24,492 at Mt Smart. Promising start.

Did van der Saag have money riding on Auckland scoring the first goal. It looked to me that he could have reasonably comfortably cleared that cross back the way it had come from, instead it looked liked he deliberately changed his body shape to direct the ball into the goal.

Sydney Derby crowd will be 25k+.
All saleable seats sold.
Not sure how many boxed seats count at Commbank 

Wowza that's where the cool kids are hanging I'll have to join 

Scrappy game, difficult to play well given the long off season in fact I expect the next few rounds to be like this untill we get to December when the quality will go up a notch or two.

However for the Mariners I was impressed with young Brandtman and young Eames off the bench, the mariners might struggle this season but they continue to develop some nice talent for the future.

Victory looked sharp at times but their execution let them down in the final third, I think Valadon and Teague are going to have big seasons they do so much work with and without the ball.

Typical opening game of the season. MVFC will be the happier of the two, with a point .

Fornaroli looked at the giant 19 year old keeper before he took the penalty and realised he would have to hit it wide and paid the price.CCM missing Nisbet's ability to control the midfield .Alf McCalmont worked hard but skied his shot towards the end which had been put to him on a plate.

https://greenandgoldfc.com/threads/a-league-mens-24-25-round-1.22/

Attenborough voice 'The great migration has begun'

Anybody watching 

You may need to try it ! 

Wow, that would imply there is a fair amount of reasoning involved at APL headquarters... Waaaayyyy beyond the usual " what matches do youse reckin will bring the most dosh in the first few weeks before we bail for Xmas holidays to Noosa?"

That was my point. Maybe they looked at any scheduled transport disruptions, saw there was a few this weekend and decided to have all Melbourne teams away this weekend.

Shit man, it was just a joke.... its Friday lighten up.

Hilarious how every thread gets derailed into a new topic.

Bring on the weekend matches mariners to win tonight 

Nah the "point" was to keep South Melbourne out.... they accomplished that at least.

fark I spat my thai out reading this one lol.........

Melbourne Heart was the biggest mistake they couldn't undo.  Always seemed like a pointless inclusion.  

that shouldn't impact attendances for Melb City THAT much... hahahahahahahahahaha

No matches in Melbourne this weekend 

Not sure if it has anything to do with it, but in Melbourne this weekend there are a number of train lines with bus replacements all weekend. That would definitely have some impact on the attendances numbers.

4 games in NSW (none of the NSW teams have to travel), no games in VIC and 2 games in NZ. This is absolutely fucked up scheduling from the APL

They do this year after year, and they never learn. It’s just common sense to have 1 game in Melbourne every week, 1 game in Sydney every week, and the NZ teams must rotate to ensure there is 1 game in NZ every week.

This is what the AFL do very well.


Yes. and even if AAMI Park wasn't available, then hold a game at Tarneit. 

This thread is now active in the new forum.

Thanks to Someguyjc for setting it up.

Will have to wait until round 2 apparently...

It will be interesting to see Villupillay and Geria  play for Melb Vic.  ATM Geria is one of the best players for the Socceroos. Any MV fans reading this who think Geria has been playing really well for some time?

Can't wait to see Arzani strut his stuff again. I was told he was dropped by Kisnorbo for the Aus Cup Final? It has to be disciplinary. 

I've heard, and could be wrong, that Atkinson goes back to Melb City. If that is the case will Talbot be dropped? They both play RB. Talbot is the Young Socceroo/U23 captain. He isn't the star of the team, but he is a decent A League RB.

Thanks a bunch, Someguyjc.

Many of us are posting in the new forum, with this one likely to close down in the imminent future. It would be great to start this thread on a weekly basis in Green and Gold Football Forum.

yer I lol MCG - thank christ I don't live down there listenning to the airwaves driving to work and back let alone tv - I'm sure it far far far blows off my mentions.

I agree thank christ EPL kicks off 10.30 Saturday night, Angie vs the Hammers @ home.

christ almighty what a farce.

You talk more about afl then their bloody fans my days 

Anyways very excited for the a league to start we all acknowledge the admin is fooked it's wrong but it's sport and I'm keen to watch it 

Last year the geniuses at the APL decided that Wins is greater than GD.
So in theory, last season a team that won their first 8 games and then lost every game for the rest of the season would finish higher than a team that drew every game 0-0. Even if that first team was getting smashed 6+ goals every time they lost, they would still finish on top of the team that didn't concede a single goal all season.

maybe not run by gayfl is a good thing haha :)

so someguy, learn something everyday, so how did the shop front league work out 2 on same points prior to the normal known goal diff ?