Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Newcastle 1 v Brisbane 1

This was a tough game. The Roar would be happy with 1 point, even though it is another draw against a team in the lower reaches of the table.

Newcastle will and are complaining about the 80 minute equaliser. But it was clearly onside. Newcastle had a few gos at copying the Roar's play book. Go wide, push the ball through a hole and have someone run onto it - splitting the defence and crossing or shooting. So it was for the Roar goal, Nichols and Barbarouses going their job and Solorzano his - JC S's job is being there to tap in.

The only real disappointment from this game was the standoff referring which left Nichols with badly bruised legs and Newcastle tackles came pounding in. Roar still have to have legs for another 2 games in 7 days before a week off. So much for programming to support Socceroo duty!

The crowd was a fantastic 8,000 - about the same as the Saturday before.

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