A-League 2020-21 season predictions

Halfway through the season - I'm saying Central Coast Melbourne City Adelaide Sydney Perth Brisbane Then maybe Western Sydney Macarthur Western United Wellington Jets Victory

I'd say only Buhagair & Warland were not through the SFC youth set up. However, I though you were accusing SFC of not playing young players. Lots of SFC players playing for other teams or O/S.

Andy, not sure about his bias towards African Australians but as the senior coach, I would want him just to see the player not anything else.

Punter, you should take a does of your own medicine and start dealing in 'facts' but like a good supporter of your club, that you appear to be, you will defend them even when their deficiencies are there for all to see. Just a question, without notice, how many of those you named actually came through SFC youth set up? Remember deal in facts!

Yeah I thought Adelaide would drop off this year due to the mass exodus of players but after seeing the way they played in the first two weeks I think they’re actually one of the strongest teams in the league. I’m actually so concerned for when Perth Glory have to face them in their season opener, cause I can just my club getting absolutely ripped to shreds. Hopefully, Perth’s emotion of playing potentially their only game in Perth for the year can drag them over the line, cause otherwise... Anyway, I think Adelaide’s actually a scary outfit at the moment and will probably finish very high this year.

Yeah, I’m very concerned about Perth this year, wasn’t it only six months ago we were in a semi final? I doubt we are going to play another game in Perth this year the way things are going. With that going on, an out of form attack and a shoddy defence, I reckon Perth will finish close to a wooden spoon. The only hope I have for Perth to do well is if the A-League decide to do what the AFL did last year and have teams fly to Perth, quarantine for two weeks and then play the WA side(s). In that case, Glory would have around 10 consecutive matches in Perth (the Eagles and Dockers had 7/8 straight games at Optus). Playing sides that are rusty from quarantine, Perth might get some momentum there. But thatd a big if.

Im surprised no one aside me has taken the fixture into consideration when deciding the ladder predictions. While Sydney are better, I predicted Melbourne City to finish top as they have three games against the Mariners, Jets and Roar. Sydney on the other hand only play those clubs twice, so thats a 9 point advantage for City.

Wow some accusations there!!!!

Rodger Don’t waste your breathe on a reply to him, typical eastern stater that cant see the bigger picture, kind of reminds me of a man utd supporter in the 90s/00s. Half the players he listed don’t fall in the category of a talented kid, ones even an Adelaide lad lol. He can’t defend his club who since the inception of the league seem to not want to bother with any form of youth until there hands are cut by covid. It’s a well known fact that bimbi is not a fan of players of a certain skin colour as well, hence my comment about African Australian players. It’s not just bimbi either because Sydney have used the least amount of African Australian players as well since the a league was introduced

Rodger, I say Nieuwenhof (the HOF), Buhagiar, King, Warland, Zulvela, Ivanovic, Patrick Wood & even Grant, Reymayne and Careres says HI. Just don't let facts get away with yours & Adelaide Andy's story.

@ Punter - So you are opposed to giving younger players a shot at becoming a future Socceroo? Because, even though you didn't actually say that, that is implied by your post. WINNING is everything and kids here aren't good enough to win you a championship. So lets get a squad of Over Aged Players from within and out side of Australia so we can 'brag' about how good we are. You might just see as far as the next game or end of a season, some of us look further afield. I imagine you will be one of the first people to jump up and down and kiss the Aussie emblem on your shirt, when one of these kids scores a winning goal at a world cup match. It is a shame you don't see any of them play until your club fronts up against them. Let the debate begin.

Enjoy your season Andy & hopefully we see some Socceroos come out of it from these African kids. Enjoy coming 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th.

haha partisan, *dr evil voice* “rrright” tone? my tone would be whimsical, no form of malice what so ever. i just made 2 very valid points in relation to Sydney FC, i’ve said nothing outrageous or am trolling any poster on the forum or even going any form of ‘woke’ route. i can substitute the word valid to fact if you prefer? lets debtate ???? do you disagree with the 2 facts i just said about sydney (one of those facts leads to a bigger problem within this country as a whole, not just in football that continually gets swept under the rug) There’s a lot of contractionary posters on this forum “play the kids’, “future of our sport” etc etc When it comes to actions of certain clubs, peoples opinions flip back and forth, funny that ???? my views (which i would class as passionate are on multiple subjects in terms on what needs to happen to the sport in this country (inparticular since the inception of the a league) have not changed….

wow, that would be the most partisan post since, well since the one you posted just an hour before it. btw, comments on Roar are appreciated. The tone and frequency tell me much more than the words ever could.

enter mr sydney to the comments ???? i actually submitted quite an article for this site, which was rejected (more than likely due to crisitism of sydney) of how sydney fc should be ashamed for the way they’ve treated youth over the past several years. This year you have 10 players over the age of 30, (you have another one turning 30 soon which will make a shockingly high total of 11 in your squad) way too many O.A.P’s not doing enough stealing the wage of potentially the next big star in australian football. while im on my usual rant about talented youth, how many african australians in your squad? i see…. zero, like it has been for years. Infact, when was the last time you had any african australian players? would that be kofi danning, nearly a decade ago? Do you see where im going with what im saying………. why have the next generation of socceroos not been embraced by ‘the number 1 club in australia’? plain and simple sydney fc have done nothing for the kids for years, especially african australian kids! australian biggest club is an absolute disgrace in regards to there youth, the only reason you’re actually playing a couple this year is with the cap being downsized you werent able to get some more O.A.Ps. ???? keep on blocking pathways for australian youth like you have always done with your retirement home ????

You were wrong when you said you have beaten the Title favourites in you first 2 games, you did not beat Sydney FC. So, hence they are not facts. Sydney FC has 2 incredible creative midfielders in Ninko & Carcers & another one on the bench, this is something that Adelaide despite the wonderful youthful attack & industrious midfield.

you need to be careful when you insinuate brisbane roar play dross football, are impotent , will finish near the the bottom and have too many lower league english players in there squad. the truth seems to hurt there fans alot lol my views weren’t bias in the slightest in my original post, i gave facts from our 2 matches played and stated the more than obvious eastern states bias in majority of topics/posts on here ????

They are the most likely to win it yes, but are not guaranteed to win it. Villa with two games in hand might prove to be a surprise. Hopefully Chelsea come good and go on an unbeaten run of 20 games. I live in hope.

in what way Lion?

sure is a partisan view, for a comment about the partisanship of the author