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Official South Melbourne Hellas thread 🔵⚪

southmelb said:
2nd half was dominant, similar to Preston game.

If we can get the 3 points next Friday night we should remain top 4 until ofc ends. Realistically the best we could hope for. Take away ofc and i doubt we would have had dropped a single point yet.
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We win next win and we retain top spot for one last time for a while. It is extraordinary that we are top of the NPL Victoria league ladder with the OFC Pro League finals just a few weeks away.

If we can stay within 4-6 points of the top spot by end of May, we’ll go on a decent run for the second half of the season. That match against George Cross could be crucial to achieving that.
 
southmelb said:
Still a quality outfit. We cant play the exact same team we did last week against them.
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If we play our U23 team against Heidelberg, we would lose 10-0. The kids would play their hearts out but Heidelberg is much stronger than Oakleigh. We will need to hold back 3-4 reserves just to minimise the damage.
 
Swibel getting rubbed out doesnt really ruin much in terms of our play, he is probably the least catastrophic loss from our best 11. You throw Bonada up top and bring in Dovison out wide and you're still super strong. Ok he scored but his performance was poor, he makes terrible runs and provides a poor option, and that speculative shot he took in the 1st half when he could have played Bonada through on goal was mind boggling. We upgrade his position and the sky is the limit.

Its also noticeable how much our bench players dominant late in games when our best team has done the damage. Leech and Messourouni looked like superstars last 10 mins lol

As for Bergers game in a fortnight, it will literally be 10-0 if we trot out those kids and bergers will be looking to break records. Losing is one thing but it cant be completely catastrophic that our GD gets tanked.
 
southmelb said:
As for Bergers game in a fortnight, it will literally be 10-0 if we trot out those kids and bergers will be looking to break records. Losing is one thing but it cant be completely catastrophic that our GD gets tanked.
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Agree that we need at least a few senior players to stay back in Melbourne and supplement the playing list for the game against Heidelberg United instead of fielding a starting XI entirely from the reserves and under-23s, but even if we suffer a catastrophic loss we still have an easily winnable match against Caroline Springs George Cross the following week and our for and against won't be tanked that much.
 
You should only need 17 players for the first ofc hub game including 2 keepers. Would give 5 outfielders. You could surely keep Charleston inglese birchmore pope Singh and lackey back. Add dovison skapoulas osullivan papadimitriou agelatos and you've got an 11 that could at least put up a fight. Keep them for the bergers game then fly them over for games 2 and 3.
 
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