League table

Melbourne 2 Adelaide 0

Adelaide have 23 points from 24 games. The MAX they can get to is just 32 points. We are currently on 31 points. On the brink of playoff extinction. How sad... 

Cheering for a draw is weird. But getting very good at it lately,have had much practice.

Especially for other teams.


Edit: Phew -that was a close finish!
Junior822010-01-24 00:59:24

draw for queensland derby which is great

We must be running out of "get out of jail" cards. Still, not complaining.

gonna be an interesting week, can't wait to see what comes out with the whole Fowler antics.

We need only 2 wins to secure a place in the top 6. The Roar, Fury, Mariners and Adelaide wont be able to catch us regardless of how well they do. And we have two of them left to play... its going to be interesting and I hope it doesnt come down to the Mariners game...
AJ132010-01-24 01:30:44

soo how bout we win all our last games

NQF 1 Brisbane 1

Games remaining for the teams around us; Whitby boy2010-01-24 10:08:22

I think with even 1 win we'll secure a playoff unless brisbane or CCM have a dream run of some sort. Better than 6th isn't looking likely though.

Oh, the irony - it was a pretty good round for us results-wise...outside of own performance.

None of the teams sitting in 7th-10th managed to win, and the odds of us qualifying for the playoffs shortened even more through none of our doing.

1 point kills of Adelaide, 4 to end NQF, 5 to finish Brisbane and 5 or 6 (depending on GD) to finish off CCM. Of course, if either team draws/loses, that also hurts their chances in a big way.

If we beat Melbourne we would be in 4th and Newcastle/Perth would have to do better in the remaining three games than us to take fourth. And so how important is Tuesday night?!

Newcastle 1 Sydney 3

Play-off draw as @ 24/1; 

 

Finals Week 1: Saturday, Sunday 20/21 Feb

A) Sydney vs Melbourne (1st leg) (1st vs 2nd)

B)  GCU vs Nix @ Skilled Park (3rd vs 6th)

C)  Jets vs Glory @ Newcastle (4th vs 5th)

 

 

Finals Week 2: Saturday, Sunday 6/7 March

D) 1st vs 2nd ( Second Leg)

E)  Winner B vs Winner C

Prelim Final; Sat 13 March

F) Loser (MatchA+MatchD) v Winner Match E

..and finally Grand Final; Sat 20 March

Winner (MatchA+ MatchD) v Winner Match F

We soo deserve 4th spot, but probably not 3 points against Melbourne on current form.

I would rather play the Gc away than the Jets. Our style of play has been quite effective against the GC. If you shut Culina down and get in their faces they tend to fold. plus their defense is crap. WE could feel confident going to play the GC.

enjoed Piney's explanation of the run in to the play-offs tigers2010-01-25 13:03:28

Optimistically we will get there, but we desperately need to win one of our next 2. CCM have a good chance to get through, and I think it may all come down to the final game against them, at the Ring Of Fire.

if that scenario pans out Hep, it would be a hell of a nerve-wracking game!!

True, it would, but it could happen, we have 2 of the top teams  Melb and GCU away and our away record isnt great.

I do hope the points are on the board well before the last game

This game is very likely to decide whether or not we have a shot at a home play-off. That's nerve-wracking enough.

Obviously would like to have a play off spot sorted by the last game, but if not then it would just add to the "end of season" atmosphere. 

Just need to make sure it's one of those two scenarios and not a "dead rubber".

Melbourne 4 Phoenix 0

How to completely f**k your goal difference in one easy lesson - result - CCM now only need to match our points, not beat them, and we have thrown away our advantage over Perth.

CCM at home will be the Play-Off For The Play-Offs.

They have to play Perth (away) and Newcastle before that...no foregone conclusion they'll get anything out of those two.

Predicted table for the run in if we beat Adelaid and CCM and loose to GCU.:
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Melbourne Victory 24 13 5 6 45 29 16 44 2 Sydney FC 24 13 3 8 30 20 10 42 3 Gold Coast United 24 12 5 7 37 32 5 41 4 Newcastle Jets 24 10 4 10 31 38 -7 34 5 Perth Glory 24 9 6 9 33 30 3 33 S Wellington Phoenix 24 7 10 7 32 29 3 31 S Central Coast Mariners 24 6 9 9 28 23 5 27 S Brisbane Roar FC 24 7 6 11 31 38 -7 27 S Nth Qld Fury 24 6 8 10 25 42 -17 26 S Adelaide United FC 24 5 8 11 20 31 -11 23

Goodbye good goal difference.

This.

Well we'll certainly be riding into Christchurch on a crest of high confidence with our recent displays 'on the road'.

when....not if we make the finals and if we win the first playoff then things get complicated.

Lochy is an All White


Edit: Noted the 'bulk'. Nevermind
S.O.N2010-01-28 18:38:55

I wonder how many of us are going down to CHCH? The Official Daniel fan club are well represented.