Western Sydney Dominate Derby But Draw

What do the Wanderers and a triangle have in common?

They both have 3 points.

Farrrrk so many chances ):

Poljak had his best game of the year but geeze, at 1-1, coming on for last half hour the game was set up for Saba and he basically went awol

So frustrating. But very positive signs!

Ibini had a thong thrown at him. Lol. Westies

Ali Abbas ACL.... Gone.

So frustrating. But very positive signs!

Ibini had a thong thrown at him. Lol. Westies

 

Ali Abbas ACL.... Gone.

Karma for Ali.

1st half excellent. Loads of chances. 2nd half we weren't good enough. 3 points from 7 games isn't good enough. Popas got to have some balls now and lay in to some of his players. Which I'm sure he will.

Next week one minute applause for Abbas' ACL

Hamill killed it. Ran out of puff but ripped it up.

Castelan, snapped so often.

Peter Green still **** ref dog ****

Apart from a couple of ridiculous forays where the ball was seemingly glued to a single player's feet, that was a quite a good performance. To match (better than match, to be honest) one of the pacesetters in the league, and show more than a semblance of team work after some truly terrible games, was a sight to behold in what had been a forgettable season till tonight.

My only gripe from tonight, and I can't believe that I am complaining about this, is the RBB... Of all the nights to have a flat performance, why tonight? Apart from the opening chant, I can't help but feel that the travelling members of the Cove had more energy on display in the stands.

How good was that Tifo? Once again it's about the team and not the other side of Sydney. Can't say the same about every Cove derby tifo. Obsessed.

So which dickhead at nsw police decided to close down o'connell st,

Directing the pedestrian traffic down to the next st where there is half a foot path, and all of the car traffic

Deadset spastics

Karma for Ali.

Does this mean sydney have 2 acl's now? positives from the game were the tifo, our 50 million chances at goal, abbas stumbling off the pitch after diving around earlier on.... as for the cove they should have just sat inside parra pools which would have suited their swimming carnival type chants....the **** you westie scum was hilarious considering half the morons would have gotten on the train at strathfield....this game should have been wrapped up at halftime just like the first game.

Great respect to the Cove who held a game long silence.

Karma for Ali.

The two of us said, when Cory did his ACL that we don't like seeing professional players have bad injuries.

But **** abbass.

Legit couldn't care less for that ****.

- Abass injured

- Great atmosphere

- ACL presented

Only thing missing was the win. Oh well!

Great respect to the Cove who held a game long silence.

even though i bagged them for their chants they were respectful with the hughes memorial plus the chant for him and banner....respect. also the farkers were loud too not bad for small numbers.

 

Great respect to the Cove who held a game long silence.

Loud coz you were close?? Coz didn't hear a peep across the ground.

even though i bagged them for their chants they were respectful with the hughes memorial plus the chant for him and banner....respect. also the farkers were loud too not bad for small numbers.

So frustrating. But very positive signs!

Ibini had a thong thrown at him. Lol. Westies

 

Ali Abbas ACL.... Gone.

Is this confirmed? Wouldn't surprise me, I was at the door of the visitors dressing rooms when he came out on crutches with Terry McFlynn, with a huge brace around his knee just after halftime. One of the ESFC assistants came out and asked where he lived (didn't hear his answer haha) so clearly were taking him home or to the hospital. Looked pretty bad, an ESFC fan walked past and asked him how it was and his one reply was "Bad" with a shake of the head.

Very frustrating result, had about 3-4 chances that should've been put in the back of the net. Bridge isn't a number 10, felt he was quite ordinary tonight and should've buried his one-on-one, let alone absolutely screwing up the shot that fell to Juric for his goal. Saba didn't too good when he came on though, seems like he's always in 2 minds when racing forward on the ball with men making runs in front of him - never knows whether to go himself, or to pass it, and who to pass it to, etc. Not being too critical cause I know it'll take time for him to hit his straps, but expect much more from him when he comes off the bench, particularly considering I would've thought he'd be fired up after the last derby.

Thought we were brilliant in the first half and ran all over ESFC with their defensive, negative football. Clearly played for the draw from the outset. Game hit a lull in the second half and was pretty anti-climactic. Ibini took his goal very well but shouldn't have been given that much space and time.

Overall, yet again a frustrating result but not a bad performance. The win will come - bring on the Roar.

EDIT: yep, just watching the replay now and Tom Chadwick reports he did his ACL.

 

 

Great respect to the Cove who held a game long silence.

Loud coz you were close?? Coz didn't hear a peep across the ground.

even though i bagged them for their chants they were respectful with the hughes memorial plus the chant for him and banner....respect. also the farkers were loud too not bad for small numbers.

yeah mate im in bay 41 and its all families around there no one chants so all night i could hear the esfc fans. very disapointed that no one booed or gave the esfc players stick while they warmed up infront of our fans...a few day trippers on that side in the corner.

Very grumpy....best thing tonight was the RBB's amazing Tifo.

We should have closed out the game in the first half very similar to last week, then for whatever reason it's like we change structure and ease up for the second. Whatever we are doing in the second half of games is not working. We needed the three points more so than they did, why did we not keep at it. Also release the farkn ball from the middle when you look up first time. Ruka, juric making many runs but the feed is very poor as in too slow. Give it first glance when you look up and they are making their runs we had the pace on their backs to get in behind but the execution was lathargic at best from the middle

Can Popa just come out at a press conference and say that he doesn't want peter green or kgj to ref us?

enough already!

 

 

So frustrating. But very positive signs!

Ibini had a thong thrown at him. Lol. Westies

 

Ali Abbas ACL.... Gone.

Is this confirmed? Wouldn't surprise me, I was at the door of the visitors dressing rooms when he came out on crutches with Terry McFlynn, with a huge brace around his knee just after halftime. One of the ESFC assistants came out and asked where he lived (didn't hear his answer haha) so clearly were taking him home or to the hospital. Looked pretty bad, an ESFC fan walked past and asked him how it was and his one reply was "Bad" with a shake of the head.

 

Very frustrating result, had about 3-4 chances that should've been put in the back of the net. Bridge isn't a number 10, felt he was quite ordinary tonight and should've buried his one-on-one, let alone absolutely screwing up the shot that fell to Juric for his goal. Saba didn't too good when he came on though, seems like he's always in 2 minds when racing forward on the ball with men making runs in front of him - never knows whether to go himself, or to pass it, and who to pass it to, etc. Not being too critical cause I know it'll take time for him to hit his straps, but expect much more from him when he comes off the bench, particularly considering I would've thought he'd be fired up after the last derby.

 

Thought we were brilliant in the first half and ran all over ESFC with their defensive, negative football. Clearly played for the draw from the outset. Game hit a lull in the second half and was pretty anti-climactic. Ibini took his goal very well but shouldn't have been given that much space and time.

 

Overall, yet again a frustrating result but not a bad performance. The win will come - bring on the Roar.

 

 

EDIT: yep, just watching the replay now and Tom Chadwick reports he did his ACL.

that goal was junk and no one even bothered to get a leg in before he took his shot....adeleke got shown up there can't understand why he showed him the goal instead of the sideline? we had enough chances to win 6-1 the ruka shot onto the post, the goal line clearance, bridge getting stopped by the keeper...ruka again... this was our best chance to beat these ****heads but we bombed out on it...they were missing some very good players in dimitrijevic, gamiero and abbas...i thought we once again looked on fire from the start and fizzled out by the end of it. This is surely now a problem as it has occurred in the pat 3 consecutive matches...i think we are trying to blast teams off the park from the start in the hope we hold a lead after slotting a few then defend it out. We are no good at chasing a result and play better from in front... we could have easily been on 9 points now if half those chances went in over the past 3 games.... as for castellen... youre skillful mate but farking taking a shot once youve created some space no point walking the ball to the net.

Ruka is brilliant.  

That is all.

We should have closed out the game in the first half very similar to last week, then for whatever reason it's like we change structure and ease up for the second. Whatever we are doing in the second half of games is not working. We needed the three points more so than they did, why did we not keep at it. Also release the farkn ball from the middle when you look up first time. Ruka, juric making many runs but the feed is very poor as in too slow. Give it first glance when you look up and they are making their runs we had the pace on their backs to get in behind but the execution was lathargic at best from the middle

we need a mid to carry the ball forward and release when right...too many times tonight we over cooked passes or didnt release at the right moment....we seem to create chances though which is positive. I am sick of also seeing no shots from the edge of the area too... sometimes these shots can catch a deflection and go in. Castellen should shoot more as his runs are excellent...he finds space and has quick feet...should shoot. Week by week that front 3 are geling and it'll be a deadly trio thats for sure.

 

 

So frustrating. But very positive signs!

Ibini had a thong thrown at him. Lol. Westies

 

Ali Abbas ACL.... Gone.

Is this confirmed? Wouldn't surprise me, I was at the door of the visitors dressing rooms when he came out on crutches with Terry McFlynn, with a huge brace around his knee just after halftime. One of the ESFC assistants came out and asked where he lived (didn't hear his answer haha) so clearly were taking him home or to the hospital. Looked pretty bad, an ESFC fan walked past and asked him how it was and his one reply was "Bad" with a shake of the head.

 

Very frustrating result, had about 3-4 chances that should've been put in the back of the net. Bridge isn't a number 10, felt he was quite ordinary tonight and should've buried his one-on-one, let alone absolutely screwing up the shot that fell to Juric for his goal. Saba didn't too good when he came on though, seems like he's always in 2 minds when racing forward on the ball with men making runs in front of him - never knows whether to go himself, or to pass it, and who to pass it to, etc. Not being too critical cause I know it'll take time for him to hit his straps, but expect much more from him when he comes off the bench, particularly considering I would've thought he'd be fired up after the last derby.

 

Thought we were brilliant in the first half and ran all over ESFC with their defensive, negative football. Clearly played for the draw from the outset. Game hit a lull in the second half and was pretty anti-climactic. Ibini took his goal very well but shouldn't have been given that much space and time.

 

Overall, yet again a frustrating result but not a bad performance. The win will come - bring on the Roar.

 

 

EDIT: yep, just watching the replay now and Tom Chadwick reports he did his ACL.

that goal was junk and no one even bothered to get a leg in before he took his shot....adeleke got shown up there can't understand why he showed him the goal instead of the sideline? we had enough chances to win 6-1 the ruka shot onto the post, the goal line clearance, bridge getting stopped by the keeper...ruka again... this was our best chance to beat these ****heads but we bombed out on it...they were missing some very good players in dimitrijevic, gamiero and abbas...i thought we once again looked on fire from the start and fizzled out by the end of it. This is surely now a problem as it has occurred in the pat 3 consecutive matches...i think we are trying to blast teams off the park from the start in the hope we hold a lead after slotting a few then defend it out. We are no good at chasing a result and play better from in front... we could have easily been on 9 points now if half those chances went in over the past 3 games.... as for castellen... youre skillful mate but farking taking a shot once youve created some space no point walking the ball to the net.

 

Agree, it was woeful defending, but Ibini did well to run with it and finish it off.

I'd agree with this also, love Castelen and what he offers to our side but he seems so reluctant to shoot for some unknown reason. Had plenty of chances to shoot from distance but never did, and thats been the case for a few games so far.

2154... Take a deep breath bro.

And watch Popa speak to Fox guys post game. I agree with it all.

To the girl in bay 54 bright red hair...... Woah!!!!! Shut the gates!!!!! Ohh yeh good game too.... Just f.....u....k....n shoot

2154... Take a deep breath bro.

And watch Popa speak to Fox guys post game. I agree with it all.

yeah mate im relaxed ha ha just annoyed we havent banked 3 pointers after being so dominant during these matches. I mention the castellen thing because its frustrating to see a player with lots of skill beat players but fail to finish the brilliant work without a shot on goal. We're on the way up and you can see our starts are getting more impressive each week...if we slot half these chances in the opening stages we get up by 2 or 3 in each game. At the end of the day we just need to finish 5th or 6th and we are a way better side than the 4 above us.

AAAAAARGH so frustrating. How many chances do we need????!!!!! Ball just won't go in at the moment. Some great passages of play during the 1st half. The chances are there just no one wants to stick them in the back of the net. 

La Rocca didn't even get a yellow for destroying Abbas' knee lol.

Taking off Castelen ruined us going forward. He was probably exhausted but Saba didn't do anything. Still waiting for him to spark. 

Adeleke too laid back for my liking. Someone give him a wack over the head and tell him to get some urgency. I thought he was quick enough to get to that Ibini ball. 

Another 2 points dropped. 

Also I've gotta be honest...thought the RBB was the quietest they've ever been at a derby. Despite what it sounds like on the coverage (watching the replay now) we were defs later in the stadium, but still pretty quiet...dunno what it was. The tifo was brilliant but think we let the boys down a bit in the stands tonight.