mack Posted October 27 Posted October 27 The Western Sydney Wanderers travelled to Tarniet in Victoria for their first visit to the Ironbark Fields, sharing the points after a 1-1 draw as Brandon Borrello's first half strike was cancelled out by Hiroshi Ibusuki scoring early in the 2nd half. Attacking signings Juan Mata and Bozhidar Kraev both started the game after their sub appearances in the losing Sydney Derby. Western United started former Wanderer Tate Russell and played what could be said to be their strongest lineup. The back and forth action came to a head in the 13th minute as the Wanderers took the lead through Brandon Borrello first goal of the A-League season. Nicolas Milanovic won the ball in the attacking half, turned his marker and passed on quickly for Borrello who held off the defender strongly, opening up a space for a shot that was an unerring finish he blasted past Matt Sutton in the Western United goal. WU's captain Tomoki Imai entered the referees note book with a brutal looking cocked elbow that was punished with just a yellow card. Josh Brillante with an important intervention to keep the scores level, after Hiroshi Ibusuki's twirling by-line run where he cut back into the middle, beating multiple players on both sides before Brillante toed the ball away from the feet of an onrushing attacker. Gabriel Cleur followed Imai into the book in the 25th minute. Borrello picked a card of his own for delaying a restart. While both teams had the occasional chance, neither side gave the keepers much to worry about and the match went to half-time with the Wanderers leading 1-0. That lead lasted all of 2 minutes into the second half, Grimaldi beat Cleur to fire in a cross, Jack Clisby made a mess of clearing, instead of turning it away for a corner or throw in, his weak header floated back into the middle of the area where Ibusuki smashed a right foot volley to level the scores at 1-1. Kraev and Mata left on the hour mark along with Pasquali & Lavale for Western United. Their replacements were Aydan Hammond & Marcus Antonsson for the Wanderers with Bozinovski & Noah Botic for the home team. There was an almighty scramble in the penalty area after a mistake at the back from Vidackovic who took an extremely heavy first touch on a backpass, he managed to tackle an onrushing attacker then made a save on the rebound and eventually the Wanderers cleared the ball. Borrello had a chance of his own from a WU backpass but his shot wasn't good enough to beat the keeper. Botic smacked a long range shot off the post after another midfield turnover, he beat Vidackovic but not the woodwork, and the follow up came off a defender for a corner. Oscar Priestman made way for Dylan Scicluna in a like for like central midfield sub. Milanovic tried an ambitious long range strike on his left foot that bounced into the keepers arms. With 5 minutes left Alen Stajcic made his final roll of the dice with the introduction of Aidan Simmons for Borrello and Benjamin Holliday for Milanovic. Western United were the better of the two sides in the final stages but neither team could manage a clear cut chance at goal, and the match petered out to a 1-1 draw that both teams deserved on the balance of play. Charbel Shamoon had the final chance of the game, a back post diving header that he wasn't in the best position for and so headed it over the bar. The final whistle sounded shortly after, a point for both teams that did little to improve their early season ladder position, both teams will head into week three without a win. The Wanderers next game is against Adelaide United on Saturday the 2nd of November, at Parramatta with kick-off at 7:35 Sydney time. View full article GunnerWanderer, tardotz, pseudonym and 1 other 4
Legionista Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Not quite jelled. BoyFromTheWest, Sithslayer1991 and EmMac 1 2
Popular Post sonar Posted October 27 Popular Post Posted October 27 I've seen nothing to indicate we have improved under Stajcic......it'a looking like a long long season...... jockman, FootballRelic, Sithslayer1991 and 15 others 18
MartinTyler Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Well that was painful.... CaptainJess, nmh94, sonar and 8 others 11
SNS100 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 We've just witnessed two teams that are early season contenders for the "spoon bowl". We are worse than we were last season (didn't think that was possible). Play the youth and build for next season. #stajout JackDoff, tardotz, sonar and 4 others 7
WHACKO Posted October 27 Posted October 27 5 minutes ago, Legionista said: Not quite jelled. When will that happen...another 6-8 weeks. Great season over by then. sonar and JackDoff 2
torcidaSI Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Looked and played like a lower league game out there. The ground and (lack of) atmosphere made it look even worse than it probably was. LetsPele, sonar, SNS100 and 2 others 5
tardotz Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Need to give Stajcic time.....we're not at the bottom of the table yet but it won't be long ! FootballRelic, jockman, LetsPele and 4 others 3 4
StringerBellend Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Just now, tardotz said: Need to give Stajcic time.....we're not at the bottom of the table yet but it won't be long ! Yes, but he set the foundations for the Mariners, I know that as mentions it every second interview 3 A League season as manager 2 wooden spoons Maybe he can do 3 out of 4 nmh94, FootballRelic, jockman and 8 others 11
sonar Posted October 27 Posted October 27 3 minutes ago, SNS100 said: We've just witnessed two teams that are early season contenders for the "spoon bowl". We are worse than we were last season (didn't think that was possible). Play the youth and build for next season. #stajout I'm not #StajOut at present. Changing managers won't do anything other than make a current shyte show into a diarrhea free for all. Tbh there is something serious amiss with our club. jockman, MathyouWSW, tardotz and 5 others 8
mack Posted October 27 Author Posted October 27 14 minutes ago, Legionista said: Not quite jelled. We need another 10 to 15 rounds and we should be 80% of the way there. FootballRelic, EmMac, SBW and 2 others 5
mack Posted October 27 Author Posted October 27 8 minutes ago, SNS100 said: Play the youth Two of our best youth players went to Perth, the other one went to Europe. StringerBellend, SNS100, SBW and 2 others 5
WHACKO Posted October 27 Posted October 27 6 minutes ago, tardotz said: Need to give Stajcic time.....we're not at the bottom of the table yet but it won't be long ! Trouble is he doesn't have time. sonar 1
Themumf79 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 This garbage about Staj ‘setting the foundations’ at CCM is exactly that. They bombed him out and off they went. He is the epitome of a ‘meh’ manager and we’re in danger of becoming a ‘meh’ club. If we aren’t already. The Crystal Palace of the A League. JackDoff, torcidaSI, StringerBellend and 8 others 11
StringerBellend Posted October 27 Posted October 27 1 minute ago, Themumf79 said: This garbage about Staj ‘setting the foundations’ at CCM is exactly that. They bombed him out and off they went. He is the epitome of a ‘meh’ manager and we’re in danger of becoming a ‘meh’ club. If we aren’t already. The Crystal Palace of the A League. Exactly he left saying he couldn't take them any further, well Montgomery managed it fine. Then the cheeky sod afterwards starts claiming the credit. I'm not staj out, I'm more why is staj in? Seriously that's the best we could find, a 2 time wooden spoon winner matty, pseudonym, torcidaSI and 4 others 7
Smoggy Posted October 27 Posted October 27 (edited) Didn’t see the game as was out and about, but predicted 1 - 1 in the match thread so not surprised at all. Edited October 27 by Smoggy
torcidaSI Posted October 27 Posted October 27 11 minutes ago, StringerBellend said: Exactly he left saying he couldn't take them any further, well Montgomery managed it fine. Then the cheeky sod afterwards starts claiming the credit. I'm not staj out, I'm more why is staj in? Seriously that's the best we could find, a 2 time wooden spoon winner Guess it was a case of what is the best available option at the time, because nobody was brave enough to back an NPL level coach. We've got to be at 1.5+ ppg to become a solid top 4 contender. If you're looking at domestic track record alone, Staj has averaged 1.09 ppg across 89 domestic games before the Wanderers, peaking at 1.21 ppg at the Mariners. That's like 3.4 A-League seasons to make a point. Has he? Is he truly a manager that develops youth, or has he never held a position where he has the liberty of choosing more experienced options? It's early days but looking like there is a preference for Playing Brillante ahead of Priestman or Scicluna Playing Antonsson instead of Sapsford or Badolato, Cleur ahead of Simmons Can this team fight back from 2 down playing this way? Can Staj fire up the players? I have my doubts. EmMac, Edinburgh, sonar and 5 others 8
VedranRozic Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Scraped a draw to a very average WU side. #Stajout (might as well get it over with now.) JackDoff, tardotz, SNS100 and 3 others 6
Sithslayer1991 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 (edited) Instead ailing my worries with a dodgy win I instead confirm we are in for a long season. That entire backline and midfield just ain't it. I have no idea why we are so deep to play it out. I can see what Staj wants to do but our team isn't good enough to play like that. The only reason we didn't lose is because Western have no quality aside from Ibusuki. There are major issues all over the park and I am not convinced this team can play the way Staj is having them play. Just go direct. The team is just too slow to play possession. Edited October 27 by Sithslayer1991 sonar, FootballRelic, Smoggy and 5 others 8
JackDoff Posted October 27 Posted October 27 41 minutes ago, EmMac said: 🤷♀️🙏🍷🍷🍷🍷 🍻 🍻 🍻 🍻 🤪 pseudonym, sonar and EmMac 3
SNS100 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 59 minutes ago, mack said: Two of our best youth players went to Perth, the other one went to Europe. Well aware of that. Horrendous from our club to let them go. Juan Mata did sweet FA with the temperature being 16 degrees (London weather). Poor bloke will pass out during warm up when there is a Sunday3pm kick off in Parramatta, and the mercury read 35 plus. mack, sonar, JackDoff and 1 other 4
mack Posted October 27 Author Posted October 27 2 minutes ago, torcidaSI said: Guess it was a case of what is the best available option Staj got signed up by our new chairman, who had previously signed Staj up to run the Philippines Women's national team. Once Lederer stepped down there was zero chance it was going to be anyone but Stajcic. FootballRelic, sonar, StringerBellend and 2 others 5
Midfielder Posted October 27 Posted October 27 All things considered I don't think it's as bad as you guys are saying. After watching every game my take is. SFC n MV will make the top six, Perth n Brisbane will fight for the spoon. All the remaining 9 sides are capable of top six. GunnerWanderer, WSWTragicAgain, nmh94 and 6 others 9
sonar Posted October 27 Posted October 27 For those with the stomach for punishment........ JackDoff 1
Unlimited Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Watched the game on delay Thought it wasn't too bad Disappointing but we have Adelaide next week which will be a rematch of that BS FFA Cup match and hopefully that'll be enough to fire up the team for a win sonar and PedroPony 2
PedroPony Posted October 27 Posted October 27 1 hour ago, SNS100 said: Well aware of that. Horrendous from our club to let them go. Juan Mata did sweet FA with the temperature being 16 degrees (London weather). Poor bloke will pass out during warm up when there is a Sunday3pm kick off in Parramatta, and the mercury read 35 plus. I was at a family event and only caught the last 10 minutes, but according to fotmob Mata created the most goals scoring opportunities of anyone on the field and was our 3rd best player behind Milanovic and Borello. EmMac 1
StringerBellend Posted October 27 Posted October 27 8 minutes ago, PedroPony said: I was at a family event and only caught the last 10 minutes, but according to fotmob Mata created the most goals scoring opportunities of anyone on the field and was our 3rd best player behind Milanovic and Borello. He's class he did well until half time, then looked tired. nmh94, EmMac, PedroPony and 1 other 4
SNS100 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 15 minutes ago, PedroPony said: 3rd best player behind Milanovic and Borello. 3rd best in a bang average team. Woo hoo!!
Sithslayer1991 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Juan Mata and Kraev were both easily our best players. We failed to get them on the ball in more advanced positions but both did well under pressure. I don't think you can really be disappointed with their contribution. The issue is where they are getting the ball and it was in generally in our half. Too deep for them to really have the best impact. LetsPele, EmMac and matty 3
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