League Table 2015/16

With Four rounds to go...

Nix 

(H) v Perth Glory                  March 20th (distance derby trophy up for grabs)

(A) v Melbourne City            March 28th

(H) v Melbourne Victory       April 2nd

(H) v Western Sydney          April 10th

Jets 

(A) v Melbourne Victory      March 20th

(H) v Perth Glory                 March 26th

(A) v Brisbane                     April 3rd

(A) v CCM                           April 9th

CCM 

(H) v Sydney FC                 March 19th

(A) v Adelaide                     March 27th

(A) v Western Sydney         April 1st

(H) v Jets                            April 9th

Sydney FC 

(A) v CCM                          March 19th

(A) v Brisbane                    March 26th

(H) v Adelaide                    April 2nd

(H) v Perth Glory                April 10th

Melbourne Victory 

(H) v Jets                           March 20th

(H) v Western Sydney       March 25th

(A) v Nix                            April 2nd

(H) v Brisbane                   April 9th

Perth Glory 

(A) v Nix                           March 20th (distance derby trophy up for grabs)

(A) v Jets                         March 26th

(H) v Melbourne City       April 3rd

(A) v Sydney FC              April 10th

Melbourne City

(H) v Brisbane                March 18th

(H) v Nix                         March 28th

(A) v Perth Glory            April 3rd

(H) v Adelaide                April 8th

Adelaide 

(A) v Western Sydney    March 19th

(H) v CCM                     March 27th

(A) v Sydney FC            April 2nd

(A) v Melbourne City     April 8th

Western Sydney 

(H) v Adelaide                 March 19th

(A) v Melbourne Victory  March 25th

(H) v CCM                       April 1st

(A) v Nix                          April 10th

Brisbane 

(A) v Melbourne City      March 18th

(H) v Sydney FC            March 26th

(H) v Jets                       April 3rd

(A) v Melbourne Victory  April 9th

Win all four games and there's a 95% chance we make the playoffs. Win three and draw one, and that drops to 55%. Anything less than that and the odds become miniscule.

Is that the updated odds, or the same from a couple of rounds ago? 

Of the 4 games remaining, winning away against Manchester Melbourne City should be enough to give us a Serious Contender title.

Looks winable to me.

No point being a serious contender by beating Melb City if we lose our other three games though...

Except the sydney game was the start iof our unbeaten streak that will go to early next year, wih a short side trip to winning the league.  You watch this space, we will be the champions.

If (big if) we win the next two games, or come out with a win and a draw even then those last two home games against Victory and Sydney will be interesting. Both may be fighting to be in the top 6, and both have ACL commitments.

FTFY

Our Achilles heel is consistency. If were consistent then winning against MCY away means the other games should be in the bag (MCY is the team hardest to beat in our remaining games).  I see them as pacesetters with no other distractions.

Every second week the Phoenix restore (false) hope of making the top Six. Oh the pain to be a Phoenix fan. 

Odd, I read it as Sydney - oh well, false hopes and all. Still Victory could be interesting. WSW could be playing for the top as well.

Since the Phoenix's results against the two worst (imho) teams in the league - Jets and CCM have been so abysmal, I wondered what the table would look like if all results against those two were removed?

Surprisingly for the Nix, not too much really. It does show up how poor Sydney are though.

That's food for thought Harry.

If Victory and Sydney are below us on your table, that means they did not win against other teams than Jets and CCM. That is neither here nor there - that is their performance this year. But we did not win just against Jets and CCM in your table.

In my books that is really some evidence for our particularly soft mindset that we cannot win against those two teams (Jets and CCM). So, are we the perennial underdogs, punching above our weight against better teams, but falling flat on our faces when teams with poorer skiils but a stronger mental resolve take the field against us?

Too much time on your hands ?

Fair enough, then would that be a sufficient reason to give Watson a contract (assuming no-one else is coming here) ?

He would certainly be all that Krishna is not, maybe except similar speed.

Using Watson as the target man would leave us with a lot of choices  of whom to feed off him. Kishna, Powell and even Wee Mac all play slightly different styles which us a good mix to have. Watson could actually be a key player unless we bring in a 6'4" center forward.

Crouch

Crouch is 37.

"Crouching Watson, Hidden Krishna"?

Zlatan has announced he's leaving PSG at the end of the season...

Transfer spec in the speculation thread please.

That's the problem with our transfers, innit? Always a speculation.

I know your being facetious but I wonder, if we took every single players wage over the entire history of the nix and combined them together if we could just about afford him.

... and the likely damages bills from the Wellington nightclubs if he joined the Nix. 

He might have mellowed with age though.

Melbourne City 3 Brisbane Roar 1

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Melbourne City	24	12	5	7	19	41
	Western Sydney	23	12	5	6	8	41
	Brisbane Roar	24	12	5	7	7	41
	Adelaide United	23	11	6	6	11	39
	Perth Glory	23	10	4	9	8	34
	Melbourne Victory	23	9	6	8	2	33
	Sydney FC	23	7	9	7	-1	30
	Newcastle Jets	23	7	5	11	-13	26
	Wellington Phoenix	23	7	4	12	-11	25
	Central Coast	23	3	3	17	-30	12

Could be a massive last couple weeks if Adelaide gets up over WSW

I have never seen the top four places so tight before. Incredible League this season overall.

If we'd built on last season this would have been the year to win it. The big teams misfiring and everyone being so close.

Central Coast Mariners 2 Sydney FC 2

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Melbourne City	24	12	5	7	19	41
	Western Sydney	23	12	5	6	8	41
	Brisbane Roar	24	12	5	7	7	41
	Adelaide United	23	11	6	6	11	39
	Perth Glory	23	10	4	9	8	34
	Melbourne Victory	23	9	6	8	2	33
	Sydney FC	24	7	10	7	-1	31
	Newcastle Jets	23	7	5	11	-13	26
	Wellington Phoenix	23	7	4	12	-11	25
	Central Coast	24	3	4	17	-30	13

Central Coast did us a bit of a favour against Sydney after we gave them over half of their total points. 

Western Sydney Wanderers 0 Adelaide United 0

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Western Sydney	24	12	6	6	8	42
	Melbourne City	24	12	5	7	19	41
	Brisbane Roar	24	12	5	7	7	41
	Adelaide United	24	11	7	6	11	40
	Perth Glory	23	10	4	9	8	34
	Melbourne Victory	23	9	6	8	2	33
	Sydney FC	24	7	10	7	-1	31
	Newcastle Jets	23	7	5	11	-13	26
	Wellington Phoenix	23	7	4	12	-11	25
	Central Coast	24	3	4	17	-30	13

Wellington Phoenix 1 Perth Glory 2

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Western Sydney	24	12	6	6	8	42
	Melbourne City	24	12	5	7	19	41
	Brisbane Roar	24	12	5	7	7	41
	Adelaide United	24	11	7	6	11	40
	Perth Glory	24	11	4	9	9	37
	Melbourne Victory	23	9	6	8	2	33
	Sydney FC	24	7	10	7	-1	31
	Newcastle Jets	23	7	5	11	-13	26
	Wellington Phoenix	24	7	4	13	-12	25
	Central Coast	24	3	4	17	-30	13

Melbourne Victory 1 Newcastle Jets 1

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Western Sydney	24	12	6	6	8	42
	Melbourne City	24	12	5	7	19	41
	Brisbane Roar	24	12	5	7	7	41
	Adelaide United	24	11	7	6	11	40
	Perth Glory	24	11	4	9	9	37
	Melbourne Victory	24	9	7	8	2	34
	Sydney FC	24	7	10	7	-1	31
	Newcastle Jets	24	7	6	11	-13	27
	Wellington Phoenix	24	7	4	13	-12	25
	Central Coast	24	3	4	17	-30	13