Round Nine of the A League has an outright leader after Sydney FC beat the Central Coast Mariners 1-0 in the battle of the Gown vs Town.Finally after eight and a half rounds of A League football the shadow of the rockmelon-ball codes gently lifted above the SFS and allowed football some room to breath.
The result by Sydney FC now means that next weeks game against it’s biggest nemesis the Melbourne Victory pits one verses two. It is the marketers dream. Both teams have yet to face each other so far. Both teams are coming off a win. The Victory should have it’s biggest crowd of the year in the A League biggest game of the year.
Round nine also saw the return of the crowds after a market type panic filled the net and column inches of football media for two months. Good crowds in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney were refreshing to see. Having an atmosphere at the football is needed to disguise the fact that during games their are large moments of dullness.
The viewers at home and in the stands need to be entertained by the antics of the crowd. Like wise footballers can only perform at their optimum when thousands of people dressed in the same clothes as them are shouting encouragement or discouraging words at them. High wages and a privileged position in society is just not enough.
Tiatto is facing a one match ban after the former Manchester City hacker gave a “friendly” salute to the Saturday Night Melbourne Victory Crowd after a succession of boos being booed. Who new a hard man like Tiatto had feelings.
Gold Coast United seem to bothered by not having many fans. The white shoe brigade have lost their early season mojo. Could the players be also bothered by the crazy coach and the very rich outspoken owner? Who says that the A League doesn’t compare to Europe? The Wellington Phoenix looked good for the 0-0 draw against the Gold Coast on Friday Night. The New Zealand group in the side must surely have one eye on the up-coming Wold Cup play-off with Bahrain.
Adelaide United’s enigmatic left back Cassio scored a sweet volley in the second half against the Newcastle Jets to secure a 1-1 draw. Jets keeper Ben Kennedy saved a Travis Dodd penalty for once he didn’t give it away and Mat Thomson missed one for the Jets this time he missed again, the Jets captain missed a penalty against Sydney FC a couple of rounds ago.Import Watch: Bad news for Brisbane Roar attacker Henrique the slippery fish has injured his knee and will be out for a couple of months.
A League Socceroo Watch: Gold Coast United’s Jason Culina has gone quiet in the last few rounds; by his lofty standards anyway. If you keep on doing everyone else’s job you will eventually burn out. Gold Coast team looks good on paper but the side keeps on being reshuffled due to Mad Miron and mad red cards by players.
Hot Spot: The crowds are back and so is the atmosphere thank god.
Odd Spot: The Socceroos are playing two friendlies and there is no international break.
Quotes of the Week: Ex Brisbane Roar player and current Melbourne Victory recruit speaking after the 2-1 win over his old team where he was given some harsh reminders. At the after- match press conference Roar coach Frank Farina said Kruse had sent some inflammatory text messages to his former team-mates in the lead-up to the encounter.
“I guess they were just trying to fire me up or get me rattled, but it didn’t work. We played excellent on the night and we deserved the three points.
“It doesn’t really bother me. We won that’s all that counts.”
Goal Of the Week: Adelaide United's Cassio scored a goal that was a timely reminder of all the puns that can be used when the stockily built Brazilian scores screamers.
Banner of the week: Gold Coast United Banner “Beautiful One Game, Perfect the Next”
Call of the Week: Fox Sports Commentator Simon Hill when seeing the Gold Coast banner: “I’m not sure about that one more like; “Wobbly one week, off colour the next”
Team of The Week: GK:Bolton (SYD), LB:Traore (GCU) CB:Colosimo(SYD), CB:Keller(SYD), RB:Kemp(MELB), LM:Bertos(WELL), CM:Musalik(SYD), CM:MCFLYNN(SYD), RM:Song(NEWC), FW:Thomson(MELB), FW: Fabiano(MELB)
Hyundai A-League 2009/10 League Table
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
1 | Sydney FC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
2 | Melbourne Victory | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 15 |
3 | Gold Coast United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
4 | Perth Glory | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
5 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
6 | Brisbane Roar | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
7 | Adelaide United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
8 | Wellington Phoenix | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 9 |
9 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 9 |
10 | North Queensland Fury | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 7 |
Hyundai A-League 2009/10 – Leading Goal-Scorers
9 – Shane SMELTZ
4 –Robbie FOWLER, Carlos HERNANDEZ, Branko JELIC, Archie THOMPSON, Sergio VAN DIJK
3 – John ALOISI, HENRIQUE, Lucas PANTELIS, REINALDO, Mile STERJOVSKI
Round 10 Predictions:
ROUND 10 Predictions | FIXTURE | VENUE | LOCAL | AEDT |
Fri 9 Oct 2009 | Melbourne Victory 1 v 2 Sydney FC | Etihad Stadium | 8:00PM | 8:00PM |
Fri 9 Oct 2009 | Perth Glory 2 v 1 Adelaide United | ME Bank Stadium | 7:00PM | 10:00PM |
Sun 11 Oct 2009 | Central Coast Mariners 2 v 1 North Queensland Fury | Bluetongue Stadium | 3.00PM | 3.00PM |
Sun 11 Oct 2009 | Brisbane Roar 1 v 2 Gold Coast United | Suncorp Stadium | 4.00PM | 5.00PM |
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