Santalab Turns Up The Heat On Rams

Sandro Pasalic isn't even in football manager. That doesn't bode well.

i was sitting down the western grand stand, it seemed the rbb's late arrival meant a lot of seats had been scattered around so there was a lot of those not usually in the rbb amongst it.

Can't believe the PA thought #34 was Gol Gol when Alessi came back.

 

Fail..

 

Isn't he still injured?

Can't believe the PA thought #34 was Gol Gol when Alessi came back.

 

Fail..

 

Isn't he still injured?

Also of African descent, pretty hard to get wrong!

Good report. Glad to know that Vitor looks the goods and our trialists seem to have some potential. 

 

Interesting pieces of news as well Mack (re Spira and Troisi).

Troisi? Really? 

Where the f have I been not hearing this :/

 

All in all it was a good night out, Skin made a capo cameo appearance for his trademark 1 2 3 West and it was good to play along to a crowd.

A great, but freezing night!  Very glad I brought my polar fleece blanket along!  (Still upset I missed out on getting the WSW snow jacket though - would've been perfect to wear!)

 

Very impressed with Saba - a few good runs and definitely some great signs!!  His beard was great IRL   - unfortunately I had to leave right after the match ended (damn hour drive) so didn't manage to grab a photo with him... Hopefully next time though!

 

Absolutely loved that we wore our black shorts.

 

 

Great work with the tifo in memory of Jack O’Brien - the moment's silence was well respected too.

Troisi? Really?

It's been in the news in the last month or so.

I remember hearing that he wasn't signing on with Victory but I didn't know we were that close.

*school girl excitement squeal* 

I liked how Perkatis played, whenever he got the ball his first instinct was to look for an opening and play it forward, even when Poljak was free next to him.

 

Early in the game Boutzanis gathers the ball, defenders drop back to collect from him but he waves them off as if to say he is going to boot it high so they run up the field. Popa jumps off the bench a bit pissed and tells the defenders to drop again so they do and Boutzanis rolls the ball out to one of them.

 

Corners were good.Saba is quality, Santa knows where the goal is. LaRocca bit unsure at CD, much better at DM.

 

Lo reminds me of Mustafa Amini, should try him in no 10 role.

I liked how Perkatis played, whenever he got the ball his first instinct was to look for an opening and play it forward, even when Poljak was free next to him.

 

Early in the game Boutzanis gathers the ball, defenders drop back to collect from him but he waves them off as if to say he is going to boot it high so they run up the field. Popa jumps off the bench a bit pissed and tells the defenders to drop again so they do and Boutzanis rolls the ball out to one of them.

 

Corners were good.Saba is quality, Santa knows where the goal is. LaRocca bit unsure at CD, much better at DM.

 

Lo reminds me of Mustafa Amini, should try him in no 10 role.

 

This...

 

By the way, what the **** was the story with the surface...anyone would think we were watching the Pairs Ice Dance at Sochi rather than WSWvsRams. There were some egregious slippages, including that Komedy Kaper one from the Rams' player in the first half when he had an ideal chance for a shot, then went A over T without putting his foot in the same ***** postcode as the ball...

Its good to be back!!!

 

 

Saba looks quality, like he could beat any player as he pleased… not sure if its early in the season but he looked veryyyyyyyyy lazy, Santa got a yellow coz he wasn’t tracking back

 

Very different to Sinji who worked very hard for the team, but I think we can all agree he looked solid on the ball

 

I liked how Perkatis played, whenever he got the ball his first instinct was to look for an opening and play it forward, even when Poljak was free next to him.

 

Early in the game Boutzanis gathers the ball, defenders drop back to collect from him but he waves them off as if to say he is going to boot it high so they run up the field. Popa jumps off the bench a bit pissed and tells the defenders to drop again so they do and Boutzanis rolls the ball out to one of them.

 

Corners were good.Saba is quality, Santa knows where the goal is. LaRocca bit unsure at CD, much better at DM.

 

Lo reminds me of Mustafa Amini, should try him in no 10 role.

 

This...

 

By the way, what the **** was the story with the surface...anyone would think we were watching the Pairs Ice Dance at Sochi rather than WSWvsRams. There were some egregious slippages, including that Komedy Kaper one from the Rams' player in the first half when he had an ideal chance for a shot, then went A over T without putting his foot in the same ***** postcode as the ball...

 

Need some all black classic boots with metal screw in studs.

 

#AgainstModernBoots

I liked how Perkatis played, whenever he got the ball his first instinct was to look for an opening and play it forward, even when Poljak was free next to him.

Early in the game Boutzanis gathers the ball, defenders drop back to collect from him but he waves them off as if to say he is going to boot it high so they run up the field. Popa jumps off the bench a bit pissed and tells the defenders to drop again so they do and Boutzanis rolls the ball out to one of them.

Corners were good.Saba is quality, Santa knows where the goal is. LaRocca bit unsure at CD, much better at DM.

Lo reminds me of Mustafa Amini, should try him in no 10 role.

 

+1

- I really think this is perkatis's make or break season with no mooy to cover La Rocca or Poljak, he will be first choice replacement in this area. It was a shame he got no game time for us last year but this year he will be getting plenty of game time and opportunities to make an impact on our first team. Glad to hear he is already taking steps forward in this aspect.

- The Boutzanis point, makes it clear what sort of game popa wants to play this year which is much similar to last year! Very good!

- it's a shame Ono couldn't really deliver those corners, Saba as a dead all specialist will be a breathe of fresh air if we can i prove our conversion from corners!

- Even though Lo is apparently a DM, thought he played CAM for NYL side last year before he got injured, yes or no?

 

Its good to be back!!!

Saba looks quality, like he could beat any player as he pleased… not sure if its early in the season but he looked veryyyyyyyyy lazy, Santa got a yellow coz he wasn’t tracking back

Very different to Sinji who worked very hard for the team, but I think we can all agree he looked solid on the ball

Let's not forget he got in two or three weeks after pre season had begun so I'm not surprised that he came off the bench so late in the game, that or popa wanted to protect him from the attention that he knew that he was going to get on the night. In terms of his work rate I don't think we should worry so early in pre season. The boys will probably go over the video of the match today or tomorrow and very early on he will figure out the role that popa wants him to play stressing how important his role is in attack as much as it is in defence.

 

Also comments made already that he was looking for free kicks, got to remember that he has come from Italy where the physicality isn't really there and there is more focus on buying fouls in the final third, it won't take him long to figure this out or he will be given clear instructions that he is going to need to fight for the ball a bit more!

- Even though Lo is apparently a DM, thought he played CAM for NYL side last year before he got injured, yes or no?

He's been playing at DM for his entire short career as a deep lying playmaker (as opposed to an anchor man who does nothing but defend and screen the back four), but his development as a player would be helped by his playing further up the park to develop his attacking creativity, short range passing game and finishing.

 

WSW have a midfield structure that goes 1 attacking midfielder, 1 anchorman, and 1 floating central midfielder. Lo would likely end up playing as that floating midfielder if he was to play a first team game.

 

 

I liked how Perkatis played, whenever he got the ball his first instinct was to look for an opening and play it forward, even when Poljak was free next to him.

 

Early in the game Boutzanis gathers the ball, defenders drop back to collect from him but he waves them off as if to say he is going to boot it high so they run up the field. Popa jumps off the bench a bit pissed and tells the defenders to drop again so they do and Boutzanis rolls the ball out to one of them.

 

Corners were good.Saba is quality, Santa knows where the goal is. LaRocca bit unsure at CD, much better at DM.

 

Lo reminds me of Mustafa Amini, should try him in no 10 role.

 

This...

 

By the way, what the **** was the story with the surface...anyone would think we were watching the Pairs Ice Dance at Sochi rather than WSWvsRams. There were some egregious slippages, including that Komedy Kaper one from the Rams' player in the first half when he had an ideal chance for a shot, then went A over T without putting his foot in the same ***** postcode as the ball...

 

Need some all black classic boots with metal screw in studs.

 

#AgainstModernBoots

 

Copa Mundials for all. 

 

I liked how Perkatis played, whenever he got the ball his first instinct was to look for an opening and play it forward, even when Poljak was free next to him.

 

Early in the game Boutzanis gathers the ball, defenders drop back to collect from him but he waves them off as if to say he is going to boot it high so they run up the field. Popa jumps off the bench a bit pissed and tells the defenders to drop again so they do and Boutzanis rolls the ball out to one of them.

 

Corners were good.Saba is quality, Santa knows where the goal is. LaRocca bit unsure at CD, much better at DM.

 

Lo reminds me of Mustafa Amini, should try him in no 10 role.

 

pretty sure amini is being groomed as a CDM at Dortmund, but more in the style of mooy and less like larocca

Anyone else notice how short the Rams keeper was? Covic looked a good foot taller!

 

Shame we didn't get in a diss chant - cant hear macarthur rams sing

Also who was that girl walking around asking people something then being told 'no thanks' ?

 

I got the vibe she was a journalist.

Also who was that girl walking around asking people something then being told 'no thanks' ? I got the vibe she was a journalist.

yep from the daily telegraph. good looking also.

good work to the people who said no.

Also who was that girl walking around asking people something then being told 'no thanks' ? I got the vibe she was a journalist.

 

She was walking around asking if anyone knew Jack O'Brien, the bloke who was killed on MH17.

 

Also who was that girl walking around asking people something then being told 'no thanks' ? I got the vibe she was a journalist.

 

 

She was walking around asking if anyone knew Jack O'Brien, the bloke who was killed on MH17.

Scum....seriously scum.

i actually know a very good friend of Jack O’Brien, he said what the RBB and the wanderers did to pay tribute to him was beautiful and there should be a lot of credit to everyone for that

 

 

Also who was that girl walking around asking people something then being told 'no thanks' ? I got the vibe she was a journalist.

 

She was walking around asking if anyone knew Jack O'Brien, the bloke who was killed on MH17.

Scum....seriously scum.

 

 

I'm not so sure. She wasn't pushy, and she mostly sat by herself on the side on the bays before the game. Looking at the daily tele website I can't see any story about the game last night.

 

 

 

Also who was that girl walking around asking people something then being told 'no thanks' ? I got the vibe she was a journalist.

 

She was walking around asking if anyone knew Jack O'Brien, the bloke who was killed on MH17.

Scum....seriously scum.

 

 

I'm not so sure. She wasn't pushy, and she mostly sat by herself on the side on the bays before the game. Looking at the daily tele website I can't see any story about the game last night.

 

 

Considering that there was already a statement in this very forum from the family not only did it show a serious lack of respect by a News Ltd version of an 'ambulance chaser', it also indicated yet again the shallow and ill-informed approach of main stream media towards our community, our sport, our club, our members. This so-called journalist couldn't even look in a publicly available internet discussion site where everything was made abundantly clear about the whys, the hows and the wherefores of last night's tribute...

 

I'm surprised she didn't ask for photographs in landscape format... 

Yep she was pretty sexy, but that was a very stupid move just walking right into the middle of an active supporters group and identifying yourself as media.

Yep she was pretty sexy, but that was a very stupid move just walking right into the middle of an active supporters group and identifying yourself as media.

 

Ah...the Erin Molan School of Journalism (i.e. send attractive young woman to active 'sokkah' supporters and fish for comments, then get shirty or sullen when given the cold shoulder)

 

Yep she was pretty sexy, but that was a very stupid move just walking right into the middle of an active supporters group and identifying yourself as media.

 

Ah...the Erin Molan School of Journalism (i.e. send attractive young woman to active 'sokkah' supporters and fish for comments, then get shirty or sullen when given the cold shoulder)

 

if she was hot, no one asked her out?

 

 

come on guys... srsly