A few things from last night

[sydney]

You could put ten in defence or everyone up front if you want. If a team score some sort of lucky pinball goal there is not much you can do. Tactics were not to blame for their equaliser.

stockdale obviously thought the defender on the line had it but it looped up over his head .......a truly "flukey" goal......

 

[OzMike]

This. Not that long to recover before Sat too. Still, the oppo will be much less demanding of us.

I don't get this, this attitude is what we have to be wary of.
Play every team as if they were top six to get the job done.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I don't get this, this attitude is what we have to be wary of.
Play every team as if they were top six to get the job done.

I think you've mistaken an opinion about the quality of the opposition for an attitude about how we should approach the game. Going in to last night's game, we were 1 point ahead of the opposition. Going in to Saturday's game we'll be 34 points ahead of the opposition. Hence they'll be "less demanding". In no way do I condone us slacking off in intensity; I'm merely saying that if we play with the same intensity as we did against Toon, we should win; and if we play like we did against Reading we should win comfortably. S'all. Of course, the "if" statement has to be true...

 

[OzMike]

I think you've mistaken an opinion about the quality of the opposition for an attitude about how we should approach the game. Going in to last night's game, we were 1 point ahead of the opposition. Going in to Saturday's game we'll be 34 points ahead of the opposition. Hence they'll be "less demanding". In no way do I condone us slacking off in intensity; I'm merely saying that if we play with the same intensity as we did against Toon, we should win; and if we play like we did against Reading we should win comfortably. S'all. Of course, the "if" statement has to be true...

 

[Triggaaar]

I'll add that I wonder if Murray is carrying a slight knock or strain. There's definitely something not quite right about him at the moment.

Although he had some good moments on Saturday, he made quite a few close range miss-passes. He was a bit wayward on Tuesday too, I'm not sure what's up with him, but a knock doesn't really explain it.

I'll be amazed if Hemed doesn't start on Saturday.

I was surprised he didn't start on Tuesday.

 

[dale jasper football guru]

He pretty much ran the show with creative passes, very impressive.

You must be joking

Look at the amount of times he gave away possession

He's probably the best centre midfielder in the division but that was probably his worst performance this season