The Roar's A-League expert tips and predictions: Match Week 15

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Well Texi is at 100% so far................wow just wow

none from 2...great start to the week end.

Well they looked good tonight [show ponies] and I fully expected them to win, but.....that's football.

:laughing: 2-1 :laughing: Its nice up here Andy lol

controversial view, bur redmayne has never been good enough to be a number 1. This is still the same guy who was making clangers/howlers all the time while at heart and the wanderers. He is extremely lucky that he moved to sydney who have always had excellent centrebacks that shield him as much as humanly possible from shots and defend very well as unit. i put redmayne in the same category as the other red(dy) goalkeeper; of being very average. Sydney will more than likely pick up danny vukovic

i was one of the rare few adelaide fans that wanted him to start the season as first choice, delianov makes too many mistakes consistently to be a number 1

i dont rate the bulls at all! have you not seen my many posts about them having the most over rated coach in australia and the squad on paper is old with no goals in it. They are one of the 2 worst teams to watch play, boring boring boring football. Playing most of there matches in nsw at the start of the season helped them gather points. Bring on some more interstate travel and a couple of injuries and watch them tumble down the ladder. They have had a vey easy schedule and lack of injuries

WUN 1 - 3 MCY CCM 2 - 1 ADL MAC 2 - 0 PER BRI 1 - 1 WSW MVC 0 - 3 SYD NEW 2 - 2 WUN WEL 1 - 0 MCY WSW 2 - 1 CCM SYD 4 - 2 PER

I love the fact that we can watch football all weekend. and then some. Hard to keep tabs on the table and the fixtures, agreed, but in our household, there is nothing better that a few drinkies and snacks while the football is on the box. WUN 0 vs 2 MCY- Some people are saying that City are playing some attractive football and are the form team at the moment. Well, I'm not one of them, show ponies yes they are, and they will be too good for WU. This may be the match week where City start to feel the strain. I think their injury list may start to impact future results. To beat City you need to dry up their supply to Jamie and Nabout. Stop No One supplying them and they will struggle. CCM 1 vs 3 ADL – Mariners at home hold no fears for Adelaide. Over time they have had some pretty decent results up there. I feel it my bones that this will be a 'Battle Royal' with plenty of cards, maybe more than 1 RED one. With Tomi in the squad he just may end up being the super sub coming on in the 70th Minute, to score a brace. It will be tight early and I expect CCM to take an early lead but AUFC to pull it back before the break. I expect both the Referee and VAR to come under even more pressure and abuse than usual MAC 1 vs 1 PER – I think I'm the only one on here that doesn't rate the BULLS. I don't think they have the 'cattle' [see what I've done here] to make it a fairytale year for them. Glory will have to start picking up points soon, so I'm tipping they start here with just the one. BRI 2 vs 1 WSW – Not even sure this game is going ahead, is it? Well lets pretend it is and hopefully the ROAR will lift the spirits of their supporters by taking care of the Wanderers. MVC 0 vs 1 SYD – Sydney will struggle and Stevie C should start their kids and bring on both Kosta and BoBo to finish the game. Sydney won't score, again, but an own goal or a silly goalkeeping mistake to be the difference. Victory are still hopeless. NEW 2 vs 2 WUN- This may end up as the most entertaining game of the round. That's if you like watching two tough sides going at each other. Two sides who don't mind throwing around their weight. Goals galore because neither side can defend. WEL 0 vs 1 MCY – The Nix will huff and puff but Jamie will put one of their umpteen chances away for a slender win. Unfortunately the NIX don't have anyone to keep Noone quiet for the full 90 minutes. WSW 0 vs 2 CCM – Mariners will bounce back from their home loss to the REDS with an emphatic win against the WSW. Leaving most everyone scratching their heads in amazement. Central Coast may not be in top spot after this round, but don't fall into that trap of thinking they are going to fold up and fall away. SYD 3 vs 0 PER – Sydney will give their supporters some much need joy over the Easter break. With this score line, thousands will come out of the woodwork and declare SFC a certainty for the double again.

as are Delianov, kitto, smith, konstandopoulos & lopez (thats 6 first team players missing) i am still quietly confident we can take the points

M Toure is out injured.

Sydney young gun Patrick Wood 3 goals Adeladie young gun M Toure 3 goals, Yengi 2 goals. Facts.

im going to pick a few 'upsets' for this matchweek, i can sense some big results coming as we enter the 2nd half of the season: WUN 1 vs 1 MCY- the thugs have underperformed this season, there are a lot of goals in that Team on paper, its surprisingly at the other end that’s hurting them (who would've though, a mark rudan team that struggles defensively) Stop Jamie Mac and they are in with a shout. City have a game in hand, so they can have an off night. City do have a fantastic record against the thugs and my prediction of a draw in what could be a fun derby would be an upset as such CCM 1 vs 2 ADL - central coast have lost 9 out of the last 11 games against adelaide, can they break the streak? will the emotion of their visit to adelaide earlier in the season get the better of the mariners in front of a hostile home gosford crowd? In saying that, i am quietly confident of escaping nsw with 3 points even though all the betting agencies and pundits are picking the mariners to win. I really think the feelings and pressure of this 'grudge match' will get to the mariners. Im expecting some overzealous tackling on yengi and mauk. Cool heads are needed, and i can see juande controlling the tempo/pace of the match. The battle of elsey and jakobsen against Simon & urena will decide this match. 3 points are more needed by the mariners, because if they lose they could fall to third with the teams above them having a game in hand. They say pressure makes diamonds, unfortunately for the mariners it is going to be a cubic zirconia MAC 1 vs 1 PER - glory are struggling (but with games in hand still) they need to start picking up points anyway possible. Playing against one of the most boring teams in league away from home, but i think they are good enough to at least get a point. BRI 0 vs 1 WSW - wanderers were in that match against city for a good 45 mins but they fell away with their usual jekyll & hyde performance. If brisbane lose here, i think moon is under pressure to do away with their brexit longball stuff they play (its not entertaining and its not working) do brisbane have 2 goals in them at dolphin? i dont even think they have one in them this week, wanderers to pinch this with a late goal. brisbane with 2 games in hand though MVC 1 vs 0 SYD - this is my big shock prediction, i saw enough last week of victory to sit back and defend. yes, its not pretty, but they need to salvage this season. I could definitely see them going with the same game plan against sydney. If sydneys OAPs don’t score, we know there youngsters’ wont either; they get into great positions but cant hit the back of the net. Victory to score in the first 20 mins and spend the next 70 defending while facing 20+ shots from sydney. NEW 0 vs 2 WUN- poor newcastle, please for the love of god play your kids!. The thugs to leave the hunter with a much needed 3 points WEL 1 vs 1 MCY - wellington have blown hot and cold this season, i feel as though talay will have a plan in place to stop the service to citys rampaging forward line. Another semi upset with this prediction. WSW 2 vs 1 CCM - pressure is piling on central now, can they handle it? im not so sure, once again, with the wanderers its whether jekyll or hyde come out. Lets make the top 6 a bit more interesting, with a resurgent wanderer picking up a win against the team starting to crack SYD 1 vs 0 PER - tough for perth, 2nd interstate away match in a row. Sydney to finally get a much needed win