They were hot and cold towards the end of the season.

Spikes in form etc.

-PB

McLean was quality this season, someone should pick him up either in the A-League NPL divisions down south.

You've really got your knickers in a twist over ticket pricing, haven't you. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Did they seriously play The Automatic??? :shock:

nah just thought of it coming home from uni. :lol:

'Cept his wife. :-" :-" :-"

Great song. In my top 3 of all FIFA songs. \:d/

came home expecting more flare rage from you nerds, disappointed

Sydney Olympic looked very tired against Bentleigh. Bentleigh came out with a very simple, strong gameplan. Attacking and push Olympic hard in the first 20-30 and use up what little reserves they had garnered left. 2 quick goals later, and Olympc were out of it. Aside from a few opportunities late in the first half, Olympic never stood much of a chance. You could tell they were wrecked after going to Extra Time not 48 hours earlier.

The second half proved how tired Olympic were. Sloppy challenges resulting in a fair few cheese slices handed out. Truth be told, Bentleigh could have had a couple more, but I think they'd be content, except for conceding with virtually the last kick of the game. Bentleigh never really got out of third gear, and Olympic struggled to get into second for the majority. That said, it was an interesting game.

But despite their coaching voicing a few worries about having to play on a synthetic pitch, it didn't seem to both Bentleigh at all. The fact that Olympic played 48 hours earlier in a tough grand final showed, and I think had they not had to go through that it would have been a much more even game. The scorelines doesn't quite do Bentleigh Justice.

That said, an entertaining evening was had. $5 Peroni bottles were a big win. :)

As for the crowd, I think a couple of factors were the reason why it wasn't as large as some might have been expecting. Firstly the game was played on somewhat neutral territory for both teams. Lambert Park is APIA Leichhardt's home ground. Sydney Olympic's home ground, Belmore Oval was made unavailable to them by the Canterbury Bulldogs for whatever reason. Whilst it really is a stones throw from Belmore to Leichhardt (20 minutes by car in traffic) that would have put off a few of the Belmore 'faithful', who probably stayed behind to take up their position as keyboard warriors. I don't think weather was a factor, despite looking ominous earlier in the day, by mid-afternoon Tim Bailey actually got something right for a change and it cleared right up. I also don't think it was made very clear that the match had been moved. I only found out from a mate that the game had been moved from Belmore to Lambert a few days previously.

Either way, it was a fun evening, and good banter and laughs were shared by EasternGlory, Scouse Roar and myself. Looking forward to catching up with them and others, and enjoying a cracking match between Sydney United & Sydney FC next Tuesday night. Bring it on!!!

Belmore Oval was made unavailable due to Des Hasler carrying on like a fucking pork chop saying the doggies needed to train tonight. Olympic must really have a shit deal if they kicked off for a training run.

I went by on the train ~6.45 en-route to Leichhardt via Dulwich Hill, Belmore Oval was closed. Lights were off, no lights in the grand stand, not a soul in the place.

Oh... uhh... apparently so! :oops:

I'll get around to updating the OP in the next 24 hours or so. Going to head to bed.

Great minds ;)

Maybe they were on earlier, anyway that's what cockhead said on tele.

are there highlights anywhere

Could just flog a HAL spot off the Nix 8-[ o:)

-PB

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/ffa-cup-round-of-16-relive-all-the-action-from-all-four-games-in-our-live-blog/story-fno7mzzd-1227060545862

-PB

They're up now on the foxsports football page.

Was at the Bris Olympic game. It was disappointing that they changed the ground to that running stadium. It never had the same feel and excitement as the first match day at olympics home ground. I really do believe FFA should rethink their choice in this regard and let these teams keep playing where they are actually based.

'Dat slip by the Olympic goalkeeper for the Mariners third goal. :oops:

Good lord the Victory looked slick. The way they worked that second goal was excellent. Connor Pain was superb, and Berisha is going to continue to score a fucking buttload of goals if he continues to receive that sort of service.

Shame about the scoreline, it would have been nice to see more competitive match. But the crowd was good.

What I liked the most was the locals getting behind their club and creating their own support. The crowds have been really good. SO & AC had Their fans back supporting.

Very very encouraging. #promorele

And if you're reading this paulc, you're la dickhead.

No idea if anyone has talked about this already but this is my views of last night’s Tuggers game at Viking Park against MV.

There was not performance akin to MK Dons v Man Utd from a few weeks ago by the Tuggies boys but it was a good night of football in the Capital. Over 5,100 people turned out in suburbia Tuggeranong to cheer on the local side. There was a small contingent of MV fans who made the trip up.

Overall the atmosphere was good with friendly banter being exchanged between the MV fans and the active group of Tuggies fans. The ground overall was buzzing with excitement about seeing a local side play an A-League team here in Canberra in a competitive game in the Cup.

it was very quickly obvious that Tuggers was not going to pose any real threat to MV has they rolled in two goals quickly off the mark with ease. No repeat of the heroics of Sheppered from the South Hobart game. The home side were able to stem the goals for a while but soon enough the class of MV shone through. Conner Pain had a fantastic night on the wing with the Tuggies defence unable to handle his pace. The difference between what were armatures not too long ago ( Tuggeranong United started paying their players for the first time in their history this year ) compared to professionals was obvious. I did think it was a little overkill to play Besart Berisha for the entire game. In truth he did not have the best performance I have seen from him but his sublime skill infront of goal was enough for him to slot home 3 goals anyway.

It was sad to see in the second half a small group of travelling MV fans light some flares and then get into a brawl with security guards. It got quite ugly there for a few minutes and it was so unnecessary. The banner they put up as they lit the flares read something like this "14 here’s 5 more years". This was in reference to one of the MV fans having a 14 year ban from the A-League and telling everyone he does not give a flying f about extending the ban. It was supposedly also reported on Fox that a MV fan also threw a cigarette but into a girl's donation tin, again poor form and so not necessary considering up until that point everyone had been having a good time. I was glad to hear the Fox commentary team were scathing of the Victory support at that point and praised Canberra.

Well we will have to wait until next year now for another crack at the big time. Can't wait for it. Hopefully we get one of our better teams to qualify as Tuggeranong did not even make the ACT finals this season.

Sucks seeing Berisha score for another team.

You'd best get used to it.

Victory fans. All class. :roll: :roll:

lol who gives a fuck

Sydney United 1-1 Wellington Phoenix at a friendly behind closed doors last night.

Safe to say United dominated most of the match, and should of won it late, gives me more confidence going into next week.

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Edited by TheSelectFew: 17/9/2014 09:54:26 AM