A defence with two full backs who forget that they're not wingers and subsequently get caught out, fans who are turned away by drizzle one week after declaring Hindmarwh as the best stadium for football in the country, an attack that couldn't finish a wet dream, a CEO who boasts about having the capability and the funds to lure European stars before buying Mate Dugandzic and most importantly four dropped points in two games and just two points to show for their efforts.

Obviously these are early days and the club is adjusting to a new manager, but these are still arguably small problems that could turn into big ones. They may not be in crisis mode, but they aren't where they want to be and frankly should be.

Edited by salmonfc: 13/11/2015 07:28:10 PM

Partly just something to cope with the crushing disappointment, partly having a playful jab at the "Are X in trouble" craze, partly raising some genuine questions that should be answered.

They don't work with Adelaide fans because we're usually very pessimistic about our team.

To answer salmon's question. Yes we are.

Also I miss this man

Very much this.

Shit thread

We all do :cry:

We all miss that beautiful man.

At least I got to see him sprint onto the pitch when Adelaide beat Wellington in the flesh.

We're not actually in trouble yet, but we could be soon.

Also apparently Babalj did something to his foot. Definitely in trouble if he's out for next week.

why bother?
they have like 1 fan on this forum

Yeah there's a spark missing.

We're not in trouble in the 442 sense but there are some problems we need to fix and I'm not sure we'll fix them fast enough. Oh well nothing unusual :lol:

Well, you might as well join the MV brigade since you are still digging the boot into Adelaide. If you don't you will be banned for saying anything against the club without any reason given.

2 pages.

LOL

There is a reason I, an Adelaide fan, picked Adelaide to come tenth. It is quite clear the club has lost the plot both off and on the field. So many stupid decisions are being made and combined with the loss of Gombau makes things very bad. So the answer to the threads question is an undoubted yes

I'm out, what a joke of a club.

Adelaide fans are amongst the dumbest in the A-league. FIrst undefeated team to be awarding themselves the wooden spoon.
I think Adelaide needed to get an experienced center back because Malik is scatter brained, Dylan McGowan did a good job of covering for him but you would prefer someone who is able to stop Malik's errors rather than make list ditch tackles to compensate for them. if La Rocca was hired as a center back then they must be nutters, what was evident at WSW is how poor La Rocca was there. La Rocca is good in the midfield,he has the mobility to play in the midfield, and he can just run around and hack people there.
The other big issue is Babalj, I thought there were signs of an increased effort against Victory in the first half, but this match he went backwards. If your going to be relying on a high press then you need everyone to join in, they are doing what Brisbane Roar did last year with lazy strikers. If the money has been spent on La Rocca for center back and Babalj who might be this lazy for the whole season, then they might as well have tipped it down the drain. I suppose at least they can bench Babalj and start Djite.
The only positive for Adelaide is Dugandzic but Dugandzic's main quality is work rate and lasting for 90 minutes. Without Dugandzic against MV it would have probably been a 3-0 loss. Against WSW he wasn;t started and then others ran out of juice.

Wanderers were better in the final third its just that McGowan saved Adelaide multiple times.

Babalj was just dawdling around.

Adelaide has got 4 challenges imo:

(1) adapting to the loss of key players
(2) the loss of a great coach
(3) adapting to a new style of play under a new coach
(4) fitting Eli Babalj in

Looking at them last night they had flashes of their old quality so the ingredients are there, then there were some uncharacteristic lapses of misplaced passes. The biggest concern last night was perhaps the merge 7 shots generated which is un-Adelaide like and has perhaps been consistent in the last three games including the FFA Cup match. I think Babalj will be good for 7-8 goals this season but at the same time I think Adelaide will have to adapt their playing style (more high balls into the box?) to get that which may cost them an equivalent number of goals elsewhere.

Crisis? not yet, judge all the teams after 5 games when the patterns are clearer - Perth and Roar away then City at home offer 5-7 points if Adelaide can find their form, and their shooting boots ..

So this is what it feels like to be out sourced.

Val Migliaccio ‏@Val61 4h4 hours ago

Babalj potentially out for 6 matches due to a foot injury #AdelaideUnited

Only scored from an own goal and with both strikers out and Sanchez not fully fit, trouble is brewing.

Constantly underachieving, can't win the league but try to make up for it with cup wins, bottle it against the big rivals, perennial injury woes, strikers are shit and top goal scorer is Own Goal.

This can only mean one thing...

We're Arsenal! \:d/

Four shots in total across the first two games, both strikers are injured, main goalkeeper is out injured, the is proration and motivation from Gombau is gone, tickets for regular season matches are more expensive than tickets for UEFA Champions League matches and two of the four signings made during the off-season are out with long term foot injuries. All the while Greg Griffin lies and talks shit to the fans, whinges about transfers and salaries, claims he could sign big stars like Luca Toni or Steven Gerrard, works his loyal employees so hard that they have to resign due to health problems and take up less stressful jobs with other A-League clubs and drunkedly tried to hit on the Travel SuperStore girls he hired.

Looks like they are doing a Brisbane Roar from the Coffee Club days with ticket prices.
That would explain the attendances plus poor membership numbers.

Kick them out. SMFC in.

Glad you've finally stopped fearing the big bad violent wogs

Kindy time over junior.

Someone's gotta pay the franchise running costs,

After an offseason of grief, sounds like Griffin et al are running short on patience

If you want to sell the club or find investment give away free tickets and pack the stadium.
Norhern SPirit used that tactic and they even got Slater and Arnold to fall for it.

Title should be "Is Adelaide United in trouble?"

How can something Singular be United ?

Because its a title/Proper Noun. If your mum is a lowie and she called you Michaels it doesnt mean there is 2 of you.

Well there you go,

I guess no-one can be a Wanderer then ?