Not much of a report this week, but other places have already compiled wrap-ups far superior to my curt efforts so far this season. Belated post-World Cup hangover? Something like that.
Best of Round Five:
Player: Tie: Danny Vukovic, Central Coast, and Robert Bajic, Adelaide - unfair to separate, each had outstanding performances in goal to earn their respective sides a point
U-20 Player: Adrian Leijer, Melbourne - solid once again, having quite an eventful season as the hard man alongside the silky ball carrier from defence, Rodrigo Vargas
Coach: Miron Bleiberg, Queensland - juggling Roar's myriad of attacking options reasonably well thus far -- seems to have re-gained the confidence to really start turning up the chatter, which is great
Match: Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle United Jets
Goal: Mark Rudan - burly stoppers don't crack left-footed half-volleys into the net particularly often
4-4-2 Team of the Week:
Joel Griffiths - Reinaldo
Stewart Petrie - Matt McKay - Sasa Ognenovski - Massimo Murdocca
David Tarka - Rodrigo Vargas - Alex Wilkinson - Andrew Packer
Danny Vukovic
Subs: Robert Bajic, Mark Rudan, Adrian Caceres, Milton Rodriguez
2 comments:
Agree with your sub implication that Milton did not play to expectations this week.
Do you have Sasa O and Andrew P transposed? Andrew played attacking mid-field this week (my man of the match for Roar) and Sasa is always in the back line.
Zhang did not fire. But what looked to us in the crowd like an air-swing was in fact a great last second save from the keeper tipping it past Zhang's back heal.
How many weeks did Qu get for the head butt? And can Adelaide win without him?
As customary, a bit of creative license taken with the 4-4-2 lineup this week. Packer played on the left, but of course he usually plays on the right. And who else was there? Jade North maybe, at a stretch. Same for Mass, who was central but adept on the right. Ognenovski is a bit like Ange Costanzo for Adelaide, both are monsters up the middle either at the back or in the holding role.
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