Bex
Well-Known Member
Forecast maximum for this Saturday is currently 27 degrees, so it'll make a nice change to play in something other than sweltering conditions.
This is the Mariners' 200th A-League match; a first for any A-League club. It's also McGlinchey's 100th match for the Mariners. My how time flies! Bit of a shame this is happening for an away game.
I heard on the news last night that a percentage of the gate takings is to be donated to bushfire relief efforts. Nice work by Victory and the FFA. Hopefully the locals aren't too busy fighting fires to come along.
Sainsbury is out due to receiving a fifth yellow card, but I guess Zwaanzwijk should be back - fingers crossed. Rogic is still suspended. Hopefully Ryan's "shoulder knock" will be right by then (LOL).
Big test this one. Victory have scored more goals than us this season, remembering we scored 7 in one game, and they're climbing the ladder. If they can fix a leaking defence, and keep McBreen quiet, they'll be tough to beat. They've had a good run of results and kept a clean sheet against the 'Nix last weekend - although I didn't watch the game so not sure if that's down to Victory's performance or the 'Nix's.
I'm hoping Duke gets a start. Kwassie, Ibini and Sterjovski just haven't looked that dangerous when it comes to putting it into the net. And I'm getting impatient! I've been impressed with Duke's stints and would like to see what he's got given more of a chance. Our inability to score against 10 men last week (save for a gift by Wanderers) is ringing alarm bells for me. Come finals series, we need to know how to score, and we can't keep banking on McBreen maintaining this amazing run of form.
Using my completely dodgy memory, I seem to recall there's often more than a goal or two in each team when we play Victory. So I'm going to call it a relatively tight game by those standards.
Victory 2-2 Mariners
This is the Mariners' 200th A-League match; a first for any A-League club. It's also McGlinchey's 100th match for the Mariners. My how time flies! Bit of a shame this is happening for an away game.
I heard on the news last night that a percentage of the gate takings is to be donated to bushfire relief efforts. Nice work by Victory and the FFA. Hopefully the locals aren't too busy fighting fires to come along.
Sainsbury is out due to receiving a fifth yellow card, but I guess Zwaanzwijk should be back - fingers crossed. Rogic is still suspended. Hopefully Ryan's "shoulder knock" will be right by then (LOL).
Big test this one. Victory have scored more goals than us this season, remembering we scored 7 in one game, and they're climbing the ladder. If they can fix a leaking defence, and keep McBreen quiet, they'll be tough to beat. They've had a good run of results and kept a clean sheet against the 'Nix last weekend - although I didn't watch the game so not sure if that's down to Victory's performance or the 'Nix's.
I'm hoping Duke gets a start. Kwassie, Ibini and Sterjovski just haven't looked that dangerous when it comes to putting it into the net. And I'm getting impatient! I've been impressed with Duke's stints and would like to see what he's got given more of a chance. Our inability to score against 10 men last week (save for a gift by Wanderers) is ringing alarm bells for me. Come finals series, we need to know how to score, and we can't keep banking on McBreen maintaining this amazing run of form.
Using my completely dodgy memory, I seem to recall there's often more than a goal or two in each team when we play Victory. So I'm going to call it a relatively tight game by those standards.
Victory 2-2 Mariners