Agreed, Irankuda was great in that #10 position. He's got it all - nearly scored a couple of goals, nearly set 2 or 3 up, 100% passing accuracy, speed & skill. He could probably start & play big mins at #10 as well, because there's not as a many gut busting runs required, up & down the sideline, like when he plays on the wing. 

They had Goodwin covered all game pretty much.
who really impressed on the ball as a sub was Theoharus.
strong skilful.
should be a good contest coming up 

Yes he impressed, he went forward well and but also tracked back at did good defensive work. He is surely good enough to be starting for an A-league team.

Agreed his work rate was high as well and effective. 

Sam Silvera probably the most improved player this season. 7 goals & 4 assists is a decent contribution for the season and he always looks dangerous whenever he's got the ball.

Wouldnt be surprised if they get him to drop wieght in the off-season and he plays a more central role in the team next year.

He’s not a 90 minutes player at the moment but definitely has great skills. 

The GF should be a top game with two attacking sides.City will have the GF experience and CCM will have the young and motivated players.

The two form strikers in MacLaren and Cummings will be on show .Possibly  City hold the advantage in the midfield but Nisbet is a tenacious pocket rocket and Balard has come on in leaps and bounds over the last half of the season.

Tilio has been great for City and surely must attract OS attention.Tulio and Silvera like wise have been brilliant for the Mariners and Beni Nkololo,though erratic,is difficult to play against with his awkward but effective dribbling.

However I reckon it would be a better game if it was played next weekend rather than in two weeks time. Both teams comfortably won their respective semi finals and the momentum is just going to dissipate over the two week break.

what? they have a break?

Yep. Another symptom of the dumb GF decision. Two weeks off so they can start the 'festival of mediocrity' next weekend so then the GF is the big final event on the following weekend. It's also so interstate fans have time to organise their travel and accommodation plans.

City were aided by the red card. It wasn't really a contest  after the  incident . Nevertheless, City played some decent football in possession.

CCM and AU was a good game. Lower aggregate passes than an average A L game. I think both teams built up using accelerated attacks more than the A L norm. The cooler weather might have helped with the higher tempo too. 

AU was a bit unlucky around  goal - particularly with the AU goal disallowed.

The lower pass percentage was down to the high press both team were playing.

Christ that pathetic.  So they'll drag the Grand Final date away long enough from the exciting game on Sat night so that everyone will forget about it & the hype will be lost.   Fuck all of those APL idiots, administrative dunderheads.