Melb Victory

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

Melb Victory vs Adelaide Match review
(well there are Gig reviews on the other board, so why not)

1. Archie is a class above the rest. only player willing to take others on. only player trying to create something. the team is built around him and good reason too, but didn't work on the day, when the lesser lights didn't pull thier weight.

2. danny allsop is rubbish. twice he's in front of goal, and the ball either rns past his legs or went thru them. all he had to do was touch the ball and it woudl have flown in

3. crossing is very poor. substandard in fact. might need to fly beckham down to teach these ppl how to cross a ball

4. muscat is too slow. definately shouldn't be in the national team, and if he is, its more for experience then anything. either that or he plays as a sweeper.

5. need a dead ball specialist. the chinese guy that adeliade have is pretty good. our free kicks were mostly wasted.

6. also the players are quite slow mentally. there is very littly vision to their play

7. melb don't use their width properly, and till the second half were ineffective bringing the ball thru the middle too

8. defending looks suspect. adeliade did a good job though

9. refereeing was disgraceful. if the FFA want this game to take off in australia they better do soemthing about the refereeing cause is was shocking. worst referring i have ever seen, and not just cause i'm biased. linesman was pretty bad too with his offside calls. they obviously haven' adapted to the pace of the new league, and the ref wasn't too willing to let the game go on.

10. but its end to end football. lots of opportunities. i was jumping up and down a lot. finishing shoudl be better though.

I had low expectations, so i was quite happy. rahul and yee i think were expecting premiership/seria a football, so they were disappointed with the quality. atmosphere was awesome. basically another packed game. probably wouldn't go to every match, but maybe a couple a season


oh and is olympic park a full sized soccer pitch? looked small to us. the goalie's kickouts basically reached the other penalty box, and lots of crosses went too far. they shoudl redevelop the stadium. only one screen, and lots of columns blocking the view, and lots of standing room only areas.

if australia qualify for the world cup, it will take off. if not in 5 yrs it might be back to 4-5 thousand hardcores watching the games

[Vish]

excellent stuff man.



they are making a new stadium that will be ready by 08'

Ill dig up some info for you after the exams.

[Vish]

BTW the stad capacity off the top of my head will be 25000

[Vish]

Any chance of this week on Friday?

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

nah sorry dude. after exams. on nov 11th, 18th or dec 29th. knights game will be a walkover, and its in feb. ridiculous fixturing

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

actually get tix for the 11th if your free then. it'll be before the WC qualifiers, so there should be great atmosphere. the 18th might be a downer

[simonoc]

So is this season gonna be any good? Archie returns like the Jedi, Ernie signed some brazilians but he's the one who needs to go imo. What u guys think about Christian Sarkies i saw that he was included into the youth squad for the WC as well as another Melb Victory player who's name i can't remember.

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

saw the adelaide game(i know its wierd. 2 games, and smae oppostiosn). football is pretty ordinary, and apart from the hardcores the stadium lacked atmosphere. 15000 ppl but almost no noise, except for a few moments. the brazillians alessandro and claudinho looked impressive. but after watching world cup games, this was a downer. plus it was freezing.

[Vish]

At least you are watching live soccer my friend.

Does not look like i'm going to see any apart from the WC matches.

Boo hoo.

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

vish said:

At least you are watching live soccer my friend.

Does not look like i'm going to see any apart from the WC matches.

Boo hoo.

why not? you really should try to go to some game. its a whole different experince

[Vish]

$$$$$
It was going to cost $120 to go to Valencia and back (to Barcelona) by train.
THats waaaaaaay too much.

I'm off to Sweden next on the 4th so maybe I might see a match there but I really would not be too enthoused.

I really missed the boat whilst I was in Croatia though.
Hajduik Split had a friendly whilst I was there but I did not know about it.
I saw the pictures of it from someone who went and it looked awesome.

But as is like all things I did not get to do here, I'll treat it as an excuse to come back!

[Vish]

BTW, how did you go to the match at the TD.

39 000 is pretty fucking impressive and the scoreline suggests that it was quite entertaining.
Any idea how the Brazilians wen't?

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

nah didnt go. too meny things on that night. was my mom's b'day, and obviously pauls 21st. so went to those too. missed another 21st and the game. talked to my friend who had got medallion club tickets, and said it was pretty good. saw the game on tv. to be honest, after the world cup, if the atmosphere doesnt reach a certain level, i get pretty disappointed


fair enough about the cost. y r u going back to sweden? when are yo coming back?

[Gonzo Gomo Gomez]

october 1st(sunday), melb victory play queensland roar at the telstra dome. apparently these two sdes play the best attacking football, so if you wanna go to a game, this is probably the best bet. its at the TD(as will most of victory's games from next week) so we should be bale to walk up and get tickets. just letting you know cause you were interested as was rahul, yee meng, vitus and a few others. anyway its two weeks away, so let me know. i'm not working yet, but i might pick up a few extra sunday arvo shifts, havent worked it out properly yet, but will call the boss next week.

[Vish]

I can only go to Friday night games.

That game will be awesome though.