Good game. Plenty of players willing to run at defences with ball at feet. Much better spectacle than the usual A league pass the ball in a u shape for long periods with out creating anything.
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Damn, Macarthur equalise towards the end of the 1st half before half-time good to see Davila scoring a goal to boost his confidence though.
Arzani scores a tap-in and Macarthur have come from behind.
Can’t believe MacArthur might make a cup final in 3 years while the Nix haven’t made one since our inception... how depressing
Arzani scores a penalty and gets his second, Oakleigh aren't coming back from this.
Davila gets his second through another penalty, this has really gone downhill.
Oakleigh get another goal from a corner to make the score just a bit more respectable.
A 13 year old keeper, Ymer Abili has just come on to replace Italiano for an NPL team against A-League opposition, how awesome is that.
Good to see Davila getting some goals tonight as well as starting for a second match in a row. SU still deserve to win this cup way more than Macarthur do.
Good to see Davila getting some goals tonight as well as starting for a second match in a row. SU still deserve to win this cup way more than Macarthur do.
Only saw the first half. Oakleigh were doing well, but looked like they fell apart after there centre back went off injured.
Davilla was playing like a man possessed.
Davilla was playing like a man possessed.
Can’t believe MacArthur might make a cup final in 3 years while the Nix haven’t made one since our inception... how depressing
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MacArthur could win this having only faced one A-League team throughout the whole competition which was us in the the quarter finals.
Australia Cup final tonight, come on SU!
Australia Cup final tonight, come on SU!
Normally I would agree but Davila is dedicating this game to his wife's memory, so really want him to score a hatty and celebrate with his kid & the trophy.
Would love to watch it but it's quite a late kick off!
Would love to watch it but it's quite a late kick off!
Yeah, not looking forward to a 10:45pm kick off. Stupid daylight savings.
Australia Cup final tonight, come on SU!
Normally I would agree but Davila is dedicating this game to his wife's memory, so really want him to score a hatty and celebrate with his kid & the trophy.
Oh dear, didn't know he was doing that. That has now made it harder to decide who deserves this more.
Sydney United fans booing the Welcome to Country. Not a great look. Oh and the Nazi salutes in the support groups...
Sydney United fans booing the Welcome to Country. Not a great look. Oh and the Nazi salutes in the support groups...
one of the massive issues with Country/Race based clubs. Does it surprise you that the Croatian based Aussies are happy to show hatred towards the aboriginals.?
Davila pulled down in the box, Toure converts. 0-1
Davila just too good!
given the massive difference in keague these two teams play in Sydney Uniited have done themselves very proud - sure their fans are thugs/brutes/racist dicks but it's been an entertaining game and McArthur havent had it all their own way. I'm pleased to see Uli running the show (he is going to be tough this season).
given the massive difference in keague these two teams play in Sydney Uniited have done themselves very proud - sure their fans are thugs/brutes/racist dicks but it's been an entertaining game and McArthur havent had it all their own way. I'm pleased to see Uli running the show (he is going to be tough this season).
Sydney United defended for their lives all thru their cup run, just today they didn't take their half chance when offered. The guys on the park can be very proud of their efforts here.
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Ulises Dávila is the 2022 Mark Viduka Medalist 🏅
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fully deserved.
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Seems some of the ugliness of the old NSL may have risen its ugly head during the final. If found to be true Sydney need to be banned from next years cup
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Seems some of the ugliness of the old NSL may have risen its ugly head during the final. If found to be true Sydney need to be banned from next years cup
Problem is that this Ustaše bullshark is pretty endemic in the Aussie Croatian community. If you kick out Sydney United do the Melbourne Knights have to follow? I wonder why it's not like that here (or at least if it is I haven't heard of people yelling ZA DOM SPREMNI at Central United games. Maybe it's because the bulk of the Croatian community came here in the 1890s to dig gum, not in 1945 for "reasons".)
Seems some of the ugliness of the old NSL may have risen its ugly head during the final. If found to be true Sydney need to be banned from next years cup
Problem is that this Ustaše bullshark is pretty endemic in the Aussie Croatian community. If you kick out Sydney United do the Melbourne Knights have to follow? I wonder why it's not like that here (or at least if it is I haven't heard of people yelling ZA DOM SPREMNI at Central United games. Maybe it's because the bulk of the Croatian community came here in the 1890s to dig gum, not in 1945 for "reasons".)
Also how many other Slavic nationals live here? Don’t think there’s anywhere near as many Serbs here as there are in Sydney or Melbourne for Croats to clash with.
I'm probably just bitter that the Nix couldn't equal (or better) last year's cup run, but how disappointing to have a national cup trophy already awarded before the season has even started. By all means, start the qualifying rounds at the tail end/start of the season but play the last few rounds during the season proper!
nah, I like it as a separate, pre-season (for the a-league) end of season for the NPL competition. It reduces the difference between the comps.
It is a bridge between "old football" and "new football", so is in a perfect slot imo.
Seems some of the ugliness of the old NSL may have risen its ugly head during the final. If found to be true Sydney need to be banned from next years cup
Seems some of the ugliness of the old NSL may have risen its ugly head during the final. If found to be true Sydney need to be banned from next years cup
yeah, sections of the crowd were pretty unsavory! even caught some pretty racist sounding chants from the telly coverage.
I'm probably just bitter that the Nix couldn't equal (or better) last year's cup run, but how disappointing to have a national cup trophy already awarded before the season has even started. By all means, start the qualifying rounds at the tail end/start of the season but play the last few rounds during the season proper!
They should just have a second cup competition imo. The A league cup or something. Midweek football was decent.
I'm probably just bitter that the Nix couldn't equal (or better) last year's cup run, but how disappointing to have a national cup trophy already awarded before the season has even started. By all means, start the qualifying rounds at the tail end/start of the season but play the last few rounds during the season proper!
They should just have a second cup competition imo. The A league cup or something. Midweek football was decent.
Doesn't pull a crowd or great TV ratings sadly.