Pretty sure he plays for Strikers? 

Ex Roar youth, played at strikers last season. 

Alex Parsons?

Was keeper when Strikers beat Wellington in penalty shootout in FFA Cup a couple of years back.

Wenzil-Halls playing the best football of his Roar career. Forget the goals, his overall contribution has lifted significantly 👏👏

Gotta say, Daley reminds me a lot of Bratts.  The team looked rusty, and still got it done. Jack might need to sit out a couple of games.

Yeah, agree. 

Looking ok for a 10th ranked team 😂😂😂😂😂

amazing when a coach believes in you and can also coach themselves and not be a figurehead for publicity

Jets played it close and tough and we were rattled and unsettled for two thirds of the game. Same sort of playing style that Victory used on us in their dominant first half.

We have to find the composure to play our game when we are getting tied down - rather than constantly returning the ball to our opposition when we have the opportunity to pass.

Did I miss something or was our new Japanese striker's only touch the final header in the game?

Battled out a good win. Jets are unlucky to be none from four - but that can be discussed in their own thread.

Gillesphey the goods again this season. His sense of timing in tackles and positioning is so solid. We have settled considerably from the vulnerable backline we started with last season. Still not rock solid mind you - plenty of scary moments in that game especially every corner.

Roar deserve a lot of credit for that performance. 

Agree on both points. It was a very hard fight and we were never defeated in the game - we just brought extra pressure on ourselves with those turnovers which I consider to be highly unusual for us.

Yes, with that much possession the Jets had a lot of shots from outside the box which were relatively easy for Freke. He withstood the pressure of the corners, even though a bit shaky immediately after half time. 
Funny that our centre backs were pretty dominant, yet their goal came from a corner. Overall the corners tonight were very good. Great result, and the Jets will cause a lot of problems over the season. Great 3 points to pick up.

I think the height of the Jets players at corners combined with the quality of the balls in was the key to that. Can't see that fading away either over the season.

For our part that is out of our control - nothing more we can do than trust in Aldred and Gillesphey to continue doing what they are so good at and making the right decisions when our opposition have more tall players in the box than us.

Very simple mistake for that conceded corner - the defender attacked the line of flight of the ball instead of attacking the ball. A bit lazy but otherwise good tonight. 

Hingret and Brown against Newcastle were are not good enough. We need to replace them as soon as possible 

I agree. And I think we have the replacements on the bench. 

he doesnt have the passing range that bratts does but he has a greater work ethic. where bratts is comfortable sitting back deep and starting play with sublime passing skills Daley is better at moving around and keeping moves flowing forward. They both are very good at breaking up play defensively. I rate Daley a lot and if he can continue to improve he will become a great player. 


I haven't re-watched to see why they struggled but i am not entirely convinced that it was their fault that they looked under pressure. I think it was more of a mismatch in tactics with brown and hingert in two minds on whether to push up onto NJ's fullbacks or not as NJ were playing 3-5-2/5-3-2 moon definitely didn't have them drilled on how to set up against this. look at the average position of the players https://www.a-league.com.au/match/newcastle-jets-v-brisbane-roar-fc-a-league-20-01-2021/2176834#!/stats hingert and brown were pushed forward leaving space in the pockets which left them in two minds, push forward or cover space. Credit to moon who picked it up during the game and switched to a back 3 to counter it, but it is a little worrying that Moon is not picking it up pregame and setting up the team appropriately. It has happened twice now where he has been entirely reactive, better teams will take full advantage of it and bang in a couple before the changes are made. 

Both hingert and brown have looked very good in one game (Vic for hingert City for brown) and poor in the other. I think it is premature to call them to be benched. particularly when it has been tactical errors that have made them struggle. 

Apart from his very nice pass for DWH's goal SMac was the real poor player of the game for me. he was quite lazy defensively, not helping on the presses, which allowed NJ's centre backs to move forward with the ball (which further isolated hingert and brown as DWH and Danzaki who would usually cut off the fullbacks had to close down the CB's) Smac was also very wasteful with the ball having it taken away from him way too often. 

Yes, I'm sure both Gillesphey and Aldred felt right at home the way the game was played. I was surprised at how far up the pitch NTS was for most of the second half. Good insight regarding the goal, easily done, easily corrected.
All round good effort from the boys. Their work rate was good. Whilst Masato hardly touched the ball, he did a lot of running the few minutes he was on the pitch. Good signs in the game for us.

Golgol mebrahtu has signed. Not really sure why though unless he has dramatically improved while he was away. We are already stacked with squad level attacking players, so unless he is outstanding why bring in another.

also what is the go with George Mells? Has something happened to him and the club doing him a favour by keeping him around? he hasnt played a game in 3 or 4 years. i dont think i have seen him in a matchday squad.

Honestly think this is a good signing - if only because Ingham has been Jack average so far 

Yes that one has amazed me too. I have only ever sen him in a preseason intra club game when Robbie first arrived ...never since .
Why is he still at the club if he is never played or even in a squad ?

Not ambitious enough.

Yes I'm wondering why he has been signed as well. Tho I do think he would probably offer something different to Ingham. 
It appears to me that Ingham, Champness and Mebrahtu kind of all offer similar options. 
Keep one or even two but not the three. 
Put the cash somewhere else or in the bank and wait for a real quality player to pop up otherwise reasonably happy with what I'm seeing. 
Daley could very well strike up a starting spot if he hadn't already. 

Waiting for a real quality player to pop up is fine, but presumably this signing fits within the cap and/or salary budget whereas a “real quality player” may not. 

but why a squad level attacking player when we are short in other positions?
for the front 3/4 we have: Smac, danzaki, DWH, kudo, champness, Ingham, Parsons 
with Joshea and akbari able to play in the AM spot as well. GolGol probably sits above Champness in the pecking order but doesnt really put much pressure on the starting 3/4, and if Moon thought Ingham/parsons are not really up to that level and needs to bring someone in why let a promising player like Muratovic go who would presumably be cheaper than 30 year old golgol and has come through Brisbane's system. 

if you are looking at squad level players we are short in the CD position with Trewin the only recognised CD after Aldred and Gilesphie (JCP can play there though)

Recognition that Champness is struggling and Ingham doesn't provide the push we need on the flanks.  

Next week's game brings M Toure against our CD pairing. Shall be an interesting contest and good to see where the youngster fits in the strikers role.

It’s the full backs I’m worried about - both brown and hingert struggle with pace