Melbourne City vs Western Sydney Wanderers 9/1/2022 6:45PM

[mack]

Melbourne City vs Western Sydney Wanderers

VS Date: 09/01/22 Sydney Kick-Off Time: 6:45PM EDT Round: 26 Competition: A-League Regular Season Location: Melbourne, Victoria Stadium: AAMI Park

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[pseudonym]

We're going to get smashed 5-0

At least we're getting an away match over and done with.

Watching us lose to City now is slightly less stressful than watching us play the originally scheduled home game against Perth.

Our players will have been in isolation without having had proper training sessions.

I'm guessing a lot of WSW fans will be annoyed with Dimi:

 

So, c'mon Wanderers. Gently pass the ball and around and try not to get injured. If you're well behaved, Robbo might get you some sundaes from Maccas after the game.

[GunnerWanderer]

Do You think 5 is enough to punt CR

7 is generally a good number there is no way back at 7!

[ZachMercer]

I don't think we'll get smashed 5-0, but I'm struggling to see a win here. (How depressing) 

I reckon we sit back and defend with numbers, hoof rather than play out, then patiently wait/focus on a counter. We just don't have the pace or accuracy to take the game to them.

I'll refer to the brains-trust on this one. What strategy do you use to stop them hitting us on the counter, whilst at the same time prevent them from walking it into goal.

   

[pseudonym]

6 minutes ago, GunnerWanderer said:

Do You think 5 is enough to punt CR

7 is generally a good number there is no way back at 7!

He won't get sacked for this game

Robbo: "We didn't win as our team had Covid two weeks ago"

JT: "Yeah, fair enough, here's a contract extension"

[bombagol]

MC play with continuous high intensity, both in attack and in defence. 
We don’t. 
Our lethargic, slow sideways passing will cause no problem whatsoever for them.  5-0 is about the right prediction unfortunately. 

[sonar]

4 hours ago, ZachMercer said:

What strategy do you use to stop them hitting us on the counter, whilst at the same time prevent them from walking it into goal.

   

We forfeit. 

[Hughesy]

57 minutes ago, bombagol said:

MC play with continuous high intensity, both in attack and in defence. 
We don’t. 
Our lethargic, slow sideways passing will cause no problem whatsoever for them.  5-0 is about the right prediction unfortunately. 

When our wingers and fullbacks hit the line and play with width, we are a very dynamic side and cause problems. Sadly we seem to be coached not to do that cause whenever we try it, it lasts for 1-2 plays and we revert to a narrow structure

[StringerBellend]

With the players we signed we should be competing in these games. CR out

[Sithslayer1991]

The team are too lethargic they won't be able to keep up with Citys high intensity. At least were playing a game but it will just send my frustration to the roof to get a reminder of bad we are at the moment.

[StringerBellend]

4 hours ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

The team are too lethargic they won't be able to keep up with Citys high intensity. At least were playing a game but it will just send my frustration to the roof to get a reminder of bad we are at the moment.

Like I say we really shouldn't be..so let's see what CR and GVE have done with them in the break if we get stuffed then surely CR has to go 

[sonar]

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Edited January 7, 2022 by sonar

[WHACKO]

Long break a fresh chance for Wanderers to turn season around, says Robinson

The appointment of a new assistant and the return to fitness of two key midfielders has convinced beleaguered Western Sydney Wanderers coach Carl Robinson he can save his job and turn around the club’s A-League Men fortunes.

It has been three weeks since the Wanderers last took the field in a 2-0 defeat to the Central Coast Mariners, a result which prompted former coaches Patrick Zwaanswijk and Dean Heffernan to allege the team’s underachievement over the past five years was due to a poor culture overseen by chief executive John Tsatsimas and football operations boss Gavin Costello.

It seemed as if things were coming to a head for the club and Robinson, who has failed to show any progress after 14 months in the job, but then came the Omicron surge. The COVID outbreak triggered a series of postponements and saw as many as seven players in Western Sydney’s men’s program test positive over the Christmas-New Year period.

Robinson says he had his full squad available to train together only twice during that time, but used the layoff to hone in on the Wanderers’ problems and their failure to score more regularly.

Jack Rodwell and Keanu Baccus are also now both fit. It is a huge boost for Western Sydney before Sunday’s clash with reigning champions Melbourne City, which was hastily scheduled for AAMI Park after both teams had other fixtures cancelled due to coronavirus cases.

Newly appointed assistant coach Gary van Egmond may also have provided Robinson with a fresh perspective on selection and tactics.

Although many fans speculated the Wanderers were preparing to sack Robinson by bringing in van Egmond as a possible caretaker coach, the Welshman said it was his call to bring him in to fill the void left by the departure of previous assistant Kenny Miller in pre-season.

“We’re delighted to have Gary in. I think everyone knows that I lost my assistant, Kenny went back prior to the season for family reasons, so we’ve been working a little bit short,” he said.

“I wanted to bring in a coach, and it’s easier to bring an Australian coach than a foreign coach as well.

“Gary’s got pedigree - you probably know more about Gary than myself, but what I do know is he’s good on the field, good coaching the kids, he’s been involved in international programs for many years, so he knows all the talented players coming through, he knows what they like and dislike. And it’s nice to have another pair of hands to help on the field. I get on great with him at the moment.”

Robinson said he had cleared the air with the club’s hierarchy, including chairman Paul Lederer, after Zwaanswijk and Heffernan aired their views on Western Sydney’s predicament on social media, but admitted only good results would keep him in the job.

“I nipped that one in the bud,” he said.  

“I speak to Paul and JT on a regular basis, we have open, really good communication and a strong relationship. I’ll continue to work hard with them, we all want the same goal. We’re no different to the supporters or the players, we want to win games of football ... the only way you do that is by sticking together and working hard. If you don’t do that, eventually the end comes. If you do work hard, stick together and get behind it and you’re all on the same page, usually good things happen.”

Robinson still believes Western Sydney’s season hasn’t been as bad as critics make out.

“We started decent, and then we’ve had two really difficult games where we’ve not performed at our levels. We own that, we have to admit that, but sometimes a break can do you good. We’ve got to use that as a positive,” he said. “Those two games, we didn’t pick up the results we wanted. We get into so many really good areas, but our final actions, our final products, our final pass, our final shot wasn’t there. We’ve worked across the board ... if you could come to training and see, which I don’t think you’re allowed at the moment, you’d see the boys score goals for fun. It’s just a case of trying to replicate what we do there on a match day. And we will.”

So sounds like he won't be getting on with GVE soon and we train well...just have trouble when we come up against another team.

[mack]

Gotta laugh at that section about the Zwaanswijk/Heffernan issue.

"The people that got accused of creating a toxic atmosphere all talked about it and we agree we haven't done anything to create a toxic atmosphere, case closed."

[sonar]

25 minutes ago, mack said:

Gotta laugh at that section about the Zwaanswijk/Heffernan issue.

"The people that got accused of creating a toxic atmosphere all talked about it and we agree we haven't done anything to create a toxic atmosphere, case closed."

A big rug and plenty of brooms at WSW HQ.

[StringerBellend]

Love the about them scoring for fun in training

First I'm thinking it's Great to hear that they score goals In an unopposed training drill 

Then I thought I was being too negative, he means in training games against defenders, thats much better they are scoring goals for run against our defence 

[Unlimited]

1 hour ago, StringerBellend said:

Love the about them scoring for fun in training

First I'm thinking it's Great to hear that they score goals In an unopposed training drill 

Then I thought I was being too negative, he means in training games against defenders, thats much better they are scoring goals for run against our defence 

[MartinTyler]

6 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

Love the about them scoring for fun in training

First I'm thinking it's Great to hear that they score goals In an unopposed training drill 

 

The witches hats have been a bit slow of late......

[WSWJACK]

Only thing giving me hope, Rodwell fit and hopefully raring to go and have a screamer, and if Troisi continues with his efforts could not be as bad as the bookies are making out.

and maybe GVE will have an impact and point a few things out to CR, this is a major chance for CR to turn this ship around or it's Titanic time.

[mack]

GVE having to point things out to CR when GVE hasn't been a good coach since 2008 is also incredibly worrying.

[pseudonym]

1 hour ago, mack said:

GVE having to point things out to CR when GVE hasn't been a good coach since 2008 is also incredibly worrying.

[Jefski]

On 06/01/2022 at 10:32 PM, sonar said:

We forfeit. 

Forfeit would be a good result, only an automatic 3-0 loss.

 

All jokes aside, how depressing is it to see that there has been not one positive post thus far. Personally, I'm praying for a miracle. 

[Paul01]

Melbourne City FC vs. Western Sydney Wanderers FC
AAMI Park, Melbourne – 6.45pm AEDT
Referee: Alex King Assistants: Anton Shchetinin & Ashley Beecham Fourth Official: Jonathan Barreiro VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones

[Unlimited]

6 hours ago, Jefski said:

Forfeit would be a good result, only an automatic 3-0 loss.

 

All jokes aside, how depressing is it to see that there has been not one positive post thus far. Personally, I'm praying for a miracle. 

I'm pinning my hopes on our women's team today vs Brisbane

[Smoggy]

4-0 loss, happy ******* new year.

[Paul01]

Would like Nabbout to get 2 yellows or a straight red. 

[Jefski]

3 hours ago, Paul01 said:

VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones

And just like that, my hopes of a miracle disappear in a puff of smoke.

[marron]

I'm hoping for a miracle too.

The reason why KGJ interferes with my miracle is because a dodgy VAR decision is potentially an excuse not to sack the fraud following our inevitable defeat. 

[Paul01]

1 hour ago, Jefski said:

And just like that, my hopes of a miracle disappear in a puff of smoke.

KSG hates the Wanderers. I know this from a direct discussion because of Ben Wilson. I have heard from someone i know that he is also a cricket umpire.

[MartinTyler]

4 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

KSG hates the Wanderers. I know this from a direct discussion because of Ben Wilson.

Care to elaborate? What's the Ben Wilson connection?