I need to rephrase what I said. All other NSW NPL's should be 14 teams. NPL 1, 2 and 3.

They should change the rules before the new season starts not in the middle or at the end.

Congrats to United, they have well earned the Premiership. I have a feeling there may be some upsets in the final series though, everyone will need their best game to advance. And you're dead right Kolner, A league clubs want to benefit from promotion and relegation, while raiding NPL1 clubs of young players with promises of advancing their careers. How many of these players will get that opportunity , maybe one or two then the rest are over age and get cast aside, then they raid the most successful U20's sides to restock. Another misguided attempt by FFA to pretend they are developing young players. They should be told to stay where they are until FFA set up a Second Division in preparation for promotion and relegation from NPL1 to A league. As Wanderers have previously demonstrated to the FFA, the people own the game not FFA. No trade no deal.

" The efforts of Travis Major and the team in general". A small line but it says a lot. From what I've seen he's a better defender than a striker, the trouble is he defends for the opposition, when the ball goes in his direction it finds it's way back upfield pretty quick. If it wasn't for the midfield of Evans , Macura and Sasaki when he came on they would have got slaughtered. If Evans in particular rather than in general wasn't the best player on the field I'll give away watching football and spend my Sundays watching lawn bowls. Before I do that though I'll shout Crittendon  a pair of glasses. There is none so blind, as he that will not see.

Does anyone have any info whether Sydney Olympic will lose points for fielding an unregistered player? Could potentially let us sneak into the top 5 or allow Bonnyrigg to take the last spot.

Heard the exact same thing, was told we will only need a draw in the last round to get to into 5th spot as Olympic will be losing pts. 

Parramatta & Sydney Olympic - Need to bring people into the club who know that five yellows equates to a game off LOL.

To any club members or representatives is there any truth that FNSW dont inform the club of a player being suspended? i have heard the club needs to inform FNSW and keep count of all the player yellow cards? 

i just find this odd and bizarre, clubs pay $40,000 as an application fee to FNSW, but WTF does that cover, what do those muppets at FNSW do, if they cant even inform clubs of player suspensions?

FFS even local park football the district informs the club of player suspensions. 

So spartans are relegated, good riddance. 

Blacktown will play manly in the first semi it seems and it looks like Olympic or BWE for 5th spot. 


Who is leading the CC in NPL2?

SFC is ahead in CC 343points to WSW 335 points.
So looking like Northshore Mariners may end up back in PL3 and Hill Brumbies definitely going to be promoted to PL2.

Probably up to the clubs, questions need to be asked in regards to WTF are the club managers on.
Those flops keep track off it, same as with every other detail PPS etc, but a player accumulating 5 cards goes over their heads ? Lol

Very happy that it happened to Olympic, no better club deserving of such a reward.

Despite FNSW lacking its more so the Clubs team manager to keeping on the pulse of your squads weekly happenings as well as keeping an eye on card player counts etcetc....anyway agree feck them.

So what happened SU ? Manly payback losing the final ?

I wouldnt read to much into the result, we had 5 or so changes, Manly got lucky with the first goal with a wicked deflection and a defensive error by us for their second. After that we were chasing the game and they got us on the counter-attack. That Parkhouse for manly is a good player. Then getting a red card didnt help matters. 

Onto Hakoah to wrap up the season, then followed by a fell deserved week off. 

I wasn't reading that much into it - knew there had to be some answers why.
Agree re Woodhouse, great skill,speed down the line, love a good leftie !
The way the ol hakoah are going all up to you guys how they go on the day, I expect back to normal.

I think they used to but don't any more. It's all on the website. We just have to keep an eye on it. 

We beat Blacktown Spartans 1-0 on Saturday night, could have been a couple more, Spartans looked disjointed and there place on the ladder looked deserved, players arguing with each other and the only player that looked dangerous was Shu(sp?). I'm happy with our second half of the season and if we don't sneak into the top 5 there is promising signs for next year.

Also caught a bit of the Olympic Rockdale game at Seymour shaw as Olympic was once again kicked out of Belmore, Rockdale deserved winners from what I saw, Olympic fans leaving at the 70th minutes as per usual.

we played a great game last night against olympic and thoroughly deserved the win.  i thought hakiri for olympic was lucky to stay on the pitch for his first foul on makrillos. that said, olympic were good value although for me the better team won.  4th spot wrapped up. bit of s shame, the rough patch the past month cost us a top 3 but were in the finals again and anything can happen. 

i reckon we will be playing bonno in a fortnight.

spartans gone, wolves can relax now and focus on their syd fc game.

The ladder has been updated, we are currently in 5th.
Heard that Melita got done for their game v Hakoah in which they fielded an unregistered player. 

Fuck, talk about 2 birds 1 stone.

Anyone else rumors of Mark Rudan going to take up the CCM job?

He'd be an idiot to take the job tbh.

Gonna be a bit harder if he takes it up. The lowest budget, the reject players that no other club wants. Vastly different to to United at NPL level where sitting in 1st place, he was still able to bring in Tratt and Trifiro, as well has having a form striker, arguably the best 10 in the league and a fit Stav dominating in the middle. 

If he does take it up, finishing 3rd last would be a success with what he has to work with. 

And we will be fighting for relegation the following season 100% LOL.
Payne would be on his list and go to CCM as well. 

If he does sign on, i hope its after our season and not now, would be the worst possible timing.

No chance he is going to the Mariners with this history.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/01/28/mariners-chairman-charlesworth-slams-rudan-credentials

yep, I recall that, I would have expected Rudes may have thought maybe but nah, he has to wait for the right time and its not now !

I'd be surprised if Rudan does take the Mariners job, but you never know, he might just want the challenge, and it'd be a good challenge to get his foot in the door, so to speak. He's done all he can really with Sydney United I feel. 

Chris Payne deserves another crack at the A-League I reckon. Surprised Central Coast or Newcastle didn't pick him up on the relative cheap, given the form he's shown this season. 

Payne has had contracts with both Mariners and Jets, and hasn't made the grade.  Wanderers only club left in NSW for him, you'd have to assume Popa has seen enough of him this season and isn't interested.  Doubt United will lose anyone to Aleague.   Rudes might be keen on going back to back. 

I've seen plenty of Payne this season. Don't think he's A league material. A lot of his goals this season have come from opportunities given from the likes of Nikas/Mileski/Shin. He's a good poacher but creating his own chances I haven't really seen much of. 

New to this forum and enjoy the banter between the usual suspects. I'm not Cro/Serb/Maco/Italian or Greek so have no bias towards any specific club but love to get out to as many NPL 1 & 2 games as i can and respect the game and what all clubs have done for it. 
Sydney Utd solid all season but why the drop off in the back end? Is it fitness or injuries? I don't get why Pani Nikas is not playing A-League. He could make any squad as a creative attacking midfielder IMO. My money is on a Blacktown vs. Manly final? I think Manly are the dark horse. My only pet peeve is why the hell is the grand final being played at Lambert just like the Waratah cup final? no disrespect to Apia but it has to be the shittest ground to watch a match and you'd be lucky to fit 500 ppl in. 
Anyway bring on the finals

Final is at Leichhardt Oval. 

Thanks Ralerasic. Much better place to watch football 

Rockdale away next weekend :P

Elimination Semi Final 
Rockdale vs BWE - Saturday 7pm @ Lilys Football Stadium

Preliminary Semi Final 
Blacktown City vs Manly United - Sunday 3pm @ Lilys Football Stadium