth asian championships

Was quality in many of the trial games I saw also.

Right mid? I think musty would be the obviousl choice if weemac was out - providing Perez was back in #10.
Mind you even if Perez was out you could have ollie come into the #10 role and bring Lewis into LM.

We look good for cover in my opinion. Striker depth is probably our biggest potential achilles heel... 1 for two positions...
But even then we have Kwas and you could bring in Bernie or Brady or even Hutch at a pinch.

Not worried about depth.

Man we're in good shape! :blink:

 

[cbowden9000]

On Fox Sports FC Arnie said that Rose was originally a striker. If Warren was a safe option at LB I wouldn't mind seeing Rose up front with Simon or McBreen. He's certainly got some pace about him.

 

[midfielder]

I think this current squad is the best we have ever had...

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I agree MF.