Comments on: Utter Destruction: Melbourne Victory beat Newcastle Jets 5-0

By: Astri

Astri — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:41:46 +0000

By the way guys, Costa Rica beat Suriname 7-0 in their world cup qualifier! Pupy Lopez played 82 mins but didn’t manage to get on the score sheet

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:17:00 +0000

With Kemp running up and down the wings, I’m seeing a fairly fluid movement from 3-4-3 to 4-3-3. Berger and Lopez also showed that, if called upon, they can do the job up the back. Which is good, because two weeks in a row we’ve had a defender go down and turned to the bench to find no defensive subs. Obviously once Ryall’s back from international duty, we’ll have a little more depth there. But it’s good to have players on the field that can switch to a defensive position.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:52:05 +0000

When we signed Fabiano I wrote on this Blog that Ernie should show some attacking spirit and plan a three man attack – Archie, Danny and Fabiano – with Hernandez attacking from midfield. It seems to have worked a treat so lets hope Ernie stays positive. We dont need to play 4-4-2 like most teams. We have the basis for a ‘defensive’ 4-3-3 line up or an ‘attacking’ 3-4-3 with our strong midfield tracking back or forward depending on the circumstances.

Let’s hope everone stays fit although we seem to have real depth this year on the bench and 1 or 2 players out from time to time should be easy to cover during the season.

By: andy

andy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:59:31 +0000

playing the 3 up front worked a treat. Archie was able to search and roam for space instead of being the focal point with 2 centre halves up his arse, while fabiano takes a load off allsopp, allowing the big man to find some space of his own. With their mobility and inter-changing of position, they will be hard to keep track of. Hernandez was fantastic in behind them, and appreciated when archie came deep to allow him to get involved further forward. No A-league defence can cope with it. A special mention must go to Thwaite, Berger and Celeski. These boys have really impressed. We knew Thwaite was good at the back, but his support work has been first rate and he is very dangerous at set pieces, allowing the others like Vargas to be harder to pick up. Berger did a brilliant job on the Korean, while celeski does well to link up and keep the ball moving. The other boy Kemp has started well also. All in all, we have started really well. Lets hope ernie keeps the 3 up front and really attack this season. I see lots of goals coming up.

By: tippo

tippo — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:46:34 +0000

A good result, good to see Allsop, Thompson and Fabiano play well together.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:26:45 +0000

great result… celeski gets himself into trouble some times but other times he is just magical…
can not complain at all….

By: Astri

Astri — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:38:30 +0000

Awesome! Newcastle fell apart, especially Jade North. It was good to see us make an example of them and put them back in their box. Carlos was in cruise control, Celeski looked very comfortable in the middle, Berger was great, ran all day, there was not a bad player on the day. Maybe Costa Rica will think twice before leaving Hernandez out of their next qualifier. Bring on Adelaide, I hope we get 30,000.

By: Brenton

Brenton — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:11:16 +0000

Omg mate how the hell did you pick the “utter destruction” of newcastle last night, i was confident of a win but i origionally prdeicted 3 -1 to melbourne, that was blown out early in the second half, but no complaints here thats for sure id love to be that wrong every week! lol!

it was a fantastic game, in the last 20 mins melboune pulled off abit and seemed to be toying with the jets, who i dont think were all that better, but melbourne were just a class of there own last night.

i was throughly impressed with the midfield, hernadez and lopez were fantastic, and this just in: billy celeski is my new favourite player(after caceres depature).

as usual the back line was superb, muscat and vargas, theo didnt see all that much of the ball but what he does do he does right, berger also look lively and is definately worthy of the rap merick has given him at this stage. was ashame to see thwaite come off early and hoping its not to serious.

which leaves us the front men, allsop, thompson and fabiano, all had a great game, a good understanding of each others game and allsop seems to have found his form from 2 years ago, even though his first might have well been archies. what fabiano lacked in shooting prowess he made up for enery on the park, the guy chaces every single ball.

cant really fault the game or the boys last night, this season is now well and truely on track for a succesful campaign, lets not loose momentum. can melboure can unbeaten this year…..hhmmmmm

By: David

David — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:19:35 +0000

Very solid team performance with great passing and movement that shows the understanding between the players is developing well. I know it’s early days yet but if this continues then we’re in for a great season.

I really thought it would be a tight affair which for the first 2o mins or so it was, but whereas Melbourne remained disciplined and hungry, Newcastle just lost faith after the second goal at such a crucial time, and in the second half were demoralised and on the ropes.

Credit to Ernie Merrick for sensing that Archie would add that incisive edge to the attack, rather than Brebner or Pondeljak at that point. The team looked very balanced and in answer to Eric’s question I’d say that if Thwaite is back for the Adelaide game, stick with the same starting line-up.

By: Kali

Kali — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:13:53 +0000

5-0!!!! Thats one goal for each of those painful losses we’ved had to endure fro the last five games!!! WE’RE BACK AND GONNA WIN THE TREBLE!!!! Bring on Adelaide!!!