888 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 phhewww!!!!!!!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 Well old Melbourne town is abuzz at the moment after the Victory's great effort tonight...This win and the big crowd at the game has done a lot for the A League and soccer in general here, and can only get better from here. Some of the AFL football games havn't been getting crowds like this, unbelieveable really. I'm going to watch a replay of the game when I get home to see what actually happened, but radio reports suggested Melbourne played really well early to cement the win, but they also said Sydney played a great game in the 2nd half with only 10 men on the field...Considering Melbourne scored 2 goals inside 6 minutes, Sydney's effort is very commendable after the Dwight Yorke transfer this week, and particularly when it looked like how far the Victory early, full credit to Sydney. Talkback Radio advises that the vibe at the ground after the game is sensational and the crowd is on a high at the moment and the Victory will benefit greatly from transferring this game to Telstra Stadium, it multiplied their normal crowd numbers by three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 phhewww!!!!!!!!! :) Ahhh never in doubt my friend lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friskyfitz Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 :drums:drums The Scroller is the section at the top of every page which runs from right to left announcing the best tips recently.... :clap:clap:clap Well done for getting on it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 :drums:drums The Scroller is the section at the top of every page which runs from right to left announcing the best tips recently.... :clap:clap:clap Well done for getting on it!! Thanx!!! That's a novel touch and let's hope we can all get on there over time... :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel_hamburglar Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 What a match, and what a crowd 39 730!!! The final last season got 25 573, second round and bigger than the final last season. The match was an interesting one, while Melbourne got the points it has to be noted that Sydney got 2 goals with only 10 men, Melbourne only scored 1 while Sydney had 10 men, so it is a slightly misleading score line. Melbourne played well, but lacked a little structure during the middle part of the match, Muscat and Allesandro were amazing, stand out players. The big news for Melbourne is two fold, Daniel Allsopp, who was as much good as tits on a bull last season finally found the goals, twice, this makes a huge difference to Melbournes chances, with two strikers who are able to score. The second big punting point is Fred, who elbowed a Sydney FC Defender in the head (i think) and is looking at some serious time out of the squad, while Allesandro left early again with a sore hamstring (third match in a row), neither looks likely to play next week against the knights which will slow the Melbourne midfield down a lot. (on a side note, talk back radio was talking up a police investigation into the elbow to the head incident, utter crap but worth keeping an eye on as Melbourne are a team that can get distracted by off-field issues easily) Sydney were very good after the settled and I would say they will bounce back next week very strongly, they seemed to have a lot of run left in them at the end and made a lot of solid attacks for a team with 10 men. God only knows why Carney and Petroski stared on the bench, but I feel that it cost them the game early. Jeremy Brokie looked good up front and should score a lot if he can get good service at Sydney after an average year at the Knights. Melbourne might struggle a bit against a physical New Zealand team next week if Fred and Allesandro miss, even more so given that Claudinho struggled tonight, and seems to be having trouble adjusting to the game out here. I can (and I know this is early) see Sydney beating Perth next week away, they should start with a better structure in the middle and hopefully bring Brockie and Croica into the game a touch more. As for this arvo, it seems that teams are cottoning on to Adelaides power on the quick counter attack, Melbourne ran hard to slow them down and it seems that New Zealand just bullied them for the whole match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 What a match, and what a crowd 39 730!!! The final last season got 25 573, second round and bigger than the final last season. The match was an interesting one, while Melbourne got the points it has to be noted that Sydney got 2 goals with only 10 men, Melbourne only scored 1 while Sydney had 10 men, so it is a slightly misleading score line. Melbourne played well, but lacked a little structure during the middle part of the match, Muscat and Allesandro were amazing, stand out players. The big news for Melbourne is two fold, Daniel Allsopp, who was as much good as tits on a bull last season finally found the goals, twice, this makes a huge difference to Melbournes chances, with two strikers who are able to score. The second big punting point is Fred, who elbowed a Sydney FC Defender in the head (i think) and is looking at some serious time out of the squad, while Allesandro left early again with a sore hamstring (third match in a row), neither looks likely to play next week against the knights which will slow the Melbourne midfield down a lot. (on a side note, talk back radio was talking up a police investigation into the elbow to the head incident, utter crap but worth keeping an eye on as Melbourne are a team that can get distracted by off-field issues easily) Sydney were very good after the settled and I would say they will bounce back next week very strongly, they seemed to have a lot of run left in them at the end and made a lot of solid attacks for a team with 10 men. God only knows why Carney and Petroski stared on the bench, but I feel that it cost them the game early. Jeremy Brokie looked good up front and should score a lot if he can get good service at Sydney after an average year at the Knights. Melbourne might struggle a bit against a physical New Zealand team next week if Fred and Allesandro miss, even more so given that Claudinho struggled tonight, and seems to be having trouble adjusting to the game out here. I can (and I know this is early) see Sydney beating Perth next week away, they should start with a better structure in the middle and hopefully bring Brockie and Croica into the game a touch more. As for this arvo, it seems that teams are cottoning on to Adelaides power on the quick counter attack, Melbourne ran hard to slow them down and it seems that New Zealand just bullied them for the whole match. Great write up Miguel and interesting reading your thoughts...I think you havea good eye for what's going on and make some very good points for future reference...cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 Perth Glory Vs CC Mariners Past history for these 2 clubs Jul 15, 2006 A-League CC Mariners 2 - 1 Perth Glory Dec 04, 2005 A-League Perth Glory 2 - 2 CC Mariners Oct 16, 2005 A-League CC Mariners 4 - 0 Perth Glory Aug 26, 2005 A-League Perth Glory 0 - 1 CC Mariners Aug 20, 2005 A-League CC Mariners 1 - 0 Perth Glory Table for last year's Inaugural season Pos. ...Team ..........G....W ..D...L...F...A.... P 3. Central Coast M..25...10...9..6...38..30...39 5. Perth Glory .......21....8...5...8...34..29...29 Home ....Team ........G ..W...D...L...F...A ....P 7. Perth Glory..........11..3...1...7...13..16...10 Away ..Team..............G....W..D...L...F...A....P 2. Central Coast Mar ...14....6..6...2..19..13...24 I thought Perth Glory were quite good last week against Queensland although they tired badly in the last 20 minutes...Stan Laziridis is going to be a potent force when fully fit and he provides some magnificent service down the left...I am impressed with CC Mariners and they were mighty last week against Sydney and it was only the Sydney keepers top efforts that allowed a 1-0 victory to Sydney. Perth were poor at home last season with 7 losses and the Mariners were a top outfit away and I am quietly confident that the Mariners have the goods to win this game tomorrow...The Roar and Sydney have confirmed the form is good and this could quite easily be a draw, and while I am not that adept at predicting scorelines I will take a stab at a 1-0 or 2-1 win to the Mariners. I prefer to simply back for the win and the Mariners look the winner to me. At Sportingbet.com.au $2-60 for straight out win At Centrebet $2-55 for straight out win Great odds when considering Mariners have 4-1-0 record against Perth and have never lost to them in the League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel_hamburglar Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 I agree on CCM to win, Perth have only scored 3 goals in their last 7 outings for the new season (pre-season), CCm for me will be one of the best this season. Vukovic is strong in goal for CCM, and I can see perth having real trouble scoring. As I am up a touch this week thanks to Melbourne winning and over 2.5 goals in the same match I am going to have a punt on the ht/ft double here. 8 points to Draw/Central Coast ht/ft double @ $5.75 with Sportingbet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 I agree on CCM to win, Perth have only scored 3 goals in their last 7 outings for the new season (pre-season), CCm for me will be one of the best this season. Vukovic is strong in goal for CCM, and I can see perth having real trouble scoring. As I am up a touch this week thanks to Melbourne winning and over 2.5 goals in the same match I am going to have a punt on the ht/ft double here. 8 points to Draw/Central Coast ht/ft double @ $5.75 with Sportingbet Like ya thinking Miguel and going to have a nibble at the Draw/Central Coast myself and save on the ht/ft. Now we just need CC to get up to make it quite a profitable weekend, Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
888 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 Currently 0 - 0, Hope CCM scores on the 2nd half! So everyone here is a winner ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel_hamburglar Posted September 3, 2006 Author Share Posted September 3, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 Yep, we are all going to ride Central Coast home now, but it looks like Perth have hammered the goals thus far, so not great signs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
888 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 1 - 0 Perth Glory :( based on my livescore sites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
888 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 90 min and its 2 - 0 on Perth Glory ways :wall:wall:wall Lazaridis and Young are the scorers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 The Mariners spoil an otherwise great weekend on the punt...Not sure what happened as I didn't see the game, I seen both goals tho. First goal was a free kick about 25m out and while keeper was asleep in behind his goal line organising his wall Colosimo from the Glory simply kicked the ball into the empty goal, slack defending indeed...The 2nd goal came from a right cross to an unmarked Young who finished nicely to slot home their 2nd goal and put the result beyond doubt. In Ron Smith's first home game in charge of the Glory, Perth supposedly played a fast, precise and attacking brand of football to outclass the Mariners and celebrate its first home game of the season in style. It was Perth's first league win over the Mariners, improving the Glory's head-to-head ledger to one win, one draw and two losses. The Mariners were without midfield linchpin Andre Gumprecht who suffered an adductor strain in the club's 0-1 loss to Sydney last week, while Perth was missing striker Bobby Despotovski (back) and goalkeeper Jason Petkovic (ankle) from its best 11. Perth Glory 2 - 0 Central Coast Mariners Colosimo 52, Young 80 Guess the form around Queensland Roar is holding up pretty well and there may be a few more surprise results throughout the season, the secret is finding them :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguel_hamburglar Posted September 5, 2006 Author Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 ^^^ I just saw the goals for the first time, how soft were they, especially the second one, very lazy defensive marking, but the main point is that Perth were able to get the result. I will be interested to see next weeks market, not sure how the bookies will see the market, my guess is it will be all very even, maybe slightly more value for the away team given that 6 out of 8 have gone to the home teams so far, with only 1 draw and 1 away win. Interesting to see that Central Coast and Adelaide, two hot contenders for the flag have both failed to score in 180 mins of football. Newcastle have only put one in, with their first being an own goal last week, so maybe the under 2.5 would be a good bet for AU V Newcastle. Most of the interest on here I guess will be around how the bookies place New Zealand and Adelaide, do any of you guys think New Zealand have a chance, last season they ran Melbourne close twice, espcially in the last fixture of the 2005-2006 season, Melbourne have been good but I would hesitiate to say they are in great form and I wonder how much of it is luck. As for Adelaide, two very unimaginative games in a row, it seems that other teams have found them out to an extent and most importantly them are lacking attacking presence. Interested in everyones thoughts, as Beejay said there are some surprises out there and some good odds to be had, see if they can not be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 Good stuff Miguel and you always raise some great points. Knights are playing some good football this year, pre season as well, against the better teams...I didn;t follow A League much last year so know little about what transpired then, only the results, and the Knights were ordinary to say the least with 1 win from 21, however the new seasons sees them well placed at the moment. The odds overall on most games are excellent, when compared to the bigger leagues overseas...$2-40 for Home team and $2-80 for away team makes for value for either team...Most games you could back both teams to win to make a profit, as long as there is no draw of course. For example from the weekend. Melb: $2-40 Win - Outlay 1 unit get back 2.4 Units Syd: $2-80 Win - Outlay 1 unit get back 2.8 Units Outlay 2 Units return either 2.4 or 2.8 if either win, the draw loses your 2 units naturally...Profit of .4 or .8 of a unit if either wins...And if you can pick the right games, where there wouldn't be a draw, then you could make consistent profits backing both teams to win on a given game in the A League....I am sure the Queensland/Jets game was $2-30 Jets and $2-70 Roar...So another game where profit on either winning team...Even Adelaide were $2-00 against NZ Knights and not sure what the Knights were...Perth and Mariners were both over $2 for a win too...Another option could be to back the team u like to win, and back other team to return your stake if they should win...Need a way to cancel out the draws tho, it is certainly food for thought There is going to be plenty of good odds coming up in the next few weeks for certain teams and guess the best thing is to take value if you think it is there...Teams with winning form/scoring goals/conceding few goals and at value prices could be good bets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejayville Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: Australian A-League Round 2 ^^^ I just saw the goals for the first time, how soft were they, especially the second one, very lazy defensive marking, but the main point is that Perth were able to get the result. I will be interested to see next weeks market, not sure how the bookies will see the market, my guess is it will be all very even, maybe slightly more value for the away team given that 6 out of 8 have gone to the home teams so far, with only 1 draw and 1 away win. Interesting to see that Central Coast and Adelaide, two hot contenders for the flag have both failed to score in 180 mins of football. Newcastle have only put one in, with their first being an own goal last week, so maybe the under 2.5 would be a good bet for AU V Newcastle. Most of the interest on here I guess will be around how the bookies place New Zealand and Adelaide, do any of you guys think New Zealand have a chance, last season they ran Melbourne close twice, espcially in the last fixture of the 2005-2006 season, Melbourne have been good but I would hesitiate to say they are in great form and I wonder how much of it is luck. As for Adelaide, two very unimaginative games in a row, it seems that other teams have found them out to an extent and most importantly them are lacking attacking presence. Interested in everyones thoughts, as Beejay said there are some surprises out there and some good odds to be had, see if they can not be found. I liked your thoughts Miguel and thought about opening a new thread on the washup from Round 2...Maybe every week after each round, we can have a washup and discuss what happened and what might happen in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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