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    By mack

    A series of defensive lapses combined with awful finishing to see the Western Sydney Wanderers lose 3-1 to Brisbane Roar.

     

    The opening match of the season ended with the away side stealing the 3 points. Jamie McClaren, the new Brisbane #9, scored in the 9th minute, pouncing on a dreadful backpass from Hamill before chipping Andrew Redmayne to open the scoring.

     

    Mitch Nichols gave the 14,000 strong crowd something to cheer just minutes later, as he was played through on goal by Scott Jamieson, before closing in and finishing smartly from an acute angle to level the match at 1-1.

     

    Brisbane were back in front after 22 minutes, new signing Corona whipping a corner to the near post where it was met by Daniel Bowles with a powerful header that the Wanderers defender on the back post couldn't stop going over the line.

     

    Another failure of set piece defence had the Roar take a 3-1 lead into the break, another Corona corner whipped into the near post, the ball bounced against a pair of Roar players before falling neatly into the path of McClaren who had his double by firing home from point blank range. Despite huffing and puffing, Western Sydney weren't able to pull a goal back in the second half and continued their run of 4 opening round matches without a win.

     

    It could be said that the Wanderers had the better control of open play, but football isn't just about open play, two atrocious attempts at set piece defending and the Hamill backpass left the Wanderers with a mountain to climb and it was never going to be easy to get back to level pegging, and it proved such.

     

    The Wanderers need to get their full first team outfit on the park week after week or they will continue to struggle. The ongoing problems in both defensive and offensive set pieces still exist despite another pre-season to work on them, and once again a lack of accurate finishing cost the club any hope of taking points from this match. The one positive of the Thursday kick-off is that there is as much time as possible until the next match.

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    smp

    Defence looked as shaky tonight as it did all last season. I haven't seen any of the preseason matches but tonight did not fill me with confidence.

     

    It's also going to be a quiet season for Piovaccari if that's the type of service the lads are going to give him...

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    Chrissy

    The good:

    • Nichols

    • Castelen

    • Jamieson

    • The attendance

    • The atmosphere

    • The fact that the season is finally back on

    • The chances we created

    The bad:

    • Pretty much everything else

    (The wasted chances, the finishing, fred, sotirio, the defence as a whole, bay53)

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    jocosmic

    The boys need some time to gel. Their were some promising signs in the beginning. Pressing high, creativity in the mids, but even from those beginning moments where we were dominating the meow, they just looked more polished. Every time we had the ball, we looked shaky and no move looked thoroughly planned out.

    The goals we gave away were absolutely dreadful. Hamill wasn't up to the task tonight. Piovaccari didn't show too much promise at all. Our positives were Nichols and Castelen.

    The better team won tonight. We have some work to do. It's only round 1. Yes our lads didn't give the best performance but I think in time they'll get a better feel for this new system that is being implemented. I think the fact that we have literally a brand new team is a good thing considering we are changing the style of play.

     

    Anyway, onwards and upwards. Cheers to the new season.

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    sasam

    Seriously, you cannot blame Fred. The bloke can't score without service!

     

    Only positives for me tonight were Nichols and Jamo.

     

    We need a keeper that commands his 6yard box !

    Redmayne is an ok shot stopper , but is weak with his feet and coming off his line, especially on corners

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    JayZko

    Your so positive ghost, I thought that was one of the most ******* **** performances of a Wanderers side ever that lazy **** federico give us our ******* money back

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    WestSyd

    It's going to be a long season. Attack has potential. Defence needs some serious fixing. Midfield is just average.

     

    Piovacarri doesn't need better service. He just needs to take the simple option when he is in front of goal.

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    WestSyd

    Agree on nichols and casta had some good moments. Really strugling for positives after that

    Castelen really frustrates me. Nichols knows how to play.

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    smp

     

    Agree on nichols and casta had some good moments. Really strugling for positives after that

    Castelen really frustrates me. Nichols knows how to play.

     

     

    Butters was a highlight, for sure. Castelen shows so many flashes of brilliance, but then he drifts wide to the right in the box and tries to squeeze off a shot towards the near post. Drives me mad. I wish he'd shoot earlier in his runs.

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    WSW27

    Mack or Blakanite can you please implement a block feature for the mobile site.

     

    We'll be a different team with our fill starting 11, not happy with either GK though. I'll take a 5-3 win each week.

     

    Also, flood light on south stand needs to go!

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