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I agree 100% ... I think I raised the same point a few posts back?HeCtic said:Thing is, I thought we actually looked quite good on the ball, but whenever we gace it away we looked very naive when trying to organise. Didn't help that Victory's counters were direct, slick and utilised their pacy players very well. Lucky that Archie couldn't finish otherwise it would've been an embaressing start for SFC.
A lot of our defensive problems started when the previously reliable Ian Fyfe started off terribly. His passes went straight to Victory players and his ability to read the game seemed like it had flown out of the window.
He never recovered from his poor start, and neither did the rest of the defence.
I felt that we dominated through the centre of the park, and this was then transferred out wide with Packer especially making a number of incisive runs down the line. It was when we lost possession of the ball in the Melbourne half that we looked incredibly vulnerable on the counter attack. Thompson was too quick, too agile and too fleet of mind for Fyfe, and then later 19 year old Timpano (he almost cost us a goal with the worst attempted clearance ever!).
If I was Littbarski, I'd be worried about our defence, thanking Bolton that he is as good as he is, and planning hard for the next tough opponent.
Note to Littbarski: How about you NEVER let your defence try the offside trap again?!? It may have worked once last night, but it is going to bring us undone and make you look like an idiot!