The crowd was great last night, and I was thinking it was more like 14,000 rather than the 12,000 reported. The noise and atmosphere was electric late in the second half. After we scored our injury equaliser, everyone was jumping around all over the place, I believe I had beer and other liquids sprayed all over me from everyone's excitement. :p

All I know is, we better qualify for it again very soon (i.e. 2012 Season) :-D

I've gone to a lot of AU games but there's something special about the ACL nights.

We relly needed to play at home because mid league, top of table vs out of league really told last night. They were quicker, sharper and won just about every aerial ball, but I take heart, because if we were in mid league I reckon we'dve beaten them.

Oh yeah Pantelis should've been wearing a suit and eating hot-dogs.

+1 man

Quote from an urban dictionary for definition of Tithead

A person who you can always count on to do the most retarded actions imagineable. Can often be confused with a turd furgeson
Great job you tithead, you just pee'd out my bedroom window and ripped down my curtain.

Also i remember a movie from quite a time ago with a family of titheads

SA I fear will have remained recalcitrant and stuck with AO which, depending on the final plans, puts them in the firing line to be one of the cities rejected when the host venues are culled to 10 by FIFA. If state capital Belem in Brazil with a population twice that of Adelaide was cut from Brazil's host cities by FIFA Adelaide is then not certain to be included. If the AO plans are not adequate from FIFA's viewpoint then you might well see them putting pressure on the SA government like they did with Cape Town and Durban in South Africa to get a better venue or be dropped.

Other than ovals in general, this is my key concern with regard to the major stadia. Belem being dropped from the Brazilian bid wasn't a huge issue because they had about 18 options at the start, to be cut to 12. Adelaide, as our 4th or 5th largest city can not go unrepresented in the finals.

Adelaide is our 5th largest city and Belem is Brazil's 10th largest city. I agree that Adelaide should be included if we are successful but not with an inadequate venue. I understand there is a lot of work being done at the moment on final proposals for AO so it will be interesting to see how it comes out finally. There is precedent in the bidding for the 2010 World Cup for revised plans to be given to the FIFA Inspection Team and be considered.

The problem as I see it with the AO proposal that was made public earlier is that it built on the philosophy of the plans for the stand that is currently under construction. This saw the infield widened by 8m to 132m to "ovalise" the ground and retained the concourse in front of the tiered stands as a design feature. The result of these two design principles is to move the spectators in the lower bowl further away from the play and also to keep the tiered stands further away from the play than would be the case in a modern stadium development. Combined these two factors make the venue decidedly third rate for viewing football.

Adelaide Oval was originally established as a sporting venue in 1865, and extensive redevelopment has taken place over the years to modernise the facility, culminating in 2003 with the addition of the Chappell Stand on the eastern side of the oval.

The latest redevelopment, set to be completed in 2010, is the upgrading of the western stand, providing spectators and hospitality guests with state-of-the-art facilities.

Adelaide Oval is served by a strong transport network. It is easily accessed via the surrounding road network, and is well served by public transport infrastructure which includes trains, trams and buses.

NET SALEABLE CAPACITY
* 48,000

LEGACY SEATED CAPACITY
* 50,000

POTENTIAL MATCHES
* Group Stage
* Round of 16
* Quarter Final

CONSTRUCTION
* Major Upgrade

Val mentioned in the 'Tiser today that the ownership takeover is on shaky ground and could fall over as soon as today. Haven't heard anything yet though.

Not good, I thought it all sounded very promising.

Same here... with ACL over i was expecting an annoucement any week now until i opened today's paper and was blown away after reading that the FFA could prop up the club for another year!!! WTF!?!?

Now that it's the off-season, I guess we'll all go into hiding until more news is revealed regarding scheduling and player movements. It's been an up and down ride over the last 12 months, but in the end the boys redeemed their A-League failures in the final match of the ACL.

Looking forward to 2010/11 and our qualification for the 2012 ACL. :D

We relly needed to play at home because mid league, top of table vs out of league really told last night. They were quicker, sharper and won just about every aerial ball, but I take heart, because if we were in mid league I reckon we'dve beaten them.

Oh yeah Pantelis should've been wearing a suit and eating hot-dogs.

If you have a look at Stattoz, Adelaide won more aerial balls than Joenbuk.

Their superior interplay in the attacking third and the efficacy and speed of their accelerated attacks won them the game.

Waiting for news on our out-of-contract players:

- Jamieson
- Reid
- Griffiths
- Cassio (?)

Season Ticket Prices - 2010/11 Hyundai A-League Season

Adult:
Red(GA & Supporters): $259
Gold: $350
Concession:
Red(GA & Supporters): $198
Gold: $290
Children (15 yrs & under):
Red(GA & Supporters): $90
Gold: $168
Family (2 adults & 2 children):
Red(GA & Supporters): $608
Gold: $868
       
Member Only (non ticketed):
$60

Upgrades or the re-location of seats is permitted depending on availability. A new card needs to be issued upon the forfeit of the card which was posted. The ticketing agency (to be confirmed) needs to be contacted in order to do this.