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The 4-1 score line is reserved for Mrl (and he’s only got it once). No chance!
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
That would make it so much more disappointing to be knocked out at home!
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
Do you know anything about the NBL/10/espn deal? I’m curious about the money side of it. Basketball seems to be going along OK (glad it is), but football needs to possibly learn from them.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
Hard to believe, but obviously a lot of truth in it. They definitely stuffed up big time. Slater and Bosnic indicated Conroy might be a good man to lead the APL forward as well. Hopefully he is and hopefully he has the connections to get more sponsorship into the game.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
Must watch The Amazing Race now.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
Or you want! I would like that too.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
They weren’t always a pretty team, but they were at the top of the competition and pushing for first place for quite a while. I would like to see Wellington win this year, and I’d also like to see Victory out, but I will be excited no matter who is playing. Some of the best grand finals were unexpected – CCM v Brisbane, Perth v Brisbane, MV v Adelaide, Adelaide v WSW. I’m not sure if the Sydney ones were ever as exciting or I was too invested to realise.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
I was at the grand final to cheer on the Mariners and I definitely support football in Australia. I hate seeing bad decisions and that proved to be one, but I could see merit in it at the time. More consultation should have happened, but we need all football followers to get to games, and watch Paramount and 10. I’ll be there for both legs of the Mariners’ games and I hope there are big crowds at both.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
I guess the Melbourne Victory brought down BONZA as well! That means the A Leagues and our clubs are more influential than we imagined.
Show us the bottom line! Football fans deserve to know the state of the APL's finances and the leagues they support
I think the Victory will win at AAMI, but Wellington will win overall at home in front of their supporters. I think/hope Wellington will be in the grand final.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
And this site/section is almost too glitchy today to post. Constant freezes of the screen.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
That is a great statistic Waz. I also have my doubts about the accuracy of free to air viewing figures – extrapolation from very few homes. And a Wellington v Sydney grand final at the cake tin would be brilliant – whether I follow Sydney or not.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
VERSION 2 The Roar Poster’s Conspiracy Account.
The APL, the referees and all officials have been plotting this weekend’s outcomes.
There will be red cards galore (only for CCM and Wellington) It will be disappointing when Izzo and Vukovic are red carded early in each game. It will be even more disappointing when Sydney and Victory are allowed offside goals and even more disappointing when CCM and Wellington are denied fair goals by offside VAR calls.
This will be too much for Jackson and Italiano who will also be red carded, but don’t worry yourself about this Roar posters because it’s for the good of Australian football.
We can’t have a grand final in Gosford and we must have Victory and Sydney in our showpiece game. We all understand that, don’t we!
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
VERSION 1 – A TRUE ACCOUNT.
2 great games coming up.
Sydney will obviously greatly miss Lolley and the Mariners are a team that backs up and gets up against all odds.
I think Vukovic will be the most influential player of the game as he makes save after save. Unfortunately for the Mariners, Faaaabbbiiioooh will score Sydney’s winning goal. A 1-0 result to Sydney.
Victory will unlock the Wellington defence to score twice and Izzy will again have a blinder. Machache’s absence will not be noticed as Teague and Brimmer will also have blinders. A 2-0 result to Victory.
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg
Good news – If CCM get to the grand final it WILL be at Gosford. Bad news – Sydney will knock them out!
Show us the bottom line! Football fans deserve to know the state of the APL's finances and the leagues they support
Football is nowhere near as popular as AFL in terms of interest and coverage, but amazingly it still has higher participation numbers than AFL. There are definitely enough young players to be producing talent.
Show us the bottom line! Football fans deserve to know the state of the APL's finances and the leagues they support
The most honest answers are usually when you are most vulnerable and Veart represents AU. He did say this and most would agree with him. If Adelaide didn’t have injuries they would have… If Sydney had sacked Corica earlier they would have… etc.
Show us the bottom line! Football fans deserve to know the state of the APL's finances and the leagues they support
Adelaide have admitted they have the balance of their squad wrong in terms of ages. The best squad has a balance of ages, as we all knew. Matthew’s next to Rodwell – what a great combination for the both of them – speed, enthusiasm plus experience and knowledge.
Show us the bottom line! Football fans deserve to know the state of the APL's finances and the leagues they support
That was an amazing game by Izzo and an amazing game as well. I’d love to see him consistently play at that level because that would have him as our number 1 or 2 keeper for the Socceroos. I am so glad that Burgess will be in the Premier League next year – he and Circati will be a great centre back pairing for our national team. All those other good young players – Ballard, De Pizio, etc – please stay in the A Leagues for a couple more years. They need to be dominating here before heading off overseas. Great article
Unreal goalkeeping, promotion winning goals and an AFC Cup win: Australians around the globe team of the week
I would have thought all businesses had to release a yearly financial statement that is available to read if you’re interested. I also realise the A Leagues would not be overly financial due to the difficulties that have been outlined regularly.
My interest is in the games, clubs and players. I don’t concern myself with issues that I have no input or control over. The APL has made some bad decisions since being in power, which is not unusual for most companies/businesses. They’d be rare CEOs if they didn’t make some bad decisions occasionally. Cost cutting may sound bad, but if necessary, it is better than running up huge debts.
If we look at netball and rugby then there are similar problems. They also don’t have great incomes so every decision is crucial. Mistakes are more devastating. Football has a similar issue – lower income, especially due to the size of football in our country. We need sponsors for junior football (huge participation numbers), national men’s and women’s teams for many age groups, A Leagues clubs and the A Leagues – and we are a small country.
In the first years of the A Leagues each club received a very small allocation and perhaps that’s where we are headed again. Perhaps the FA will take it over again. Whatever happens/is happening I will be there supporting the game in the only way I can – as a viewer and spectator.
Show us the bottom line! Football fans deserve to know the state of the APL's finances and the leagues they support
That’s why I love the A Leagues – it’s an underdog! But doesn’t it produce good teams and talent.
A-League's 'good guys' winning the comp would be the best thing that could possibly happen - and nearly everyone's behind them
Sorry for the repeat scoop.
A-League's 'good guys' winning the comp would be the best thing that could possibly happen - and nearly everyone's behind them
Lolley gone for the season – Bratten a maybe.
A-League's 'good guys' winning the comp would be the best thing that could possibly happen - and nearly everyone's behind them
It’s further, I live in a rural area near, Camden.
A-League's 'good guys' winning the comp would be the best thing that could possibly happen - and nearly everyone's behind them
It should be 15000 plus. It’s not that far for Mariners fans to come as well. It is worse weather than last week so it will probably be about 12000 after last weekend’s poor effort!
The Roar's A-League Men expert tips and predictions: Semi-finals, first leg