That aged well ;)

Funny that the two in form teams leading into finals were not able to win. I would have counted on Victory winning and at least City and Adelaide was a close game despite the result being against the in form team.

WU and City should be a good game whether they get a crowd or not. The players will be playing out of their skins because, whether you like it or not, it is a bloody grand final.

For Victory and WU, Aloisi over-structures his team play, and it takes individual brilliance to rise above it when the play gets stilted and stifled. Given the quality players at his disposal the playbook works because individuals make the difference - where we could not do that at the Roar. Seems to me that Aloisi is a good coach of a quality team, but not a good coach of a mediocre team - made for rich clubs and ineffective when his tools are not as sharp.

The scoreline of 1-4 did not reflect the closeness of the game but Victory lost their way in the final third. I thought Rojas was totally lacking in confidence and effort - he rarely used his explosive pace and close ball skill, and just played a generic (lazy) linking role instead. When Victory were in front of goal it rarely felt like they had a clue how to get through. When WU were in front of goal they felt dangerous.

Been on the road for both games, saw most of the game yesterday but could not see anything except the final 5 minutes today. Commiserations to Davide and the other Reds fans - pretty shattering to go to extra time and fall. Same for Victory fans - a much better feeling at the end of this season for you but equally shattering in the end. Congrats to City folk and whoever on here is a WU fan.

The thing about this final and crowds is it actually represents more of what we might see with pro/rel when a 'nobody' supported team might get to the final.