Should be a cracker at anz stadium 

Looking forward to this. Hopefully the start of the downfall for Syd FC. WSW 2 - 1 with a young'n scoring the winner. Well I did say hopefully.

I think wsw has the advantage going into saturday's game. We have played consecutive games while the smurfs played just one two weeks ago. I would think they lack match fitness. They have some quality individuals who can win games but at this stage of the comp, the mighty wanderers are in better physical condition and that can make the difference during 90 mins. 2020 was red & black derby wise. Lets keep it that way. 

Don't count your chickens before they've hatched.
Buhagiar tore us apart in Penrith in the FFA Cup game.
We can only hope that Kris Griffiths-Jones has got the sack after the Rufer red card.
I look forward to Aquilina v Mullet.

Taking the family & looking forward to live football again. 

WSW have two turbo charges wingbacks in Russell (a ready Socceroo now) and Thomas Aquilina, their speed will cause Sydney a heap of trouble I would say.

They'll probably have a shit season as per usual & either win or draw this match.  lol. 

They must be giving away Socceroo jerseys. BTW Tate's father was not an NRL star - maybe a Steelers star.

Why is there no game Friday night ? 

Dunno, but we have games Tuesday, Wednesday so good times.

Pax (excluding esfc members) at 11-12k of JN 
so expecting around 20k I would say majority be red and black due to COVID and esfc fans who may live in hotspots from what I know large number can’t make due to hotspots

but WSW to win this sorry but barbs not as good as he once was he looks to have put on a few kilos aswell. Bug agora is npl quality at best only why he’s starting in a league is cause of his speed and stamina 
blokes a horse but His finishing is woeful 

*Buhagiar fkn auto correct 

1-1 draw incoming. 

SFC XI

Redmayne
Grant Wilkinson Warland King
Brattan Retre
Ninkovic Caceres
Barbarouses Buhagiar

Heward-Belle, van der Saag, McGowan, Zuvela, Ivanovic, Baumjohann, Wood

Niewenhof out injured, not sure what's going on with Zullo.

Ibini left the Jets and goes to WSW where he can't get a game ahead of Cox who's pretty average. Early days but it seems to be a silly move for him.

He started in the first game and possibly played the worst game of his career. 

Second game he came off the bench and didn't do anything positive. 

I don't believe the move was silly at all, it's his performances that have let him down. 

Yeah he hasn't been great but if he stayed at the Jets, he'd be an undisputed starter.

Margush has been sensational so far. Concerning signs for WSW though. 

Simon Cox is lazy in the press 

Tass having a shocking game. 

boring

Ninkovic is a diving chunt

Lol righto. Wanderers have been hacking Sydney all over the shop.  

Damn we’re they w league players?

every wsw forward plays only for themselves.
whether it's their fault or just a complete lack of cohesion/plan i can't say but it's not great to watch

Wanderers are an interesting lot: 

A defence made up of revolving doors. 

Buhagiar has looked dangerous, just needs to put one in the back of the net

How is cox keeping an Aussie striker out of this team? He’s atrocious 

Another hack tackle by WSW

Barbarouses needs to turn on the brain before using the foot.

off best chance of the game and Mueller squandered that.

Dead set professional foul from Troisi there, deserved a card as well. 

how is that controversial?
Clearly stepped across Ninko to block his run.
Barely anyone even complained on the pitch

Exactly. Stepped across him on purpose. 

Late to this having just seen the replay but looks a pen clear as day. In the replay you can see Troisi's eyes on Ninkovic, and he tries to disguise it but he moves to block the run. I'm a neutral too. 

Exactly.

Utter Bullshit penalty. 
Obviously the cheating smurf Kris Griffiths-Jones was the VARt 

Soft pen but Troisi moved in front of Ninko was never going to be ruled out.

Bullshir

Troisi clearly moves to block the run of Ninko.  I'm not sure how you can't see that.

Maybe a bit soft but it couldn't have happened to a better bloke.

Pretty clear pen for me, unnecessary from Troisi

Sydney look good, but I'm not convinced Barba and Buhagiar is going to work as a partnership. 

Cheating referees 

Smurf scum

So angry.

Redmayne what the hell

Ibini looks much better today.

I don't think either side did enough to win so a draw is a fair result imo.

Poor finishing from both teams.

Definite penalty- surely Troisi should have got at least a yellow card for that?

We've looked dead on our feet in the last 10 minutes of both games so far.  

I can't believe the amount of people saying that's a penalty. 

Yes I agree Troisi clearly wasn't going to get to the ball and chose to get in the way, but Ninkovic ran into him, the exact same thing happens hundreds of times when defenders guard a ball against an attacking player to let it go out for a goal kick. 

For me that's clearly no penalty, however I'm not going to sit here and complain all night about it, especially considering we got a lucky goal ourselves. 

If think a draw is easily a fair result for both. 

He had no choice but to run into him as he was impeded.

The diving chunt was not impeded. He ran into Troisi. 
Ninkovic clearly falls over on a couple of occasions and was awarded a free kick.

There were other times when he was taken out unfairly.
The referee clearly made incorrect calls for 3 supposed  fouls on Ninkovic AND fails to award a free kick in the same attacking movement for fouls on Muller and Cox (with Retre in back).

Alex King had a poor game 

Crowd?

McGowan's playing two games today

How the hell did Barbarouses get player of the game? People just watch goals? 

the crowd was just over 14k

Overall a decent match. Both teams had their moments of fluidity and control, and it was good to see the number of younger players getting a go.

Cox looking like hes having a nice holiday here

Was at ANZ. Imo, smurfs played better in the first half. Had the clearest chances including a shot from bug that hit the post. Having the likes of Ninko and Caceres as playmakers gives any team good ball possession and distribution. Ours, troissi and muller aren’t the same quality.

In the second half the game opened up and players found more time and space to create chances. It was an even game with both teams having opportunities  to open the score.
The penalty was soft but it gave the ref and VAR no other option. It was an intentional obstruction by troissi on ninko. 

Except it's not. Sky Blues are still the champions.

Derby wise it’s red & black. 

It's funny. When we were dominating Wanderers we couldn't beat Victory, now it's the other way around.  

Trophies are the end result and all that matter.

What an awful and poor quality game that was. Both teams very sloppy. SFC extremely gassed afetr 60 ins and proceeded at walking pace and numerous brain explosions. WSW were better in the final 30, albeit against a team with no legs. not sure why we're so buggered given we're not the only team with a sporadic schedule. 

Think WSW have a long season ahead of them. Lack of quality up front and in goals will likely kill them in the big moments throughout the season.