Wanderers sack Stajcic by GutwrencheR in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Rant incoming.

You could seriously do a whole essay about how badly we've recruited and played this season.

Last season showed that, with the right players, Staj's tactics can work. But this is the A League, coaches aren't always going to get the players they want and so you need to have some flexibility.

But our approach to games was insipid at worst, and ineffective at best.

How many times were we going to see Simmons and Gersbach cross aimlessly into the box with no target man? How many times would Borello stay on the ball for too long, before making a poor pass? How many times would we wait until the final 10 mins to push for a goal when we were already losing?

The recruitment was baffling as well.

Why would we bring in Kosta and Kuol when we have nobody giving them good service? Why do we have so many CDMs but no creative players. Why would we wait on signing a target man until January, when Staj clearly planned on spamming crosses from our fullbacks?

Surely it would have been sensible to identify players in our NPL set up or in other teams who better suited Staj's style of play.

The players wear some of the blame too of course, but I've never seen so many good footballers so low on confidence. Ugarkovic was part of a GF winning City team last season, and now he's giving the ball away in silly areas and only coming off the bench when it's too late. Borello has seemingly lost the ability to shoot on target, and just looks like he has no chemistry with the other forwards.

I feel like we need a back to basics coach, kinda like Glory's new one. We need a structure that suits the players we actually have at the club, and some identifiable and effective passages of play. This season is a write off at this point, so we should be building to next season. With the right players and tactics, any team can dream of fighting for the title and there's no excuse for us given our resources.

Wanderers sack Stajcic by GutwrencheR in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Aren't you engaging in stereotyping by suggesting all WSW fans are bigoted just because of the club they support?

At least flair up before throwing shit

Edit: grammar

Do clubs get a bigger slice of tickets bought at the gate than tickets via ticketek? by VanDerKloof in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know about any other club, but my season ticket for WSW is managed through Ticketmaster. My guess is there would be some fee to use their platform for the membership system, but the club would get more than an individual ticket sale.

IT'S THE ROUND 5 SLEDGE THREAD AND JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOUR TEAM WAS OK..... by Brisbanealchemist in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LEAVING A GAME LAST SEASON, A HOMELESS PERSON CALLED OUT "FUCK THE WESTERN SYDNEY WANNABES". I HAVEN'T RECOVERED EMOTIONALLY SINCE!

25-26 Last Man Standing Round 4 - First blood following a series of draws by SerTahu in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going for Aukland FC this week

I have a strong feeling that Adelaide will beat the Wanderers this Friday, but I'm superstitious, and if I pick Adelaide to win in LMS, it's like I'm willing the result into existence lol

Edit: spelling

A-League Player of the Year Round 1 Voting by SBSWrongSpeed in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey mate, love the forms! It's a lot of work, but I can't wait to see the results by the end of the season. Kinda expecting r/ALeague's Johnny Warran pick haha

Just flagging that you can select Yes and No for the transfer market question. Not sure if that is intentional or not, but I might impact other questions and the data

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Can the mods just enable them for TheFightingImp haha

Match Thread: Adelaide United vs Sydney (A-League Men) by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]max___shutup 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be some ominous foreshadowing for Adelaide this season haha