Round 2: Mariners v Nix

[scottmac]

3 into one at the end. They had too much ball the last 10

 

[true believer]

sammy 3
aylongo 2
kaltek 1

 

[Wombat]

Ha ha didn't the Cumdog call Morrow a wee jobbie or something like that?!

He can him a wee tadger (dick) a jobbie is a shit.

 

[Michael]

How was the own goal Danny’s fault? He called, as he always does. Paul didn’t leave it.

better 2nd half. 2 elite goals. Would’ve won if it weren’t for the ref having money on the game. Simple as that. How he didn’t give that penalty is beyond belief. The club has to make ALOT of noise about it.
Tulio had a couple good touches in his 5mins. Was about to come on when Silvera scored.

 

[Michael]

Kaltak was quite good mostly but the way he lost Ben Waine for that goal was very concerning.

 

[Allreet?]

Disappointed we didn't get that penalty call (it would certainly have been given against us), but that's the kind of unintentional action that I think should never be a penalty.

Thing is, a penalty has routinely been given for that action for the last few years, so why not today?

 

[PatientMariner]

If you offered me a point away in Wellington before kick off I would have taken it.

Gutted to not get the 3 points but...
Danny looked rusty.
Defence got caught square far too often, long balls from them were dangerous.
Roux played well.
Kaltak was solid, Kelchi will be interesting to see.
Ayongo led the line well, great pressure.
Silveria great strike

Definite positives to take from the game, must win game next week against Perth!

 

[Ironbark]

First game of the season and while there's still more cohesion to come the ingredients are all there.

I was already impressed by John, Kaltek is bloody awesome.

Shame about the draw. That non-handball was a clear as day pen. VAR dodgy as f'k on that.

I do think Cumdingo's brilliant first goal was offside but the ref called it a goal and it wasn't a clear error so VAR probably should have left it unless they had a better angle that they weren't showing us.

We're going to win a lot of games as we click more and more. We looked fit too.

Overall thought we needed to grow into the game, happy with where we're clearly going

 

[true believer]

pace at the back .on the right side is a massive issue .
Kusevski ?

 

[Tevor]

Second half was better but shouldn’t have taken conceding a goal to click into gear. We invited them to attack us in the last 10 which annoys me no end and is it any wonder we regularly conceded when doing so. I’ll take the point away from home and hopefully that knocked out some cob webs but just shows pre season means jack.

 

[Wombat]

Kgj knows he needs to keep his cheating to the subjective decisions. Can at least offer a pretence of justification

I knew it would be struck off as soon as I heard his name. KGJ is a dog.

 

[shipwreck]

I'd love to hear the logic on the handball. Honestly just an explanation please.

Back to the game, I wouldn't have taken Cummings off tbh, he was on fire at that point in the game and it relieved alot of pressure from Wellington.

Tulio looks good, calm on the ball, should have done better with the free kick.

Sammy for fired up once he started an individual battle with his opposite man, that was good to see.

Aqualina made 3 big mistakes for me, I think it's time to give Kusevski a go, haven't seen him but why the f**k not.

Steele was rash and stupid, could have easily been sent for that challenge.

 

[true believer]

I knew it would be struck off as soon as I heard his name. KGJ is a dog.

stooge

 

[crock]

First half we were second best and that was probably to be expected considering we hadn't played and nix had a game under belt. second half was better but defence clearly has a lot if work to do but def some promising signs

 

[true believer]

I'd love to hear the logic on the handball. Honestly just an explanation please.

Back to the game, I wouldn't have taken Cummings off tbh, he was on fire at that point in the game and it relieved alot of pressure from Wellington.

Tulio looks good, calm on the ball, should have done better with the free kick.

Sammy for fired up once he started an individual battle with his opposite man, that was good to see.

Aqualina made 3 big mistakes for me, I think it's time to give Kusevski a go, haven't seen him but why the f**k not.

Steele was rash and stupid, could have easily been sent for that challenge.

gee steele was lucky

 

[Wombat]

Kaltak was quite good mostly but the way he lost Ben Waine for that goal was very concerning.

Both CB's were too loose at times. Kaltak looks better than John.

The back four don't look like they will keep many clean sheets on that performance.

 

[shipwreck]

Based on that... What's our starting back 4 next week?

 

[Michael]

Both CB's were too loose at times. Kaltak looks better than John.

The back four don't look like they will keep many clean sheets on that performance.

I liked both of them, Kelechi looked short a gallop. Probs why he got subbed. You’re right both were too loose with marking.

 

[scottmac]

How was the own goal Danny’s fault? He called, as he always does. Paul didn’t leave it.

better 2nd half. 2 elite goals. Would’ve won if it weren’t for the ref having money on the game. Simple as that. How he didn’t give that penalty is beyond belief. The club has to make ALOT of noise about it.
Tulio had a couple good touches in his 5mins. Was about to come on when Silvera scored.

If he called it then he shouldn't have been where he was. Danny was poor commanding his area. You can't call that and then stay. If Paul had have left it there was still other Mariners between Paul and Danny. He looked very unsure a number of times. Hopefully just a poor first outing and short of game time.

 

[Nik Mrdjas Disco Bikkie]

Our CB pairing looked good and can only get better the more they play.
Storm started slow but was really good by the end of the game.
Silvera was constantly getting open at the top of the box when we played it down the right, but no one could find him.
Cumdog worked hard and showed his class multiple times.
I like Max but I don’t think he’s regular Aleague starter material just yet.
I know he’s only played 2 official games for us, but Aquilina has been honking in both of them. When do we start hitting the panic button?