Shite crowd.

In overseas football the home ground advantage can be a decisive factor... Playing the second leg of a cup tie at home, going into extra time and then penalties favours the home team.... I dont mind the change.

yer thought so mate - considering the rampaging winning run ccm is on you would have expected a good solid crowd venturing down the freeway.
SFC supporters I see them being very fickle imo.
Highs and lows forever and a day.
There i am turning up to watch my sons games the last weeks through wind gusts and rain squals (damn ugly at times) at Prem games, might I add many others doing the same.
SFC supporters have the updated SFS/Allianz or whatever its called today - my daughter went and said Dad even the food is better now (probably a rip off to me) but yer nah its too cold and ugly.

The Nix came to Melbourne with the sole intention of 0-0 and achieved that with minimal discomfort.

Victory should have known this. We should have gone hard early and tried to put goals past the Nix before they had a chance to settle. But instead, Popa puts Arzani and Brimmer on the bench and starts a player that has provided absolutely nothing (Khalifi), which played perfectly into their hands.

The Nix have scored twice late against us to get results in previous games this season. I get the feeling Popa was spooked by this and wanted to ensure we had legs on the bench for late in the game, especially after playing 120 minutes last week.

All to play for next week. I still think we can get a result over there, but Popa’s reactive squad management isn’t making the situation easier for us. Now I am starting to understand why he can't win Grand Finals. 

Impressed with how chief approached the game could have had a goal early on.when he knew victory were starting to push he got the team to bunker in. Amazing how he can change the system 2-3 times a game and the team knows exactly how to adapt.
Popa made some good subs aswell was a great tactical battle maybe not a great watch but tactically interesting.

Was below average game to watch but i’d say especially from those boring Nux players. Victory had 20 shots at goal, 5 on target. Nux just 6 shots, 0 on target. If every side played such boring football as Nux the AL would be like watching grass grow.  if Victory don’t beat them, hope Mariners or Sydney destroy their boring negative arses in GF 

Nix were just doing what they've done all season. Very predictable, shouldn't be any surprises. Popa should have anticipated this a bit better. Nix were always going to be solid and compact at the back, which is why many of those 20 shots were from outside the box. Personally I would have liked to see Popa make that triple change at half time, it may have caught them out for enough time to pick up a goal. The absence of Machach was definitely evident. Victory really needed that physicality to break through. Unfortunately I reckon we'll see a very similar game again next week. Very few strong chances from either side. Winner will either be a late goal or shootout.

Yep. Really can’t stand the time wasting of Paulsen every goal kick too. How he escaped yellow cards should be officially questioned 

Spot on. But in terms of the away goals rule, here's one thing I never like about it: Goals in extra time still counted towards the away goals rule.