How much space was given to Mitchell Duke to score in the 15th minute?
Where are the Roar's mid field players at that time? Where is Mckay? He is hard working but just running around trying to cover others? Right before that goal, Henrique opened the arms/hands. Probably, he meant no forwards moved back. A simple tactic was to mark once losing the ball. But no one did.
While Mitchell Duke was left unmarked, no centre back or left back moved up to mark. No attackers tracked back. And Mckay was not there. Should Jade North was still playing he would be one moved out of position to mark Duke. North did a lot before. Even there are other midfield or track back players there.
This first match of this season had not seen Mckay playing. There was a reason as he probably too old and nearing retirement.
Ever since JA took over, the defense had been a problem continuously. As for now, the new coach should consider total overhaul, replacing the 4 defenders and the 2 mid-field players for the next season.
Talking about the new coach, because of the continuous defending problem, Mark Warbuton should be chosen instead of Robbie Fowler. It is because that Mark Warbuton has a defender background while Fowler a forward. JA could not coach defense well as he had a forward background suspiciously.
Maybe, Fowler has better knowledge about Queensland and A-league. But he has not got solid coaching experience as compared with Mark Warbuton.
coolncold
Roar Rookie
How much space was given to Mitchell Duke to score in the 15th minute? Where are the Roar's mid field players at that time? Where is Mckay? He is hard working but just running around trying to cover others? Right before that goal, Henrique opened the arms/hands. Probably, he meant no forwards moved back. A simple tactic was to mark once losing the ball. But no one did. While Mitchell Duke was left unmarked, no centre back or left back moved up to mark. No attackers tracked back. And Mckay was not there. Should Jade North was still playing he would be one moved out of position to mark Duke. North did a lot before. Even there are other midfield or track back players there. This first match of this season had not seen Mckay playing. There was a reason as he probably too old and nearing retirement. Ever since JA took over, the defense had been a problem continuously. As for now, the new coach should consider total overhaul, replacing the 4 defenders and the 2 mid-field players for the next season. Talking about the new coach, because of the continuous defending problem, Mark Warbuton should be chosen instead of Robbie Fowler. It is because that Mark Warbuton has a defender background while Fowler a forward. JA could not coach defense well as he had a forward background suspiciously. Maybe, Fowler has better knowledge about Queensland and A-league. But he has not got solid coaching experience as compared with Mark Warbuton.