Sunday 17/11
Dolphin Stadium, Redcliffe
3:00pm local, 4:00pm Eastern

Will Roar finally start scoring goals or will it be another case of almost? City are likely to be missing several players but they’ve been so good they’ll still be extremely tough to beat.

I’m all in.

Easy Roar win.

4-0.

😬

City have scored 6 goals in 2 games without Jmac while Roar have scored 1 in 4 with their main striker in every game.....................

Roar to lose this one 2 nill. 

I just hope that Brisbane come to play bit I fear Fowler will set up a massed defence and try to negate City. 

Looking forward to see what the atmosphere the smaller stadium sounds like on TV.  Result? NFI

I think it will present a good atmosphere. It’s a round ball anything can happen.

Jmac seems to be back for this game. No idea if he'll start or be on the bench. No Metcalfe, but Genreau should fill that role.

Expected line up
------------------------Bouzanis---------------------
Galloway---Good---Delbridge---Jamieson
------------------------Griffiths------------------------
-----------------Genreau---Brillante-------------
Noone---------------Luna---------------Wales

Bench: Jmac, Cabrera, Najjar, Atkinson, Youth GK, Youth, Youth

I just hope Roar's forwards have their shooting boots on! Their display against us was pathetic although it was us that found the net. 

City should 100% win this game.
That means they won't. 

Atmosphere should help the Roar as well. City shat their pants playing here in the cup final with a passionate crowd.

MCLAREN IS going to start 

True. City have actually been pretty impressive without JMac. So with JMac supposedly coming back into the 11 for this match, I think MC have too much quality. 

I'll say 2-1 MC. BR deserved to score at least 1 last week and law of averages says they have to find the back of the net eventually. By the same token though, BR could've easily conceded at least a 2nd goal against AU, so law of averages also says they'll eventually concede more than 1 goal in a game (and it's most likely to happen against the highest scoring team in the league).  

Melbourne City better than there ladder position suggests i think. Not sold on the defence, 2-0 Brisbane, surely they will score, it not 0-0.

Aren't they at the top? How can they be better than that? 

0-6 City.

Off topic but why the tag "oldconvict" ?

There top , but I don’t think there the best team, so ladder position suggests there better than what I think they are. 

2-2 draw, Brisbane will finally put a couple in, but won't be able to keep city from scoring a couple.

I think you just wrote your initial post wrong coz thats not what this means:

Melbourne City better than there ladder position suggests

Would have fancied BR's chances of getting something from this game without McClaren, but as he's playing it's hard to see City not scoring, and equally with zero goals from open play, it's hard to see Brisbane scoring, so it has to be a City win for me.

Another loss is going to be highly problematic for Robbie Fowler.  

Yeah true, my bad!

Ok, lace up them boots Robbi, show em how its done no matter the ol legs, keeper would get a sore back you not walk for the next week :)
Go Roar for God's sake :)

He would no worse than Romario for AU. 1 goal hero!!

JMac is back this match, quicker recovery than expected. Luna is a really sharp player too.

So the undefeated team has its star striker back .Bad timing...
MC will absolutely score as they have in every game.
So unless you believe in miracles there  is no way Brisbane  can score two or more goals to win this unfortunately.
Best result for Brisbane is a draw.But a loss seems likely.
0-2

Because I'm old and I'm a REAL Australia unlike a lot on here.

Nomates, is that you?

A “real Australian”? 

Youd better be Aboriginal ... if not #racist 

You think we're all Austria?

Romario was a flop from the get go here, wrong call by AU.
Old man God scored 18 all up for Fury and PG, Romario got nothing on him and if he was anywhere in the box today he'd still get himself in position to pop one or 2 in :) does it enough in the ol man testimonials he keeps playing.