Comments on: Sydney FC hoping for season-best crowd

By: Dogz R Barkn

Dogz R Barkn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:38:38 +0000

Good call – he has been fantastic for the Bling, even during times when the rest of his team mates have looked second rate.

His highlights reel of goals scored in the A-League is a decent one, add to that one or two gems he scored in the ACL (one in particular is just about the very best goal I have ever seen created and scored by an Australian of any description).

The biggest complement I can give (as an impending Rovers’ supporter), is that when Juninho strung together a few good performances in the first half of his one and only season with SFC, it was remarkable how similar he was to Corica in so many respects.

It’s literally decades ago that we first came across him in a Joey’s shirt (if I’m not mistaken) – in the days when the Joeys were actually capable of winning games.

By: Australian Football

Australian Football — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:38 +0000

MVDave,
tell the lads south of the Murray that the FFA now want a SFC v GCU grand final cos I have just called for the sacking of Archie Fraser in my new article soon to be published on the Roar. And apparently they have accepted a small donation from Clive Palmer’s $60 billion new brown coal China deal. In a late press release they have stipulated that the donation has had nothing to do with this Sunday’s fixture. Clive said GCU can win the toilet seat from third spot any way—no sweat..

It seems Archie’s incredible decision, to allow Nik Mrdja, to transfer to Melb Victory outside the January transfer window has been such an embarrassment. It is also rumoured in Sydneeee that the points for that game are going to be deducted—as a guess, just prior the Sunday’s kick off. If the rumoured is correct the announcement will be made just after the coin is tossed. So you will need to win and the Jackal and his bunch of merry men of Portuguese interpreters won’t be able to decipher the complexity of the new rulings, which have to be interpreted exactly to what he has to do in the match to restore parity….. Score a hat trick I think ?

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AF

By: MV Dave

MV Dave — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:58:59 +0000

Just to whet the appetite… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRQGK9nh1JU

BTW MV missed the finals in season 3 but SFC were going for the PP.

By: Towser

Towser — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:49:55 +0000

Great servant for SFC. Will leave a hole.

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/122309,corica-confirms-my-time-is-up.aspx

By: Towser

Towser — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:38:00 +0000

Unfortunately it still shows the fickle nature of support for SFC in the city.
Should be a guaranteed 33,000 again,but a 30,000 crowd is now looked at as being succesful.
This match has more riding on it than the season 3 one also.
Guess the instability of the previous 4 years took a toll.
Looks more promising now for the future though. The club appears to have stabilised & should be able to build a solid base from now on.

By: Simmo

Simmo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:30:35 +0000

I hope that happens but it has been a pretty depressed season for crowds. We did get 33k for this same fixture 2 seasons ago (2nd v 1st in the final round). Hopefully more than 25k this time.

By: MV Dave

MV Dave — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:20:04 +0000

Just read Steve Corica to retire at seasons end…may drag a few extra of those fair weathered Sydenee fans out. Corica has played 490 senior football games in Oz and Europe…seems like a decent person as well as an excellent footballer. Well done Steve but sorry to say will be a runners up medal for you in 2010!

By: Dogz R Barkn

Dogz R Barkn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:07:45 +0000

Recent history suggests that 30,000 is a probable get.

By: MV Dave

MV Dave — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:05:14 +0000

According to the Melbourne fan forums it will be the biggest contingent of away support in their history. Would be disappointing if less than 30,000 were there (good weather). Will be an interesting afternoons entertainment and ‘The Jackal’ should have the last word with a 90th minute free kick to equalise….
Certainly clubs have had fluctuating fortunes in the run into the PP decider and demonstrates that you dont need to have the best standard league in the world to have genuine excitement.

By: Australian Football

Australian Football — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:59:57 +0000

Every SFC fan needs to get out there—for the first ACL spot is up for grabs and there may not be a second chance.

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AF

By: jimbo

jimbo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:02:13 +0000

“The fickle Sydney public are concerned about the weather.”

Rain predicted for Sunday in Sydney and all the under cover seating and A-Reserve seating just about sold out – that’s about half the 42K capacity – depending on how many members turn up.

So should be about 25-30K crowd, unless the rain blows away and we get Sky Blue Sunshine for the Sky Blues and a big walk up crowd.

Plenty of away seats still left if you want to experience the heartbreak of losing the Premiership Plate in the very last game of the season an the very last kick of the game – an injury time penalty kick from who else but Johnny Overeasi.