Western Sydney Wanderers gave Sydney FC a free 90-minute football lesson in a convincing 2-0 win in the Sydney derby over the weekend.
The performance was more dominant than the scoreline suggests, with Sydney creating next to nothing over the course of the match.
Western Sydney Wanderers probably should have won by a greater margin given their dominance, but they were never in danger of not taking away the three points from the Sydney Football Stadium.
Western Sydney Wanderers defenders Nikolai Topor-Stanley and Michael Beauchamp were both superb on the night. Japanese marquee signing Shinji Ono was also very good after a slow start to the season.
As for Sydney FC, it seems like they have too many players more concerned with their bank balance than the ball.
This club has a lot of problems, and the majority start with the fact they play like they’re not interested in doing the hard work to dig themselves out of the hole they are in.
Whether Frank Farina remains the correct bloke to be at the helm remains to be seen, though his track record as a manager isn’t anything to write home about.
He does look to be the best of what was available, which wasn’t very much.
Meanwhile, Central Coast lead the way in the A-League. They are very consistent but their greatest problem is they have played in a lot of deciders – three grand finals – and lost them all, including after being up 2-0 with two minutes to play against Brisbane Roar two seasons ago.
Hard to get a better definition of chokers than that record…
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