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Pretty simple, No Archie, No Victory. Side looks slow and the ball movement is at a snails pace.

Think by the end of the year Alex Terra will be in the best four or five in the A-League.
 
SCOOP said:
Pretty simple, No Archie, No Victory.

yeah we're really strugglin in the final 3rd, but it's not just because of archie, but because carlos is down on form and confidence atm. but it'll come... just hope it's not too late. we're already 10 points behind adelaide.
 
Caught up with Bobby and boy is this fella ecstatic with the Heart. He's a very busy fella these days and is in charge of the team's after match functions, he even sends a wink and smile to Ian4.

Miss his input on this forum.
 
Ian4 said:
fair play to he heart. we should have stolen a point in the end but we didn't really deserve it. great atmoshere at aami last night. can't wait for the re-match.

i believe the capacity is 30050. it was the heart end that wasn't full

what % of the crowd were heart fans?
 
vinnie70 said:
As well as being slow the MV look really short to me. Allsop, for all his other weaknesses, was tall.

And he scored goals. We haven't really had a big target frontman worth his salt since - and the play of Archie, Kruse etc suffers as a result.
 
60/40 fan split in victorys favour I reckon.
IMO only one team turned up to play and attack the ball.
MV was horrible and that's being kind. No pace. No system. Conceded the space out wide too easily.
If we'd stolen a point it would have been the biggest heist since Ronnie Biggs and his crew.
 
Like the football Heart are trying to play. Will go a long way to improving the standard of the A league and development of our young players. Need more coaches like Van't Schip in the system.
 
poppa x said:
60/40 fan split in victorys favour I reckon.
IMO only one team turned up to play and attack the ball.
MV was horrible and that's being kind. No pace. No system. Conceded the space out wide too easily.
If we'd stolen a point it would have been the biggest heist since Ronnie Biggs and his crew.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) I missed this game so can't comment.. i do need to get along to a Heart game just to see how they play.
 
Nice win by Viktree but honestly Sydney have nothing. If Brosque is off form they can't score.

Hernandez was immense. Both in play and stomach size. How Sydney could let him score from a header beggars belief. Melbourne still could be up there if we get our act together....

Kellaway is rubbish.
 
yeah nothing to get excited about, but we'll gladly take the 3 points. sydney are just crap this year. saturday was the 5 year annnivesary of the 5-0 win against them in season 1 and we should have put 5 or 6 against them. we have brisbane and adelaide the next 2 weeks... this will give us a better idea of how we're travelling. good to see carlos get the monkey off the back though.

as for kellway, he reminds me of matty white... lightening quick but has brain explosions.

did you see matt thompsons goal for heart? as i much as i hate heart i actually have a bit of an admiration for thompson. he always killed us when he played for newcastle. that goal was pure class.
 
Ian4 said:
as for kellway, he reminds me of matty white... lightening quick but has brain explosions.

and no skill. Weak shot, mistimed runs, fell over the ball, can't defend. I don't blame Merrick, Kellaway is probably all we have left in that position off the bench at the moment. In his favour he runs and tries hard.

did you see matt thompsons goal for heart? as i much as i hate heart i actually have a bit of an admiration for thompson. he always killed us when he played for newcastle. that goal was pure class.

He did always do well against us, I'll check it out.
 
Ian4 said:
did you see matt thompsons goal for heart? as i much as i hate heart i actually have a bit of an admiration for thompson. he always killed us when he played for newcastle. that goal was pure class.

world class
 
Victroy sign Cernak. Good get. Think this boy is one of the rising stars of Oz football.

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/186352,victory-swoop-for-cernak.aspx
 
cernak is a quality kid. great coup by victory.

unfortunately for north queensland their future isn't yet confirmed beyond this season so they can't sign any of their current squad beyond this season. i believe david williams is the only player signed for next season... so basically with the poaching season now open, their players are ripe for the picking.

victory will also be undergoing big changes next year with more than half their squad out of contract. expect a couple of older players to retire (ie muscat and pondles), mediocre players let go (ie. angulo and berger) and perhaps a couple of our young guns to try their luck in europe (ie. kruse and dugandzic).