Western Sydney Wanderers vs Wellington Phoenix 13/09/2015 6:00PM

 

Errrrrrr.

 

Someone say something positive, I'm getting worried,......

 

Was it that bad?

It was quite comical at times, especially the build up to the penalty. The spaniards were given a good intro to a fast paced pressing and counter attacking game, A-League style. Both Dimas and Alberto seemed quite slow when compared with the Phoenix' imports. Romeo as CAM is excellent, and Jamo was good.

 

 

I arrived at Wanderland tonight now knowing how the majority of our squad would adapt to playing at the venue & or perform in what was essentially a practice match. 

Up until this stage it's been pretty easy for our visa players, as they (other then Andreu) have only met PL standard opponents in trial or FFA Cup games.

Phoenix played an up tempo game tonight & were excellent in the 1st half, only 10 days after being thrashed 5 - 1 by Melbourne Heartless. The two goals by Bonevacia were well taken & little or no blame can be attributed to Bouzanis in either instance. 

However, our defensive awareness & pressure left a lot to be desired.  

Tonight our squad received a reality check & hopefully our visa players now have a far greater appreciation of the standard that exists in the ALeague & that their stay at WSW will not be a walk in the park. 

I'll be interested to see how our squad react to what was a rather lethargic performance tonight.  

Lethargy in a 30 second dodgy video...

 

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aMU1VzQ2NzM3MzB8MVprS3pEWHlYRXlKdgr79vyqadc2qjlaQoonPsFWN6ky-Sgom_KOiXyQNeMY

Here's another angle. Keeper saved it with his shin 

 

https://vine.co/v/eFwEgg1IK6Q

 

In before Mack mentions the encroachment by Nix defender 

 

 

 

remember also as we are changing our style from counter attack to a possession based game, its a friendly need to get the players a run around i hope fred is firing on all cylinders when the season starts.

Who the F*ck is Fred. You might as well call him Wazza.

 

Let me spell it out for you clowns who don't know. F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O

Spira: Spiranovic

Aspro: Aspopdifufjrnd...

Tomi: Tomislav

Popa: Popovic

 

Fred: Frederico

 

Welcome 2 straya m8

 

Fred it is.

You should know better considering your a wog. Stuff you all. If your going to get it wrong might as well get it really wrong. Im calling Federico, Wazza.

 

Welcome to Westie logic.

Edited September 13, 2015 by Jukes01

Probably not a bad time to have a loss as we were getting a little over confident. Players will now be aware how tough the league will be. We still have the players to do well this season.

 

Also Wellington for some reason are our bogey team. I personally love the way they play and the way Merrick coaches.

They were really sharp in the first half especially. Worry where the goals will come from without Burns but definitely look like a tidy side.

 

remember also as we are changing our style from counter attack to a possession based game, its a friendly need to get the players a run around i hope fred is firing on all cylinders when the season starts.

 

 

Who the F*ck is Fred. You might as well call him Wazza. 

 

Let me spell it out for you clowns who don't know.   F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O

Years ago i used to work with a federico, who had a uruguay background.

He always used to introduce himself as fred. I am not sure if he (a)just went with the flow and figured ppl would call him fred anyways (b)if he just liked it; or © if he considered it the same name. Either way, he introduced himself in that way

Here's another angle. Keeper saved it with his shin 

 

https://vine.co/v/eFwEgg1IK6Q

 

In before Mack mentions the encroachment by Nix defender 

 

That is a really lazy penna though isn't it, just the whole manner the spot kick is taken, but then that attitude summed up our performance. But no need to get over concerned for what is a warm up game.

 

But at the same time the new season isn't so far away now and we need to start seeing the new team clicking together. Looking for a real step up in intensity over in Perth for the FAA Cup game, I think that Is quite an important game in our prep for the new season and might tell us a little more about how we are traveling.

They were really sharp in the first half especially. Worry where the goals will come from without Burns but definitely look like a tidy side.

 

Nix always well organised, they will be a right pain in the arse come the season proper and you can bet you life for the HAL game at Parra against them they will be *** hard to beat, they always are at Parra and it is usually a **** ugly game.

Edited September 13, 2015 by WSWBoro

What was the attendance?

What was the attendance?

 

Wasn't exactly a sell out...felt at times like this song:

 

It's a trial game, players were swapping all over the joint, I didn't really read too much into it. I'd rather just be trying new things and experimenting. No one remembers who wins a trial game anyway.

 

Add McDonald to our list of youth attackers that are too small (Youlley, Sotirio, Fofannah) - these boys need to fill out a bit more before they become serious first team options.

 

 

remember also as we are changing our style from counter attack to a possession based game, its a friendly need to get the players a run around i hope fred is firing on all cylinders when the season starts.

 

Who the F*ck is Fred. You might as well call him Wazza. 

 

Let me spell it out for you clowns who don't know.   F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O

Years ago i used to work with a federico, who had a uruguay background.

He always used to introduce himself as fred. I am not sure if he (a)just went with the flow and figured ppl would call him fred anyways (b)if he just liked it; or © if he considered it the same name. Either way, he introduced himself in that way

 

I wouldn't be worrying too much about other people's names champion....     

One thing that wasn't mentioned in the last few pages was the rubbish standard of refereeing last night! Really glad that we will be able to look forward to a significant increase in the standard of refereeing from last year

One thing that wasn't mentioned in the last few pages was the rubbish standard of refereeing last night! Really glad that we will be able to look forward to a significant increase in the standard of refereeing from last year

It kicked off with Ben Williams being announced as a FT ref.

One thing that wasn't mentioned in the last few pages was the rubbish standard of refereeing last night! Really glad that we will be able to look forward to a significant increase in the standard of refereeing from last year

I took my brother to the game yesterday. He has been away from Australia for last 4 years. His observations :

Surprised by the number of supporters 1 month before the league starts

Even more surprised by the amount of cops and security.

Noticed an improvement in the teams (skill level)

Noticed the referees are as bad as he remembered them.

Slightly refreshing... 

 

"Okay, let’s cut the spin and speak plainly."

 

http://www.wswanderersfc.com.au/article/four-things-we-learned-against-wellington/1sxe6wt693edb1jvme0a8g6dcj

 

 

tempered with the usual...popa out bs on facebook (admittingly Facebook is not a great way to judge the level of common sense)

All these silver linings coming out of this match means so many positives

 

-Here is the Reality Check needed before the season and our cup tie

-count the penalty, take away the mistake and it is 2-2.

 

In my eyes, get the **** out of the way now for a big season.

 

 

 

remember also as we are changing our style from counter attack to a possession based game, its a friendly need to get the players a run around i hope fred is firing on all cylinders when the season starts.

 

 

Who the F*ck is Fred. You might as well call him Wazza. 

 

Let me spell it out for you clowns who don't know.   F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O

Years ago i used to work with a federico, who had a uruguay background.

He always used to introduce himself as fred. I am not sure if he (a)just went with the flow and figured ppl would call him fred anyways (b)if he just liked it; or © if he considered it the same name. Either way, he introduced himself in that way

I wouldn't be worrying too much about other people's names champion....  

With a last name of randall - randy is a fairly typical nickname......

Whats your excuse? Fat fingers mashing the keyboard? Lmao

 

 

 

 

remember also as we are changing our style from counter attack to a possession based game, its a friendly need to get the players a run around i hope fred is firing on all cylinders when the season starts.

 

Who the F*ck is Fred. You might as well call him Wazza. 

 

Let me spell it out for you clowns who don't know.   F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O

Years ago i used to work with a federico, who had a uruguay background.

He always used to introduce himself as fred. I am not sure if he (a)just went with the flow and figured ppl would call him fred anyways (b)if he just liked it; or © if he considered it the same name. Either way, he introduced himself in that way

I wouldn't be worrying too much about other people's names champion....  

With a last name of randall - randy is a fairly typical nickname......

Whats your excuse? Fat fingers mashing the keyboard? Lmao

 

 

Edited September 14, 2015 by Alexander

 

 

remember also as we are changing our style from counter attack to a possession based game, its a friendly need to get the players a run around i hope fred is firing on all cylinders when the season starts.

 

Who the F*ck is Fred. You might as well call him Wazza. 

 

Let me spell it out for you clowns who don't know.   F-E-D-E-R-I-C-O

Years ago i used to work with a federico, who had a uruguay background.

He always used to introduce himself as fred. I am not sure if he (a)just went with the flow and figured ppl would call him fred anyways (b)if he just liked it; or © if he considered it the same name. Either way, he introduced himself in that way

 

Maybe he did that so people wouldn't call him Fed, or Fedo..

 

Which would then lead to be called the FedEx man...

Or Fedo which sound like pedo lol

Edited September 14, 2015 by Nnnnnathan12

Slightly refreshing...

 

"Okay, let’s cut the spin and speak plainly."

 

http://www.wswanderersfc.com.au/article/four-things-we-learned-against-wellington/1sxe6wt693edb1jvme0a8g6dcj

 

 

tempered with the usual...Popa out bs on facebook (admittingly Facebook is not a great way to judge the level of common sense)

What I've learned is that being down 0:2 early in the game gets Popa off his chair. The rays that came out of his eyes generated so much heat it could be felt on the NT. The internal post mortem today would not have been pretty.

 

Slightly refreshing...

 

"Okay, let’s cut the spin and speak plainly."

 

http://www.wswanderersfc.com.au/article/four-things-we-learned-against-wellington/1sxe6wt693edb1jvme0a8g6dcj

 

 

tempered with the usual...Popa out bs on facebook (admittingly Facebook is not a great way to judge the level of common sense)

What I've learned is that being down 0:2 early in the game gets Popa off his chair. The rays that came out of his eyes generated so much heat it could be felt on the NT. The internal post mortem today would not have been pretty.

 

 

Yeah the steins were one thing, but I think Jimmy's kebabs straight off the bat after the first game at Pirtek was a bit optimistic  

What was the attendance?

About 2000 supporters n 3000 cops, seccos, tanks, snipers.......

 

What was the attendance?

About 2000 supporters n 3000 cops, seccos, tanks, snipers.......

all that money spent on cop's . Could of been spent on players instead.. I'm going to Goulburn, dream job getting paid to go to games woo Edited September 14, 2015 by JayZko

 

 

What was the attendance?

About 2000 supporters n 3000 cops, seccos, tanks, snipers.......

all that money spent on cop's . Could of been spent on players instead.. I'm going to Goulburn, dream job getting paid to go to games woo

See ya!

It's a trial game, players were swapping all over the joint, I didn't really read too much into it. I'd rather just be trying new things and experimenting. No one remembers who wins a trial game anyway.

 

Add McDonald to our list of youth attackers that are too small (Youlley, Sotirio, Fofannah) - these boys need to fill out a bit more before they become serious first team options.

 

 

I don't mean to nitpick, but, the beauty of football is that you don't have to be a massive unit or a hulk to play. They might have disadvantages in size for a physical league like ours. But football is football, skill and technique is the overriding factor. Out of that lot I would rank them as Youlley, Fofannah then Sotirio.  I am not convinced Sotirio will crack it as a footballer. He is still young and he has time, but to me, he is just a runner. A headless chicken on a football field.  

They could have paid for your membership hey champ?

 

It's a trial game, players were swapping all over the joint, I didn't really read too much into it. I'd rather just be trying new things and experimenting. No one remembers who wins a trial game anyway.

Add McDonald to our list of youth attackers that are too small (Youlley, Sotirio, Fofannah) - these boys need to fill out a bit more before they become serious first team options.

 

 

 

I don't mean to nitpick, but, the beauty of football is that you don't have to be a massive unit or a hulk to play. They might have disadvantages in size for a physical league like ours. But football is football, skill and technique is the overriding factor. Out of that lot I would rank them as Youlley, Fofannah then Sotirio.  I am not convinced Sotirio will crack it as a footballer. He is still young and he has time, but to me, he is just a runner. A headless chicken on a football field.

Based on the little playing time that we've seen of them, I don't think they have the skill or technique to override their lack of size. Hopefully I'm proven wrong. I agree with you about Sotirio. It's becoming more and more common to see bigger, stockier footballers over 6ft these days.

The performance yesterday was very poor.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.

All this stuff about it only being a pre-season trial game is bollocks.

 

For the first 30 minutes, we were completed outplayed.

We couldn't get the ball until we were two-nil down.

Then thankfully, before it got too embarressing, Wellington relaxed.

 

Wellington, in the scheme of things, are not that good.

But yesterday, they looked like ****in Barcelona.

 

We looked like a bunch of new players.

They looked like a team gettting ready for an A-League season.

And it's those little combinations that we are so lacking in.

Sigmund and Durante are a rock solid duo.

 

Riera is very underated and his link up play with Bonavecia is excellent.

For God's sake he even made Fenton, Krishna and Appiah look reasonably good.

 

Oh to have a Hersi/Polenz combination on the right again.

For much of the first half I thought we were doing a training drill with nobody on the right.

 

And as for the new lump of lard up front.

Clearly he's had way too much cream on his carbonara.

But even still, he's a long way from Juric.

And he's under estimated the standard of our league.

He's big and burly in a Frank Stapleton kind of way.

But after yesterday I'd have Frank... even though he's now 59.

 

The only glimmers of hope I could see:

- Romeo. But can he be fit for for every game?

- Nichols.

 

The whole security thing is ridiculous.