Nah I love it when rivals stumble. Victory did tonight, would be great to see a Macarthur/Mariners draw this weekend and us beating Sydney, would open up a two points lead at the top and a massive gap down to third
Edit: heck, the Macarthur/Mariners game was last weekend. A concerning lapse in memory haha. Let's just pretend I meant Macarthur & Mariners both drop points
Edit: heck, the Macarthur/Mariners game was last weekend. A concerning lapse in memory haha. Let's just pretend I meant Macarthur & Mariners both drop points
Mariners don't play in the ALM again until 30th March (SFC away) post FIFA window. They are currently in India, and APL has rescheduled this weekend's Melb City game until 2nd April.
Nix only need a draw this weekend to go atop the league until at least 30th March.
Edit - 80 mins, and it's still 0-0 in India, Mariners 4-0 up on aggregate.
So they are 2 games away from the AFC Cup Final and minimum $USD6750K payday. That's very tempting cash compared to nil dollars for winning the ALM.
When ALM restarts they have SFC 30th March (A), Melb City 2nd April (H), Nix 6th April (H). So 3 games in a week. Then a resurgent Western United 13th April (A). After that is their long haul to Kyrgyzstan on 17th April for 1st leg of 2 legged AFC Cup playoff. April is going to be very very tough for them. I can see them rolling out an almost 'B' team for WU game as that game is Kyrgyzstan will be sooo important now. They can smell that $USD750K payday.
I'd make Nix championship favourites now, even more so if beat SFC this weekend.