League Table 2011/12

Funny how Newcastle don't draw games

Except the one they drew?

Perth Glory 2 GCU 0

  Pl W D L F A GD Pts Brisbane Roar 8 6 2 0 22 5 17 20 Central Coast Mariners 9 5 2 2 15 8 7 17 Newcastle Jets 9 4 1 4 11 13 -2 13 Perth Glory 9 4 1 4 9 12 -3 13 Melbourne Victory 9 2 5 2 10 11 -1 11 Sydney FC 8 3 2 3 10 11 -1 11 Melbourne Heart 8 2 3 3 11 11 0 9 Wellington Phoenix 8 2 3 3 9 9 0 9 Adelaide United 9 2 3 4 7 17 -10 9 Gold Coast United 9 1 2 6 11 18 -7 5

win today and we go 5th (temporarily, if Sydney fc win against Roar tonight then 6th), if we lose/draw we stay in 8th spot.

COYN!!!

Melbourne Heart 1 Phoenix 0

  Pl W D L F A GD Pts Brisbane Roar 8 6 2 0 22 5 17 20 Central Coast Mariners 9 5 2 2 15 8 7 17 Newcastle Jets 9 4 1 4 11 13 -2 13 Perth Glory 9 4 1 4 9 12 -3 13 Melbourne Heart 9 3 3 3 12 11 1 12 Melbourne Victory 9 2 5 2 10 11 -1 11 Sydney FC 8 3 2 3 10 11 -1 11 Wellington Phoenix 9 2 3 4 9 10 -1 9 Adelaide United 9 2 3 4 7 17 -10 9 Gold Coast United 9 1 2 6 11 18 -7 5

Funny that people are slagging off Ian Ferguson pretty readily on here but his team are now 4 points ahead of ours...

Agree-and Sydney are into 3rd at the moment.

Still just two points off 6th and have played well enough in a couple of games that we should be 3 pts better off at this stage.  Which would have us 5th, in spite of all the injury, recruitment and limited back-ofice support this season.  Not 5th, but not far away. mjp22011-12-04 20:06:16

Sydney FC 2 Brisbane Roar 0

  Pl W D L F A GD Pts Brisbane Roar 9 6 2 1 22 7 15 20 Central Coast Mariners 9 5 2 2 15 8 7 17 Sydney FC 9 4 2 3 12 11 1 14 Newcastle Jets 9 4 1 4 11 13 -2 13 Perth Glory 9 4 1 4 9 12 -3 13 Melbourne Heart 9 3 3 3 12 11 1 12 Melbourne Victory 9 2 5 2 10 11 -1 11 Wellington Phoenix 9 2 3 4 9 10 -1 9 Adelaide United 9 2 3 4 7 17 -10 9 Gold Coast United 9 1 2 6 11 18 -7 5

wow

vital we win against Perth now

Gold Coast gifted Perth the game last night with the stupid penalties they gave away.

Interesting to note that while the top two are the same as last year's top two, the remaining teams have all swapped. The four remaining teams that made the playoffs last year are all outside of the playoffs and the four that didn't are in.

Very interesting.

Adelaide severely underperforming with the squad they have.

For the first time all year (not season, year), SiNZ's excel spreadsheet is predicting that CCM will finish top of the table, not the Roar. Interesting.

That happens every year. The A-League is very unpredictable.

I see what you did there Buffy ... even if you don't.

3rd best defence in the A-League...2nd = worst attack.

We have only been kept scoreless on two occasions...

I had a quick look at the Phoenix website and for each match you can see stats for the match or for the season for both teams. Using this data I added up total shots (an indication of attacking intent?) and the 'Nix have had 92 shots, 2nd lowest (Victory the lowest), while GCU have had the most, 139 shots and 12 more than Roar.

Though, if we have a good game this weekend we could overtake a few teams that have averaged less than 1 shot more per game than us.

Crikey.  Tards could jump to 3rd place if they win tonight.

Wouldn't put it past the FFA to change the rules so the game does count.

Would be the only way to get GCU off the bottom.

Brisbane Roar 1 Melbourne Heart 2

  Pl W D L F A GD Pts Brisbane Roar 10 6 2 2 23 9 14 20 Central Coast Mariners 9 5 2 2 15 8 7 17 Melbourne Heart 10 4 3 3 14 12 2 15 Sydney FC 9 4 2 3 12 11 1 14 Newcastle Jets 9 4 1 4 11 13 -2 13 Perth Glory 9 4 1 4 9 12 -3 13 Melbourne Victory 9 2 5 2 10 11 -1 11 Wellington Phoenix 9 2 3 4 9 10 -1 9 Adelaide United 9 2 3 4 7 17 -10 9 Gold Coast United 9 1 2 6 11 18 -7 5

Whats the world coming to...

That result last night was a real pisser for us and keeping close. 3 points tonight would not hurt

Up one place, for the moment

Points matter more than places at the moment....if Perth had won they would be on 16 and us on 9.

Phoenix 1 Perth 0

CCM 2 Newcastle 0

  Pl W D L F A GD Pts Brisbane Roar 10 6 2 2 23 9 14 20 Central Coast Mariners 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 20 Melbourne Heart 10 4 3 3 14 12 2 15 Sydney FC 9 4 2 3 12 11 1 14 Newcastle Jets 10 4 1 5 11 15 -4 13 Perth Glory 10 4 1 5 9 13 -4 13 Wellington Phoenix 10 3 3 4 10 10 0 12 Melbourne Victory 9 2 5 2 10 11 -1 11 Adelaide United 9 2 3 4 7 17 -10 9 Gold Coast United 9 1 2 6 11 18 -7 5

How does a tossbag team like Heart get to be 3rd? .....back to back wins. If the Roar had done what they should have and won 3-0 then we would be 6th. Just shows how tight the table is...5 points seperating 3rd from 8th.

By the same token, had we won last week, we would be 3rd and trust me, we are not a '3rd place in the table' team yet. Boro hit the nail on the head, points are critical right now rather than places until the table thins out a bit more.

Heart have been playing very, very well. Their 'worst' game was against us.

Melbourne Victory 1 Adelaide United 1

  Pl W D L F A GD Pts Brisbane Roar 10 6 2 2 23 9 14 20 Central Coast Mariners 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 20 Melbourne Heart 10 4 3 3 14 12 2 15 Sydney FC 9 4 2 3 12 11 1 14 Newcastle Jets 10 4 1 5 11 15 -4 13 Perth Glory 10 4 1 5 9 13 -4 13 Wellington Phoenix 10 3 3 4 10 10 0 12 Melbourne Victory 10 2 6 2 11 12 -1 12 Adelaide United 10 2 4 4 8 18 -10 10 Gold Coast United 9 1 2 6 11 18 -7 5

Well done Tards, well played.

This. Great result for us, 7th place wrapped up, we can only go higher on Wednesday

fell asleep with victory leading, knowing anything but that result would keep us in 7th

thank you adelaide, whoever my mystery scorer was that i cant be fooked even lookin up

who loves the phoenix, we do

Here's the form table for the last five games...

^^^^Not bad

"Tonight Matthew I will be a Gold Coast fan"

Crucial three points in terms of staying in touch

specially given this intense week with Lochy out, Pav suspended, we'll be digging deep again