Not the best start from APIA however I feel Calleja was very hard done by, especially after the last couple of years results. Will be interesting to see how APIA come out this weekend against us, usually not a great time to play a team who’s just had a replacement of coach 😅

Rumours are there’s a bit of unrest in the Mount Druitt camp as well, a few players not happy with the amount of money some of the bigger names are getting. I am drawing a few comparisons to the Spartans in the early 2010’s.

john was dead man walking from pre season. simple as that.  good bloke. feel for him.
see who they put in there. perhaps stava as an interim.

you get unrest all over the place.

pls dont mention spartans- that was a dark chapter. a few people with egos deciding to waste grassroots money on a npl side.  sad thing is its still happening with certain clubs.

btw, heard one of your big name players wants out. watch this space. 

Yeah you’re right, a bit far to compare to Spartans and Mt Druitt aren’t affiliated with grassroots as far as I know. More than likely a few big names have been bought in and getting them to gel could be an issue with pressure on getting results.

Versi was released but I think you’re talking of another “big name”, I could tell from his body language on Saturday he wasn’t happy with being left out of the starting 11. We will see.

where did versi go?

Unsure exactly, Illawarra league perhaps but don’t quote me on it.

mcstay has been very good. take him out and you guys are in big trouble.

yes the other big player.

what's going on with Fraser Park? Gone? 

very sad but its been on the cards for a while now.

and theyre not the only one on the brink.

wishing them the best. plenty of history there.  

paul dee takes over at apia.  top boke paul.  will  be interesting to see how they go. they'll be hoping to get their first win v sutho at home.

Business as usual. We are playing. The Clean Sheet needs to do some proper research.

who else is on the brink?
it's never good to see clubs close it's doors.

cheeez what/who do you believe.....

Good news, never want to see any club go under, hopefully the social club stays as well, great venue.

Also like to know this, guessing it could be to do with social clubs/sponsors struggling due to covid restrictions?

Having doors closed/numbers reduced has financially hurt social clubs. I know at SPCC, they used to hire the outdoor area for events/festivals which has not happened since Covid.

a real shame this great ol Club has its challenges but which don't to a degree - more so due to the previous directors (now moved on obviously) pre/during syn pitch build but thats water under the bridge but there's always the outfall that follows and covid coming along is another huge spanner in the works.
Hope things pick up for the better in the big picture, it needs some more finishing off and location is great.
 
The Madeira Club up the road is another good Portugese outlet but separate to the football club.

Heard some commentary on NPL TV which said that the NPL1 game between Mt Druitt and Sydney FC was played at Wanderers Football Park. And on the Football NSW website, it was shown as being played there. 
The commentary said it was played on the Synthetic Pitch by Eric Subijano

catch up games to be played following the postponed fixtures at the weekend due to the NSW floods are as follows,

NPL 1 (3 of 6 games):
APIA Leichhardt Tigers v Sutherland Sharks
Sydney Olympic v Wollongong Wolves
Northbridge Bulls v Marconi Stallions

NPL 2 (3 of 6 games):
Blacktown Spartans v Central Coast Mariners
St George FA v SD Raiders
Bonnyrigg White Eagles v Hakoah Sydney City

NPL 3 (all fixtures):
Sydney University v Macarthur Rams
Dunbar Rovers v Bankstown United
Inner West Hawks v Central Coast United
Rydalmere Lions v Gladesville Ryde Magic
Bankstown City v Dulwich Hill
Inter Lions v Canterbury Bankstown

NPL 4 (all fixtures except Hurstville v Western Rage):
Parramatta FC v Nepean FC
South Coast Flame v Hawkesbury City
UNSW v Fraser Park
Camden Tigers v Western NSW
Newcastle Jets v Prospect United

Paul Dee used to play for APIA as well back in the day. 

4-1 win over blacktown, we were very clinical with our chances and took them well. that's 4 from 4 for our boys, but it will be a tough test against Marconi this weekend. 

good to see our drainage and new synthetic pitch took the rain well, you couldn't even notice it was raining for days. 

great the resurface has been done well SU58 for as we know the amount of rain the limits were tested, good win !

All of make up games for the lower grades, Thanks Brenton posting.

I watched the second half, you guys are playing some good stuff at the moment. Sim is class, his free kick was top shelf too.

As we know the rainall has played havoc on all the last week or so, more so at the foot of the mountains.
Anyone seen the playing fields @ Bensons Lane re the Hawksfc grounds.....
https://www.facebook.com/HawkesburyCityFC/
I only saw them last night, can't believe the water level is near on covering the main grand stand.
Hope all living around those areas are ok.

Yeh pretty crazy. We are meant to play them in two weeks there. 

yer good luck with that, that main ground has always been soft under the foot in normal seasonal weather can't imagine how long it will take to dry out some.

Hey what happened R2, have Rage improved.

Missed our chances but yes Rage are better.

northbridge and marconi seemed to play out an entertaining 3-3 draw last night. 

northbridge had a player sent off in the 12th minute as well.

4-1 win for us, great to get our first win, Mt Druitt opened the scoring after a long ball over the top caught us sleeping, we were lucky to win a pen, quite soft really. They then went down to 10 men which we then went on to win quite comfortably. James Andrew was fantastic for us as was Lindsay who is improving every week. 

unpredictable season, good to see for once, everyone grabbing results, except for APIA lol. 

We just didnt turn up yesterday, Perkatis injury before the game was a massive blow, and trifiro getting subbed off in the first half from knee to the back of the head by that grub millgrate. 
Marconi was the better side, and fully deserved the win.