Wanderers NPL vs Spirit FC 18/3/2017 7:00PM

In

Buggar all else to do in this miserable weather.

Btw, u18's kick off at 3pm & u20's at 5pm

Seriously questioning the level of commitment from our club, in respect to the coverage of NPL2 & academy sides, since Layles moved on.

Not even a mention of u18's or u20's games which proceed 1st grade, nor academy games (u13's-u16's) v's SU58 which commenced at 9am

#Pathetic

NPL Preview: Wanderers vs Spirit FC

 

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Catch our NPL boys at Sydney United Sports Centre on Saturday night!

Saturday, 18 March 2017

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Results of WSW academy games v's Sydney United at Edensor today

u13's 3 - 2 Win

u14's 2 - 3 Loss

u15's 3 - 0 Win

u16's 2 - 0 Win

VS

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4-3 sounds like a hell of a game.

Western Sydney Wanderers 4 Spirit FC 3, Sydney United Sports Centre 

Western Sydney Wanderers continued with their winning way with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Spirit FC at Sydney United Sports Centre on Saturday night.

The young Wanderers cruised to a 3-0 lead at the break but Spirit fought back courageously with second half goals to Yuya Samba (two) and Jacob Harris.  

Wanderers ace Abraham Majok grabbed a double, while Mario Shabow and Tariq Maia scored one apiece.

Wanderers coach Trevor Morgan said his side had 60 per cent possession throughout the game and was pleased with a couple of the goals created by his young charges.

"Spirit were well organised and tried to catch us in transition moments, looking to pounce when we lost the ball," Morgan told Football NSW. "I think the 3-0 margin at halftime may have flattered us by one goal, but we definitely deserved to be leading."

Spirit changed tactics after the break and pressed from the restart, immediately forcing the Wanderers into error. The ball was played back to goalkeeper Nick Suman whose clearance led to a goal by Yuya Samba in a matter of seconds.

Morgan was disappointed to concede so early and that disappointment only increased when Spirit struck again to bridge the gap to 3-2.

"In the end, I think we should've gone for a clean sheet to be honest," Morgan said. "We had a 3-0 lead and the kids were playing good football, but we should've been able to finish it off."

Meanwhile, Spirit coach David Perkovic conceded that while the first half belonged to Western Sydney, he was proud of his side's performance in the second.

"The Wanderers were clearly the better side in the first half, our boys didn't adapt to my tactics as well as I thought they would," Perkovic told Football NSW. "So we changed things after halftime. My instructions were to be positive, aggressive, and to go out there and win the second half."

With their coach's pep talk ringing in their ears, Spirit were quite aggressive in the second half and within minutes scored twice through Samba and Harris. But as the clock ticked away, the Wanderers held possession and eventually pulled away to win the three points.

"We learnt a lot from the game and the boys came off the pitch pretty positive from the second half," Perkovic said. "They got a bit of belief from that display and we'll carry that throughout the week as we prepare for our next game."

Perkovic added that his side's execution of the game plan was quite poor in the first half, allowing Western Sydney to open up a big lead.

"Wanderers are a quality team and they keep the ball well. We were good enough to get back into the game so credit to our boys and next time we play them at least we can draw on such a positive experience. It was just disappointing how we played in the first half. But our reaction was positive after that."

For Spirit, Yuya Samba was very strong; Chris Godoy Bascur was good off the bench and Andre Carle performed well, operating up front in the first half before being moved to wing in the second.

For the Wanderers Abraham Majok and Mario Shabow both turned in blue chip performances.

Western Sydney Wanderers: 40. Nick Suman (GK), 24. Tate Russell, 2. Lachlan Campbell, 4. Henry Davies (3. Abdel Kuku), 26. Jackson Bandiera, 25. Liam Youlley, 50. Tariq Maia, 11. Kosta Grozos, 18. Oliver Puflett, 49. Abraham Majok, 21. Mario Shabow

Unused Subs: 16. Jerry Skotadis, 20. Daniel Axford (GK)

Yellow Cards: 18. Oliver Puflett

Coach: Trevor Morgan

Spirit FC: 1. Murray Nelson (GK), 2. Daniel Cunningham (6. Alexander Doyle), 3. Jack Musgrave, 4. Michael Streeter, 5. Andrew Robertson (9. Christopher Godoy Bascur), 7. Jacob Harris, 8. Grant Cornwell ©, 12. Louie Bozanic, 14. Andre Carles, 17. Yuya Samba, 22. David Von Dinklage (11. Dylan Whitlock)

Unused Subs: 26. James Webb, 20. Zoran Kolundzic

Yellow Cards: 7. Jacob Harris, 11. Dylan Whitlock

Coach: David Perkovic

Referee: S. Brennan

Assistant Referees: V. Prasac, C. Wright

 

Seriously questioning the level of commitment from our club, in respect to the coverage of NPL2 & academy sides, since Layles moved on.

Not even a mention of u18's or u20's games which proceed 1st grade, nor academy games (u13's-u16's) v's SU58 which commenced at 9am

#Pathetic

 

you know the players, and you have a keen interest - so get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer. 

get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer.

 

 

Seriously questioning the level of commitment from our club, in respect to the coverage of NPL2 & academy sides, since Layles moved on.

Not even a mention of u18's or u20's games which proceed 1st grade, nor academy games (u13's-u16's) v's SU58 which commenced at 9am

#Pathetic

 

 

you know the players, and you have a keen interest - so get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer. 

get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer.

 

I should provide a service that full time WSW staff get paid to do?

It's difficult to comprehend that 6+ of our ACL contracted players, could be involved in a competitive game & our club doesn't consider it worthy of coverage via social media platforms. 

 

 

 

Seriously questioning the level of commitment from our club, in respect to the coverage of NPL2 & academy sides, since Layles moved on.

Not even a mention of u18's or u20's games which proceed 1st grade, nor academy games (u13's-u16's) v's SU58 which commenced at 9am

#Pathetic

 

 

you know the players, and you have a keen interest - so get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer. 

get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer.

 

 

I should provide a service that full time WSW staff get paid to do?

 

It's difficult to comprehend that 6+ of our ACL contracted players, could be involved in a competitive game & our club doesn't consider it worthy of coverage via social media platforms. 

 

do they get paid to do it?

and yes we miss layles.

If they want WSW to be this shining light of Youth Development and home grown talent, then they should give these future stars some more air time.

So then when they make their senior debut, a lot of the fans will already know who he is and can feel a connection to him right away.

Maybe they should send 1 of the 50 security guards surrounding the RBB at Spotless to go do something more worthwhile..

I would love to do it tbh..

 

 

 

Seriously questioning the level of commitment from our club, in respect to the coverage of NPL2 & academy sides, since Layles moved on.

Not even a mention of u18's or u20's games which proceed 1st grade, nor academy games (u13's-u16's) v's SU58 which commenced at 9am

#Pathetic

 

you know the players, and you have a keen interest - so get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer. 

get yourself a phone from this century and do it for a case of beer.

 

 

I should provide a service that full time WSW staff get paid to do?

 

It's difficult to comprehend that 6+ of our ACL contracted players, could be involved in a competitive game & our club doesn't consider it worthy of coverage via social media platforms.

 

 

do they get paid to do it?

 

and yes we miss layles.

 

If they are working for the club they should definitely be paid.

Clubs always complain about how the FFA don't do as much advertising as the clubs think they should.

NYL, W-League & NPL (and junior development teams) are where the Clubs should be showing what they can bring to the table in terms of coverage & advertising.

I don't think anyone is asking for play by play of the U13's but they need to be doing something.