The first loss is always the hardest

I don't particularly like it when my team loses, I guess nobody does unless your name is Cecilia. I also don't like it when we lose to Adelaide, its something about them, maybe it stems from the John Kosmina days. So as you may have guessed the loss last night to Adelaide didn't go down too well. In fact I don't think it went down well with all the people in the rather packed Charles Dickens Tavern who were watching the game as well. I decided to give the 'Dickens' a go after a rather poor effort from the Royal Melbourne Hotel for the Sydney game last weekend. I didn't manage to drag anyone along, not for want of trying so I decided I would just hang out with the hundred or so other Victory fans. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the venue and definitely will back there in the future. The place rocked when the only goal for Victory hit the back of the net.

Pure and simply, last night we were simply outplayed by Adelaide. We were outplayed by a team that wanted it more than we did. We may offer excuses that we were missing key players, but Adelaide were also not at full strength. We did miss the influence of both Muscat and Brebner, who are both so good at breaking up the play. Their replacement Milicevic, who was making his return form injury simply wasn't up for it. He is a central defender, not a central midfielder. The jury is still out for me on Milicevic, I am yet to be convinced of his value. The decision to play Kemp in the midfield was also a mistake and for many fans he is bearing the brunt of their frustrations. The only positive for me last night was the play of Hernandez, who is finally showing us what he is worth with some great passes and control in the midfield. he just wasn't getting the support from his teammates. Otherwise if was a forgettable performance from the team.

It was our first loss for the season (coincidentally we lost our first match last season against Adelaide in Round 8 - I hope that's an omen) and therefore not the the end of the world. Lessons must be learned and sometimes they are hard to take, but if we can take something from this loss we will be all the better for it. Bring on Perth next week I say and plenty of goals.