Derby Draw At Least We Didn't Lose

Our midfield didn't control the centre of the park and they exposed us down the flanks as a result. We looked clueless defending wider positions and we're lucky to not have been punished. The centre half pairing didn't work. There was no understanding.

A lot of our balls were negative or unnecessary short balls resulting from dallying on the ball. Bridge was making fine attacking runs and too few times was there a ball to feed him through to link up with Nichols.

On a positive note, Vidosic put in a good shift attacking aerial balls and was unlucky not to get a brace.

**** the Smurfs

Good title. Exactly how I felt straight after the game.

Its only a matter of time before SFC drop out of the 6.

Thought Reddy and Hamil were good tonight for guys who haven't kicked a ball in anger since forever....Dario could've had 3 but the one he did get was ******* great

Our transition play is like watching old people ****....its sooooo slow!!! Jamo/Neville still seem to be struggling, and NTS looked like he was dreaming of china...Popa's timing for bringing on Santa was confusing

...and Castelan needs to join the Saba training squad - we put Pio out to pasture for what he produced...but we keep on putting up with that?

edit - and Congrats on the RBB, and the supporters ...real glad to hear WDYSF too

Dunno what to feel. We could have won but could have lost.

Relief

20 fouls to esfc, 2 yellow cards. Ryall tackle on Sotirio and the Reddy foul.

There should've been more.

Was pretty poor. Agree with the consensus on Castelan. All show and no go. He broke up more attacks tonight than that big lump Jurman.

I couldn't have handled losing

Thought Reddy and Hamil were good tonight for guys who haven't kicked a ball in anger since forever....Dario could've had 3 but the one he did get was ******* great

Our transition play is like watching old people ****....its sooooo slow!!! Jamo/Neville still seem to be struggling, and NTS looked like he was dreaming of china...Popa's timing for bringing on Santa was confusing

 

 

...and Castelan needs to join the Saba training squad - we put Pio out to pasture for what he produced...but we keep on putting up with that?

 

edit - and Congrats on the RBB, and the supporters ...real glad to hear WDYSF too

I think Alberto will make a big difference when he comes back next week. We we were playing well until his suspension. Seems to be a vital cog in our team these days.

Our midfield didn't control the centre of the park and they exposed us down the flanks as a result. We looked clueless defending wider positions and we're lucky to not have been punished. The centre half pairing didn't work. There was no understanding.

 

A lot of our balls were negative or unnecessary short balls resulting from dallying on the ball. Bridge was making fine attacking runs and too few times was there a ball to feed him through to link up with Nichols.

 

On a positive note, Vidosic put in a good shift attacking aerial balls and was unlucky not to get a brace.

My thoughts exactly.

The only things I'd add is I felt more comfortable with Reddy there, and if Alberto was there we could of won the game comfortably.

Lucky to come away with a draw. But I thought Easts were as abysmal as us. A lifeless derby to be honest.

They had a bit more desperation than us though. Look forward to watching Urawa smoke them mid week.

Post game the pundits were surprised that ESFC played well and commented that it was their best performance in a while.

Of course it was. Playing us is their grand final. Can't see them winning for a while.

Funny to see a few of their supporters leaving with 5 mins to go.... and that's not counting the 4 minutes of extra time

who cares we are still ******* ****

Santalabs game time was criminal.

popa cant even use a ******* bench

Santalab is always so hungry for goal. He needs more time than that...

Santalabs game time was criminal.

Yeah, what was it, the 84th min? Not long enough.

Feel we were fortunate to get the draw. They dominated midfield and we looked a bit clueless at times.

Not sure if I we can beat Perth a couple of days later. Already scored 5 goals against Brisbane. What a form.

We'd used one sub before the 83rd minute. Insanity.

Our defence was sat way too high, particularly in the first half. They just got behind us way too easily.

We're a much better side with 2 Spaniards, we might have won with the 3rd there.... maybe.

Looked like Jurman was lucky to stay on the field from where I was standing. Looked a headbutt, clear retaliation... clear red (from where I was standing; but I'll be happy to be told otherwise)

Another miserable trip to the mansion. Very hard to get a winner when they park the bus with 60 minutes to go.

If Castelan starts next Friday.... I'll eat a Wanderdog (They look horrible. Fight me)

From what i saw tonight suggests unless we change a few things and tighten up the defence we wont be winning anything this season. We lacked that ruthlessness to put away a team when on the ropes and lost concentration at times passing wildly at the back and in dangerous positions giving up possession and gift chances. popa should have put on santa from the 70th minute and given him a good 25mins to work with. We did all the right things by taking the early lead and minimising their bus park but then pissed it all away. Neville and Jameison are getting caught out of positions far too often also which costs us. Reddy had a top game back and made crucial saves.

Our play needs to be a bit faster - we got the ball a lot of times and then... waited to play a pass

The ESFC defence sets really quickly so we really need to be quite direct - some of the best chances we got were when we played quickly and was able to set up a chance before they got set

But yeah, for a large portion of the game, I thought we were going to concede - they were all over us. And then at the end, momentum swung our way. Their last counter-attack at the end, I thought we were going to concede but thank goodness we didn't

We were lucky they couldn't get a shot on target tonight, last minute they had the best opportunity and skied it

Neither team deserved to win tonight, fair result

Reddy is an absolute mongrel, love it. Never felt like he'd **** up... If Redmayne was playing we would of been ****ed for sure

We were constantly dicking around at the back, was frustrating as hell.

We're ****ed next week

We didn't lose, Reddy looked pretty solid.

I agree the centre halves looked like they've not played together all season, coz they haven't. But still.

Santa needs at least 25 mins.

I'm just hoping Perth can bag another now and we'll be top.

****, Bruce. Glad you're okay (bar the finger)

Scumbag coward

72-year-old pensioner attacked by Sydney FC Thug.

 

I got off the bus in Marrickville after the game and turned off into my quiet street. Suddenly I felt someone grabbing my scarf from behind. I thought initially it was my nephew or some friend, but he shouted, "Sydney FC, motherfücker" and started to run off. Well, he wasn't going to get my scarf, and I had a good grip of it, so I ran across the road after him, and let out a great growl! He let go and ran away like the little coward he was. So I have my stretched scarf (the little foundation members' scarf) and a sprained little finger! Bastard!

I can be there in 90 seconds, let's tear the joint up

Not to mention all the RBB guys at Gyrodikos in Bexley