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And Mack, Stephen is definately not English.

So I don't want to get overtly political with this. And sometimes it's tricky to explain. Stephen Mallon is from Belfast, so northern Ireland. He could play for either Ireland or the entity known as Northern Ireland. However Stephen is a nationalist and thus choose to play for Ireland (Republic of), not UK, nothing to do with UK. Clear as? Thought so.

I'd prefer to look at it as we've lost 6 games at a souless, neutral venue, which should be considered a crime against architecture. It truly is the worst ground I've ever been to. Worse than even the worst Eastern European 70s excesses.

Are you a Philosopher? It sums up brilliantly, not just our team at the moment, but so many things in life. Babbel IN. [in fact I'd have him as PLAYER/Coach, that's keep the defence on thier toes. Hamill epitomises 'those who just aren't good enough'. Absolutely great team bloke, gives everything he has, but he's got the turning circle of a road-train and the reaction time of a pigeon.

Well at least we're vert consistent.

Pre match we went to a different Korean BBQ place in Lidcombe. Geez it was bloody good, cheap and had nice beer. I knew it was going to be the best part of the night. Were Adelaide wearing our best every away kit design? Were we assuming that Marcelo Bielsa had a spy at the game and we were attempting to double cross him? Can somebody please talk to Kamau about END PRODUCT. I like the guy. He's good. But release quicker. Positives are Fitzy. Cordier. Tass. Russell. There's something about Yeboah - cult hero 2021. Roly's free kick - it'll be a few seasons before we see one that good. Fair play to the RBB, the percussion section especially. In 12 months time, when we're basking in the glory of derby wins, regular 25k+ crowds and the pleasant ambiance of Parramatta, the drabness of lacklustre rubbish in front of 7,000, will seem like a distant memory. Our team will rise again, if only to spite the begrugers.

Yep, I'm happy with Babbel. I think our problems have been - Too many player changes, we get pretty much a new team every year. - Poor selections for Marquees.

Dissappointing but a lot better. Have we reached a turning point? Are the team finally dancing to the new beat of the Babbel drum? Yeboah, off to good start. Interesting how he squared lovely passes for goals 2 & 3 I think Riera (all about me) would have gone solo and fluffed both of them. Fitzgerald's corners. Best since Ono. Every corner is now a goal chance. It'll be interesting to see how we go from here on in. Two games against Brisbane, Mariners, Jets and City. And then we stuff up Easts Finals run in the penultimate game at SOP. End of season celebration, away to Mariners. But we have to STOP conceding the same goal every game, Perth's 3rd in behind our left full back. [Hamill slow to react, again?]

I went last night. Don't know why. I reckon it's a game those present will remember. A turning point of the nadir. In future we can delete that period of history between the Adelaide GF and the Wellington 2-3 lose from our history. The forgotten times in exile. Riera just can't be bothered. Roly is past it. Llorente is over. Not convinced about Ziegler and Baumjohann, but if anyone can get the best out of them, surely Babbel can. So our big money signings are sh1te/ at best average and lets be honest have been for a while. Victory and Easts, show what can be achieved with a value, yet big spend, team spine. It's the little things that are frustrating Nux winner, didn't we concede the same goal in both the last games? [little dink in behind full back] We're slow. Elrich. Hamill... turning circle of a road train. Kamau... can you look at some video of your games... END PRODUCT? But look, underneath it all, is there something about to break through? Baccus, getting better each game O'Doherty & Russell not bad prospects Some of the other youngsters have showed some goodness Fitz looked good last night - his corners/crosses better than most (big names included) He whipped them in, not big loopy nonsense behind Riera's head. (and he's at least a bit committed) I like Kamau - can he watch the grand final video and can someone show him when the net is. And there was a bit of spirit and commitment there. We all felt good, for a minute when Baccus scored. And, I lost the run of myself and thought we were actually more likely to score a winner. And finally, I do wonder what the hell the architect(s) were thinking. That stadium is simply a crime against architecture & design. I really searched for a redeeming feature of that place, and couldn't find one. Is it too late to tell the government that they're demolishing the wrong stadium?

Surel, nobody is surprised we can't even score with a penalty?

8,300 according to ABC radio

I really hate typing this. But. I just couldn't be arsed going tonight.

Ah Italy 1994. The only game they lost in 90 minutes?.... the first one.... against Ireland.

Very difficult start. The really disappointing thing about the Cup Semi was we didn't even look like a team. It was as if the half time instruction, was 'lads take it easy it's only a trial game'. With everyone trying to get a place in the squad. There's an apparent lack of unity. No team-ness. No little groups or links. We desperantly need some links - Poljak-LaRocca, Polenz-Hersi. And Ono-Mooy seem like years ago. It's the little groups that knit together to form the fine-embroidery of a good team. We just don't seem to have it. With others, [Mariners/Jets] getting better around us, I fear for the season. But at least it's the last one, parking at Lidcombe.

Very very poor. We're a long way from even being a team. Llorente epitomised the utter lack of anything. It'll be a long hard season.