League Table 2016/17

Win today and we will officially #avoidthespoon

Melbourne Victory 0 Wellington Phoenix 3

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	25	19	5	1	41	62
	Melbourne Victory	25	14	3	8	17	45
	Melbourne City	25	10	6	9	5	36
	Brisbane Roar	24	9	9	6	3	36
	Western Sydney	25	8	10	7	0	34
	Perth Glory	25	8	9	8	-3	33
	Wellington Phoenix	25	8	5	12	-4	29
	Adelaide United	25	5	7	13	-20	22
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Central Coast	24	5	5	14	-18	20

In the last two weeks, we have improved our goal difference by 8.

Brisbane Roar 5 Central Coast Mariners 1

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	25	19	5	1	41	62
	Melbourne Victory	25	14	3	8	17	45
	Brisbane Roar	25	10	9	6	7	39
	Melbourne City	25	10	6	9	5	36
	Western Sydney	25	8	10	7	0	34
	Perth Glory	25	8	9	8	-3	33
	Wellington Phoenix	25	8	5	12	-4	29
	Adelaide United	25	5	7	13	-20	22
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Central Coast	25	5	5	15	-22	20

Given the ridiculously expensive squad we put together this season and a manager who on reflection was simply too dated in his approach to the rigors of the A league, "avoiding the wooden spoon" is nothing to be remotely proud about,it has been the the most frustrating season in the ten years I have followed  the club,gimmicky nonsense like this albeit it humorous really dose nothing to appease me,we should be at the very least runners up in the main season and serious contenders for the overall title!
No backbone and no mental toughness,are we just happy to be the team that occasionally turns up like tonight?

We are on 29 Pts -4 GD We have Sydney Home and Roar Away

For us to get ahead of Perth (33Pts - 3 GD) , they will need to Loose 1 and Draw one and or Loose both. They play Roar Home and Melb City Home

For us to get ahead of WSW (34 Pts - O GD), they need to loose both.They Play Victory Home and Adelaide Away

Oddly enough, we could still finish in 5th place.

We could win one and draw one and still catch Perth assuming they loose both

Guess for anyone that is confident stick $100 on at the TAB. I reckon the odds would be huge.

....I wonder if TAB is privy to some inside info.....

A-League have produced a guide to the last two weeks http://www.a-league.com.au/article/your-guide-to-h...

Wellington Phoenix 

Currently: Seventh 

Points: 29 

Goal difference: -4 

Highest possible finish: Fifth 

Lowest possible finish: Seventh 

Remaining games: Sydney FC (H), Brisbane Roar (A) 

After losing a quintessential six-pointer to Western Sydney in mid-March, every one of the last four games became a must-win for Wellington if they were to stay alive in the fight for the Finals. They’ve achieved that in impressive fashion so far, dispatching the Jets 5-0 before a head-turning 3-0 win at Melbourne Victory on Sunday. 

If Glory get a point in Perth on Saturday night, Phoenix’s season will be over, but when they kick-off against Sydney FC in Wellington earlier that evening, the door will still be ajar. That gives Wellington every motivation to continue their late-season renaissance against the Sky Blue juggernaut and Premiers Plate winners.

???? Unless FeverBot is lying to me, this math is a little off? let's say Perth draw on Saturday and the Phoenix win, that would bring the Glory to 34 points and the Phoenix to 32, therefore it's still mathematically possible for us to snatch a place in the top six in the last round. Heck, it's even possible for us to catch the Wanderers but still finish behind Perth. 

Why am I not surprised the A-league article is wrong. Oops

Fox sports editorial?

Its written by Jason Pine, tweeted him about it and they are getting it fixed

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactiv...

Melbourne City 1 Adelaide United 0

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	25	19	5	1	41	62
	Melbourne Victory	25	14	3	8	17	45
	Brisbane Roar	25	10	9	6	7	39
	Melbourne City	26	11	6	9	6	39
	Western Sydney	25	8	10	7	0	34
	Perth Glory	25	8	9	8	-3	33
	Wellington Phoenix	25	8	5	12	-4	29
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Adelaide United	26	5	7	14	-21	22
	Central Coast	25	5	5	15	-22	20

Wellington Phoenix 1 Sydney FC 1

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	26	19	6	1	41	63
	Melbourne Victory	25	14	3	8	17	45
	Brisbane Roar	25	10	9	6	7	39
	Melbourne City	26	11	6	9	6	39
	Western Sydney	25	8	10	7	0	34
	Perth Glory	25	8	9	8	-3	33
	Wellington Phoenix	26	8	6	12	-4	30
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Adelaide United	26	5	7	14	-21	22
	Central Coast	25	5	5	15	-22	20

FeverBot wrote:

Wellington Phoenix 1 Sydney FC 1

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	26	19	6	1	41	63
	Melbourne Victory	25	14	3	8	17	45
	Brisbane Roar	25	10	9	6	7	39
	Melbourne City	26	11	6	9	6	39
	Western Sydney	25	8	10	7	0	34
	Perth Glory	25	8	9	8	-3	33
	Wellington Phoenix	26	8	6	12	-4	30
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Adelaide United	26	5	7	14	-21	22
	Central Coast	25	5	5	15	-22	20

>:l

Bugger, I wanted to displace WSW in the finals

Western Sydney Wanderers 0 Melbourne Victory 0

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	26	19	6	1	41	63
	Melbourne Victory	26	14	4	8	17	46
	Brisbane Roar	25	10	9	6	7	39
	Melbourne City	26	11	6	9	6	39
	Western Sydney	26	8	11	7	0	35
	Perth Glory	25	8	9	8	-3	33
	Wellington Phoenix	26	8	6	12	-4	30
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Adelaide United	26	5	7	14	-21	22
	Central Coast	25	5	5	15	-22	20

Perth Glory 3 Brisbane Roar 1

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	26	19	6	1	41	63
	Melbourne Victory	26	14	4	8	17	46
	Melbourne City	26	11	6	9	6	39
	Brisbane Roar	26	10	9	7	5	39
	Perth Glory	26	9	9	8	-1	36
	Western Sydney	26	8	11	7	0	35
	Wellington Phoenix	26	8	6	12	-4	30
	Newcastle Jets	25	5	7	13	-21	22
	Adelaide United	26	5	7	14	-21	22
	Central Coast	25	5	5	15	-22	20

And that is us done, time to play some of the kids vs the Roar?

im depressed now

Points scored since Des & Greenie took charge

SYD P17 40pts 

MVC P18 32pts 

MCY P17 22pts 

BRI P17 25pts 

PER P17 24pts 

WSW P17 24pts 

WEL P18 24pts 

NEW P16 16pts 

ADL P17 16pts 

CCM P16 11pts

Six months till the A League Refs and FFA cheat us again. I just wish they would give us a kiss first before they fudge us in the arse.

Argh didn't see this... This is the table I made just now from when Des and Greenie took charge. 

Which one has the correct points for MelbCiteh?

Think you've got some results there wrong, Jay. Shoots us up to fourth rather than 7th...

Could Feverbot oblige us and produce a table as follows:

- Table of A-League teams who came last at the end a season (= the wooden spoon), ranked by the number of times they came last.

This would include the usual suspects (the Jets, CCM, us) but must have other teams as well?

Central Coast Mariners 2 Newcastle Jets 0

		P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
	Sydney FC	26	19	6	1	41	63
	Melbourne Victory	26	14	4	8	17	46
	Melbourne City	26	11	6	9	6	39
	Brisbane Roar	26	10	9	7	5	39
	Perth Glory	26	9	9	8	-1	36
	Western Sydney	26	8	11	7	0	35
	Wellington Phoenix	26	8	6	12	-4	30
	Central Coast	26	6	5	15	-20	23
	Adelaide United	26	5	7	14	-21	22
	Newcastle Jets	26	5	7	14	-23	22

The wooden spoon could still be either Adelaides, Newcastles or Central Coast. Too close to call.  Glad we aren't involved.

Golden boot race coming down to the wire too, prefer JMac to get it.

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Yeah, in the golden boot race there is one good cod and a bunch of shark cods.

Doesn't make great reading for New Zealand.