Phoenix v Gypsies Sun 25th @ 4:00pm

 

 

 

They'll cruise to victory 24 votes, 10.9%     They'll win a close victory 122 votes, 55.5%     They'll draw 40 votes, 18.2%     They'll just lose 15 votes, 6.8%     They'll get thrashed 19 votes, 8.6%     Total 220 votes

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Poll Results so far: 

 

It was saying the same thing in the lead up to the Cold Toast game too... remember the discussions about whether Clive had bought it up so he had enough room for himself etc.?

 

AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

 

Video highlights (Arabic commentary but longer highlights than next option):

 

 

English Commentary:

 

 

Extensive CCM Pre-match interviews and News Conference:

 

 

 

 

 

Match Reports:

 

 

 

Central Coast Mariners line-up: 1 Mathew Ryan (Gk), 3 Joshua Rose, 4 Pedj Bojic, 6 Patrick Zwaanswijk, 7 John Hutchinson, 11 Oliver Bozanic, 12 Troy Hearfield (9 Bernie Ibini 72�), 14 Michael McGlinchey, 17 Tomas Rogic (2 Daniel McBreen 78�), 18 Alex Wilkinson (C), 22 Mustafa Amini. Subs Not Used: 10 Adriano Pellegrino, 16 Trent Sainsbury, 19 John Sutton, 20 Justin Pasfield (Gk), 21 Sam Gallagher. Yellow Cards: Rogic. Red Cards: Nil.

 

Sounds like Rogic and amini were pretty decent on attack and CCM fans were impressed by their side's performance.

CCM didn't seem to have any injury issues from this match.

 

Arnold on his side:

 

 

"I cannot be prouder. We had four or five kids out there, 18, 19-year-olds and they were superb. We challenged the kids tonight and they came through with flying colours," he said.

"Adelaide were brilliant [in their defeat of Gamba Osaka on Tuesday] and we wanted to put on a good performance to show everyone why we�re sitting where we are on the league and that we�re worth it.

"It mattered to me because� people talk about the A-League but we're playing against a $50 million team and want to prove something.

"We had probably the best chance of the game [to win it]. [It was a] fantastic performance."

 

Post-match Video Interviews:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1scyyazbE&list=UUADGFeeQKuVASCbna4vbRQQ&index=1&feature=plcp

 

 

 

 

"Aside from Lia struggling with a groin complaint, Paul Ifill has spent the week in bed with the flu and Herbert said he would decide on his playing XI tomorrow (Sat) for Sunday's 4pm clash.

 

 

Ifill not playing would be a crowd killer.

 

 

The match scenarios seem to be;

 

1) Perth beat Victory; we have no realistic chance of finishing 3rd and players are rested.

 

2) Perth draw with Victory; whilst mathematically we could take 3rd with a higher scoring draw realistically we must win.

 

3) Perth lose to Victory; a draw or better would see us take 3rd. Personally I dread the prospect of Herbert playing for a draw. 

 

In terms of a chance of finishing 3rd 3) is obviously the much better option but under that scenario I hope we would actually try and win the game. I think we would have a much better chance of at least picking up a point taking the game to CCM rather than sitting back and trying to score on the break e.g. the last game at home against the Roar.