Scoreless Scrap In Seoul

Injuries, missed opportunities and dropped points.

Great effort from the boys, created several good chances, just need a bit more composure in front of goal and put them away. Should've won it, but a point is OK. We'll beat them at home again like last time.

I am happy with the draw considering that we hardly have enough players to put on the field.Covic seems to be back and Topo had a blinder. Romeo was a bit off today but improved in the 2nd halve. Hopefully we will have some players back for the return leg.

A draw is an ok result, but far out we had some chances to win the game.

hopefully Spira and Juric are okay, 
will they fly straight to Germany??

- Bulut could have had a two had he just had a bit more composure in front of goal, this could prove cruical in the upcoming match days. Haliti's screamer deserved better

- last thing we needed was losing Spira & Juric in one game. We are basically losing 1 or 2 bodies per match now. Impossible schedule is impossible. Just hope NTS isn't suffering too much because he didn't look good (was immense tonight)

- when you consider they had no shots on target, you have to say it was a wonderful defensive performance tonight, offensively it was much like our past ACL campaigns. Not too much play through mid field, look to hit on the counter or win the ball up the field.

- Has to be our strongest XI on the park tonight & I'd like Popa to try to keep the boys fresh for the ACL matches as much as possible. It's a tight group (GE beating Antlers meaning GE 9, FC Seoul & WSW 4, Antlers 0) so getting a result against Antlers at home will be important but the game against FC Seoul at home will determine who progresses through with our group.

- All in all, you have to wonder who will be ready to play Saturday. There are plenty of injuries & tired bodies at the moment, just hope we can put in a decent performance with whatever fit bodies we have available. I said it last week & I'll say it again. The FFA really need to make sure they help teams performing in the ACL & not hinder progress or penalise teams for there success.

- Romeo performance was off tonight, got dominated every time he tried to take on his man & only got some success when he came central. Funny how average players like Haliti, Cole, bridge & Trifiro play well in ACL but struggle to have as much impact domestically. Tonight it was the opposite, a class player in the Aleague & pretty much our best attacking weapon but looked half as imposing or effective tonight.

Should've at least slotted one of 3 chances in. Goalkeepers continue to play invincible against us.

Coming into this game, we had so many injuries and we were all happy with the draw.. So I'll take it.

If you watch the replay Bulut fires that ball straight at the keeper.

I don't like being overly critical, and I'm happy with the point, but I think that was the chance.

Injuries, missed opportunities and dropped points.

Hello darkness my old friend...

We dominated the game, very unlucky not to win. Very proud of the effort they put in tonight. If we can play like that at home, we will win. Good stuff

The counter attacking style we played tonight in the ACL reminds me of our season 1.

I don't think we dominated the game though, we were defending the most of the 2nd half.

Still second on the table. And it was an away game. I'll take the point.

hopefully Spira and Juric are okay, 

will they fly straight to Germany??

Wish we'd sign a striker who can actually put the ball over that white line... the one with the net behind it. Ruka seems to be getting worse the longer the season goes on. He's starting to make Appiah-Kubi's touch look masterly. What is it with Castelen? One week a firecracker, a class above the rest of the team, the next week a damp squib.

Oh and btw, first time listening to Ned Zelic, he is terrible.. made my ears bleed...

posession is hopeless, long balls hoofed fwd with no real control of the match or the ball, kalmar needs to play more to give us more through ball options instead of the same predictable long ball hit n hope to our fwds. Bulut is hungry and i like how our fwds like in season 1 are pressing again much faster, only prob is good asian teams are able to get out of the hard press and play their way out of it.

Almost the perfect game for the prosecuting case waged by anti-sokkah fans.

Take out maybe 2-3 mins when we had those scoring opportunities we looked unimaginative and tired. However we have all the reasons/excuses for such a grinding, frustrating effort. FC See-owl (as Ned would call them)? Take out Char Du Ri & they were arguably even more impotent.

Ned Zelic is great, better than Andy Harper

Ned Zelic is great, better than Andy Harper

That's like saying warm beer is better than warm flat beer. 

 

Ned Zelic is great, better than Andy Harper

 

That's like saying warm beer is better than warm flat beer. 

 

Things are getting interesting in the other group game

Things are getting interesting in the other group game

 

2-2 now!

Entertaining game.. Cheeky English Live stream -> http://vipbox.biz/soccer/watch-1he72-guangzhou-evergrande-vs-kashima-antlers

We all hope that game ends in a draw.

Goulart just scored a screamer, His 2nd goal of the game.

3-2 Nevergrande..

NO!!!

We need GE to win all their games against Kashima & Seoul.

Full time

GE 4 - Kashima 3

NO!!!

We need GE to win all their games against Kashima & Seoul.

Well.. GE won

Explain.

The more points GE get against Seoul & Kashima the better.

Baring an upset in the return game between Seoul & GE, provided we get at least 4 points against Seoul (3pts) & Kashima (1pt) at home, we should qualify 2nd.

Current Table GE - 9, WSW - 4, FCSeoul - 4, Kashima - 0.

Two home wins needed to avoid dramas

Taurus is correct, with a strong Evergrade out in the lead another loss to them means little if we can salvage points against the others.

We're positioned "favourably" to take second spot due to the home games in hand.

Anything can happen though, hence use of the word favourably.