Tiki Taka Gets Gombau Nada

why take the match out of melbourne?
what threat was that?

lol what are the odds in that

 

 

So raining on gameday seems to be the usual now,

we just need it to rain after the game for us to win, what's the forecast for Tuesday??

 

13 degrees at kick off

6-20mm at 80%

Winds 35-50km/h

13 degrees and 35-50km/h winds???

gonna be freaking freezing..

I always wanted to go and experience the Old Firm. Looks like I won't have to go Scotland after all.

Seriously though it sucks it won't be warmer. Having Kashima play us early in their season on a warm day in parra would've been a nice advantage for us

Good win loved watching Adelaide implode. I don't think we can play juric and bulut together

  

I always get frustrated at how we lose a lot of those 50/50 balls and give away cheap free kicks close to goal (even with 10 v 11). Some of the gifts given to Adelaide at the end by Tanaka and Trifiro was woeful. With the advantage we had they shouldn't have had so many chances to equalise.

Also Bulut and Bridge appear to me to be the only players who really know how to score goals. I really don't have a lot of faith in the others.

I think that's why having Santa on the sideline most of the season hurt us so badly

FFA screwed up the draw this season and pushed the GF date back a week. The AFL booked in matches all 3 nights at Eithad and Saturday/Sunday at the MCG.

 

FFA don't want to play at AAMI Park because it won't make enough money for the FFA.

FFA screwed up the draw this season and pushed the GF date back a week. The AFL booked in matches all 3 nights at Eithad and Saturday/Sunday at the MCG.

 

FFA don't want to play at AAMI Park because it won't make enough money for the FFA.

They'll just charge more money, 

 

they charged a fortune for people in Perth to watch Australia play Bangledesh...

It's going to be a smurf victard grandfinal .I reckon it will end in penaltys like in 2010 . hopefully we can call esfc chokers

I had two poofters stand next to me in bay 57 tonight, contributing nothing, standing like statues spending the whole game drinking red wine. WTF. I was embarrassed. Go and support Sydney FC with that sort of carry on.

 

Also, that crowd figure was complete bullshit. Where the **** are they pulling these numbers from? There was at least double figures there tonight.

My theory is since pirtek stadium is run by the NSW government, lower attendance numbers = less chance of upgrade.

I dont understand why people get so exited about bulut. Maybe because of his tatoos

No, as far as I could see most people stayed to the end.... 

 

 

Good win loved watching Adelaide implode. I don't think we can play juric and bulut together

Punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!               

loved how our first goal was just us running straight through the middle. Great play by Mateo to make the goal and then a good run by Bridge. Sometimes we just need to do something different as Mateo did tonight.

I think we are a much more dangerous team when we play a more direct style. That first goal is an example. Straight through the middle and then a through ball to lead to the penalty. Second goal was also a though ball up the middle.

 

Even in the past we have always played best when we have got it quickly to our frontman through the middle, and then have the winger and attacking mids coming in from behind to pick up any scraps. Crosses or slow build ups seem to be an absolute waste of time for us.

 

As does throw ins, corners or any other dead ball situation...

 

I had two poofters stand next to me in bay 57 tonight, contributing nothing, standing like statues spending the whole game drinking red wine. WTF. I was embarrassed. Go and support Sydney FC with that sort of carry on.

Also, that crowd figure was complete bullshit. Where the **** are they pulling these numbers from? There was at least double figures there tonight.

My theory is since pirtek stadium is run by the NSW government, lower attendance numbers = less chance of upgrade.

It seems to be across the league, not confined just to us. There's at least one questionable attendance figure each round.

 

I dont understand why people get so exited about bulut. Maybe because of his tatoos

 

No, as far as I could see most people stayed to the end.... 

 

 

Good win loved watching Adelaide implode. I don't think we can play juric and bulut together

 

Punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!               

loved how our first goal was just us running straight through the middle. Great play by Mateo to make the goal and then a good run by Bridge. Sometimes we just need to do something different as Mateo did tonight.

I think we are a much more dangerous team when we play a more direct style. That first goal is an example. Straight through the middle and then a through ball to lead to the penalty. Second goal was also a though ball up the middle.

Even in the past we have always played best when we have got it quickly to our frontman through the middle, and then have the winger and attacking mids coming in from behind to pick up any scraps. Crosses or slow build ups seem to be an absolute waste of time for us.

As does throw ins, corners or any other dead ball situation...

To be perfectly honest though, it's not just us. Most of the set pieces and dead ball situations in the aleague are sub par and result in little to nothing.

 

I dont understand why people get so exited about bulut. Maybe because of his tatoos

No, as far as I could see most people stayed to the end.... 

 

 

Good win loved watching Adelaide implode. I don't think we can play juric and bulut together

Punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!               

loved how our first goal was just us running straight through the middle. Great play by Mateo to make the goal and then a good run by Bridge. Sometimes we just need to do something different as Mateo did tonight.

I think we are a much more dangerous team when we play a more direct style. That first goal is an example. Straight through the middle and then a through ball to lead to the penalty. Second goal was also a though ball up the middle.

 

Even in the past we have always played best when we have got it quickly to our frontman through the middle, and then have the winger and attacking mids coming in from behind to pick up any scraps. Crosses or slow build ups seem to be an absolute waste of time for us.

 

As does throw ins, corners or any other dead ball situation...

 

Corners are always painful to watch.  When Adelaide took theirs they always looked very dangerous.  All season whenever we took ours it was as if a group of our players wandered into their box, someone hoofs the ball somewhere towards the direction of the box from the corner and players in box realise a ball is headed in their direction and bump aimlessly off the players around them until either ball goes out having totally missed said box or keeper catches ball.

Edited April 18, 2015 by TheDugong

It's because 99% of the balls delivered into the box are slow, looping crosses that give the keep all the advantage cause they're so easy to catch. Drill it in low and hard at head height and with the pace, it turns into a pin ball machine and even the faintest of touches can be dangerous and unpredictable.

In the off season there are worse ways they could spend money than hiring someone in from overseas for a few weeks as a dead ball specialist coach.  For a team with so many tall players we should be monstering teams in dead ball situations.  Instead I can't recall a single situation we were remotely threatening.

The biggest issue that we've had at conceding corners for the last few months is that teams are now targeting us. One issue is that despite having some of the tallest players in the league we never clear the ball first time & the second issue is that neither of our goal keepers command the box or come out to catch the ball directly off a corner. Opposition sides have picked up on this & have started doing the following:

- Inswinging corners (as opposed to outswingers which seems to be the latest trend), not many teams have had accurate enough corners for this to be truly effective (Mooy being one of the players we've played against that has the most accurate/deadly set pieces)

- Placing 4-6 attackers directly infront & around our goalkeepers giving them absolutely no room to move. Add in the fact that you've got just as many defenders in there plus a couple of defenders marking zonally, there are up to 10-14 players surrounding the goal keeper within a few metres vicinity.

The issue this creates is that there is already some uncertainty regarding our keepers ability to command his box, but the extra pressure of so many bodies in the way means that he stays back on the line & hopes the defenders can do the job for him. Even if the ball is hit right at the keepers, they've got no choice but to punch it!

 

In attacking set pieces and corners, our biggest issue is the delivery. All season this has been a problem but never in our three seasons of our existence have we ever been prolific from the dead balls situation. Part of the problem is the fact that none of our taller players are that good at getting good power/direction in attacking headers but the biggest problem, especially this season has been the delivery into the box. The amount of wasted balls that can't even clear the first man or has just been knocked into the mix without being in the vincinity of our attacking players is just not good enough. Our record from corners is so poor, I wonder why we bother anymore, just go short & look to recycle posession as we will have a better opportunity of actually scoring a goal!

In the off season there are worse ways they could spend money than hiring someone in from overseas for a few weeks as a dead ball specialist coach.  For a team with so many tall players we should be monstering teams in dead ball situations.  Instead I can't recall a single situation we were remotely threatening.

 

At least our corners clear the first defender this season... 

It's going to be a smurf victard grandfinal .I reckon it will end in penaltys like in 2010 . hopefully we can call esfc chokers

I already consider the Smurfs to be a bunch of "sword swallowers" n " chokers" .........

Great win obviously..........particularly after the first half rubbish

- Cop that Adelaide - your number #7 (Sanchez?) carried on like a pork chop in every yellow card. I wanted him to be sent off rather than Boogard. Complete tosser of the highest order. Karma bites after the earlier matches in the season. 

- Bulut TIFO - pointless to me. If it was directed at the club, they are hampered by something called the salary cap. And if the reports that Bulut's attitude is similar to Saba, then let him go, no matter if he scores goals. 

- No way there was less than 10K............the Eels would post that as a crowd of 12-13K easily.

- Mateo was very good. That yellow he got was a joke

- Memo to the Adelaide United supporters there - you need one chant that "U-nite-ed'............your team is boring and so are your supporters. 

 

Now to stay off the bottom for one more round............

 

 

The Bulut tifo was useless. Welcome to a salary cap league. This is the reality, the dollars that he deserves cant be met by the club even if they tried. Get rid of the cap and no problem. 

"And if the reports that Bulut's attitude is similar to Saba"

 

Whats the source for this statement?

I can't stand that the players are aloud to get away with so much with the refs. I bloody hate it.

 

We all see bad decisions. We all hate on the ref.

 

They call it passion or the heat of the moment.

I call bullshit.

I hate it so much, that if I was 10 years younger I'd make a strong play to become a referee boss and sort the crap the eff out.

Will copy and oaste and continue in a different thread.

 

Yeah baby that's a win woohoo

Great win obviously..........particularly after the first half rubbish

- Cop that Adelaide - your number #7 (Sanchez?) carried on like a pork chop in every yellow card. I wanted him to be sent off rather than Boogard. Complete tosser of the highest order. Karma bites after the earlier matches in the season.

- Bulut TIFO - pointless to me. If it was directed at the club, they are hampered by something called the salary cap. And if the reports that Bulut's attitude is similar to Saba, then let him go, no matter if he scores goals.

- No way there was less than 10K............the Eels would post that as a crowd of 12-13K easily.

- Mateo was very good. That yellow he got was a joke

- Memo to the Adelaide United supporters there - you need one chant that "U-nite-ed'............your team is boring and so are your supporters.

 

Now to stay off the bottom for one more round............

 

 

The Bulut tifo was useless. Welcome to a salary cap league. This is the reality, the dollars that he deserves cant be met by the club even if they tried. Get rid of the cap and no problem.

Have to agree with you on all counts.

The way Sanchez carried on was disgraceful he disputed all calls and urged the ref to give cards on every foul.

What is the kick up about the RBB banner?

 

It was just a simple attempt to try and keep our Auburn boy here where he belongs. Or was there another meaning?

What is the kick up about the RBB banner?

 

It was just a simple attempt to try and keep our Auburn boy here where he belongs. Or was there another meaning?

Unless you're an English teacher im not sure how anyone could find another meaning in it. It looked pretty clear and concise to me what it meant...

Especially with the dollar signs, it was pretty clear the message was to the club that Bulut is worth the money so set aside a little more of the cap for him.

 

Members only crap needs to go..... Big difference when it's a ACL game

Explain banana, are you referring to the members day or the RBB being members only?

Yep

Especially with the dollar signs, it was pretty clear the message was to the club that Bulut is worth the money so set aside a little more of the cap for him.

I certainly hope the club set aside a little more for Bulut.

Ah we played shithouse for most of the game but somehow won it. Take the win but it was ugly trying to watch us hold onto the ball. I know we don't want the spoon but will we have the energy for Tuesdays game now and popa needs to move Yojirio up the field he plays to deep and again the Bulut and Juric combo doesn't work.

Ah we played shithouse for most of the game but somehow won it. Take the win but it was ugly trying to watch us hold onto the ball. I know we don't want the spoon but will we have the energy for Tuesdays game now and popa needs to move Yojirio up the field he plays to deep and again the Bulut and Juric combo doesn't work.

Agree on all these points.

Ah we played shithouse for most of the game but somehow won it. Take the win but it was ugly trying to watch us hold onto the ball. I know we don't want the spoon but will we have the energy for Tuesdays game now and popa needs to move Yojirio up the field he plays to deep and again the Bulut and Juric combo doesn't work.

4-4-2 only worked because they had a man sent off, otherwise they would have had an extra man in midfield & been even more dominant. Can only see a 4-4-2 on Tuesday in the last 15-20 minutes if we are down & are going for the win. If it's an end to end game, then I think it'd be better to have the extra midfielder & bring on a fresh forward (Juric if Bulut starts) & bring Trifiro or Baccus on the field partnering La Rocca to play Yojiro further up the field.

Edited April 19, 2015 by Prydzopolis

"And if the reports that Bulut's attitude is similar to Saba"

 

Whats the source for this statement?

The truth is these statements always get thrown about as if people are insiders and know whats happening. They dont. Its all just speculation.

 

"And if the reports that Bulut's attitude is similar to Saba"

 

Whats the source for this statement?

The truth is these statements always get thrown about as if people are insiders and know whats happening. They dont. Its all just speculation.

 

 

Without speculation this forum would be down to three posts and shiteload of Fapman maps