Wanderers might be the benchmark team to beat based on yesterday and their game in the Cup against Adelaide.

Adelaide last week were also impressive while City were off. A big game for City today to state their claim.

Shame the Tillies game clashes with Victory v Jets and Adelaide v City. Can count on the commentators to give something away and can also count on none of the games being immediately available for replay so the risk of hearing scores and spoiling games is high. Tillies and Adelaide/City are two games that I really want to watch with undivided attention.

No longer at City, he signed with Roar.

You need a split screen!

How can I agonise over every misdirected pass appropriately if I am watching the other side of the screen?

One day I will be brave and try it.

Or screen in screen

Mariners vs bull is a bit of a arm wrestle 

Bulls get the win but only after a late scare and accompanying pressure.

It was not a pleasant game. There was a lot of niggle, a lot of frustration and lot of contended (as opposed to contentious) decisions. Officials had people in their faces all game. A game made for Faghani - shame he had already done his shift with us.

Macarthur the slightly better team overall came away with the win, but it would have taken so little to be a draw. Mariners with a tendency to turn back to their own goal on receipt of the ball cost them with some balls getting nicked off them leaving Bulls goal side with possession and other times just negating attacking moves.

Both sides look like needing a couple more weeks to get players back and gel properly.

Bloody hell. 10 minutes typing and reading and I have missed 2 goals in Victory v Jets.

All 4 to Fornaroli

One of the worst VAR decisions known to man.

Great free kick goal by Irankunda and nice trailing leg save by Gauci. 

What a nice weekend of football. Lots of young locals scoring good goals. Some thrashings which bring out talking points.

Just love what Adelaide do. Seems a happy place to play football. 

Year after year Adelaide are a pleasure to watch. Veart is doing a terrific job. 
The latest Toure looks the real deal. 

Haha that was crazy!!! I love watching Adelaide play with all of their young kids coming through!!! 

Sadly the law of diminishing returns that characterised Vidosic at the Brisbane appears to be in the evidence again. Will be surprised if he's still in the job by game 6 

I like Rado but this team gets done for 6 in a grand final and gets done for 6 again so soon….very unusual.
What are city players playing for?

There will be an impressive Roos team in the 3-4th years.
I've been playing and watching the game for more years than I like to admit and this is the most exciting group of young players, across the  comp,that I've seen. 

It was the same at Brisbane - he seemed unable to motivate players. 

There's not many us on this site these days, but right now I feel more optimistic about the A League than I have done for many years.
So many exciting young players. 

I just hope Leckie and Behich will make way for the next gen. Irankunda is gold and G Kuol is coming on nicely. Despite the positivity, there will be those who won't make the grade in the end. Seeing Antonis and Pasquali named on team sheets this weekend is evident of that.

It's pretty overwhelming now going through all the names of exciting prospects. Working out their ages and potential pathways. Just so much going on.

At a glance some could still be eligible for the next 3 Olympics, an abundance for the U20 and in turn a couple of U23 Asian Cups too.

At this rate Leckie and Behich aren’t even going to make ACup squad?! Goodwin still worthy atm. Irankunda could end up in Epl in few years. Bos is better than Behich now too. Next WCup should be very different squad

Then if/when the NST is up and running in 6 months time, there could be a couple of hundred more players training and playing at the fully professional level. Competition for NT spots is going to become very interesting. 

Don't think there were any games tonight I was hmm let's watching the Matildas yes that will do 

I'd forgo both anyway. I like Lewis Miller yet I like what Arnold is doing. He can pick Rowles and Degenek in the squad and they are the immediate covers for RB and LB. I'd just name Strain and Bos and then the 5 CB. This will allow a lot more for midfield and attack.

Can't the remember the last time I thoroughly enjoyed a match day especially today's matches.

Great goals, back flips which would score high points in the Olympic Gymnastics, great young talent who had great impact for their teams.

Very enjoyable, look what happens when you just let the football do the talking you create great moments.

Brisbane played a great brand of football on Friday night, Brook and Milanovic were very good for WSW, Bruno Fornaroli was at he's vintage best, Clayton Taylor a new prospect for Newcastle previously at Sydney FC's academy did very well he should have had a hattrick if not for VAR getting in the way and Adelaide's youngsters were excellent.
Irankunda is a world class talent enough said that free kick was ridiculous...

After so many underwhelming years ive haven't seen so many young players break through as far as I can remember from being in this forum back in the early years.

Very encouraging...

I think next season we will see massive player movement for u23's to Europe. We will have the most players playing in Europe then we have ever had before and mostly being u23. At that point NT selection will have to be way more strict than it has been for the past decade. Won't just come down to minutes in Europe, it'll be quality of minutes and quality of competition first and foremost. Exciting times. 

12 goals scored this week by u23's unreal. Has to be a record!

On the flipside, 7 goals inside 15 minutes and most of them inside 10. Only one game was scoreless at halftime.

Despite the quality of the attacking players and teamwork this season I have to question how rusty defenders are against top quality attacks this early. Must be some settling in required by rejigged backlines or something. Some of course are already strong and working - just seems too many early goals for professional defensive groups. Maybe they just have to have a few rounds to see where teams' strengths are and counter that.