NPL Standings after Round 23:
1 Bentleigh Greens 23 15 6 2 43 21 +22 51
2 Heidelberg United 22 14 4 4 40 19 +21 46
3 South Melbourne 22 14 4 4 39 18 +21 46
4 Melbourne Knights 23 13 5 5 35 25 +10 45
5 Pascoe Vale 23 12 3 8 33 25 +8 39
6 Hume City 22 11 5 6 35 21 +14 38
7 Port Melbourne Sharks 23 8 6 9 33 28 +5 30
8 Northcote City 23 9 3 11 31 43 -12 30
9 Green Gully Cavaliers 22 9 2 11 43 41 +2 29
10 Avondale Heights 22 7 6 9 30 29 +1 27
11 Oakleigh Cannons 22 7 5 10 30 31 -1 26
12 North Geelong Warriors 23 4 2 17 22 49 -27 14
13 Werribee City 23 2 6 15 17 47 -30 12
14 Dandenong Thunder 23 3 3 17 27 61 -34 12

(Round 24):
Friday August 7th 8.15pm Bentleigh Greens v Avondale Heights at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Friday August 7th 8.15pm South Melbourne v Port Melbourne Sharks at Lakeside Stadium
Saturday August 8th 3.00pm Green Gully Cavaliers v Pascoe Vale at Green Gully Reserve
Saturday August 8th 7.00pm Dandenong Thunder v Oakleigh Cannons at George Andrews Reserve
Sunday August 9th 3.00pm Werribee City v Northcote City at Galvin Park
Sunday August 9th 3.00pm Melbourne Knights v Hume City at Knights Stadium
Sunday August 9th 4.00pm Heidelberg United v North Geelong Warriors at Olympic Village

South melb 4-2 port melb

Bentleigh 1-1 Avondale

Bentleigh 3 points clear at the top, south with the game in hand and just crept ahead on goal difference, going down to the wire!

will dandenong thunder drop out at the end of the season?

so in vic is NPL the top div and east 1 and west 1 weaker

yes it is.

NPL Victoria – Saturday results:
Green Gully Cavaliers 1 Pascoe Vale 1
Dandenong Thunder 1 Oakleigh Cannons 0

NPL 1 Victoria – Saturday results:
Brunswick City 5 Box Hill United 0
Moreland City v Kingston City – postponed
Murray United 2 St Albans Saints 1
Springvale White Eagles 0 Ballarat Red Devils 1
Bendigo City 1 Dandenong City 1
Moreland Zebras 2 Melbourne Victory 3
Melbourne City 3 Goulburn Valley Suns 2

Sunday 3pm results:
Werribee 2 Northcote 1
Melbourne Knights 2 Hume City 0
Nunawading City 3 Sunshine George Cross 5

in progress:
Heidelberg United 2 North Geelong Warriors 2
Richmond 0 Whittlesea Ranges 0

Sunday 4pm results:
Heidelberg United 3 North Geelong Warriors 3
Richmond 2 Whittlesea Ranges 1

NPL Victoria minor premiership race with 2 rounds to go:
1 Bentleigh Greens 24 15 7 2 44 22 +22 52
2 South Melbourne 23 15 4 4 43 20 +23 49
3 Heidelberg United 23 14 5 4 44 23 +21 47
4 Melbourne Knights 24 14 5 5 37 25 +12 47

(Round 25):
August 14th 8.30pm Pascoe Vale v Melbourne Knights at CB Smith Reserve
August 15th 3.00pm Avondale Heights v South Melbourne at Doyle Street Reserve
August 15th 3.00pm Northcote v Bentleigh Greens at John Cain Memorial Park
August 16th 3.00pm Heidelberg United v Hume City at Olympic Village

(Catch-Up Round):
August 19th 8.30pm Heidelberg United v Green Gully Cavaliers at Olympic Village
August 19th 8.30pm South Melbourne v Hume City at Lakeside Stadium

How does promotion relegation work in Victoria?

NPL Victoria:
bottom 2 gets relegated to NPL 1
3rd bottom goes into playoff one off match against NPL 1 playoff winner

NPL 1:
minor premiers of East and West are promoted and qualify for NPL 1 Grand Final
runners-up of East and West playoff against each other with winners to play 3rd bottom from NPL Victoria.

Key games in the relegation battle.

14th August: Oakleigh Cannons v Werribee City
15th August: North Geelong Warriors v Dandenong Thunder

23rd August: Werribee City v North Geelong Warriors
23rd August: Heidelberg United v Dandenong Thunder

12th North Geelong Warriors: 15 points -27GD
13th Werribee City: 15 Points - 29GD
14th Dandenong Thunder : 15 Points -33GD

NPL 1 East Standings after Round 23:
1 Melbourne Victory 23 16 3 4 78 30 +48 51
2 Richmond 23 14 3 6 44 32 +12 45
3 Kingston City 22 13 2 7 49 37 +12 41
4 Goulburn Valley Suns 23 12 2 9 56 39 +17 38
5 Box Hill United 23 11 3 9 35 37 -2 36
6 Eastern Lions 23 9 8 6 43 41 +2 35
7 Dandenong City 23 9 6 8 40 31 +9 33
8 Murray United 23 6 3 14 33 63 -30 21
9 Springvale White Eagles 23 2 5 16 18 38 -20 11
10 Nunawading City 23 0 1 22 23 96 -73 1

(Round 24):
Friday August 14th 8.30pm Richmond v Melbourne Victory at Kevin Bartlett Reserve
Saturday August 15th 3.00pm Dandenong City v Springvale White Eagles at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex
Saturday August 15th 3.15pm Box Hill United v Nunawading City at Wembley Park
Saturday August 15th 6.30pm Goulburn Valley Suns v Kingston City at John McEwen Reserve
Sunday August 16th 3.00pm Eastern Lions v Murray United at Gardiners Creek Reserve

NPL 1 West Standings after Round 23:
1 Bulleen Lions 23 14 6 3 44 21 +23 48
2 Moreland Zebras 23 11 7 5 48 25 +23 40
3 Ballarat Red Devils 23 11 6 6 46 31 +15 39
4 Melbourne City 23 11 5 7 49 39 +10 38
5 St Albans Saints 23 11 4 8 35 19 +16 37
6 Moreland City 22 10 6 6 32 28 +4 36
7 Sunshine George Cross 23 8 6 9 30 39 -9 30
8 Whittlesea Ranges 23 7 5 11 33 39 -6 26
9 Bendigo City 23 6 4 13 36 50 -14 22
10 Brunswick City 23 4 3 16 32 69 -37 15

(Round 24):
Saturday August 15th 3.00pm Sunshine George Cross v Moreland City at Chaplin Reserve
Saturday August 15th 3.00pm Whittlesea Ranges v St Albans Saints at Epping Stadium
Saturday August 15th 3.00pm Ballarat Red Devils v Brunswick City at Morshead Park Stadium
Saturday August 15th 4.00pm Moreland Zebras v Bendigo City at CB Smith Reserve
Monday August 17th 8.30pm Melbourne City v Bulleen Lions at Veneto Club – David Barro Stadium

Tomislav Uskok signs for Sydney United next season.

how is Mirjan Pavlovic doing at Oakleigh this season?

Find out tonight.

Don't understand why uskok would leave knights for Sydney United, sideways move at best.

Pavlovic has been average, in fact ever since oakleigh got him and the other cast of ex A league players they have progressively dropped down the ladder and are now 11th, he played crap tonight as well.

got engaged to a Sydney bird.

and why is it a sideways move?:?

Pava looks like he is on roids, he was never that big at United at the start of the season :lol:

Werent Oakleigh winless and at the bottom of the ladder when he signed?

In regards to Uskok, where else is he going to go? I doubt there's A-League sides knocking

Edited by SydneyCroatia: 12/8/2015 09:01:53 AM

He is captain of the knights and imo one of the best players in the league, if he's got the bird in Sydney that's fair enough, otherwise it wouldn't make much sense.

Oakleigh had climbed as high as 7th and were knocking on the door of finals when bleiberg left and pappas came in and then completely capitulated, difference is they were playing good football under bleiberg and very unlucky early in the season, they are almost unwatchable now, a league reject central. Pavlovic has scored a few but don't think he has made the impact they were expecting, you could say that for all of oakleighs signings.

Edited by southmelb: 12/8/2015 09:45:23 AM

Yeah imo Pavlovic has been good whenever I've seen him, always troubling defences and definitely looks a lot bigger than he used to. That said, from memory most of his goals have been from penalties (I could be completely wrong though). I still rate him much higher than Sean Rooney or Kofi Danning, they haven't shown much when I've seen them this year.

can anyone give an in depth analysis on Heidelberg?

strengths, weakness, how have they been fairing this season?

Settle down Rudes.

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They're a solid side, Katsakis is no tactical mastermind but he's got a strong squad. They'll either play in a 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 (with LM, 2CMs, RM and a DM) depending on who's available.
Their forwards, Daniel Heffernan and Kaine Sheppard, are both very strong and good in the air, they'll be a handful for pretty much any defence.
Reuben Way plays on the left of midfield, Kosta Kanakaris on the right. They're both handy players, neither is especially quick or tricky but they're smart, work hard with and without the ball and play a team role well.
Their CMs are usually one of, or both of Nejc Kolman and Andreas Govas, depending on the formation. Jack Petrie plays as the deepest midfielder and I think he's pretty crucial for them.
Their defenders are Jamie Cumming at RB, Steven Pace and Luke Byles at Cb and usually Les Doumbalis at LB. If they play with a back 3 then it'll be Byles, Pace and Cumming. Griffin McMaster is the keeper.

They don't have many glaring weaknesses, I think maybe their defence isn't the quickest and could be exposed with pace on the counter attack. If they're given a chance to settle, get numbers back & park the bus they can be difficult to break down. I've seen a few games where they've conceded majority of possession without giving up many chances and take the win. Their midfield doesn't contribute many goals either, apart from a blow-out 8-2 win over Green Gully when Govas snagged a hat-trick almost all their goals have come from Heffernan & Sheppard. If you can contain them then they don't have much going in the way of a Plan B


Edited by Cromulent: 14/8/2015 09:37:56 AM

Cheers,

no doubt we will be in for a tough one, hopefully we get a few players back from injury beforehand.

Cromulent's pretty much on the mark. What I will add though is that although I've not seen much of them this season (three games against South), generally Katsakis likes his sides to attack. Even when they've been relegated or struggling, it's not because Katsakis has died wondering. Their strength is up front; defence is solid if a little slow, but McMaster is a good keeper for this level; midfield is where you can get them. Cut the supply to the forwards by winning the 50/50 balls in midfield, move the ball quickly, and take away the emotional initiative. Govas can be a liability in midfield, as he's sluggish and sometimes lazy, but do not let him get any free room in front of goal, even from 25-30 metres out - he will see that as a licence to have a shot, as he has a very powerful shot on him. The same goes for free kicks, if you've got to foul them, make it wide.

North Geelong and Weribee won this weekend so dandy are out. Huge game next week since Weribee need to win to stay up. NGW just a draw

South won 7-0 so if it comes to GD safe to say they're taking the league. Bentleigh won 1-0 as well.

Gonna be an exciting final day \:d/

2 wins will get us top spot, +1 over bentleigh going into today ends up being +7 goal difference, It's 50/50 though, bentleigh already have the points on the board, but they also need to rely on south dropping points. We are playing some seriously good stuff now, helps when it's the 3rd game in a row with the same 11, haven't been able to do that all season.

NPL Victoria standings after Round 25:
1 Bentleigh Greens 25 16 7 2 45 22 +23 55
2 South Melbourne 24 16 4 4 50 20 +30 52
3 Melbourne Knights 25 15 5 5 39 25 +14 50
4 Heidelberg United 24 14 5 5 44 25 +19 47
5 Hume City 24 12 5 7 37 23 +14 41
6 Pascoe Vale 25 12 4 9 34 28 +6 40
7 Green Gully Cavaliers 24 10 3 11 46 42 +4 33
8 Port Melbourne Sharks 25 8 6 11 35 34 +1 30
9 Northcote City 25 9 3 13 32 46 -14 30
10 Avondale Heights 24 7 7 10 31 37 -6 28
11 Oakleigh Cannons 24 7 5 12 30 33 -3 26
12 North Geelong Warriors 25 5 3 17 28 52 -24 18
13 Werribee City 25 4 6 15 20 48 -28 18
14 Dandenong Thunder 25 4 3 18 28 64 -38 15 – relegated to NPL 1 East

(Catch-Up Round):
August 19th 8.30pm Heidelberg United v Green Gully Cavaliers at Olympic Village
August 19th 8.30pm South Melbourne v Hume City at Lakeside Stadium

(Final Round – August 23rd 3.00pm):
Hume City v Pascoe Vale at ABD Stadium
Werribee City v North Geelong Warriors at Galvin Park Reserve
Green Gully Cavaliers v Avondale Heights at Green Gully Reserve
Bentleigh Greens v Oakleigh Cannons at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Melbourne Knights v Port Melbourne Sharks at Knights Stadium
South Melbourne v Northcote City at Lakeside Stadium
Heidelberg United v Dandenong Thunder at Olympic Village

what about Victory youth they are winning NPL1 are they to be promoted?