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Well done Blacktown, with out Mallia, Da Cunha and Choi they did well. They didn't dominate the game like Heidelberg did last night however I feel Mariners were harder to break down. Great to see another win for an NPL club.
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"We were excellent," a calm Okon said. "They had a plan to sit back and take whatever chances came their way, from us losing the ball or trying to force things. "We hadn't conceded up until tonight, that's the real disappointing thing about the three goals we gave away. "We did enough in the 90 minutes to win the game quite comfortably so that's an area we'll definitely be working on. "The positive thing for us is there's a few gears we can step it up." Okon felt the unfamiliar synthetic surface at Lilys Football Centre had levelled the contest, and insisted the Mariners were a class above their NPL vanquishers. "There's a massive gap, we saw that with the way we controlled the game and moved the ball," he said. "They struggled to get near us, and their three goals weren't scored because they outplayed us or did something - they were goals we gave them. "If we had not played the way we did then maybe there would be some concern, but I don't think we did too much wrong."
FFA Cup exit won't derail Mariners: Okon - Football
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xTeam of kids holding off a pretty much full-strength WSW... I'll take it So we will see you next round oh wait. Small club mentality. Are you serious? If your team was in a situation like that, wouldn't you be proud of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th string players - a lot of guys who hadn't played at that level before - who kept a team like that scoreless until the last kick of the game? Small but proud, dickhead type your message1st question: Yes 2nd question: Who cares what minute they scored in. Let's be real. Nix add nothing to Aus football that any other state team couldn't already provide. 3/3 attempts, Nix haven't passed the first hurdle. I feel embarrassed you think losing so late is an achievement. How low are the standards across the ditch. Small club. As much as I'd love to get into the "magic of the cup" the reality is that it's just a pre-season hit out for the Phoenix and until they're treated fairly and get home games at home that's all it will ever be. Nothing to do with small club mentality whatever that is. You shouldn't even be in the FFA Cup for starters, expecting a home game is a bloody laugh, treating it as a pre-season hit out just shows why you should be out of the A-League as well. Imagine the Nix won the cup, How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical. WP do not belong in any spectrum of Australian Football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_FA_Cup_Final Same confed. Besides, in terms of league, english clubs arent being shut out of one of the coveted spots, due to it being gifted to oceania. NZ shouldn't be here in the first place, you cant necessarily argue the same for wales. That would be a valid point, if the post I was responding to referring to a team from a different confederation winning the cup, but it was...
How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical.
I'm just pointing out that there is precedent for a team from another country winning a domestic cup (lots of it, in fact, if you check AS Monaco's history in the french cup). Huh? Nz not our confed. Wales same confed as England. Monaco same confed as france. Yes, well done... That's exactly what I was saying... The post I was responding to was someone complaining about a team from another country - not a team from another confed - competing in our cup. Well, the team that wins in Tahiti qualifies for the Coupe De France despite being in the OFC, in fact they could end up qualifying for and winning both the OFC Champions League and the UEFA Europa League making their situation even more extreme than the Phoenix who are ineligible for either the AFC Champions League or the OFC Champions League. But who cares what other competitions and confederations do? Australia and New Zealand are both unique environments for Football. Interesting - I didn't know that. In fact, after looking it up, the French cup features teams from Oceania (Tahiti & New Caledonia), Africa (Reunion & Mayotte) and North America (French Guiana, Martinique & Guadelope). So Wellington Phoenix aren't the only example of a team playing in a different confederation. Lol. Dug deep for tahiti. And do tahiti play in ligue 1 and deny French clubs a coveted spot in a closed loop? Id like to see public sentiment if nix do win our domestic cup. Re singapore.. true gotta scrape the bottom of the barrel of backward football countries to find parallels. You seem to really be struggling to keep up with this conversation. I didn't know about Tahiti and the rest in the French cup, that's why I found it interesting. We're talking about teams competing in the cup - no-one said anything about Ligue 1. And who said anything about Singapore? No youre the only one struggling pal. Heres my first reply to you: "Same confed. Besides, in terms of league, english clubs arent being shut out of one of the coveted spots, due to it being gifted to oceania. NZ shouldn't be here in the first place, you cant necessarily argue the same for wales." Stop zig zagging That's where you first managed to miss the point. The comment I was responding to was someone talking about a team winning a domestic cup in another country. I came up with an example, and you started blathering about confederations, wasn't the subject we were discussing. So youre claiming youre not discussing confederations when youre discussing non euro confederations playing in euro based cups as a point of rebuttal about nz playing in our cup? Ok. I think its time to stop derailing the magic thread with bs about nz now. Theyre knocked out thank fk and parity is restored to the universe..for now. Wellington was knocked out, not Aotearoa.
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+x"We were excellent," a calm Okon said. "They had a plan to sit back and take whatever chances came their way, from us losing the ball or trying to force things. "We hadn't conceded up until tonight, that's the real disappointing thing about the three goals we gave away. "We did enough in the 90 minutes to win the game quite comfortably so that's an area we'll definitely be working on. "The positive thing for us is there's a few gears we can step it up." Okon felt the unfamiliar synthetic surface at Lilys Football Centre had levelled the contest, and insisted the Mariners were a class above their NPL vanquishers. "There's a massive gap, we saw that with the way we controlled the game and moved the ball," he said. "They struggled to get near us, and their three goals weren't scored because they outplayed us or did something - they were goals we gave them. "If we had not played the way we did then maybe there would be some concern, but I don't think we did too much wrong."
FFA Cup exit won't derail Mariners: Okon - Football
Salty, Bitter and delusional, a great combo for the wooden spoon.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xTeam of kids holding off a pretty much full-strength WSW... I'll take it So we will see you next round oh wait. Small club mentality. Are you serious? If your team was in a situation like that, wouldn't you be proud of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th string players - a lot of guys who hadn't played at that level before - who kept a team like that scoreless until the last kick of the game? Small but proud, dickhead type your message1st question: Yes 2nd question: Who cares what minute they scored in. Let's be real. Nix add nothing to Aus football that any other state team couldn't already provide. 3/3 attempts, Nix haven't passed the first hurdle. I feel embarrassed you think losing so late is an achievement. How low are the standards across the ditch. Small club. As much as I'd love to get into the "magic of the cup" the reality is that it's just a pre-season hit out for the Phoenix and until they're treated fairly and get home games at home that's all it will ever be. Nothing to do with small club mentality whatever that is. You shouldn't even be in the FFA Cup for starters, expecting a home game is a bloody laugh, treating it as a pre-season hit out just shows why you should be out of the A-League as well. Imagine the Nix won the cup, How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical. WP do not belong in any spectrum of Australian Football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_FA_Cup_Final Same confed. Besides, in terms of league, english clubs arent being shut out of one of the coveted spots, due to it being gifted to oceania. NZ shouldn't be here in the first place, you cant necessarily argue the same for wales. That would be a valid point, if the post I was responding to referring to a team from a different confederation winning the cup, but it was...
How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical.
I'm just pointing out that there is precedent for a team from another country winning a domestic cup (lots of it, in fact, if you check AS Monaco's history in the french cup). Huh? Nz not our confed. Wales same confed as England. Monaco same confed as france. Yes, well done... That's exactly what I was saying... The post I was responding to was someone complaining about a team from another country - not a team from another confed - competing in our cup. Well, the team that wins in Tahiti qualifies for the Coupe De France despite being in the OFC, in fact they could end up qualifying for and winning both the OFC Champions League and the UEFA Europa League making their situation even more extreme than the Phoenix who are ineligible for either the AFC Champions League or the OFC Champions League. But who cares what other competitions and confederations do? Australia and New Zealand are both unique environments for Football. Interesting - I didn't know that. In fact, after looking it up, the French cup features teams from Oceania (Tahiti & New Caledonia), Africa (Reunion & Mayotte) and North America (French Guiana, Martinique & Guadelope). So Wellington Phoenix aren't the only example of a team playing in a different confederation. This is an extremely weak argument however because Martinique, Guiana, Guadelope and Reunion are integral parts of the French Republic. They are no different to any other part of France métropolitaine. The rest are overseas territories and unless New Zealand wants to become another state of Australia, then this strange situation can't be used to justify their presence. There's no argument there - people were talking about teams from other confederations playing in cup tournaments and I merely gave an example which has nothing to do with the A-League, FFA, or Phoenix. I don't know why people on here are so keen to follow what others - think for yourself and stop worrying about what others are doing. What's wrong with setting precedents?
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xTeam of kids holding off a pretty much full-strength WSW... I'll take it So we will see you next round oh wait. Small club mentality. Are you serious? If your team was in a situation like that, wouldn't you be proud of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th string players - a lot of guys who hadn't played at that level before - who kept a team like that scoreless until the last kick of the game? Small but proud, dickhead type your message1st question: Yes 2nd question: Who cares what minute they scored in. Let's be real. Nix add nothing to Aus football that any other state team couldn't already provide. 3/3 attempts, Nix haven't passed the first hurdle. I feel embarrassed you think losing so late is an achievement. How low are the standards across the ditch. Small club. As much as I'd love to get into the "magic of the cup" the reality is that it's just a pre-season hit out for the Phoenix and until they're treated fairly and get home games at home that's all it will ever be. Nothing to do with small club mentality whatever that is. You shouldn't even be in the FFA Cup for starters, expecting a home game is a bloody laugh, treating it as a pre-season hit out just shows why you should be out of the A-League as well. Imagine the Nix won the cup, How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical. WP do not belong in any spectrum of Australian Football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_FA_Cup_Final Same confed. Besides, in terms of league, english clubs arent being shut out of one of the coveted spots, due to it being gifted to oceania. NZ shouldn't be here in the first place, you cant necessarily argue the same for wales. That would be a valid point, if the post I was responding to referring to a team from a different confederation winning the cup, but it was...
How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical.
I'm just pointing out that there is precedent for a team from another country winning a domestic cup (lots of it, in fact, if you check AS Monaco's history in the french cup). Huh? Nz not our confed. Wales same confed as England. Monaco same confed as france. Yes, well done... That's exactly what I was saying... The post I was responding to was someone complaining about a team from another country - not a team from another confed - competing in our cup. Well, the team that wins in Tahiti qualifies for the Coupe De France despite being in the OFC, in fact they could end up qualifying for and winning both the OFC Champions League and the UEFA Europa League making their situation even more extreme than the Phoenix who are ineligible for either the AFC Champions League or the OFC Champions League. But who cares what other competitions and confederations do? Australia and New Zealand are both unique environments for Football. Interesting - I didn't know that. In fact, after looking it up, the French cup features teams from Oceania (Tahiti & New Caledonia), Africa (Reunion & Mayotte) and North America (French Guiana, Martinique & Guadelope). So Wellington Phoenix aren't the only example of a team playing in a different confederation. This is an extremely weak argument however because Martinique, Guiana, Guadelope and Reunion are integral parts of the French Republic. They are no different to any other part of France métropolitaine. The rest are overseas territories and unless New Zealand wants to become another state of Australia, then this strange situation can't be used to justify their presence. There's no argument there - people were talking about teams from other confederations playing in cup tournaments and I merely gave an example which has nothing to do with the A-League, FFA, or Phoenix. I don't know why people on here are so keen to follow what others - think for yourself and stop worrying about what others are doing. What's wrong with setting precedents? Because the precedent has been set. Dont need some beggers from NZ piggy backing from our success and development.
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+xAnyone put money on Blacktown? I put every cent I had left in my betting account (a grand total of $32.50) on Blacktown at $4.00.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xTeam of kids holding off a pretty much full-strength WSW... I'll take it So we will see you next round oh wait. Small club mentality. Are you serious? If your team was in a situation like that, wouldn't you be proud of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th string players - a lot of guys who hadn't played at that level before - who kept a team like that scoreless until the last kick of the game? Small but proud, dickhead type your message1st question: Yes 2nd question: Who cares what minute they scored in. Let's be real. Nix add nothing to Aus football that any other state team couldn't already provide. 3/3 attempts, Nix haven't passed the first hurdle. I feel embarrassed you think losing so late is an achievement. How low are the standards across the ditch. Small club. As much as I'd love to get into the "magic of the cup" the reality is that it's just a pre-season hit out for the Phoenix and until they're treated fairly and get home games at home that's all it will ever be. Nothing to do with small club mentality whatever that is. You shouldn't even be in the FFA Cup for starters, expecting a home game is a bloody laugh, treating it as a pre-season hit out just shows why you should be out of the A-League as well. Imagine the Nix won the cup, How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical. WP do not belong in any spectrum of Australian Football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_FA_Cup_Final Same confed. Besides, in terms of league, english clubs arent being shut out of one of the coveted spots, due to it being gifted to oceania. NZ shouldn't be here in the first place, you cant necessarily argue the same for wales. That would be a valid point, if the post I was responding to referring to a team from a different confederation winning the cup, but it was...
How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical.
I'm just pointing out that there is precedent for a team from another country winning a domestic cup (lots of it, in fact, if you check AS Monaco's history in the french cup). Huh? Nz not our confed. Wales same confed as England. Monaco same confed as france. Yes, well done... That's exactly what I was saying... The post I was responding to was someone complaining about a team from another country - not a team from another confed - competing in our cup. Well, the team that wins in Tahiti qualifies for the Coupe De France despite being in the OFC, in fact they could end up qualifying for and winning both the OFC Champions League and the UEFA Europa League making their situation even more extreme than the Phoenix who are ineligible for either the AFC Champions League or the OFC Champions League. But who cares what other competitions and confederations do? Australia and New Zealand are both unique environments for Football. Interesting - I didn't know that. In fact, after looking it up, the French cup features teams from Oceania (Tahiti & New Caledonia), Africa (Reunion & Mayotte) and North America (French Guiana, Martinique & Guadelope). So Wellington Phoenix aren't the only example of a team playing in a different confederation. This is an extremely weak argument however because Martinique, Guiana, Guadelope and Reunion are integral parts of the French Republic. They are no different to any other part of France métropolitaine. The rest are overseas territories and unless New Zealand wants to become another state of Australia, then this strange situation can't be used to justify their presence. There's no argument there - people were talking about teams from other confederations playing in cup tournaments and I merely gave an example which has nothing to do with the A-League, FFA, or Phoenix. I don't know why people on here are so keen to follow what others - think for yourself and stop worrying about what others are doing. What's wrong with setting precedents? Because the precedent has been set. Dont need some beggers from NZ piggy backing from our success and development. There's no begging here, we spend millions on the A-League. And as you say, the precedent has been set - there is no argument anymore.
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+xGood game so far, football a lot better on a good track. Wouldn't be too worried if a Mariners fan, they have some quality to come in. That is how I saw it too. CCM controlled the game, but inexplicably took their foot off the pedal when they equalised.They had about 80% of the possession. I did have a few concerns though. Golec looked awkward on the ball compared to the accepted standard of a HAL CB. Harriej , who looked very classy, wasn't match fit. He ran out of gas too quickly. McGing made some awful mistakes in midfield, including misreading a pass that led to the 3rd Blacktown goal. He could be a better CB option than Golec, who may be a reasonable defensive LB. Josh Rosh isn't quite good enough for a HAL LB anymore. Bingham lacked goal instincts for a central striker. Being knocked out of the FFA Cup means less games under match pressure in the next few months. On the positives. One can see the benefits of the Okon possession game inculcated in the young CCM players. When Harriej and the other DM import, are fit, plus the new striker, and Baro, CCM have experience and quality all over the pitch to guide their precocious and talented tyros. Da Silva oozed class in his cameo. Hoole looked good on the ball, despite no end product. CCM dominated possession, but inexperienced players made a few costly mistakes. With so many young players, CCM will only improve over the course of this season. Last season they had few experienced quality players on the pitch to guide them. This year, if the imports are as good as their CVs indicate they should be, less mistakes will be made and there should be more leadership over the pitch. Any CCM fan worried about last night, the players would've had heavy legs from intense preseason training. If the game last night occurred at the start of the HAL season and CCM took their chances, they'd blow Blacktown away. I'm tipping CCM to at least finish in the top six, as long as the new import striker is clinical enough around goals.
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+x"We were excellent," a calm Okon said. "They had a plan to sit back and take whatever chances came their way, from us losing the ball or trying to force things. "We hadn't conceded up until tonight, that's the real disappointing thing about the three goals we gave away. "We did enough in the 90 minutes to win the game quite comfortably so that's an area we'll definitely be working on. "The positive thing for us is there's a few gears we can step it up." Okon felt the unfamiliar synthetic surface at Lilys Football Centre had levelled the contest, and insisted the Mariners were a class above their NPL vanquishers. "There's a massive gap, we saw that with the way we controlled the game and moved the ball," he said. "They struggled to get near us, and their three goals weren't scored because they outplayed us or did something - they were goals we gave them. "If we had not played the way we did then maybe there would be some concern, but I don't think we did too much wrong."
FFA Cup exit won't derail Mariners: Okon - Football
Sometimes you'd like to hear just a little bit of credit given to the winning team. Doesn't always have to be much, but just a little bit, otherwise you start sounding like a complete goose. Okon taking lessons from some of the great Williams' sisters defeat speeches.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xTeam of kids holding off a pretty much full-strength WSW... I'll take it So we will see you next round oh wait. Small club mentality. Are you serious? If your team was in a situation like that, wouldn't you be proud of your 2nd, 3rd and 4th string players - a lot of guys who hadn't played at that level before - who kept a team like that scoreless until the last kick of the game? Small but proud, dickhead type your message1st question: Yes 2nd question: Who cares what minute they scored in. Let's be real. Nix add nothing to Aus football that any other state team couldn't already provide. 3/3 attempts, Nix haven't passed the first hurdle. I feel embarrassed you think losing so late is an achievement. How low are the standards across the ditch. Small club. As much as I'd love to get into the "magic of the cup" the reality is that it's just a pre-season hit out for the Phoenix and until they're treated fairly and get home games at home that's all it will ever be. Nothing to do with small club mentality whatever that is. You shouldn't even be in the FFA Cup for starters, expecting a home game is a bloody laugh, treating it as a pre-season hit out just shows why you should be out of the A-League as well. Imagine the Nix won the cup, How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical. WP do not belong in any spectrum of Australian Football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_FA_Cup_Final Same confed. Besides, in terms of league, english clubs arent being shut out of one of the coveted spots, due to it being gifted to oceania. NZ shouldn't be here in the first place, you cant necessarily argue the same for wales. That would be a valid point, if the post I was responding to referring to a team from a different confederation winning the cup, but it was...
How can you have a team from another country win the FFA cup? Absolutely farcical.
I'm just pointing out that there is precedent for a team from another country winning a domestic cup (lots of it, in fact, if you check AS Monaco's history in the french cup). Huh? Nz not our confed. Wales same confed as England. Monaco same confed as france. Yes, well done... That's exactly what I was saying... The post I was responding to was someone complaining about a team from another country - not a team from another confed - competing in our cup. Well, the team that wins in Tahiti qualifies for the Coupe De France despite being in the OFC, in fact they could end up qualifying for and winning both the OFC Champions League and the UEFA Europa League making their situation even more extreme than the Phoenix who are ineligible for either the AFC Champions League or the OFC Champions League. But who cares what other competitions and confederations do? Australia and New Zealand are both unique environments for Football. Interesting - I didn't know that. In fact, after looking it up, the French cup features teams from Oceania (Tahiti & New Caledonia), Africa (Reunion & Mayotte) and North America (French Guiana, Martinique & Guadelope). So Wellington Phoenix aren't the only example of a team playing in a different confederation. This is an extremely weak argument however because Martinique, Guiana, Guadelope and Reunion are integral parts of the French Republic. They are no different to any other part of France métropolitaine. The rest are overseas territories and unless New Zealand wants to become another state of Australia, then this strange situation can't be used to justify their presence. There's no argument there - people were talking about teams from other confederations playing in cup tournaments and I merely gave an example which has nothing to do with the A-League, FFA, or Phoenix. I don't know why people on here are so keen to follow what others - think for yourself and stop worrying about what others are doing. What's wrong with setting precedents? Because the precedent has been set. Dont need some beggers from NZ piggy backing from our success and development. TSF, just give the Kiwi bashing a rest. It is becoming tiresome.
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+x+x"We were excellent," a calm Okon said. "They had a plan to sit back and take whatever chances came their way, from us losing the ball or trying to force things. "We hadn't conceded up until tonight, that's the real disappointing thing about the three goals we gave away. "We did enough in the 90 minutes to win the game quite comfortably so that's an area we'll definitely be working on. "The positive thing for us is there's a few gears we can step it up." Okon felt the unfamiliar synthetic surface at Lilys Football Centre had levelled the contest, and insisted the Mariners were a class above their NPL vanquishers. "There's a massive gap, we saw that with the way we controlled the game and moved the ball," he said. "They struggled to get near us, and their three goals weren't scored because they outplayed us or did something - they were goals we gave them. "If we had not played the way we did then maybe there would be some concern, but I don't think we did too much wrong."
FFA Cup exit won't derail Mariners: Okon - Football
Sometimes you'd like to hear just a little bit of credit given to the winning team. Doesn't always have to be much, but just a little bit, otherwise you start sounding like a complete goose. Okon taking lessons from some of the great Williams' sisters defeat speeches. I agree with Okon's summation of the game, but he should have been more gracious in defeat and praised Blacktown's game plan.
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Is the magic of cup happening too often?
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It is for mariners ... bum bum
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+xIs the magic of cup happening too often? Probably just enough really. A good argument for having a completely open draw from the round of 32 is being presented. It's the second year running that 50% of the NPL v HAL matches in the first round went to the NPL side, I think more should get a crack at the HAL teams in those early rounds to have more of a chance of the upset.
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Have a seeded regionalized rd 64 (w/ WP in SA)
That gives 10 AL v NPL or lower games. Then have either an open draw or seed all AL teams to play lower divisions again.
Going the seeded r64/32 way you can end up with 20 AL v NPL games by the end of r32 if all win r64. These are the games the fans want to see and the players want to play.
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+xIs the magic of cup happening too often? Nah. Currently the wins to the A-League side sit at ~85%. That's probably about right. http://www.aleaguestats.com/ALeagueStats_34FFACupStats.html#Cupsets
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+x+xGood game so far, football a lot better on a good track. Wouldn't be too worried if a Mariners fan, they have some quality to come in. That is how I saw it too. CCM controlled the game, but inexplicably took their foot off the pedal when they equalised.They had about 80% of the possession. I did have a few concerns though. Golec looked awkward on the ball compared to the accepted standard of a HAL CB. Harriej , who looked very classy, wasn't match fit. He ran out of gas too quickly. McGing made some awful mistakes in midfield, including misreading a pass that led to the 3rd Blacktown goal. He could be a better CB option than Golec, who may be a reasonable defensive LB. Josh Rosh isn't quite good enough for a HAL LB anymore. Bingham lacked goal instincts for a central striker. Being knocked out of the FFA Cup means less games under match pressure in the next few months. On the positives. One can see the benefits of the Okon possession game inculcated in the young CCM players. When Harriej and the other DM import, are fit, plus the new striker, and Baro, CCM have experience and quality all over the pitch to guide their precocious and talented tyros. Da Silva oozed class in his cameo. Hoole looked good on the ball, despite no end product. CCM dominated possession, but inexperienced players made a few costly mistakes. With so many young players, CCM will only improve over the course of this season. Last season they had few experienced quality players on the pitch to guide them. This year, if the imports are as good as their CVs indicate they should be, less mistakes will be made and there should be more leadership over the pitch. Any CCM fan worried about last night, the players would've had heavy legs from intense preseason training. If the game last night occurred at the start of the HAL season and CCM took their chances, they'd blow Blacktown away. I'm tipping CCM to at least finish in the top six, as long as the new import striker is clinical enough around goals. Watching the game also, they played more fluidly than they did last season, the No.6 dutch fella could be a really good player, along with De Silva they will be better at controlling games, my concern is at the back and up front. The wingers still play quite high, but they're given more freedom to cut side also, i actually enjoyed their style of football. My only beef was why did Okon not react to bring on De Silva and Buhagiar earlier, also he lacks humbleness when he comes to losing matches.
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+x+x+xGood game so far, football a lot better on a good track. Wouldn't be too worried if a Mariners fan, they have some quality to come in. That is how I saw it too. CCM controlled the game, but inexplicably took their foot off the pedal when they equalised.They had about 80% of the possession. I did have a few concerns though. Golec looked awkward on the ball compared to the accepted standard of a HAL CB. Harriej , who looked very classy, wasn't match fit. He ran out of gas too quickly. McGing made some awful mistakes in midfield, including misreading a pass that led to the 3rd Blacktown goal. He could be a better CB option than Golec, who may be a reasonable defensive LB. Josh Rosh isn't quite good enough for a HAL LB anymore. Bingham lacked goal instincts for a central striker. Being knocked out of the FFA Cup means less games under match pressure in the next few months. On the positives. One can see the benefits of the Okon possession game inculcated in the young CCM players. When Harriej and the other DM import, are fit, plus the new striker, and Baro, CCM have experience and quality all over the pitch to guide their precocious and talented tyros. Da Silva oozed class in his cameo. Hoole looked good on the ball, despite no end product. CCM dominated possession, but inexperienced players made a few costly mistakes. With so many young players, CCM will only improve over the course of this season. Last season they had few experienced quality players on the pitch to guide them. This year, if the imports are as good as their CVs indicate they should be, less mistakes will be made and there should be more leadership over the pitch. Any CCM fan worried about last night, the players would've had heavy legs from intense preseason training. If the game last night occurred at the start of the HAL season and CCM took their chances, they'd blow Blacktown away. I'm tipping CCM to at least finish in the top six, as long as the new import striker is clinical enough around goals. Watching the game also, they played more fluidly than they did last season, the No.6 dutch fella could be a really good player, along with De Silva they will be better at controlling games, my concern is at the back and up front. The wingers still play quite high, but they're given more freedom to cut side also, i actually enjoyed their style of football. My only beef was why did Okon not react to bring on De Silva and Buhagiar earlier, also he lacks humbleness when he comes to losing matches. I think Bingham needs more minutes. Its hard to tell right now. He may get a low goal count this season, but needs to the time for next season. He may score many....
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MATT WINDLEY, Herald Sun WHEN it comes to the FFA Cup, Vics do it better in every way. But on Wednesday night, we’ll do our interstate rivals a favour by feasting on our own as two of the most successful Cup sides — Hume City and Bentleigh Greens — go head-to-head at ABD Stadium in Broadmeadows. Hume and Bentleigh have both made Cup semi finals.  Bentleigh Greens (pictured) take on Hume City in the FFA Cup on Wednesday night.The only other team to do so was Canberra Olympic last year. Two of the five NPL sides to have defeated A-League clubs in the competition’s four-year history hail from Victoria, while the state’s win-loss ratio in matches against fellow member federation sides far outstrips that of our interstate rivals. Victorian teams have won 16 of the 20 all-NPL battles against clubs from other states. ACT sides have won four of six such games, while the only other state batting above a 50 per cent success rate is Queensland, with nine wins from 16 games. Our friends from NSW — despite being granted five grassroots entries each year to Victoria’s four — have tallied just six wins from 14 games against interstate NPL opposition.  Hume City celebrate beating Marconi on penalties in last year’s FFA Cup.Melbourne Victory is also in action on Wednesday night, taking on Brisbane Roar at Perry Park. But Victory — and the Socceroos — are sweating on Mark Milligan receiving his International Transfer Certificate. As of Tuesday night, Victory was still waiting for the appropriate paperwork from the UAE Football Association following Milligan’s move from Baniyas to Victory. If it doesn’t come through before Wednesday night’s game at Perry Park he will be unable to play. With captain Carl Valeri not travelling as he is nursed into his pre-season, Milligan’s absence would be a blow to Victory’s midfield stocks for the Round of 32 clash. But with two crucial World Cup qualifiers fast approaching, Socceroos boss Ange Postecoglou would also be keen to see Milligan get as many competitive match minutes under his belt as he can.  Mark Milligan has returned to Melbourne Victory.Australia plays Japan in Saitama on August 31, before playing Thailand at AAMI Park the following week in the final two qualifying games of a section that remains on a knifes edge. New signing Rhys Williams, the returning Kosta Barbarouses and re-signed James Troisi are all expected to start. On the other side of the pitch, former Victory star Fahid Ben Khalfallah will miss for the Roar with a hamstring complaint, while goalkeeper Michael Theo and Greek defender Avraam Papadopoulos are also likely to be sidelined. FFA CUP — ROUND OF 32HUME CITY v BENTLEIGH GREENS ABD Stadium, Broadmeadows BRISBANE ROAR v MELBOURNE VICTORY Perry Park, Brisbane Live on Fox Sports from 7pm
Hume City, Bentleigh Greens and Melbourne Victory ready for FFA Cup | Herald Sun
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Vanlassen
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The results should be tabled for each confederation rather than each state. Including Northern NSW with NSW distorts the results for each competition
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bigpoppa
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Has there been any viewer numbers posted anywhere for the previous 3 cup nights?
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Waz
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@ bigpoppa
There was some commentary on viewing numbers in the TV viewing thread. 44k for one match apparently which is decent
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Yeah i remembered that thread after I posted that post. cheers
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Milligan cleared <3 
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