Duke Wins Derby

[BoyFromTheWest]

A really good win.  I agree that the stats are largely with SFC (except the only one that matters - we got more goals!) and they played very well.  They were the more attacking side and had the large part of the possession.

BUT, our defence was superior to theirs and Jurman, McGowan, Lopar were brilliantly solid.  With Schwegler in front of them, DG and Wilmering wide, we really defended hard and tough.  We tackled hard and Schwegler, in particular provided some thumping tackles. I wonder if our solid, sometimes desperate defence put extra pressure on the SFC attack?  I wonder if we need to give much credit for their poor finishing to some incredible pressure from our defenders??!!  We assume that they were shooting 1-1 in a vacuum and there was no pressure but our boys were piling on pressure and standing pretty firm.  SFC made some great plays to break through but perhaps the pressure was still there!

The only player who really looked like he was confident of scoring was Duke.  He ran fast, strong and deliberately, pointing forward to Georgevski to put it where he wanted it and hammered that ball so hard that the Wiggle reacted after if bounced off the net and nearly hit coming back.  Duke was full of confidence attacking that ball and there was no pressure from their defence.  That seems to be the difference!

[Keithie]

I am not a journo never been one but do have some experience on soccer maybe not as much as some perceive themself's  to have but let the unlearned one explain, 

We got five in the team of the week because obviously played a style of game that worked, we got the goal and Babbel when defensive , not pretty but he felt he had the defensive players to carry us through and along with some luck he was proven right our defense from a formation to skill level was head and shoulders above SFS because : 

We scored , they couldn't Ninkovic looked good but failed to achieve either setting up a goal or scoring one , we let Ninkovic run at us as part of Babbel's plan , the fact that he scored no goals or setup up a goal matters in the eyes of the knowledge ones.

Did the Pommie have a shot on goal ?

Ninkovic  1 hit the bar , he was not good enough to score ,1 into the corner from close up on the right Lopar to good 

Greek Kiwi was the most dangerous and hit the post not good enough , 1 on 1 with Lopar not good enough,  blasted one wide not good enough  

Baumjohan was ok with some through balls to the wingers but was no good otherwise Bratton , O'neil and the Moaning mullet all had long range shots but not good enough  Schwegler and Jurman owned them 

their defense failed to nullify our attack we got a goal.

Football is not all about looking pretty lets look at the first 3 games and Babbel has played a different formation in each game he has results with a team far from fit and injuries

I suppose the fact Lopar could only get 1 on the list of best saves says it all 

The last 20 minutes SFS ran out of ideas

Babbel is proving himself to be a master tactician in my eyes and I can't until when we can put Georgeivski back on the left and bring in  Kamau,  Ziggler not sure where he will fit  and Muller with 2 dots who should fill the number 10 role perfectly .

Sullivan has been good but Muller will go to another level.

Any news on Sullivan's injury.

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

[tardotz]

7 hours ago, wswtragic said:

"If they think they're the winners after two wins in the last four years, I'm OK with that," Ninkovic laughed.

Eat a salted dick.

I bet he wasn't laughing when he watched the replay of the golden opportunity he missed in front of goal.

[WSWgun]

How's the grass taste, Bumjocarnt? 

[Paul01]

Just heard that there was random German in the March on Saturday.

His name is Nicolai Muller. 

[lloydy136]

5 hours ago, SBW said:

I find it real ironic the smurf fans are labelling Alireza a Wanderers fan because he favoured a lot of 50/50 decisions to us like the handball from Baccus should have been a penalty and the ball crossed the line and should have been goal.

They may have every right to complain but its like as if they haven't had those types of calls go their way before and got results out of it.

When you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

[Paul01]

37 minutes ago, lloydy136 said:

When you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

That's very eloquent of you.

[ManfredSchaefer]

58 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

That's very eloquent of you.

Comes from spending time with socialists at uni, following the Wolves, becoming a teacher and hanging out with some of us miscreants at the RO pre-game...

[Smoggy]

2 hours ago, WSWgun said:

How's the grass taste, Bumjocarnt? 

Man I can watch that over and over for ages...love how premeditated it was...just waiting for the opportunity, beautiful football..

[Horus]

Great refereeing - cant tell me your average bog standard muppet A-league referee wouldnt have blown his whistle after that

[alexd]

https://imgur.com/a/UUOPcQb

how the hell does one insert pics again?

Edited October 28, 2019 by alexd

[ManfredSchaefer]

Right click on the image

Get the address

Open the 'insert other media' link then put it there

Gifs & YouTube vids should automatically format using the web address

Edited October 28, 2019 by ManfredSchaefer

[Taurus]

2 hours ago, Smoggy said:

Man I can watch that over and over for ages...love how premeditated it was...just waiting for the opportunity, beautiful football..

You'll enjoy the updated version then 

 

[MathyouWSW]

 

 

Edited October 28, 2019 by MathyouWSW

[MeurantsLane]

Good technique in that tackle as well.   

That performance, formation & style of play was very Popa-esque to be honest.   

Edited October 28, 2019 by MeurantsLane

[Zelinsky]

21 hours ago, BoyFromTheWest said:

A really good win.  I agree that the stats are largely with SFC (except the only one that matters - we got more goals!) and they played very well.  They were the more attacking side and had the large part of the possession.

BUT, our defence was superior to theirs and Jurman, McGowan, Lopar were brilliantly solid.  With Schwegler in front of them, DG and Wilmering wide, we really defended hard and tough.  We tackled hard and Schwegler, in particular provided some thumping tackles. I wonder if our solid, sometimes desperate defence put extra pressure on the SFC attack?  I wonder if we need to give much credit for their poor finishing to some incredible pressure from our defenders??!!  We assume that they were shooting 1-1 in a vacuum and there was no pressure but our boys were piling on pressure and standing pretty firm.  SFC made some great plays to break through but perhaps the pressure was still there!

The only player who really looked like he was confident of scoring was Duke.  He ran fast, strong and deliberately, pointing forward to Georgevski to put it where he wanted it and hammered that ball so hard that the Wiggle reacted after if bounced off the net and nearly hit coming back.  Duke was full of confidence attacking that ball and there was no pressure from their defence.  That seems to be the difference!

Their defence wasn't really tested, Redmayne was the most lonely person in the ground. But yes, the defensive performance by the whole team was outstanding, PS19's performance will be remembered for years, as will be Duke's goal. 

I didn't expect the Smurfs to play as well as they did. But we fielded three youngsters and only three imports while they had all four imports and no youth player in their starting 11, and it showed. But once Lopar saved against Kosta in the second half, they looked beaten. 

Massive result for the club at large. 

 

[Paul01]

3 minutes ago, FCB said:

Their defence wasn't really tested, Redmayne was the most lonely person in the ground. But yes, the defensive performance by the whole team was outstanding, PS19's performance will be remembered for years, as will be Duke's goal. 

I didn't expect the Smurfs to play as well as they did. But we fielded three youngsters and only three imports while they had all four imports and no youth player in their starting 11, and it showed. But once Lopar saved against Kosta in the second half, they looked beaten. 

Massive result for the club at large. 

 

And without a Raddy replacement. 

[Zelinsky]

24 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

And without a Raddy replacement. 

Indeed. We had one import player on the pitch with a full pre season under the belt, against their four. I doubt they will be allowed to run riot again once we have our four ex BL players all match fit. 

[Taurus]

Lads were buzzing at training this morning

[Paul01]

12 minutes ago, Taurus said:

Lads were buzzing at training this morning

Sounds like it going well on a group level. 

Wonder if Muller liked the participating in the pre-game March

[sonar]

 

[Edinburgh]

2 hours ago, FCB said:

Their defence wasn't really tested, Redmayne was the most lonely person in the ground. But yes, the defensive performance by the whole team was outstanding, PS19's performance will be remembered for years, as will be Duke's goal. 

I didn't expect the Smurfs to play as well as they did. But we fielded three youngsters and only three imports while they had all four imports and no youth player in their starting 11, and it showed. But once Lopar saved against Kosta in the second half, they looked beaten. 

Massive result for the club at large. 

 

For me, that save was a magnificent piece of goalkeeping and is a far better example of Lopar's quality than the reflex saves. Firstly, as Kosta received the ball, Lopar moved back to his line, then, Kosta took a touch or two, and then, with perfect timing, Lopar moved forward within a yard of Kosta and so closed down the shooting options to the extent the shot had to be perfect (or better)! And then the easy bit - reflexes good enough to block the shot. As good as Lopar was with his other saves and overall performance, that save was sublimely "set up" and executed!

Perhaps another example of the same skill was forcing Ninkovic to chip him but only hit the bar.

[Dmtd]

Anyone else see In safe standing area (bay 125) a couple of young ladies wearIng  traditional German girl beer outfits . 
If only they were allowed to go to bar and bring back a couple of stein’s for us . 
 

[Paul01]

1 hour ago, Edinburgh said:

For me, that save was a magnificent piece of goalkeeping and is a far better example of Lopar's quality than the reflex saves. Firstly, as Kosta received the ball, Lopar moved back to his line, then, Kosta took a touch or two, and then, with perfect timing, Lopar moved forward within a yard of Kosta and so closed down the shooting options to the extent the shot had to be perfect (or better)! And then the easy bit - reflexes good enough to block the shot. As good as Lopar was with his other saves and overall performance, that save was sublimely "set up" and executed!

Perhaps another example of the same skill was forcing Ninkovic to chip him but only hit the bar.

Didn't Lopar get a touch forcing the ball onto the crossbar with Ninkovic?

[sonar]

So as the thread title says......................what a cracker...!

 

Edited October 29, 2019 by sonar

[ManfredSchaefer]

2 hours ago, Dmtd said:

Anyone else see In safe standing area (bay 125) a couple of young ladies wearIng  traditional German girl beer outfits . 
If only they were allowed to go to bar and bring back a couple of stein’s for us . 
 

Did someone say Dirndls?

 

[Taurus]

8 hours ago, Paul01 said:

Sounds like it going well on a group level. 

Wonder if Muller liked the participating in the pre-game March

It should be covered in the sit down interview with club, which will be posted in next day or two  

[Taurus]

On 28/10/2019 at 7:21 PM, Keithie said:

 

Any news on Sullivan's injury. 

  

 

Abductor

[Keithie]

Taurus thanks for the news on Sullivan's injury hope Muller can step up soon

Mitch Duke missing from Training yesterday Morning any news ??

 

[ManfredSchaefer]

49 minutes ago, Keithie said:

Taurus thanks for the news on Sullivan's injury hope Muller can step up soon

Mitch Duke missing from Training yesterday Morning any news ??

 

Mitch was taking it easy after his effort on Saturday.

For more details you’ll have to get JT or MB to give you clearance lol