League Table 2018/19 | #WeWantSixth

A win against Adelaide then Brisbane would all but confirm 4th for us with 2 games to go. At the least, want it sewn up before the Perth game

Love it, in a perverse kind of way

So either score early against Adelaide or snatch late winner?

I love a good Graph!

As long as it does not turn into a Zeppelin next season

There's nothing quite like the flightpath of a punctured Zeppelin

Like a "Led" balloon

On this thread, I'm feeling a Whole lotta love.

Melbourne City 4 Brisbane Roar 1

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Perth Glory	23	15	6	2	25	51
	Sydney FC	23	14	3	6	14	45
	Melbourne Victory	23	13	5	5	18	44
	Wellington Phoenix	23	10	7	6	10	37
	Melbourne City	24	10	6	8	3	36
	Adelaide United	23	9	7	7	0	34
	Newcastle Jets	23	7	5	11	-3	26
	Western Sydney	23	6	5	12	-8	23
	Brisbane Roar	24	3	6	15	-27	15
	Central Coast	23	2	4	17	-32	10

worst season by any current a-league club by CCM? Even Roar have got to be thanking their lucky stars for a 20 year licence.

CCM and Roar's defence are some of the worst even when you include the NSL era!

most goals conceded/game after #MCYvBRI:
2.65 Canberra Cosmos 96-97 season
2.59 CC Mariners 15-16
2.58 Heidelberg 93-94
2.57 CC Mariners 18-19*
2.50 St George 1980
2.46 Brisbane Strikers 92-93
2.46 BRISBANE ROAR 18-19*
2.42 NZ Kingz 01-02
2.35 Mooroolbark 1977
* season incomplete

— andrew howe (@AndyHowe_statto) April 5, 2019

The most suprising stat is that this isn't CCM's worst season defensively.

I thought the NZ Knights would be on that list

They weren't even good enough to concede goals!

Newcastle Jets 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 2

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Perth Glory	23	15	6	2	25	51
	Sydney FC	23	14	3	6	14	45
	Melbourne Victory	23	13	5	5	18	44
	Wellington Phoenix	23	10	7	6	10	37
	Melbourne City	24	10	6	8	3	36
	Adelaide United	23	9	7	7	0	34
	Newcastle Jets	24	8	5	11	-2	29
	Western Sydney	24	6	5	13	-9	23
	Brisbane Roar	24	3	6	15	-27	15
	Central Coast	23	2	4	17	-32	10

And then there were 7...

2 points needed to guarantee Finals Football

Sydney FC 2 Melbourne Victory 1

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Perth Glory	23	15	6	2	25	51
	Sydney FC	24	15	3	6	15	48
	Melbourne Victory	24	13	5	6	17	44
	Wellington Phoenix	23	10	7	6	10	37
	Melbourne City	24	10	6	8	3	36
	Adelaide United	23	9	7	7	0	34
	Newcastle Jets	24	8	5	11	-2	29
	Western Sydney	24	6	5	13	-9	23
	Brisbane Roar	24	3	6	15	-27	15
	Central Coast	23	2	4	17	-32	10

Excellent, IF, we win, only 4 points behind the Victory - and a moral victory too.

Moral victory?

As opposed to Immoral Victory perhaps

Adelaide United 3 Wellington Phoenix 1

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Perth Glory	23	15	6	2	25	51
	Sydney FC	24	15	3	6	15	48
	Melbourne Victory	24	13	5	6	17	44
	Wellington Phoenix	24	10	7	7	8	37
	Adelaide United	24	10	7	7	2	37
	Melbourne City	24	10	6	8	3	36
	Newcastle Jets	24	8	5	11	-2	29
	Western Sydney	24	6	5	13	-9	23
	Brisbane Roar	24	3	6	15	-27	15
	Central Coast	23	2	4	17	-32	10

Tighter than a trout's arse for the 4th.

Central Coast Mariners 0 Perth Glory 3

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Perth Glory	24	16	6	2	28	54
	Sydney FC	24	15	3	6	15	48
	Melbourne Victory	24	13	5	6	17	44
	Wellington Phoenix	24	10	7	7	8	37
	Adelaide United	24	10	7	7	2	37
	Melbourne City	24	10	6	8	3	36
	Newcastle Jets	24	8	5	11	-2	29
	Western Sydney	24	6	5	13	-9	23
	Brisbane Roar	24	3	6	15	-27	15
	Central Coast	24	2	4	18	-35	10

v Brisbane is nearly a must win.  However in fixture irony Melbourne City play Adelaide

3 things we want to happen to get 4th.

We beat Brisbane

City beat Adelaide

We beat City

Obviously there are other tricky permutations though

Are central coast really bad enough to lose 18 games by only conceding 10 goals?

Only because they’re attack is dreadful and they’ve scored -35. 

or adelaide and City draw. I think I would prefer that

I prefer the "Match abandoned after 63mins due to both sides only having 6 players left on the field" Option!

Oh I thought -35 was how many girlfriends they have!

A-League Ladder (only counting results vs Top 6 teams)

Glory W7 D4 L2 - 25 Pts 

Sydney W8 D1 L5 - 25 Pts 

Victory W4 D5 L5 - 17 Pts 

Phoenix W2 D5 L6 - 11 pts 

Adelaide W3 D4 L6 - 13 Pts 

City W4 D5 L4 - 17 Pts

Fascinating stat RR.  Grim but fascinating. 

You'll be able to add 3 wins after the finals anyway. 

Yes, I commented a few times a wee while back about how we've struggled against top 6 teams. I didn't want to keep being negative nancy though! The Adelaide result was unsurprising in that way. At the same time, it's not like we've looked incapable of doing better against them, like with the Victory games.

The only thing is that if Adelaide pick up a point against City, we need to get something from the Perth game (or hope that Adelaide drop more points somewhere else). Whereas if City win, then we just have to beat them at home to ensure we finish above both

Does this mean City are really shark against teams worse than them? 

Brisbane Roar 2 Wellington Phoenix 1

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Perth Glory	24	16	6	2	28	54
	Sydney FC	24	15	3	6	15	48
	Melbourne Victory	24	13	5	6	17	44
	Wellington Phoenix	25	10	7	8	7	37
	Adelaide United	24	10	7	7	2	37
	Melbourne City	24	10	6	8	3	36
	Newcastle Jets	24	8	5	11	-2	29
	Western Sydney	24	6	5	13	-9	23
	Brisbane Roar	25	4	6	15	-26	18
	Central Coast	24	2	4	18	-35	10

Really need a draw between City and Adelaide to get a realistic shot at 4th now.

Sad but much enthusiasm for that has gone.Just seems like we have been shafted by our coach.