A-Leagues 25/26 - The Other Matches Thread

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6 months ago
Hmmm looks worryingly like Kaltak is now past his prime. 
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6 months ago
Thanks for nothing WSW.  I can see this will be another year of wasted hopes on the Australian teams playing Auck.
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br
6 months ago
Sutton and Wootton were clearly kidding themselves that their moves to Perth were going to result in success and challenging for higher honours. 😬
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6 months ago
imanixsupporter
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seems it is nothing special to have 70% possession against this lot. Will be interesting to see how well our high line defense goes against an actually decent team
itll be interesting to see us tomorrow, given we should have been 3 or 4 nil down against Glory at half time
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6 months ago
Woof, what a goal. 3-0
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6 months ago
Woof again!! 4-0
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6 months ago
oh man.  That is disappointing for Perth fans.  
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6 months ago
Off to SS5 we go for SYD v CCM.
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Procrastinixing
oh man.  That is disappointing for Perth fans.  

Surely it's only a matter of time till Zdrilic gets sacked.
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LGMainland FC
6 months ago
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game
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6 months ago
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Hmmm looks worryingly like Kaltak is now past his prime. 
Just saw a clip of the Rahmani goal. I know its almost the end of the game and maybe Kaltak is tiring, but Kaltak is quick and could have comfortably led Rahmani down the line and not let him cut in - and even when he did, Kaltak put very little pressure on the ball.
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6 months ago
austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
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6 months ago
Personally think Girdwood-Reich is the best centre back that has ever played in the A-League.

Don’t think it is up for debate either.

Three for me, and two for them.

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6 months ago
Buffon II
Personally think Girdwood-Reich is the best centre back that has ever played in the A-League.

Don’t think it is up for debate either.

Really strange he can't get minutes in the MLS. Surman has made the step up pretty easily.
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6 months ago · edited 6 months ago · History
Leichardt Oval really looks a great venue for the A-League. When the upgrades are finished, Sydney really should look to make the move here.

Sydney on top but its locked at 0-0 just before half time.
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6 months ago
Why are we not playing all A-league matches at stadiums like this? The atmosphere is awesome.

There's some shocker stadium's in the A-league (like the Roar's for example). These smaller grounds add so much to the atmosphere.
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6 months ago
Sydney finally opens the scoring, 1-0
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6 months ago
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austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
Going to make our 9k look good if thats what ours turns out to be.

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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6 months ago
Ninja
Why are we not playing all A-league matches at stadiums like this? The atmosphere is awesome.

There's some shocker stadium's in the A-league (like the Roar's for example). These smaller grounds add so much to the atmosphere.

Most clubs don't have viable smaller options like this.

City would be much better playing out of Lakeside but South Melbourne holds the rights for the venue iirc, so no chance of that happening.

Roar fans are desperate for Perry Park to get an upgrade with the Olympics coming.
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6 months ago
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austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
Going to make our 9k look good if thats what ours turns out to be.

9k would be our biggest opening Home crowd since 2018. 
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6 months ago
Not even Patrick Wood could miss that one.

2-0
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6 months ago
Ninja
Why are we not playing all A-league matches at stadiums like this? The atmosphere is awesome.

There's some shocker stadium's in the A-league (like the Roar's for example). These smaller grounds add so much to the atmosphere.

Crowd was reported at 10,700, Sydney's lowest ever opening Home match in the ALM. Not sure if the venue choice was part of the reason, it isn't the best for fan experience and getting there according to Sydney fans. But man it looks great on TV.
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6 months ago
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austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
Going to make our 9k look good if thats what ours turns out to be.

9k would be our biggest opening Home crowd since 2018. 

6890 confirmed by Austadiums ( see Nix v Brisb thread).
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6 months ago
Jessie Merino
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austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
Going to make our 9k look good if thats what ours turns out to be.

9k would be our biggest opening Home crowd since 2018. 

6890 confirmed by Austadiums ( see Nix v Brisb thread).
 Sounds about right, PAX numbers are not a 1:1 match normally.
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austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
Going to make our 9k look good if thats what ours turns out to be.

9k would be our biggest opening Home crowd since 2018. 

6890 confirmed by Austadiums ( see Nix v Brisb thread).
 Sounds about right, PAX numbers are not a 1:1 match normally.

Given the shark show last season, I think this was a fair crowd. I had hoped we’d see more but yeah, felt like a sub 8k crowd.
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6 months ago
Macarthur vs Adelaide tonight, probably a good chance for the first away win of the season here.
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6 months ago
Liam Rose breaks his 124 game goal scoring drought, 1-0
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Kurto is having an absolute blinder for Macarthur to keep them ahead in this one.
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6 months ago
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austin111
AFC will grind out results but they look stodgy in attack. Cosgrove is a donkey....why did they recruit him. Rogerson should be starting IMO. 
Any crowd numbers from Auckland?

The Nix performance against Perth was not a great indication for where we are at because Perth are not a good side. I guess we will have a better idea after the Roar game

14,767, pretty good for Labour Weekend. Between the tournament in Napier and the casuals wanting to head out of town, it was never gonna be huge.
Going to make our 9k look good if thats what ours turns out to be.

9k would be our biggest opening Home crowd since 2018. 

6890 confirmed by Austadiums ( see Nix v Brisb thread).
 Sounds about right, PAX numbers are not a 1:1 match normally.
 Pax takes into account season passes, stadium passes, corporate boxes, etc. If those aren't used, then attendance is lower.
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6 months ago
12 games into the season and we have 9 Home wins & 3 Draws. Bit of a change after one of the highest % of Away wins ever last season.
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5 months ago
Brisbane and Melbourne City slogging it out - a rather dreary affair.
Nil all 70 minutes in.


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5 months ago
So embarassing that this basket case of a club consistently poaches our best players. Perth 0 Victory 2
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5 months ago
imanixsupporter
So embarassing that this basket case of a club consistently poaches our best players. Perth 0 Victory 2

..... and then somehow turns them into a team that cannot win a game.
A reverse "philosopher's stone" (turning gold into, well, not gold).

Apart from a few Glory stalwarts, they have plenty of decent ex-Nix players and more than a few of ex-Bitumens - and WU were an excellent team on the park in their day.   No shortage of skill. It is a mystery.



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5 months ago
imanixsupporter
So embarassing that this basket case of a club consistently poaches our best players. Perth 0 Victory 2

why is it embarrassing? players come and go, if they choose to go to a new club for a new challenge so be it. It's more embarrassing for the players when they say they are leaving to win trophies with their new team and sit firmly on the bottom of the table.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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5 months ago
Haven't really had the chance to watch Adelaide so far this season, so not sure what to expect vs AFC today. Hopefully it is another 4-4 thriller like last season.
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5 months ago
Sakai limps off, maybe a doubt for next Saturday? 0-0
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Sakai limps off, maybe a doubt for next Saturday? 0-0

Only following commentary for this one, but how'd that happen? Heavy challenge?
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5 months ago
Cosgrove opens the scoring. De Vries puts on a plate & Cosgrove heads it under the jumping Adelaide Keeper. 1-0 
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Sakai limps off, maybe a doubt for next Saturday? 0-0

Only following commentary for this one, but how'd that happen? Heavy challenge?

Just getting up and down the pitch. Didn't see anything nasty happen to him.
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