Comments on: Melbourne’s ACL hopes slump after another defeat

By: dasilva

dasilva — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:34 +0000

Adelaide United once again shows how to do it.

2-0

By: con

con — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:46:09 +0000

agreed, it was no disgrace we were simply outclassed.

By: David V.

David V. — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:53:27 +0000

Most remarkable of all was that Melbourne even lost the physical battle to a Korean side, an extremely rare occurrence for any Australian team.

By: Rellum

Rellum — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:53:43 +0000

Seongnam were definitely the better side. Their defense and skill at moving the ball around really showed that the Victory are a level below.

The Victory are quite predictable, couple of passes around the back before launching a long ball for a winger to run onto. Occasionally they try down the middle to Carlos, but that is pretty easy to defend when you know the two plans the Victory have to offer and the skill and intelligence to break down those attacks.

By: Axel V

Axel V — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:14:54 +0000

If Beijing and Seongnam draw each other twice in a row while Melbourne beat Kawaski twice in a row we’re bac k in it …Ok I give up

By: Davstar

Davstar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:52:16 +0000

Melbourne Victory have 1 dimensional play thew the centre directly or long ball once tha fails victory fal apart try shoot from range and the ball ends up in row Z

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:02:36 +0000

And thats why even us SFC fans struggle to have much love for the guy. he would score a lot more goals if his first priority wasnt to try and fall over

By: dasilva

dasilva — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:47:43 +0000

It’s due to AFC scheduling which is not under FFA control

However perhaps Melbourne vs Sydney should have been played on the Saturday or Friday night instead of Sunday to give Melbourne a bit more time.

By: dasilva

dasilva — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:43:17 +0000

I’m not too sure the fixture is a really great excuse.

Last couple of ACL. People were complaining about lack of match practice as there were in the off seasons and no games. However the flip side of that was the opposition side had 3 matches in a week. However vidmar said that he would rather be in the position of the opponents to have more games then less games.

this year the ACL has moved earlier. When melbourne play Beijing, i believe Beijing were in their preseasons. So therefore the reverse had happen.

You can’t complain about having not enough match practice in the ACL and then start complaining about congested fixture when the match practice issue is fixed.

It’s either one or the other.

The only issue i see was maybe Melbourne vs Sydney should have been played on a saturday or friday night.

By: Smokygrayson

Smokygrayson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:09 +0000

Was it just me or did others notice that Seongnam moved the ball around the pitch much better than Melbourne and looked like a better outfit? I mean, yes, neither team could shoot (and that’s another subject) but the one and two touch movement by Seongnam made Melbourne look pretty second rate. Which surprised me because I usually enjoy Melbourne’s football in the A-League.

On other threads there are a few MVFC supporters blaming fixtures etc but while it’s part of the reason Melbourne lost, it wasn’t the full story. I doubt even a full strength Melbourne would have won. Melbourne did fight back, to their credit but seemed lacking in the final third.

It must be crushing for Victory fans to go out of the ACL with such a whimper.

By: AndyRoo

AndyRoo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:24 +0000

It’s the head band.

By: Dogz R Barkn

Dogz R Barkn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:26:29 +0000

It did Brosque no harm the other day doing precisely that – in fact, he was rewarded with a free goal.

By: Australian Football

Australian Football — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:23:36 +0000

Unfortunately I did not get to see the match last night. But, I would like to support Muscat’s comment that the football scheduling done by whoever, this year, was a disgrace and I hope there will be someone at the FFA who will take full responsibility for it––and realise what a shambles of scheduling of a season this was.

I hope Archie Fraser will get it right when SFC enter the ACL next season, and fight for better ACL fixturing in Asia. Why wasn’t last night’s game at least played on Wednesday night?

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AF

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:38:56 +0000

Its not hard to figure out. He’s a lightly framed guy trying to play as a target man. He’s always going to get tested out by physically stronger defenders.

By: DERBY COUNTY FC

DERBY COUNTY FC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:48 +0000

Because 99% of the time he is not being decked but falling over like a sack of s**t.

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:09:34 +0000

What is it about Robbie Kruse that turns everyone against him? If he’s not getting decked behind play, cut down in a horrible challenge, he is getting his private parts squeezed by a Korean opponent!