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Official South Melbourne Hellas thread 🔵⚪

southmelb said:
We did very well today to only lose by 3 but i suspect these kids could be on the end of some cricket scores against the likes of heidelberg and avondale who i believe are way better than Oakleigh.
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Disagree, despite the two late goals and being bossed around pretty much fro 90 mins the kids shows alot of grit and tactical organisation to keep the backline structured and at least 1-2 "out" players to be able to try the counter, Oaks was far too disciplined in the end but I thought some of our youngsters were incredible. If losing to the second placed team when all of our players were kids looks like that this season is ours.
 
Interesting to see how those Oakleigh U23s must have felt in the grandstand watching our U20s/U23s playing senior football. They probably realised they'll never play senior football at Oakleigh.

Players like the Angelatos brothers, Papadimitriou, O'Sullivan, and Dovison have played plenty of minutes this season. Will do them a world of good long-term.
 
Hellenic_blue&white said:
Some real keepers in that squad though which is further tesriment to the work being done in the background.
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Speaking of keepers, the young lad was tremendous, great distribution, a cannon of a kick, decisive when coming out.... Id rate him miles above Trenkov and not far off Charleston as second choice....
 
southmelb said:
Whilst Oakleigh were ordinary you have to factor in that its not easy rocking up to a game that you know isnt a proper match. Very rarely does a team know they've won the game before its started.
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That was pretty poor by Oakleigh... Second goal was ok and the third was inevitable but they struggled for large portions of the game to penetrate.... Id bank the 3 point and go back to the ghetto without to much noise If I were them.
 
SMFC1959 said:
What a weekend of football. Two matches - two losses.
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South Melbourne women still managed to get the job done 2-1 over Bulleen Lions on the road in their NPLW Victoria game courtesy of a goal to captain Francesca Iermano, along with a converted penalty from Meisha Westland in the 7th and 81st minute respectively to go three wins in a row and move to fifth on the ladder on 17 points, one point outside the top four through nine matchdays.
 
SMFC1959 said:
There’s not much point trying to discuss this match given South pretty much fielded a combination of our U20s/U23s today. The fact the kids were able to keep Oakleigh scoreless until the 5th minute of injury time in the first half is testament to the quality of these kids and the effort they put in.

The positive today is that we have a bunch of kids coming through the club’s youth program that are going to play senior football. We have some talented kids - not all will make it to the senior squad, but we can confident that we have kids who can step up and measure themselves against other opponents. They will be better for the experience today. The way the fans acknowledged and applauded their efforts will ensure they hold their heads up high.

That being said - a full strength South side would have won by a couple of goals today.
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EVERY single player should hold their head up nice and high, They made themselves, their families and us very proud yesterday and well deserved the applause and well wishes after the game.
 
southmelb said:
O'Sullivan is ready now to be part of the senior squad every week. Papadimitriou and Saristavros are the next ones most likely to make it.

Anyway you blood these kids in with the main team and that shows a lot more. Its hard to judge when they're all in at once and get physically beaten by bigger more experienced bodies.

If we had Lopez, Eliopoulos, Jankovic, Pasquali and Bonada in the 11 today like we did against Gully with the kids surrounding them we would have given them a lot of trouble.
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O'Sullivan is a future captain. He bossed the back line from start to finish. Both Papadimitriou and Saristavros did very well, I also liked Angelatos (the one with longer hair) and the Van Riet the keeper... Dovison looks like he is recovering some of his speed, hope he continues tog et chances. We played Oakleigh with 6 debutante players (including bench) thats unheard of.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Speaking of keepers, the young lad was tremendous, great distribution, a cannon of a kick, decisive when coming out.... Id rate him miles above Trenkov and not far off Charleston as second choice....
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Agree ! This kid looked good. He must have been only 18-19 years old, but played with greater maturity. I reckon we get rid of Shalamanov-Trenkov at the very least. Question is - do we keep Charlston around for the remainder of the season.

I would suggest that young keeper continues to play in the U23s so he continues his development and but trains with the senior team.
 
Is anyone going to ask to ask, at least rhetorically, why we had to play these kids yesterday?!!

There was no legitimate reason!

Do we enjoy just gifting those scum points?

We probably supported their application for their boondoggle grandstand that is permanently empty.
 
SMFC1959 said:
I disagree. The money is there for the taking. If we win this competition - we go shopping in mid season transfer window.
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Mate, we put the big guns on and couldn't beat the bottom team in the heat, Sure we had a player down but some of the PNG players were 20kgs overweight and couldnt kick a ball straight if their lives depended on it. At one stage, after a stoppage, the PNG keeper picked the ball up with his hands to kick it in... they don't even know the rules... and we still lost....
 
Son of Sam said:
Is anyone going to ask to ask, at least rhetorically, why we had to play these kids yesterday?!!

There was no legitimate reason!

Do we enjoy just gifting those scum points?

We probably supported their application for their boondoggle grandstand that is permanently empty.
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At least Messorouni got to dress up as South Melbourne Hellas captain for 45 mins of football overseas. Silver linings and all that.
 
The kids did well but Oakleighs ball movement was horrible, they probably dont even win if Guest isnt playing. They stand around like statues and wait for set pieces.

We have some talent but lets not kid ourselves, Heidelberg would beat these kids by 10. This cant be our plan for May!
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Mate, we put the big guns on and couldn't beat the bottom team in the heat, Sure we had a player down but some of the PNG players were 20kgs overweight and couldnt kick a ball straight if their lives depended on it. At one stage, after a stoppage, the PNG keeper picked the ball up with his hands to kick it in... they don't even know the rules... and we still lost....
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We lost because Lopez didnt play, if he plays its simple we keep a clean sheet. We havent lost in the ofc when Lopez plays.
 
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