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Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:19 pm
by Wedgie
One job! :evil:
Not entirely disgraced going down to the Nix 3-2 though and they did the right thing in the women's comp by losing to the Mariners again! :D

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:09 pm
by Wedgie
Time for a new AU coach I feel and I'm a big Carl Veart fan when he was a player.
What's going on?

Thank you Man City for beating the Nix, gives the Mighty Mariners a chance of top spot tomorrow.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:23 am
by Jim05
Wedgie wrote:Time for a new AU coach I feel and I'm a big Carl Veart fan when he was a player.
What's going on?

Thank you Man City for beating the Nix, gives the Mighty Mariners a chance of top spot tomorrow.
No coach in the world could do much with the United squad.
Club won’t send any money and ship off anyone who they can get decent money for. Playing a lot of kids and blokes not up to it

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:30 am
by Wedgie
Jim05 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:Time for a new AU coach I feel and I'm a big Carl Veart fan when he was a player.
What's going on?

Thank you Man City for beating the Nix, gives the Mighty Mariners a chance of top spot tomorrow.
No coach in the world could do much with the United squad.
Club won’t send any money and ship off anyone who they can get decent money for. Playing a lot of kids and blokes not up to it

They spend more than Central Coast and the Mariners don't seem to be doing too bad.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:50 pm
by Wedgie
Not A-League but Australian soccer.
Found out tonight my favourite Adelaide City player of the 80s and 90s Steve "Maxi" Maxwell passed away.
Was only about 58.
:(

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:12 pm
by Dinglinga75
Very sad!! Many will remember him for his playing career but the way he put back into the game coaching many teams over the past couple of decades majority were juniors & women football should be also remembered

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:56 pm
by magpie in the 80's
Steve and i worked together at John Martins warehouse at Lockleys just before his football career took off. Sad times.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:49 pm
by Wedgie
Crikey, Adelaide United's girls are down to Newcastle 8-0 :shock:

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:25 am
by Wedgie
Great to see Nestory get a hattrick and even better to see his celebrations afterwards.
Really weird that my favourite player in the league plays for my most disliked club. :lol:

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:10 pm
by Wedgie
Mariners win 3 nil and through to that AFC Cup Final and a much tougher run of games than the Western Asian teams with many more games.
Playing a team from Beruit but in a safer Middle Eastern country with a guaranteed purse of $1,000,000.
Awesome effort.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2024 6:26 pm
by RB
Minor premiership up for grabs tonight - Central Coast v Adelaide United at 6.30.

If Central Coast win or draw, they win the trophy. If AU win, Wellington will have their first ever piece of silverware.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2024 9:21 pm
by Wedgie
Mariners win 2 nil for our first premiers plate in 12 years.
The little club that can keeps on giving!
My mind wand wanders back to when we lost the first 4 games of the year after losing most of our championship side and our coaching staff.
As I left one of those losses at Himdmarsh some Adelaude United peanut ripped into me telling me we'd go nowhere this season. 8)
Anyway, 2 trophies down, onto the AFC Cup on Monday morning in Oman.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2024 12:20 pm
by RB
So United finished with a record of W9 D5 L13 F52 A53, in eighth spot, a fair way off finals.

Our 52 goals scored is the joint-most this season. In terms of away goals, we averaged about two per game - easily the most in the comp, pretty much a Manchester City-like number that. Our problem was at home - if we hadn't been so bad at home through the middle of the season we might have scraped in to the finals.

I really struggle to name any defender who played well this year. Most are simply not up to it at A-League level.

Clough will probably win the Aurelio Vidmar Medal, merely on account of his consistency. I don't feel that any attacking player really stood out (Irankunda obviously had his moments), but when you score as many goals as we do, attack ain't the problem.

Bit hard to see things improving next year. The club won't spend any money, and the defence needs a complete rebuild. Hard to find positives and it's probably fair to start wondering whether Carl Veart (currently the longest serving A-League head coach after four and a bit seasons) is the man to take the club any further.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2024 8:43 pm
by Wedgie
Dramatic ending tonight between Victory and City.
Victory go through in penalties.

Next week, 1st leg of semis:
Sydney v Central Coast
Melbourne Victory v Wellington

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Mon May 06, 2024 7:48 am
by Wedgie
The Mighty Mariners become the first Australian team to win the AFC Cup overnight in Oman!
That's 3 trophy's down this season to the reigning champions!
What a club, so proud.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2024 10:35 pm
by Wedgie
Wow, I gave us no chance in Sydney tonight after only getting back from the Middle East on Tuesday!
Just a draw away from me seeing my first game in Gosford live, come lads! :D

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2024 12:24 pm
by Jim05
Well that’s one way to get in the mainstream media

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2024 7:41 pm
by whufc
Jim05 wrote:Well that’s one way to get in the mainstream media


Just close the league down!!

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sat May 18, 2024 12:29 am
by Wedgie
Both 2nd legs of the semis a sell out for the first time ever in A League history!

Really looking forward to both games tomorrow.

Re: A-League 2023-24

PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2024 1:23 am
by Wedgie
Yeah baby!
Booked flights and accom for 2 nights on the accom in a house with my son, can't wait!
First trip to Paradise and it'll be for a Grand Final!
Just hoping the Victory fans don't destroy Gosford!