Friday 1st March 2024

• Macarthur FC vs Melbourne City FC
• Campbelltown Sports Stadium
• Kick-off: 19:45
• Ref: Adam Bavcar
• Broadcast: Paramount+

Saturday 2nd March 2024

• Western United FC vs Perth Glory
  Mars Stadium Ballarat
  Kick-off: 17:00 (Eastcoast Time) / 14:00 (WA time)
  Ref: Shaun Evans
  Broadcast: Paramount+
• Newcastle Jets vs Central Coast Mariners
  Macdonald Jones Stadium
  Kick-off: 18:00
  Ref: Adam Kersey
  Broadcast: Paramount+
• Western Sydney Wanderers vs Sydney FC
  CommBank Stadium
  Kick-off: 19:45
  Ref: Alex King
  Broadcast: 10 / 10 Play / Paramount+

Sunday 3rd March 2024

• Wellington Phoenix vs Adelaide United
  Sky Stadium
  Kick-off: 17:00 (Kiwi time) / 14:30 (SA time) / 15:00 (Eastcoast time)
  Ref: Jack Morgan
  Broadcast: 10 / 10 Play / Paramount+
• Brisbane Roar vs Melbourne Victory
  Suncorp Stadium
  Kick-off: 16:00 (QLD time) / 17:00 (Eastcoast time)
  Ref: Daniel Elder
  Broadcast: Paramount+

CURRENT TABLE (APL RULES)										CURRENT TABLE (GLOBAL RULES)
Club	PL	W	D	L	GD	Pts	*			Club	PL	GD	Pts	*
NIX	19	10	7	2	11	37	*			NIX	19	11	37	*
CCM	19	10	4	5	12	34	*			CCM	19	12	34	*
MV	19	7	10	2	10	31	*			MV	19	10	31	*
MAC	19	7	8	4	2	29	*			MAC	19	2	29	*
WSW	18	8	4	6	7	28				WSW	18	7	28
SFC	18	8	3	7	3	27				SFC	18	3	27
MC	18	6	5	7	-2	23				MC	18	-2	23
BR	19	6	4	9	-10	22	*			BR	19	-10	22	*
PG	18	5	5	8	-3	20				PG	18	-3	20
AU	18	5	4	9	-3	19				AU	18	-3	19
NJ	19	4	7	8	-8	19	*			NJ	19	-8	19	*
WU	18	3	3	12	-19	12				WU	18	-19	12
* denotes clubs who have played additional game

Match of the round - probably the Sydney Derby. Should be a cracker of a game, with quite a few players making their cases for Olyroo selection. 

Where are tilio and leckie?

City have gone from one of the funnest teams in the comp last year to selecting the least fun xi ive seen in a long time

FMD the Bulls crowds are simply ludicrous. An absolute embarrassment. 

Two absolute dead ducks of expansion clubs. Gallops last piece of utter incompetence. 

I can't watch thid game. Too depressing. the Bulls and WU just deliver one A League low point after another. 

The pitch is a shocker at Campbelltown. The nrl team (not sure who they are) must have been using it for training games.

That was a nice chance for City. Both Maclaren and whoever was outside him could have hit that in but didn't.

Its Vidmar. What you expect? He wasn't successful in Thai League.  He is known for bad tactic when he was there 

At least Macarthur play well. Massive mistakes not going Canberra and Tasmania. 

Here comes Caputo 

Assuming we have difficulty getting european players, do you play bernando or jelacic for the olyroos at 10?

Jelacic at #10. Bernardo's a winger 

Assuming Perth beat Western United and the Mariners beat Newcastle (neither set in stone) we will be in a position that Wellington and the Mariners have essentially qualified for the six.  Western United then couldn't can't make the six and Newcastle would need to win 6 of their last 7 games to make the six. 

Macarthur, Victory and WSW could basically draw their remaining matches and still make the six. Realistically SFC would not need to do much more. 

We may well have 5 rounds when we already know the six. What then do the bottom six play for?

Thought like segecic he was out of posituon with 10 as his strongest spot

What do all other leagues play for when the European spots are locked in?

Avoiding league relegation at least 

Individual stats never sleep, they're more important to players than finals.

Everyone wants relegation nobody is going to argue that. 

Teams not only keep trying to avoid relegation but also individual players will be wanting to secure/gain their starting 11 spot - or even impress other clubs to get higher paying transfer elsewhere.
MCG do you know why City didn’t play Leckie and Tilio last night? If not injured why wouldn’t coach play 2 of his best?

I heard they both got a knock in training so didn't travel.

We might not have relegation but there will be a few players and staff on the chopping block with the season we are having 

Cheers. Also interesting seeing the decline in Andrew Nabbout's minutes.
His international career didn't reach great heights, though admittedly playing in the 2018 World Cup probably can't be beaten, but he would have significantly more than 10 caps for Lebanon had he taken up their offer in 2013 (he declined the invitation to play for Lebanon in preference to Australia). Given Lebanon's performance in the Asian Cup and his not being that old, he could still be making an appearance for them.

Archie goodwin earns a start.

More selection headaches for the olyroos tho with reec seeming to have taken over kuol as first choice and cook and bilapovic having some recent trouble getting game time

On the other hand rawlins might be even better than simmons, talbot and bovalina providing a different type of hesdache at rb

Remember when nabbout was on fire for jets a few years ago and he left to go to Japan? Always felt it was the wrong move but obviously you take it 

The state of that pitch in the WUFC V PGFC game. 

Yeah, Nisbet needs a call up. 

Furious start by Sydney FC. There'll be split opinions on that handball penalty I think. Unlucky but certainly one that gets given from time to time. 

Stonewaller under the current rules. Hand up in the air.

Glad he got that goal. Hopefully one of many