A-Leagues 24/25 - The Other Matches Thread

Nixieboys222

Nah footy season is about to start.. over 8,000 for a pre season warm up game in Footscray for the Western Bulldogs Bombers game
:D

RR

Has everyone in Melbourne gone away for the weekend? Between the 3 games in Melbourne last night & today, they might struggle to get over 30k combined.

0-0 in City/Glory

Was gonna say 25k in my original post but thought, nah that is too low. Turns out it wouldn't have been.

A-League R19 Crowds
Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix - 9,374
Melbourne City v Perth Glory - 4,441
Western United v Auckland FC - 3,862
Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets - 10,722
Western Sydney Wanderers v Macarthur FC - 9,243

Total: 37,642
Average: 7,528
Season Avg: 9,261…

— Austadiums Sport (@au_sport) February 16, 2025

I wonder how many of the 3862 at WU v Burger Kingz were Nix fans there to support Western?

So a combined 17,677 fans at the 3 games in Melbourne. That is awfully poor.

Just as well the APL has a full house in Aotearoa this weekend to sell to their broadcasters/sponsors. Adelaide also getting healthy crowds this season.

The form book would make you think the Jets should do this easily tonight. The Roar have a very good record away the Jets tho. For our sake, hopefully the Roar get up.

The roar away kit with orange shorts, white socks and blue tops looks like some fast food franchise uniform

Geez, do the Roar not practice defending during the week? 1-0

2-0. The Roar are garbage.

Woof. O'Shea with a peach of a free kick. 2-1

Looking at the replays, I think that was more bad Keeping than anything else. 2-1

The kiwi Bayliss has impressed with his distribution in midfield 

Why didn't we get this Roar team 😒

3-1? Checking VAR

Procrastinixing

Why didn't we get this Roar team 😒

We didn't put them under pressure, Do that & they fold like deck chairs.

VAR confirms the goal, 3-1

We are closer in points to Brisbane on the table -13 points ahead of them but 17 behind Antagonists FC

I think if adelaide lose tonight and Auckland win next week then we can probably make the call that AFC have won the premiership. They are too solid for the wheels to fall off.

Adelaide losing 1-0

Leggy

Adelaide losing 1-0

How do you reckon your Eastern Subs would have gone v today's Adelaide or AuckFC at, say, Newmarket Pk Leggy? Honest question.

That last minute 2-2 in Adelaide looks almost season defining for both teams.

Auckland have won 4 in a row since then, Adelaide are heading for their third loss in four games in the same period.

Adelaide would probably still be top if they held on to win that.

No possible way to compare.

Buffon II

That last minute 2-2 in Adelaide looks almost season defining for both teams.

Auckland have won 4 in a row since then, Adelaide are heading for their third loss in four games in the same period.

Adelaide would probably still be top if they held on to win that.

Adelaide lost a starting CB (Panagiotis Kikianis) to the Aussie u20's tournament & regular minute getters Yull & Jovanovic. That disruption hasn't helped their form.

Leggy

No possible way to compare.

Even in your imagination?

e.g. just for fun...
5th minute Bill de Graaf climbs all over Tommy Smith to nod in number 1. Then Ray Mears skins Rogerson to side foot in no.2. Followed by Leggy ripping down the wing, nutmegging Sakai, turning inside and beating Pijnaker & Smith with a triple reverse Cruyff turn then (doing everything Gillion has failed to do) sliding a pinpoint pass to a startled P Rennell who sidefoots in to make it 3 0 to Suburbs after only 15 minutes, the team running rampant, playing like a dream. After which the superior fitness not to say physicality not to say financial inducements of AFC/Adelaide began to tell. Even the great Tom McNab's 98 yr-old legs began to fail. Their guest player, the 3 yr-old prodigy Wynton Rufer, came on but was unable to do little more than dribble to excess. Finally the A-League champs ran out victors by 7 goals to 3 in front of an enthralled Newmarket Park.

Is there any footage of Leggy playing anywhere? Let us young and ignorant ones see the good old days if there is! 

martinb

Is there any footage of Leggy playing anywhere? Let us young and ignorant ones see the good old days if there is! 

Not sure that even radio was around then.

.... harsh.... radio is not that old....  :-)

Let's Gone Adelaide.

Oof, what a strike. 1-0

Great goal

May again, 2-0

It's almost like when you play high intensity attacking football you score goals and the game is great to watch.

RR

May again, 2-0

If they can get 7 today, does that make last week not look so bad?...

Give them the premiers plate already. 

Just a very good side. Absolutely relentless.

Ooh that hurt 😮‍💨

It's nice to see a team full of kiwis starting dominating a league. Great for football in this country 

YoungHeartHM

Give them the premiers plate already. 

Just a very good side. Absolutely relentless.

Ooh that hurt 😮‍💨

The best team in the league. Unless they get some bad injuries, I just don't see them being beaten at home again - so that means they get the toilet seat.

Do they take their finals games to Eden Park?

Elsey pulls one back, 2-1

Paulsen done by the bounce off the post.

2-1 game back on

i hope they take their finals games to Eden park, I'll drive up from Hamilton for them and don't want to miss out on Tix because they play at a smaller venue

coochiee

YoungHeartHM

Give them the premiers plate already. 

Just a very good side. Absolutely relentless.

Ooh that hurt 😮‍💨

Clearly the best team in the league. Unless they get some bad injuries, I just don't see them being beaten at home again - so that means they get the toilet seat.

Do they take their finals games to Eden Park?

She's a bloody good game to be fair.

coochiee

YoungHeartHM

Give them the premiers plate already. 

Just a very good side. Absolutely relentless.

Ooh that hurt 😮‍💨

The best team in the league. Unless they get some bad injuries, I just don't see them being beaten at home again - so that means they get the toilet seat.

Do they take their finals games to Eden Park?

I reckon the regular game going fans would prefer it to stay at Mt Smart, they've turned it into a fortress and I don't know if you'd want to give that up for the most important games of the season.

They could surely chuck up a temporary scaffolding type stand on the north side for Finals football to get the capacity up over 30,000

Half a Pint

coochiee

YoungHeartHM

Give them the premiers plate already. 

Just a very good side. Absolutely relentless.

Ooh that hurt 😮‍💨

The best team in the league. Unless they get some bad injuries, I just don't see them being beaten at home again - so that means they get the toilet seat.

Do they take their finals games to Eden Park?

I reckon the regular game going fans would prefer it to stay at Mt Smart, they've turned it into a fortress and I don't know if you'd want to give that up for the most important games of the season.

They could surely chuck up a temporary scaffolding type stand on the north side for Finals football to get the capacity up over 30,000

The Board prefer a playground. Don't want to upset the kiddies. It's an American thing apparently.