League Table 2011/12

I was wondering what our goal difference was for both home and away over the seasons. An improvement for sure

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Perth consolidate their performances with a solid win against GCU. Good tussle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th in next few weeks...starting next Saturday night with Bling v Glory. With Glory looking to leapfrog Nix to 2nd there'll be plenty to play for on Sunday!

In many ways the Perth loss at home will be looked upon as a soul-searching wakeup call for the Nix which may have in part sparked the recent revival, but damn me the swing of 3 or 6 points from that match will prove extremely costly when examined as its own entity.

Perth Glory 4 GCU 0

Also, the conditions that day turned the result into a bit of  a lottery.  However, most games vs Perth tend to be close fought encounters and they do have a good defense.

Little tiny bit of a gap starting to open between top 4 and the rest. Could close very suddenly though

Aiming low. 4th spot.

I'm willing to settle for 3rd.

We know what it's going to take from there! (ie no cheating little Smurf cnut deciding that volleyball way now his professional sport of choice!)

This is going to be so so close. Every round will be vital, there will be places exchanged every week. No points for the Nix next round could see us in 4th. Not sure we are quite top 2 material....CCM and a fully fit Roar are just a little bit better than everyone else IMO. But on our day we are better than everyone else. Would be happy with 3rd and the prospect of 2 home playoff games(which we would have to be confident of winning). 4th I would grudgingly take but it could mean only one home playoff game. 5th or 6th would be a real disappointment.

Perf play Sydney on Saturday in Sydney and ond over the last 5 games home and away have lost 3 and drawn two against The Bling. Sydney were Gobsh*te this weekend but with some luck could see them bouncing back and either earning a draw or hopefully 3 points. Jest and Heart in Noooocastle could also end in a draw based onn recent form of the two sides which would be fantastic for us, particularly if we manage to snare all three points or at worse a draw.

CCM 2 goals in injury time for 2-1 win over Victory
Bling win vs Perth
Jets draw vs Heart
Nix win vs Roar in front of 20k crowd
Adelaide win vs Gold Coast to put Victory 9th

*SLAUGHTERS GOAT AS OFFERING TO FOOTBALL GODS*

^^^ Yes needs more Goats!
Also can anyone tell me what the magic octopus (SiNZ's predictor spread sheet) says about Perth at the moment?
Must be pretty close.

Compromise: Aim for 4th, settle for 3rd.

1st?

Grrrrrrr!

Does killing kittens ok?

Sack Ricki, Gareth and the Welnix!

Preditction chicken says this:

Central Coast: 56
Wellington Phoenix: 45
Brisbane Roar: 44
Perth Glory: 44
Newcastle Jets: 37
Melbourne Heart: 33
Melbourne Victory: 29
Sydney FC: 28
Gold Coast United: 24
Adelaide United: 24

Sounds like a load of coq.

Perth looming large on the latest table...

I have to say at the moment, barring some collapse of form, I'd pick Perth to be overtaking someone, Probably the loser of our game this weekend. Perth for 3rd.
Its only wednesday and I'm already tense, must win home game with Brisbane in the fight for second place, exciting.

Maybe your right, what does the yellow fever's real magic octopus reckon Grandadi?

The run in....I've added current table positions for each teams fixtures.  This the lower the number the harder the run in.

Wellington Phoenix - 35
Brisbane Roar FC (H)
Central Coast Mariners FC (A)
Sydney FC (A)
Gold Coast United FC (H)
Melbourne Heart FC (A)
Melbourne Victory FC (A)
Central Coast Mariners FC (H)

Brisbane Roar - 44
Wellington Phoenix FC (A)
Melbourne Victory FC (H)
Perth Glory FC (A)
Melbourne Heart FC (H)
Adelaide United FC (H)
Newcastle Jets FC (A)
Gold Coast United FC (A)

Perth Glory - 44
Sydney FC (A)
Newcastle Jets FC (H)
Brisbane Roar FC (H)
Adelaide United FC (A)
Central Coast Mariners FC (H)
Gold Coast United FC (A)
Melbourne Victory FC (H)

Melbourne Heart FC - 38
Newcastle Jets FC (A)
Gold Coast United FC (H)
Central Coast Mariners FC (H)
Brisbane Roar FC (A)
Wellington Phoenix FC (H)
Sydney FC (H)
Adelaide United FC (A)

Newcastle Jets FC - 46
Melbourne Heart FC (H)
Perth Glory FC (A)
Adelaide United FC (H)
Melbourne Victory FC (A)
Gold Coast United FC (H)
Brisbane Roar FC (H)
Sydney FC (A)

Sydney FC - 35
Perth Glory FC (H)
Adelaide United FC (A)
Wellington Phoenix FC (H)
Central Coast Mariners FC (A)
Melbourne Victory FC (H)
Melbourne Heart FC (A)
Newcastle Jets FC (H)

Melbourne Victory FC - 33
Central Coast Mariners FC (H)
Brisbane Roar FC (A)
Gold Coast United FC (A)
Newcastle Jets FC (H)
Sydney FC (A)
Wellington Phoenix FC (H)
Perth Glory FC (A)

Adelaide United FC - 36
Gold Coast United FC (A)
Sydney FC (H)
Newcastle Jets FC (A)
Perth Glory FC (H)
Brisbane Roar FC (A)
Central Coast Mariners FC (A)
Melbourne Heart FC (H)

So.  Still off sick then ?

lost me with current table positions bit?

No Salty Dogs and No Fans? Jeff Vader2012-02-08 14:46:45

Cerainly will be a tough ride home, but one thing I am liking is that Away games are "back to back" so guessing we will stay on in Aussie for both of these rather than returning to NZ.

Add up the current position of the teams you are due to play.  Thus CCM is 1st..therefore 1.  GCU is 10th therefore 10.

This.  Been through a box of tissues over the past day.





Man my forearms are sore.

Didn't think there was much point tbh.

Fear not, my young friend......THE Prediction will appear before the game...............

I have a VERY good feeling about this game.

As I said before the season started in my "Prediction to End all Predictions" this will be our best season ever.

And always remember...............

We are the Mighty Phoenix! We can beat anyone!

nah abstain for the phoenix

meanwhile Mark Richardson (CGW) has jinxed us by saying we're going to win the A-League this season





George Costanza2012-02-08 21:14:11

This is huge news in that they actually mentioned the Phoenix on CGW! Usually they only get a mention when they are playing in Auckland.

yeah and in their monday round of a game at  a time from the weekend, they only showed the Ifill fall in the penalty area, no mention of it being our 4th straight win or 3rd win away from home.

Andrew Mulligan told me that the reason they don't cover us is because they don't have a reported in Wellington, but I see that the chick (not Hayley, the other one) has been sent as their Welly correspondant, will have to see if this means more coverage.

A story like that is EXACTLY what I was hoping for out of her move south.

We need to get Meghan Mutrie in the Fever Zone...