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WHEN Sydney FC beat Perth in the final minute last week, I believe they did Adelaide a big favour.
The result meant Adelaide went to the Central Coast for a sudden death game instead of Melbourne to play the Victory.
It was always going to be tough but the style of the Mariners suited Adelaide a lot better than that of Melbourne Victory ... until Adelaide changed their tactics and played into the hands of the Mariners.
I learned the hard way that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"!
The biggest thing they needed to take from last week's loss to Newcastle was that, as the coach said before the game, they needed to take their chances and that, as pointed out on Fox before the game, not to have your centre-backs dragged out of position, which is exactly what happened on Bernie Ibini's season ending goal.
Adelaide changed tactics but not style and this suited the Mariners.
They are the best in the business at sitting back and soaking up pressure, blocking passing lanes and restricting space.
A lot of Adelaide players would have felt like this on Saturday night. Source: Getty Images
The inclusion of Cirio into midfield just made it that much more crowded and as a result neither he nor Marcello Carrusca could find enough room to be effective ... given the way Adelaide like to have numbers around and on the same side as the ball.
They lost the width that Cirio provides on the left and they missed Bruce Djite's ability as a bouncer and focal point in the front third.
They also needed his muscle against a physically imposing Mariners central defence.
Jeronimo, who came in for Djite played wide and made angled runs inside but was largely ineffective and rarely found.
As a result, superior possession once again failed to translate into a result!
To be honest it was always a gamble starting Jero instead of Bruce given his record away from home over the past two seasons and even more risky changing tactics.
Nevertheless, it was a safe bet for the coach to make.
He deservedly has a new contract as well as everyone believing the team will sweep all before them next season.
So now, the team face an early post-mortem after a first week finals exit ... just as it did last year.
That is no big deal because the most important lesson learned from the chaos of the previous three years is that the football must be left to football people, not those that think they are.
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