A disappointing evening.

Sailors were massive though. Scored some bangers in the first leg and were defensive beasts in the second. Well deserved. #SYDvLCS #ACLTwo

Credit and congratulations to Lion City Sailors to Lion City Sailors and in particular Bailey Wright.

But, Sydney FC didn’t really ask enough questions of their defence tonight for all their attacking talent.

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Hello darkness, my old friend #SYDvLCS #ACLTwo

And this was after Costa had to retreat to receive the ball ahead of Pires and Song. Tempo is consistently killed in Sydney phases of possession because of a consistent inability to penetrate in these moments - this, in practice, further necessitates the ball in behind.

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Not often that a referee goes to the screen and sticks with their decision.

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The most sokkah commentariat thing ever wrt respect to Sydney results/performances is not the functionality and nature of their possession, but whether it is practical to have possession. Meanwhile, Talay binned his most suitable player for this kind of complexion before Christmas.

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While there are territorial - or dare I say, positional - benefits to what’s essentially 3-1-6, meanwhile, the aggregate score becomes ever more impinging on the complexion of the tie with each passing minute in the face of in behind and inshallah possession.

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Doesn’t the idea of overloading the defensive line become a moot point when all the team in possession can do is spam balls in behind? At the moment, no Sydney players are looking to/can receive inside the block, while Cáceres neither here nor there advancing onto last line.

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I feel like I say this every game, but I have very little confidence that Uffy has the ability to get the best out of this team and it really sucks

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I think Segecic just has to start tonight.

You can't afford to have someone so in form, not play in such an important match.

If Klimala still isn't right then it's easy - Lolley up top. But if he is, I'm benching Lolley...

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