Melbourne Victory vs Western Sydney Wanderers 1/12/2018 7:50PM

2 minutes ago, octa9ona11 said:

We are horrid. Atrocious. Ziggy comes back and that's going to somewhat help defence so I'm not overly worried there. The thing that concerns me is our midfield is useless and we have no one to bring in! Baccus and O'Doherty give it their best but they are just too inexperienced and not good enough. Where is Roly????? For all the hate he gets his start to this season was decent.

Roly has a hamstring injury from training Wednesday week before last. Might have something to do with new conditioning coach

I think we need to be realistic.  The quality we have doesn't come anywhere near the top 3 unfortunately.  That's not Babbels fault. We have young local players up against quality internationals tonight. As I have said we are in a league of 5 to fight for anywhere between 4th and 8th.  I think we are better than the mariners and Nix but no one else.  

Make some room on the bus Gumby, here's the new Busschaffner.......

4 minutes ago, lloydy136 said:

i reckon elrich was very lucky - the law change only applies to fouls that result from attempts to play the ball - not sure if whatever the hell elrich did qualifies.

Saving grace was that the "legitimate challenge" side of it is a very lenient law. Last year Reddy (I think it was last year) got away with an awful studs up challenge that completely missed the ball and hit our player in the knee because of it.

The slipping falling over attempted header on the turf is probably the last potential type of action that would still be covered by it.

He's not a CB. Needs to come off. He'll get sent in the second half almost guaranteed.

1 minute ago, beatsurrender said:

  I think we are better than the mariners and Nix but no one else.  

My god.....how ******* depressing is this statement....and even more so when you know it is true....

3 minutes ago, thefairy said:

just imagine driving all the way to melbourne to watch your beloved wanderers play like the under 8s.

 

Feel for your Fairy!   

22 minutes ago, mack said:

He's had a full pre-season. He bought in some players. He didn't show up to revolution the team. He's at fault.

of course he is. we are set up VERY naive and open. we are heavy underdogs going in and we should be set up to defend - fullbacks hold position, less pressing, lines close to each other, 2 holding mids screening but we aren't - we are open and have paid for it. its poor and not good enough.

however, we sat through 4 or 5 gumby performances as bad or worse than what we just witnessed and many - you included - said it wasn't his fault, he needed time and his own players.

It's hard enough defending already, moving the goalposts would make it impossible.

We are crap. The players do not know how to press, we have only player in midfield, and no-one who knows how to take players on in attack. We are 3rd rate compared to  the Mexicans, smurfs and popas team . Fffffffff. K

loose to the bottom place team at home one week, play the same team against one of the top teams away.. We must be really struggling with sguad depth...

Unless of course we get this 5-4.....

it's been done before...

Why is it that when the wanderers have the ball they just want to go backwards but when other teams get the ball they go forward?

Were not out yet...we have given up and gone home!

aaahhh ****...here we come....its ok Sotirio is on...

11 minutes ago, thefairy said:

just imagine driving all the way to melbourne to watch your beloved wanderers play like the under 8s.

we are ****. end of story. babbel better sort our team.

why does he deserve a chance we gombau didn't.

Welcome to the club. Did that a few years ago under Popa for a game at AAMI Park.

sotty is on, we got this 3-4 win

3-0 down.

Here comes Sotirio.

LOL tokich and Sotirio on but keeps Elrich at CB where he is completely out of his depth. At least give young Tass a go in a game that's already over.

definitely the way to make sotiro look good - bring him on for majok - the only player with worse touch in the league than him.

End of Majok's career perhaps.

Cometh the hour. Cometh the Sotirio

Just now, beatsurrender said:

Cometh the hour. Cometh the Sotirio

But it's only 45 minutes! 

1 minute ago, mack said:

End of Majok's career perhaps.

Looks like it huh

In a team stacked with wingers, now that Babbel is back to Sotirio... could be a while, if ever, until we see him again 

Anthony Mundine put up a better effort than this

I don’t give a toss who we blame ok sick of us being shite

Sotirio ruins everything..

5 minutes ago, mack said:

End of Majok's career perhaps.

He makes Bolt look like a footballer 

5 minutes ago, mack said:

End of Majok's career perhaps.

ah well we will always have the missed free header from 30 centrimetres out

Even though that sequence was offside, I think it’s a good psychological boost for us and a negative one for Victory that we were able to put the ball into the net

4-3, could still happen...

Just now, Unlimited said:

Even though that sequence was offside, I think it’s a good psychological boost for us and a negative one for Victory that we were able to put the ball into the net

4-3, could still happen...

I'll have what your smoking....