Wanderers Storm Melbourne For 3 Points

Just saw the post match celebration - the big fella quickly got into the spirit of WDWSF - so good to see.

Hope it's another post-win celebration against those blue muppets this weekend.

3 hours ago, Pup55 said:

“You also have to learn winning again, because last season we lost more than we won. We also have to learn the winning, to be fair the boys did a fantastic job.”

He added: “We were 3-1 up against City and lost 4-3, we were 3-1 against Perth, we lost 4-3. We always found a way to lose.

“Now we find ways to win. Every win helps us a lot to get more confidence and to believe in our strengths.”

Nailed it.

I think he really challenged the guys on the park in the second half to close the match out and make no further subs, even if it risked being a draw, the benefits of them holding out would be too good of a valuable lesson for those players. Especially the likes of Baccus and Willmering and a youngster trying to break through in Sullivan. All they have ever known is how to collapse until then.

4 hours ago, Smoggy said:

They were terrible seats at the Adelaide GF though. The only way you could see the important bits of action was to turn around and look at the big screen directly behind us. That is the reason i was turning around 

You're right - it was a hopeless venue for watching football - so maybe I was doing the same as you.  

On 20/10/2019 at 1:59 PM, Prydzopolis said:

Loving the positivity in this thread, some really nice combinations that have come together in terms of our team, fitness, combinations, a dependable goal keeper (how long since we had one of those), mentality, youth, quality visa players, the senior/youth mix, not conceding towards the end etc but I am not getting carried away with things even though things are looking good in the first two matches.

Victory were horrible, possibly the worst victory performance  I’ve seen against us, in many years. I appreciate that you’ve got to beat the team in front of you but I find it hard to extrapolate that too far out for a top 6 rival. Add in that we were gifted that second goal. 

I feel the drop off towards the end was natural, 2-0 lead you tend to sit back a bit & Victory’s double change. A contributing factor would have  match fitness but it concerns me the way in which the game ended. 

We have essentially changed in almost every aspect from last (three) season(s) & it’s a massive change but I feel it’s too early to talk trophies. Not willing to get too over the top too early, long season ahead.

In the post match Babbel mentions switching from a 3 to a 4 due to fitness of players & Meier. I think last week it showed that with the mobility of Meier how isolated he got up top. Again reinforced with Aussie Pat that his knee is fine but doesn’t want to play him sporadically, once he is back he is first choice & doesn’t want to be subbing or taking him off, with our depth in this position it makes sense.

Hey Prydz, if you love positivity then you might give it a try yourself some time.

You saw a horrible Victory Friday, while others saw a very strong WSW performance for much of the game. Kurz is under the impression that WSW "stayed very compact", and unless I am mistaken: VIC didn't create anything outstanding in the last 20, 25 minutes. So, no, I don't share your concerns.

in he build up to the match MB spoke about the challenge of tuning the training intensity, and I'd say that coaching group was spot on with tactics and physical preparation, and it made the difference.

VIC's late signings for midfield Basha, Dobras, Poulsen only did part time shifts, and Traore was left out altogether. With those four on the pitch for 90 minutes VIC will be a force even without Hoogland and Kruse.

In contrast, our late arrivals Jurman and AMFG played for 90 minutes each, Sullivan has fully recovered from his pre season injury, and Yeboah was fit enough to be subbed on late in the game. Importantly, we had our main man in midfield on the pitch. The absence of Kamau, Elrich, Ziegler and Mueller did not matter.

As far as the title talk is concerned: when Ziegler got off the plane in June, he was very clear what he wants to achieve this season. Rest assured that Schwegler, AMFG, Majewski/Mueller, Dylan Mc, Jurman, Lopar, Georgievski did not join to come second. The same applies for Duke and Yeboah. The club at large, coaching group and players - they all want to win.

I thought I read somewhere that NM flew in last week. Looks like I was wrong. Reports say he's not due to touchdown until Friday and is not expected to play this Saturday. 

babbel trickery  

FWIW: first time that I noticed a HAL match report on the kicker www. They also had a report about all the players and coaches currently in Australia who have BL history. Looks like the league in general and WSW in particular have arrived on the radar.

https://www.kicker.de/4607871/spielbericht

https://www.kicker.de/759805/slideshow/zum_start_in_australien_spieler_und_trainer_mit_deutschland_erfahrung

Not sure where else to put this but......

I know Mack is a massive control freak when it comes to opening match threads.

But surely, this week, the first derby back at our true home, the thread could be opened a little earlier than normal. There's too much discussion going on in a multitude of other threads about this match that should all be contained in one game relevant thread. **** waiting till Thursday or Friday.

I'll leave now.

The logic of when Mack puts up the thread is like when your wife offers sex out of the blue 

you cannot explain it and just take it when it comes 

put the thread up! 
we’re horny as **** right now and it’s only Monday 

24 minutes ago, GunnerWanderer said:

The logic of when Mack puts up the thread is like when your wife offers sex out of the blue 

you cannot explain it and just take it when it comes 

put the thread up! 
we’re horny as **** right now and it’s only Monday 

My point exactly!!

You just happened to be a bit more up front about it.

36 minutes ago, GunnerWanderer said:

The logic of when Mack puts up the thread is like when your wife offers sex out of the blue 

you cannot explain it and just take it when it comes 

put the thread up! 
we’re horny as **** right now and it’s only Monday 

I’d only get a couple of threads a season if that was the case 

@mack could I suggest a general form thread? Or a season thread maybe?

Theres plenty of discussion to be had outside of specific game threads

2 hours ago, GunnerWanderer said:

The logic of when Mack puts up the thread is like when your wife offers sex out of the blue 

you cannot explain it and just take it when it comes 

put the thread up! 
we’re horny as **** right now and it’s only Monday 

Like I said in another thread, if you show you desperately want the new match thread the longer Mack will take to start one  

You could always try starting the derby match yourself of course...it might last 10mins if lucky though.

I usually open the match threads up when I get around to updating the last matches & player databases, because when I don't, I end up with a huge backlog and have to do a bunch in the off-season in a row which is annoying. And because I'm a lazy git, that sometimes takes a while.

I'll see what I can do about opening up the new match thread tonight.

@Upthehill Perhaps we could 'repurpose' the Babbel thread to be a general season posting thread?

I said this towards the end of last season when i could see MB was on the right track with the club not in terms of on field performances but in the back end. He knew what he wanted for this season and the players he wanted to keep on, had an idea of the type of players he wanted to bring in and here we are now.. Bright future ahead if all goes to plan!

IN BABBEL WE TRUST!