A-League 2007 / 2008

[Dirko]

So who's going to win the League this year ?

[devilsadvocate]

Djiite!

But he will also lose, because his name is bloody impossible to pronounce!

[Dirko]

Season starts this weekend. A quick wrap on major ins and outs for the clubs, as well as a preview of this weeks games.

ADELAIDE UNITED
INS:Paul Agostino, Jose Oliveria (Cassio), Kristian Sarkies, Jonas Salley
OUTS:Carl Veart, Ross Aloisi, Qu, Fernando

CENTRAL COAST
INS:Dean Heffernan, Greg Owens, Sasho Petrovski, Andrew Redmayne
OUTS:John Crawley, Noel Spencer, Jamie McMaster, Stewart Petrie

MELBOURNE VICTORY
INS:Ljubo Milicevic, Matthew Kemp,Leandro Da Silva (Love),Carlos Hernandez
OUTS:Fred, Kristian Sarkies, Simon Storey, Adrian Leijer

NEWCASTLE JETS
INS:Adam Griffiths, Jorge Drovandi, Scott Tunbridge, Troy Hearfield
OUTS:Milton Rodriguez, Vaughan Coveny, Nick Carle, Paul Okon

PERTH GLORY
INS:Hayden Foxe, Mate Dragicevic, Nick Rizzo, Nikolai Topor-Stanley
OUTS:Bobby Despotovski, Mislav Saric, Luka Glavas, Ryan Townsend

QUEENSLAND ROAR
INS:Craig Moore, Danny Tiatto, Marcio Adurens (Marcinho), Tahj Minniecon
OUTS:Marcus Wedau, Yuning Zhang, Spase Dilevski, Dario Vidosic

SYDNEY FC
INS:Juninho Paulista (Juninho), Mike Enfield, Brendan Santalab, Adam Casey
OUTS:Alvin Ceccoli, Sasho Petrovski, Jeremy Brockie, Dwight Yorke

WELLINGTON PHOENIX
INS:Cleberson Gois (Cleberson), Vaughan Coveny, Ross Aloisi, Shane Smeltz
PLUS the rest of the squad !

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This weeks games are;
24/08 BLING vs CENTRAL COAST @ BLINGWORLD

25/08 QUEENSLAND ROAR vs ADELAIDE UNITED @ BRISBANE

26/08 PERTH GLORY vs NEWCASTLE JETS @ PERTH
WELLINGTON vs ****** VICTORY @ WELLINGTON

Some very good games for the first round (incidentally Adelaide travel five times in the first seven weeks )
I think Bling will get up over Central Coast, Adelaide will draw against Roar, Glory to get glory and Wellington to fire and down ***** in their first home game...

Hope the season is a good one and come on United !!

[RoosterMarty]

I am a bit biased but I picked Adelaide, we definitely have the squad to challenge for both honours this season with our defence the only concern. Our midfield and strikeforce does look strong with a bit of depth to play with if need be.
I am looking forward to V3, it should be a belter of a season and expect United to score plenty of goals this time around.
Also I'm a bit gutted I will miss the opener as it clashes with the Crows' match, great planning A-League.

[smithy]

And Branko Culina compares Sydney FC to Man Utd.....

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22289760-5000940,00.html

W

[devilsadvocate]

And Branko Culina compares Sydney FC to Man Utd.....

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22289760-5000940,00.html

W

Smithy, that anchor gag is possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen. Love your work!

Newcastle will really struggle with those outs. I really liked watching them last season. Very entertaining because of the 4 players they have lost. Carle's goal against United was brilliant.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

the biggest factor for Adelaide i think will be how they manage the Olyroos, we dont want to build the game plan around them and then get the back on match day to find out they are to stuffed after playing in 45'

Intresting to see Ross Aloisi tipped Adelaide to win the league this season also.
I think deffiniatley another top 2 finish though.

off to the Airport in a minute to head to Brisbane to hopefully watch them open the season with a win.

[Dirko]

Well so far no home town biased in the poll....

FRIDAY NIGHT

Central Coast def Bling 1 nil...Sasho scored against his old club...OUCH ! Take that D##KHEADS !!

[dinglinga]

you forgot OUTS for adelaide

KEMP, OWENS, KOSMINA!!!

[Dogwatcher]

I enjoyed seeing the news reports last night with the Bling going down.

Would've been a cracking game with all those shots hat went so close.

[Dirko]

you forgot OUTS for adelaide

KEMP, OWENS, KOSMINA!!!

Yeah, sorry Dinga, but with all the outs from Adelaide tried to keep it brief

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ADELAIDE 2 - ROAR 2

Goals to the lads who were meant to be knackered ! Burns & Djitte...
Moore got sent off after two yellows, and McKay & Ognenovski scored for QLD.

Sam go dogs, can you post the pics if any and report ?

[Dogwatcher]

great result for the reds.

[Dirko]

Yeah I agree, considering two blokes have travelled half way round the world 24 hours prior...
We need the point(s) during the first seven weeks because the draw is S$$T !

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

would have been happy with the draw except for the fact we had the lead twice.

will post up some of our pictures when i get back to Adelaide 2nite.

[Dogwatcher]

Also good to see Burns scored his goal from outside the box.

An area we were I felt we deficient in last season. Am I correct in this assertion?

[dinglinga]

for those who dont have foxtel or overseas here are the goals from last nite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnTzkOe4I8U

[Dirko]

Also good to see Burns scored his goal from outside the box.

An area we were I felt we deficient in last season. Am I correct in this assertion?

You are correct...too many times last season Adelaide looked for the next option, when there wasn't
one and wamo, defence manned up, and rebounded. Good if they score from outside, especially if nothing
is on...better to have a crack then cough it up by over using the ball...

[Dirko]

Wellington 2 - Victory 2

A come from behind win, with 9 yellows shown! Aloisi for pulling on Muscats shirt, and Muscat for time wasting !!

Melbourne up by 2 with after 60 mins, Wellington scored in the 80th & 85th minutes, and hit the woodwork in added time...
Muscat from a penalty in the 19th, Allsop in the 60th for Melbourne.
Daniel in the 80th and Smeltz in the 85th...

[RoosterMarty]

Daniel also missed a penalty in the first half, hit the crossbar! Good crowd of about 14,400.

The Perth - Newcastle game has been ordinary so far.

[Dirko]

Perth & Newcastle s S##T house boring nil all...

The Ladder after round 1
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Central Coast Mariners FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Adelaide United FC 1 0 0 2 2 0 1
3 Queensland Roar FC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Melbourne Victory FC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Wellington Phoenix FC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Perth Glory FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Newcastle Jets FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Sydney FC 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0