It's been a little while since my last blog, thanks to school I've had my time occupied with studying and assignments. Yay. Luckily I haven't missed any home games, mainly due to the lack of them, thanks FFA! But I wrote about that last time, and this blog, I'm worried more about something that Gold Coast United has direct control over.

The performances of the team have been nothing short of dire. And they have not lived up to what the fans of this were promised pre-season one. We were told that Gold Coast United would be built on a philosophy of attractive, attacking football. Whilst in season one, this was true, with United being one of the entertainers of the league, with slick passing and clinical finishing, this seems to have taken a U-turn in season two.

Nowadays, we prefer to defend for 90 minutes, and try to catch a team on the break. Granted, it worked against Melbourne Victory, but even then we had to have an opposition player put the ball in the back of the net for us. In a nutshell, we are alike to the old ‘Boring, boring Arsenal'. The team that won the English Premier League without losing a game.

Arsenal would play on the backfoot, and as soon as they went one-nil up, which happened more times than it didn't, they would park the bus and shut up shop. Effective, yes. Entertaining? Not in the slightest. However, when Arsenal did attack, it was one of the most beautiful things you are likely to see on a football pitch.

The passing was fluid, players were making runs all over the pitch, and it more than likely ended up in a goal for the Gunners.

Whilst the Gold Coast have the ‘park the bus' part of the gameplan down pat, the ‘slick passing and player movement' is clearly lacking. This was especially prominent in the Adelaide match.

It seemed like we had returned to the gloom of the goal drought that hung over Skilled Park for far too long. Yes, we managed to score, but as with the goal that broke the earlier drought, it was a wonder goal from a defender. A one-in-a-million effort that luckily flew perfectly into the top corner.

Obviously, the 2-1 loss was not the result that the yellow United were hoping for, and if we play like that in more games this season, I can see more disappointment on the horizon for GCU.

To be fair though, we did not have a full-strength side against Adelaide, and we haven't for quite a while now. The attacking third of the pitch is definitely our weakest element, we lack pace and are sorely missing the goal instinct which Shane Smeltz had blessed us with last season. And until Bruce Djite or Joel Porter, or even Andrew Barisic can find their top form and perform consistently for us, I cannot see any of the high-scoring matches that United continuously provided last season, much to the joy of the fans.

Hopefully, because of the four home games in December and the Boxing Day Derby, the strikers can hit a rich vein of form, and help Gold Coast United climb up to the top of the A-League ladder, where we belong when you look at the talent on our star-studded roster.

With the likes of Jason Culina, Zenon Caravella and James Brown gracing the midfield of GCU, hopefully chances will not be few and far between for the front line, which will hopefully consist of Porter and Djite finally. There is no doubt in my, and the majority of Gold Coast fans, that these two will form a formidable partnership at Skilled Park, and score a lot of goals to give The Beach something to sing about.

Don't get me wrong, The Beach is always at its loudest, no matter how the team are performing, but it can be somewhat disheartening when the team does not manage to win or even at home, let alone away.

But I don't want to continue to talk about negatives, so here's some positives. Oh wait...