AU v SM would be tasty af

Sure would. I'd be off to that, would be my first visit to lakeside since 2000. When's the draw, I'm trying to stream it...

2017 Westfield FFA Cup Quarter Final draw:
Sydney FC v Melbourne City
Gold Coast City v South Melbourne
Blacktown City v Western Sydney Wanderers
Heidelberg United v Adelaide United

venues, dates, kickoff times, will be confirmed on Thursday August 31st.

Off to the Gold Coast again, beat us on penalties last time when we should have won easily, we better clean them up this time.

Time to scrap this stupid pick one from this pot now one from this.
Just chuck all the balls in one pot and pick the draw from that
Only thing you keep is that if an A league team gets NPL team NPL team gets to host

You just mad because you got an A-League team :laugh:

If South win against Gold Coast, they get a guaranteed home tie against either Sydney, City, Adelaide or Wanderers.
That really is a huge incentive in itself to throw the kitchen sink against Gold Coast City.

Hey hey, Heidlbrg I likey 😃

Biggest club in the country LOL
Smurfs currently 3rd club in country based on fans.

Yes but which fans have the biggest dicks?

Depending on how this weekend plays out it could be a south v Heidelberg grand final on the 10th, I think the ffa will fixture both clubs for the 2nd week (19th/20th). It's like Sydney fc v city and Blacktown v Wanderers will be up first.

Crowds. Lowest attended cup at this stage. May make up the numbers next round though.

Bankstown Berries	Metrostars	Jensen Park	556	32
Hills United	Hakoah Sydney City East	Lily Homes Stadium	879	32
South Melbourne	Edgeworth	Lakeside Stadium	2622	32
Sorrento	Canberra Olympic	Percy Doyle Reserve	928	32
Heidelberg	Perth Glory	Olympic Park Village	2811	32
Olympia	APIA Leichart	KGV Park	1252	32
Peninsula Power	Melbourne City	Redcliffe	4017	32
Western Sydney	Wellington	Campbelltown Stadium	3189	32
Blacktown City	Central Coast	Lily Homes Stadium	1667	32
Darwin Rovers	Sydney FC	Darwin Football Stadium	2680	32
Gold Coast City	Western Knights	Mallawa	1033	32
Moreton Bay United	Broadmeadow Magic	Wolter Park	1197	32
Adelaide United	Newcastle United	Marden	2551	32
Brisbane Roar	Melbourne Victory	Perry Park	3184	32
Hume City	Bentleigh Greens	ABD Stadium	659	32
Sydney United 58	FNQ Heat	Edensor Park	1252	32
Sydney United 58	Heidelberg	Edensor Park	2513	16
South Melbourne	Sorrento	Lakeside Stadium	939	16
Moreton Bay United	Gold Coast City	Wolter Park	1032	16
Adelaide United	Melbourne Victory	Marden	3342	16
Hakoah Sydney City East	Melbourne City	Leichardt Oval	2915	16
Blacktown City	APIA Leichart	Lily Homes Stadium	924	16
Bentleigh Greens	Western Sydney	Kingston Heath	1634	16
Bankstown Berries	Sydney FC	Edensor Park	2180	16

except that in the unlikely event of Blacktown and Heidelburg both causing upsets there would be 3 NPL teams in the semis

I wonder fi the viewing figures suggest the same.

18,751 Melbourne City FC 1-0 Sydney FC Final
16,142 Adelaide United 1-0 Perth Glory Final
15,791 Melbourne Victory 0-2 Melbourne City FC Semi Finals
15,098 Melbourne Victory 2-0 Perth Glory Final
11,3722 Heidelberg United (VIC) 0-5 Melbourne City FC Quarter Finals
10,541 Melbourne Victory 3-1 Adelaide United Quarter Finals
8,1252 Sydney United 58 (NSW) 1-3 Sydney FC Second Round
8,029 Wollongong Wolves (NSW) 0-3 Sydney FC First Round
6,575 Hume City (VIC) 0-3 Melbourne Victory  Semi Finals
6,1111 Central Coast Mariners 0-1 Wellington Phoenix First Round
6,028 Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 Brisbane Roar First Round
5,581 Canberra Olympic (ACT) 0-3 Sydney FC Semi Finals
5,401 Melbourne City FC 4-1 Western Sydney Wanderers  Quarter Finals
5,238 South Coast Wolves (NSW) 0-1 Central Coast Mariners First Round
5,150 Tuggeranong United (ACT) 0-6 Melbourne Victory Second Round
5,066 Adelaide United 2-1 Sydney FC after extra time Second Round
4,849 Balmain Tigers (NSW) 0-6 Melbourne Victory First Round
4,548 Adelaide United 3-2 Central Coast Mariners Semi Finals
4,165 Rockdale City Suns (NSW) 2-3 Melbourne Victory Second Round

Top 20 crowds of all time in the Cup. None from this year yet though I can see 3 of the quarters breaking into this top 20. 

I think we've lost a bit of the buzz and have been a bit unlucky with the draw. The perfect formula for a high drawing games outside finals seems to be either, regional team v big A-league club, former big NSL club v local A-league club and most Semi Finals. Outside of Darwin v Sydney we haven't had any yet.

City officials were coy on the severity of Fornaroli’s ankle injury, but it appears to be worse than initially thought and he looks set to miss at least 6-8 weeks.
Bruno Fornaroli horror tackle; FFA Cup: Melbourne City star striker Bruno Fornaroli | Fox Sports

It could actually help City by playing Cahill in his proper position.

At the start of each season, every FFA Cup entrant is required to nominate a ground to host games from the Round of 32 on if theirs is not up to scratch. In the Berries’ case, The Crest at Bass Hill has floodlights that don’t meet the FFA’s preferred level of 500 Lux (the measure of brightness) and a pretty rudimentary level of facilities, so they nominated Edensor Park.

To be fair to the FFA, other venues were also considered — Jubilee Oval was unavailable, Leichhardt Oval was already nominated by Hakoah (who hosted Melbourne City) and Belmore’s pitch was checked out but deemed unplayable.

So maybe in this case there was no alternative, but some creativity may equally be needed in future to preserve the character of the competition.

Alliances between clubs and associations and local councils are pivotal. The reason Blacktown City were able to host and beat the Mariners in the last round was due to their council helping in augmenting the floodlight capacity at Lily Homes Stadium with auxiliary lights.

For clubs run largely by volunteers, hosting these games is a substantial undertaking, but the whole point of the FFA Cup is to see instances of well-paid and professionally pampered A-League players slumming it in grassroots stadiums and having to prove their worth. If the water in the showers is tepid, and the pitch challenging, then so much the better.

The players’ union insists it has not mandated any minimum standards, and Fox Sports only requires the main televised game to be at a certain level of brightness from the floodlights to make it of broadcast quality.

So even if it’s only next season it would be wonderful to see games played at venues that befit the occasion and provide a context for the magic of the cup.

FFA Cup venues a concern after Sydney FC clash with Bankstown attracts small crowd | Daily Telegraph

That's a pretty big revelation if minnows can truly play at their home venues.
Tbh I'm not sure why Sydney had three simultaneous matches on in match day 2 of r16, that may have dampened crowds.

Crowds. Lowest attended cup at this stage. May make up the numbers next round though.

Bankstown Berries   Metrostars   Jensen Park   556   32
Hills United   Hakoah Sydney City East   Lily Homes Stadium   879   32
South Melbourne   Edgeworth   Lakeside Stadium   2622   32
Sorrento   Canberra Olympic   Percy Doyle Reserve   928   32
Heidelberg   Perth Glory   Olympic Park Village   2811   32
Olympia   APIA Leichart   KGV Park   1252   32
Peninsula Power   Melbourne City   Redcliffe   4017   32
Western Sydney   Wellington   Campbelltown Stadium   3189   32
Blacktown City   Central Coast   Lily Homes Stadium   1667   32
Darwin Rovers   Sydney FC   Darwin Football Stadium   2680   32
Gold Coast City   Western Knights   Mallawa   1033   32
Moreton Bay United   Broadmeadow Magic   Wolter Park   1197   32
Adelaide United   Newcastle United   Marden   2551   32
Brisbane Roar   Melbourne Victory   Perry Park   3184   32
Hume City   Bentleigh Greens   ABD Stadium   659   32
Sydney United 58   FNQ Heat   Edensor Park   1252   32
Sydney United 58   Heidelberg   Edensor Park   2513   16
South Melbourne   Sorrento   Lakeside Stadium   939   16
Moreton Bay United   Gold Coast City   Wolter Park   1032   16
Adelaide United   Melbourne Victory   Marden   3342   16
Hakoah Sydney City East   Melbourne City   Leichardt Oval   2915   16
Blacktown City   APIA Leichart   Lily Homes Stadium   924   16
Bentleigh Greens   Western Sydney   Kingston Heath   1634   16
Bankstown Berries   Sydney FC   Edensor Park   2180   16


Your have to say Sydney United have had good crowds against npl level sides. 1252 against FNQ, and 2513 against hedielberg.. not too bad. I'm thinking they may be well supported in a national second division. Although the flairs need to stop

Hardly a concern

Sydney United have had some shocking crowds in previous cups though. In 15/16 they got 350 against south hobart - second smallest in cup history for the main rounds. Also 750 against far north qld, Although they made up for it with 8k against Sydney FC

Tv game -

The City-South clash will be played on either September 13 or 20 – there are two quarter-finals set for both nights – and Cbus looks likely to be the venue again.

Piddick said City’s home ground at Duncan McKenna Field was not up to the necessary standard required for such an important fixture.

“We did investigate at playing at other local grounds but none are good enough,” he said.

Gold Coast City get home-town match against South Melbourne in FFA Cup quarter-finals | Gold Coast Bulletin

This is the problem. More than half the state clubs have to move and it kills any potential. 

I was pretty impressed with Bentleigh Greens last night  - yet again. They are the NPL team closest to walking into the current HAL and being able to play effectively in the league.

The scoreline flattered WSW.

Nick Ward should still be playing HAL football.

The two BG full backs also did some good attacking play too.

BG kept the ball quite well under some intense WSW squeezing pressure. John  Anastasiadis has the team playing  well.

Blacktown and APIA are doing well and impressing

Have to disagree with you there.
Nick Ward is at his level and Bentleigh have played much better this season. They were average the other night. The match was generally flat throughout.
But I agree with you on Johnny A. Top coach and deserves a shot at a higher level.

I've seen Bentleigh play well every time I've seen them  in the FFA Cup.

APIA were very good a few weeks ago against a mediocre Hobart Olympia team, who they outclassed.

I haven't seen Blacktown play as good a football in the Cups.

Wow!

I've seen the Greens play well against HAL opposition in both Glory and WSW - who are pro teams. Most NPL teams sit back, defend deep and compactly and try to hit HAL teams on the break. Comparatively, BG have  partly controlled games at times against HAL opposition.

I suppose  I shouldn't be surprised BG have played better against NPL opposition.

So foxsports have announced the rounds.

Wed 14th Sept
Sydney v Melb City @ Leichhardt (live on fox)
Heidelberg v Adelaide @ Olympic Village

Wed 21st Set
Blacktown v WSW @ Lily Sevens (live on fox)
Gold Coast City v South Melb @ Robina