Matt Davies is a tiny tot too and he does ok. No one is saying we should be starting DDS week in week out. But they are saying give him some minutes more regularly. He'll get hacked through his career, so you can't protect him forever. Put him on later in a game when the pace is less intense and see what he can do.

Luka Modric went to the Bosnian league as a 17/18yo and claims that that taught him how to play in a physical league with a stature like his. Described by Wenger as too small for the EPL, he went to Tottenham and was fantastic.

As for playing him in a losing side, well what are they doing playing all the other kids then? Or is this just justification for their import/journeyman/old boys club/ "can't win nuthin with kids" approach again next season?

I know the Perth Glory guy who does the social media is meant to be 19 or whatever, but I'm that old and I know that's not on. Not the first time he's slipped up either.

Vittiglia. Another one Glory couldn't be bothered to develop. Alex Caniglia is still doing well in the NPL too. No idea what's happened to Andy Higgins.

Anyone in Sydney for this one? PM me if you're keen for a beer post game.

I just glanced at the line up for Perth during the foxsports coverage of the Heart and CCM game...did anyone else see that? Did I see correctly? 442 with Marinkovic and Mclarren at front?

Those lineups are not worth the pixels they're printed on.

If Lowe keeps his job...

Also don't see anything wrong with the world class diving one.

this is hard to watch. Perth are going to ruin daniel de silva. He can't be worse than what they have right now surely

He is overseas

A big cheerio to the Perth Glory fans who made it to Wanderland today. You both did a wonderful job supporting your team.

touche :)

has he been playing this year. The few games I have watched I havent seen him

He's Glory's to destroy with limited game time and opportunities. They know best.

It's the Glory youth policy in action.

But thank you for your concern.

He didn't get much a go under Edwards as he plays in the same position as Ryan who started every game bar 1.

A few weeks ago a performance (and presser) like yesterday's would have induced a Wolverine-like rage in myself, rendering me capable of smashing several pieces of furniture into tiny, tiny pieces.

Now I'm just in a wonderful, peaceful oasis of not caring. If I'm bored and the dog doesn't feel like going for a walk, maybe I'll still make our last couple of games to give myself something to do.

I know how you feel Dave. My opinion is growing towards the club obviously doesn't give a shit about the results or the fans. So why should I give a shit about the club for the rest of the season.

There's an old saying that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
This is a great example of why the backroom staff at PG completely suck at most things they do (and I know this from personal experience of having dealt with some of them) and its largely because it's their first job and they have no definable job skills apart from half of the staff looking really good in a short dress.

I'll still go to the Newcastle game this week but mainly because I:
1. Want to see how good Taggart is
2. Want to see how shit Zadkovich is
3. Want to see how fat David Carney is

I wonder if they even realise the danger they're in. A lot of sports followers in WA are multi-code, and we have:

AFL - Fremantle and West Coast in 1st and 2nd place after delivering big performances.
Basketball - Wildcats, *28th* straight finals campaign, minor premiers, short odds favourites for the campionship
Rugby Union - Western Force suddenly looking like they're not the sad-sack oval ball equivalent to Glory, three in a row, knocking off champs and getting media momentum with the Honey Badger, picked up an 7k turnaround in their crowd between home games.

We are bleeding support to other teams through this toxic mixture of being ludicrously terrible yet seemingly not giving a damn.


But I know what you mean about the peaceful oasis. I saw 3-0 result, shrugged, showed the wife, said "oh well" and just moved on with my day. I sure as hell didn't bother watching it.

Boardo again? :lol:

I got a kick out of Danny "Dave is poison" Vukovic online asking if that was real and acting shocked.

I did watch it and cared enough to the extent that I embarrassed my daughter who had a friend over to play as I yelled "Who to???" at the TV when Edwards played that masterful crossfield pass to the fourth official.

If you're not embarrassing your daughter in front of her friends, you're not parenting right :lol:

Speaking of whom, maybe has to do something with his time, as did not make it onto the subs bench this week, as his J League team went down 4 - Nil, still with the 74kg goalkeeper throwing his weight around to hold down #1 spot.

He's injured atm, according to his Twitter account.

He has a calf injury. Apparently it is the first game he has missed due to injury, ever.

Add me to the list.
For some weeks there has been talk of staying at the pub rather than wandering down to the ground.
But 2 games to go, and 2 more dress-ups to complete my aim for the season.

Have not seen or heard Kenny post game, but expect he didn't blame the kids this week.
Maybe because he got in early Friday/Saturday in the papers telling everyone how inexperienced this week's team would be, how they'll all learn this week - and probably conceded there and then.
Me thinks that with Thwaites, Gallas, Burns and Griffiths all lining up, it's not as bad as he makes out - and Gallas was certainly watching each goal with interest as each went into the net.

And what difference will the 'mathematically impossible' now make to his team selection?

My beloved football club is being destroyed right in front of my eyes ok we may not have the players or the coach to do any better and the hiarachy have made a lot of errors going forward but surly they can see what has been hapening since Lowe has taken over is just not good enough for this league i would love to hear from them asap and let us know if they are happy to play for wooden spoons or say yes we are not to far of sighning a proven coach they must let the members know now not just take us for granted or they may live to regret thier disisions .

Exactly the same as me, didn't watch the game first one all year, haven't watched the highlights. Just don't care.. People are disengaging with the club. As a member for nearly 15years never felt this way, still unsure if I will rejoin.

According to this story, De Silva is going to either Lazio or AS Roma

http://www.watoday.com.au/sport/soccer/perth-glory-prodigy-daniel-de-silva-close-to-signing-for-big-italian-club-20140324-hvmb3.html

This is a genuine issue for me... I was once proud to think that Perth Glory had a history from before all the other A-League clubs existed. I was proud of what had been achieved by teams wearing the purple-and-orange and uniting so many football fans from so many different backgrounds within WA.

Now I see a club that seems to be completely unrepresentative of this history and in fact could be considered a stain upon all that went into building the club.

With the other sports teams in Perth (add our Big Bash League winning Scorchers and Sheffield Shield finalist Warriors to the list along with a Rugby League team still potentially in the pipeline) Perth Glory are no longer harming just themselves and their fans... they are harming the game of football in this state.

I am now at a point where I'd be willing to sacrifice our history and the legacy of those great players from our past for the sake of creating a new, sustainable and well-run club to represent West Australian football at a time when a considerable amount of talent is coming out of our state. 5 years ago if you'd suggested a Perth Utd team wearing black-and-gold was the way forward I would've shouted you down... today I'd be on board for the change.

Agreed Bovs, but only if Tony wasn't running the club...