I heard a rumour Jason Culina may be the new Olympic coach for next season, he has done decent with Fraser however not sure how much input Branko has over him and how he would go on his own.

Also we beat Sydney FC 4-3 last night, a scrappy yet entertaining game with our biggest crowd of the season.

It's roughly shared. Branko does alot of the sessions but it's mostly Jason on match day. Dean doesn't do a whole lot apart from setting out the cones

Dean has the 20's on match day. The 20's play really good football. 

Since when? When I watched Fraser earlier in the season none of the Culina's were in the technical area during the 20's they had 2 other fella's taking them

I hear fozzie has the 18's gig sewn up for next season.

1-1 yesterday against blacktown away.  how we didn't win that game I don't know.  we dominated them and if we converted half of our chances, it would of been an easy win.  and of course, not a single 50-50 call go our way, not to mention what I thought were a couple of clear pens not given.
anyway, big game this week v wolves.

He was on the bench when we played them. We've got them this weekend so I'll see.

I'm gunna have to get a carer, I was sure I went to the Blacktown- Rockdale game yesterday, maybe I just dreamt it ,or went to the wrong ground, but I'm sure I  saw Ante Covic play a MOM in a side that drew 1-1, without him they would've got throttled. As I say I might have dreamt it, maybe I'll have your dream tonight.

The highlights, although they don't really include everything, paint a pretty even picture. Seemed the rockdale defence had most blacktown efforts covered, and pushed their attackers wide on most of Ante's saves, making scoring very difficult, particularly with Ante in goals. A couple of easier chances that rockdale should have put away, like Urosevski's header early in the match.

get a carer champ. covic made two great saves but apart form that, we dominated possession from the 20th minute on, missed a couple of sitters, could of had 2 pens and were by far and away the better side.

When we played Fraser a couple of weeks ago I was expecting all our 3grades to struggle.
Branko was watching from our hill seats whinging away.
Jason was in the dug out only for the 1sts.
Their 18's had more possession but struggled to finish, one of those chance shots from out the box gave them victory.
20's, to be honest I expected ours to be really blown with the countless injuries/18's playing up again another not convincing win considering the ladder diff.
1st's was a classic, we had one sent off around the 25min, from then on Fraser struggled all the way to 90 against 10men.
Look forward to Dullys weekend.

V'sing Hawks Sat was better than expected I suppose. 1sts win 20's down unlucky by 1 18's drew.
Having 2 Uruguayan players I'm told brings some flavour to the foot of the mountains.
4 girls dressed up in thongs and all - 4 drummers and an old couple dancing to a beat !
Made for a classic start to 1st's have to say.
It created a pretty hostile local crowd so bravo our boys coming away with the win !

Drank a bottle of bourbon , took some pills and tried to disable as much of my mind as I could , to see if I could get your point of view. Watched the highlights again to be sure I was at the right game, and it turns out I'm right and you're wrong. Also watched the streamed game and Henderson had a blinder but didn't make Team of the week, why you may ask , because Covic was adjudged the best performance.. You should try watching the game and not the scoreboard.

you should stop drinking and mixing pills, its clouding your judgment.  the highlights are in no way a reflection of the game.

well done to APIA for making it through to the round of 16 in the cup.  NSW teams doing well so far.

 

agree kolner, I was expecting apia to have it tougher being farfar away - colder etc but the squad done well.
I'm expecting nsw PL sides to perform well int he cup injuries permitting.

Hey NTNP and tFl - who would have tipped Western doing Rydalmere at home !
and to think we dusted them 4zip @ Bathurst last week.
Fraser wetting their lips as long as they don't drop any.

Classic United, must win game against Manly to make the semis, go up 2-0 after 60 mins, lose 3-2.

Lions Goooooooone

Not sure what happened there. Western NSW did beat our firsts earlier in the season as well. 

great wins by our first grade and 20's yesterday against wolves. dominated both games even if the scoreline don't reflect it.
big games this sunday against apia.

19's are certain to finish 2nd or 3rd
20's anywhere from 3rd to 6th
first grade 3rd or 4th

guaranteed 3rd on CC, and could end up first!

where are all those knockers from pre season?

Surely no one knocked Rockdale's first grade with that squad? 

SU done the job last night in the FFA Cup ! rippa result.
Here's looking at Heidelberg next.
Blacktown APIA vsing each other sadly.
Hakoah vsing holders Melb City will be interesting.
PL2 Berries vsing SFC, seriously tuff draw that one.

scores update NPL 1 - final day as it stands:
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 0 Rockdale City Suns 0
Hakoah Sydney City 0 Manly United 1
Parramatta 0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 0
Sutherland Sharks 1 Sydney Olympic 0
Sydney United 1 Blacktown City 0
Wollongong Wolves 0 Sydney FC Youth 0

live top 5 ladder:
1st APIA Leichhardt Tigers
2nd Blacktown City
3rd Rockdale City Suns
4th Manly United
5th Sydney Olympic

Camden won the 20's their coming up next year

score updates in NPL 1 NSW - as it stands:
APIA Leichhardt Tigers 1 Rockdale City Suns 1
Hakoah Sydney City 0 Manly United 1
Parramatta 0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 1
Sutherland Sharks 1 Sydney Olympic 2
Sydney United 1 Blacktown City 1
Wollongong Wolves 4 Sydney FC Youth 1

NPL NSW Men's 1 2017 finals series schedule,
Qualifying Final - Saturday August 19th or Sunday August 20th:
Blacktown City v Rockdale City Suns at Lily Homes Stadium

Elimination Final - Saturday August 19th or Sunday August 20th:
Manly United v Sydney Olympic at Cromer Park

Major Semi Final - Saturday August 26th or Sunday August 27th:
APIA Leichhardt Tigers v Blacktown City/Rockdale City Suns at Lambert Park

Minor Semi Final - Saturday August 26th or Sunday August 27th:
Blacktown City/Rockdale City Suns v Manly United/Sydney Olympic at Lily Homes Stadium or Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre

Preliminary Final - Saturday September 2nd or Sunday September 3rd:
Major Semi Final loser v Minor Semi Final winner at Lambert Park or Lily Homes Stadium or Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre

Grand Final - Saturday September 9th or Sunday September 10th:
Major Semi Final winner v Preliminary Final winner at venue TBC by Football NSW

That's a shame. I know a few people at Nepean. 

Same, 18 teams in Div 2 youth next year?

Congrats to APIA, PL1 2017 Champions.
Got to say I'm pretty happy about this one, long time coming for the club.
Congrats Marconi - romped in the PL2 title gaining promotion with still 2 rounds to play !
PL3, 3games left to play and Fraser still have a game on hand to current leaders Rydalmere that if won makes it only 2points diff. Lots to play for still.
tFl, look forward to Dully coming to beautiful Magdala Sunday - 18's I expect our way but the other 2 grades will be tough for us but 1sts to dig deep being at home.

Great wrap. APIA's match watched by thousands of spectators online as well which is always good to see. Hopefully football NSW steps up their online presence to another level next season.