HJK
Massively disappointing performance away at Mariehamn, and they have to happy with the 0-1 win. Everyone should be available, including winger Alho who has been suspended for the first two rounds.
SJK away next on Wed, the matches last season did not leave much speculation at the home side, and scoring a goal would be considered as progress!
SJK
Winning over promoted TPS with late goals on neutral ground, and having lost badly at the xG-markets is nothing to cheer about. Again there were badly roled players, and the change into better came only after late substitions when dead wood was taken out and some brains and skill in.
SJK still badly miss winger/striker Ions, but as I have repeatedly mentioned the main problem is totally elsewhere than in the player material.
Hosting HJK on Wed. Well...
KuPS
KuPS fielded the newcomer El Said from the start and he failed to impress yet, although a top player he is for sure. KuPS made a few defensive mistakes, and missing the axis of cb and defensive midfielder shows at times rather badly. Losing 1-2 at neutral ground was nothing new, as they have not won Ilves in 12 consecutive matches or so.
Next RoPS at home. Tough one.
RoPS
Another strong performance by RoPS and the puzzle of the new manager Koskela has been solved. He did great job at Klubi-04 for some years, and now at RoPS he has several of his youngster available and there are some long-term pairings, like the axis of Lingman-Lappalainen. Quality signings too in Taiwo and Kuate, and the only worry is really that beyond starting - 11 there is not much quality available. If they remain injury-free we can expect a strong season season and good finish, with injuries it would be something else.
Facing KuPS has never been easy for RoPS, but at least they have started this season perhaps better than ever and the experiments of preseason are gone.
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More to come.
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