Central Coast coach Nick Montgomery has dismissed Adelaide United captain Craig Goodwin’s labelling of the Mariners as a “long-ball” crew, believing they had been feedback made within the warmth of the second after an embarrassing loss.
Still hurting after being crushed 4-1 by the Mariners at Coopers Stadium in the course of the ultimate spherical of the common season final month, Adelaide will once more host Central Coast within the first-leg of an A-League semi-final on Saturday evening.
As anticipated, Goodwin was sad lower than two weeks after shedding what was a fiery affair towards the Gosford-based membership, together with his feedback together with his unflattering description of the type of soccer the Mariners play.
However, whereas Goodwin’s rant hasn’t been forgotten by Montgomery’s males, the Central Coast coach believed that if the Socceroos star had his time over once more, he would select his phrases extra properly.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for Craig Goodwin – he also said we were a long-ball team,” Montgomery stated.
“In the emotion of things after the game, if he looks at the stats, he’ll probably take that comment back.
“No-one likes losing games of football. He’s a winner, and you’ve got every player out there in finals for every club that wants to win. That’s the mentality they have.
“Revenge, or whatever you want to call it, that’s a dangerous word … but that’s normal. They lost out on the last game of the (regular) season for that second spot (on the ladder) which everybody wanted, and fortunately we got it.”
However, what occurred in the course of the common season is now not being thought-about by Montgomery.
“We don’t look at our games in the past,” he stated.
“Adelaide are a very good team and they’ve got some very good players.
“We go out to attack and win games of football. That’s the only way that you win games of football.
“(If) you sit back and defend for 90 minutes, you’re never going to win.”
Adelaide midfielder Jay Barnett stated the Reds – who bounced again to finish Wellington’s season with a 2-0 elimination ultimate win final week – had no selection however to neglect about their heavy and dear loss to the Mariners.
“It was just one of those nights for us where we were just a little bit off and they played quite well, but we have to put that behind us,” Barnett stated.
“Finals football is a very different game and over two legs, anything can happen.”
Barnett stated he was “riding the wave” in wanting the Reds to go “as far as we can” within the battle for the championship.
Originally printed as Mariners coach Nick Montgomery unconcerned by Adelaide star Craig Goodwin’s ‘long-ball’ sledge
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
