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There was a time under the soon to be booted nicest man in football when Sydney won 1-0 - boring
but they won.
Then in season 2, they lost 1-0. More boring and more frustrating.
Now in Season 3 they lose, by 3, 4 or 5 and that's at home.
Mr Lavicka might be nice - but he's a pretty ordinary coach.
The Indonesian based Bakrie group have taken ownership, 100%, of Brisbane Roar.
With Clive Palmer, Tony Sage, Nathan Tinkler and all the Billionaires in and around Sydney FC
ownership it can't be too hard for the hard-nosed progressive Aussie businessmen to see how they
might get an opportunity to meet and greet and get introduced to some very rich men.
The Indonesian based Bakrie group have taken ownership, 100%, of Brisbane Roar.
With Clive Palmer, Tony Sage, Nathan Tinkler and all the Billionaires in and around Sydney FC
ownership it can't be too hard for the hard-nosed progressive Aussie businessmen to see how they
might get an opportunity to meet and greet and get introduced to some very rich men.
Les Murray on SBS's website wrote an article about the W-League coming of age this year -
presumably because he watched the Grand Final and enjoyed it. Apparently the league is full of
players with great technical skills this year!
Rubbish Les - not much has changed. The point being the standard from the top few teams has always
been pretty high and remains so.
Viteslea Lavicka is leaving!
Well is he leaving or was he dumped? Guess it doesn't matter.
Has a manager in Australia, in Sydney, ever been given such an easy ride.
The media in Australia all write and tweet about the guy being a lovely bloke but what about his
coaching, how will he remembered?
Melbourne Victory announced today that they've secured 26 year old defender, Mark Milligan on a
short-term loan deal from Japan's JEF United, until the end of the regular season. Milligan, who
has previously represented Sydney FC and Newcastle Jets in the A-League says he is looking
forward to playing in his home country once again: "The Japanese season
Thanks to Melbourne Victory Football Club I have one double pass to give away for the big Australia
Day clash vs Sydney FC, next Thursday (January 26) at AAMI Park. To enter, answer the following
question.... Ricardinho is: a) The best player to ever wear a Melbourne Victory shirt. b) Better
than Leandro Love.
Sentenced to three days in a freezing pond, Besart Berisha (right, front) attempts to explain to
his team mates exactly what he was hoping to achieve by 'offering out' Sydney defender Pascal
Bosschaart. Image via couriermail.au
There were some ugly scenes that followed Brisbane Roar's 2-0 victory over Sydney FC in the
Australian A-League recently, after Brisbane striker Besart Berisha scored his side's stoppage
time-winning goal: he removed his shirt (not ugly) and gestured for Sydney FC's Pascal Bosschaart
to follow him into the tunnel to 'sort things out' (where things proceeded to get ugly).
Central Coast Mariners showed the true qualities needed from a team capable of winning the league
– the ability to win ugly. An Oliver Bozanic goal in the opening 10 minutes was enough to earn
the league leader a narrow 1-0 victory against a lacklustre Sydney FC – who slumped to their
third straight defeat in the process.
The Coach of Sydney FC is a very nice man...or so we're told over and over but after close to three
years in charge the team from the biggest city in Australia flatters to deceive.....no-one.
Season 1: Won the Championship. Fantastic, but they were the most boring team ever to win the
A-League under Vitaslav.
The Coach of Sydney FC is a very nice man...or so we're told over and over but after close to three
years in charge the team from the biggest city in Australia flatters to deceive.....no-one.
Season 1: Won the Championship. Fantastic, but they were the most boring team ever to win the
A-League under Vitaslav.
Is Mehmet worse than Vitaslav?
Arguably they are about the same - although Mem hasn't had a lot of time to work his magic, I'd
argue his appointment from Feb should have shown us some better football, better structure than
what we've seen.
Should he be sacked?
Who knows but the Board gave him his chance, also Francis Awaritefe.
Is Mehmet worse than Vitaslav?
Arguably they are about the same - although Mem hasn't had a lot of time to work his magic, I'd
argue his appointment from Feb should have shown us some better football, better structure than
what we've seen.
Should he be sacked?
Who knows but the Board gave him his chance, also Francis Awaritefe.
Michael Beauchamp and Aiden meet Santa. Note the 'Fernando' hold is being employed by Michael there
an increasingly popular and stylish mode of transport for young men and women. Image: Mark
Kolbe/Getty Images AsiaPac.
Alright, so it's not the end of the season, but when was the last time we missed an opportunity
to publish pictures of footballers and their delicious offspring?
Hyundai A-League champions Brisbane Roar finally lost their unbeaten record this season when
going down to a 2-0 reverse at the hands of Sydney FC today.
Two goals in the opening twenty minutes of the match put paid to Brisbane's chances of victory
today but the Roar still top the standings with a three point margin separating them from nearest
challengers Central Coast Mariners.
Hyundai A-League champions Brisbane Roar finally lost their unbeaten record this season when
going down to a 2-0 reverse at the hands of Sydney FC today.
Two goals in the opening twenty minutes of the match put paid to Brisbane's chances of victory
today but the Roar still top the standings with a three point margin separating them from nearest
challengers Central Coast Mariners.
The Smith Report outlined what we already know:
The FFA are a financial management basket case - similarly the PFA.
How else to explain the loss of player wages, clubs and owners in the last 7 years?
In 7 years football has received and earned more money than ever, and yet the professional A-League
clubs have spewed out more money, more owners and more clubs than we could ever have imagined.
Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix will aim to break a five game winless streak in the A-League when
they host Sydney FC on Saturday at Westpac Stadium.
They missed beating the greatest team in Australian football by four minutes in the Grand Final
last year - and even with a few Olyroos missing they still comfortably accounted for an in-form
Sydney FC.
Bernie Ibini-Isei has lifted the Mariners. Younger than McBreen more skilled than Matt Simon he's a
forward with an increasing goal threat.
They missed beating the greatest team in Australian football by four minutes in the Grand Final
last year - and even with a few Olyroos missing they still comfortably accounted for an in-form
Sydney FC.
Bernie Ibini-Isei has lifted the Mariners. Younger than McBreen more skilled than Matt Simon he's a
forward with an increasing goal threat.
Nicky Carle created the match winner and Mark Bridge scored his first goal for ages - won't do his
confidence any harm - and Carle if he ain't scoring the match decider he's setting them up.
Brett Emerton to return and Sydney FC already in Second place - winning away from home, winning at
the death, coming back from behind.
Check out the video and you'll know how to stop the Roar!
If you watched the recent Wellington Roar game you'll have seen Ivan Franjic played in time and
time again a la the above video training drill. Four men in the box, the ball played back or across
to a Roar player.
In the drill there were only defenders - against Wellington and Victory there were 7 or 8!
If you've watched Sydney FC in the last two seasons under Vitaslav - it has been boring. I love
football - but it was dire!
So boring the fans deserted in droves, even after they clung on to win the Premiership in
2009/10.
Is this year Lavicka's last chance?
I still get the twitches when I think Sydney are playing.
Sydney FC are playing decent football - hooray.
Strong defence - a key to their Championship win under Lavicka - and now a feature in Season 7.
Jamie Coyne...who would have thought. Liam Reddy - surely he won't survive on the form of last
season.
But wait - we love attacking football and Sydney have oodles of it just now.
Sydney FC are playing decent football - hooray.
Strong defence - a key to their Championship win under Lavicka - and now a feature in Season 7.
Jamie Coyne...who would have thought. Liam Reddy - surely he won't survive on the form of last
season.
But wait - we love attacking football and Sydney have oodles of it just now.
There are only five....I know there are heaps more these days but most blog readers have the
attention span of a gnat.
1. Friday night football - Adelaide United at home, I love it and United and Heart always play or
try to play good football. Both our Dutch Coaches under the pump, with Versleijan gone and taking a
pop at our Craig Foster this week - Dutch are cellar dwellars just now.
Any midfield that has Terry Antonis, Nicky Carle, Brett Emerton and Karol Kisel in it's line-up is
going to entertain.
Terry Antonis is all energy and all skill. And can only get better. His performances this season
have been outstanding and Sydney FC obviously realise this kids abilities.
Watching the last 20 minutes of the Heart v Sydney FC game last night one thing was clear, the
Heart players are not enjoying their game.
They are stressed. Perhaps even broken hearted. A goal from a corner - that van't Schip rightly
pointed out wasn't a corner - and its is a draw. A 1-0 win from a quality goal from their new
Brazilian signing is relegated to 1-1 and a 10th match without a win.
Every Sydney resident who loves football should get down to the SFS to watch Terry Antonis this
year.
He's 17 and when he has the ball at his feet he's wonderful to watch.
Won't be long before he's heading overseas at this rate, but if you love football, Australians,
players with skill, a great attitude and wonderful craft - do yourself a favour.
Sydney are stronger this season - both in defence crucial to their Championship winning year under
Vitaslev and in attack.
Last year they lacked the mobility, pace and craft to hurt any team and always conceded-
eventually.
This year, anyone who saw their Brisbane performance will know that they were able to dominate the
Roar and should have been in the lead by half-time.
As usual, there is plenty of action taking place on U.S. television this weekend, but let's face
it, there's one match that dominates the schedule. This past weekend, Manchester United faltered
and dropped to second in the English Premier League behind intercity rival Manchester City and also
lost the top spot to its hated adversary in the latest WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World.
Archie Thompson has been one of the A-League most effective forwards and goalscorers in the
A-League.
He's tricky, crafty, plays with a smile and when fit causes havoc.
So why not play Archie nearer to the goal, rather than out on the wing, and you might find that the
Victory goal drought is over.
Building the game is not about quality. It is about capturing the imagination of the live sport
watching public. The crowd chooses the marquee game, not FFA, or Fox.
FFA was surprised in season one about the rivalry that Brisbane people felt about Sydney FC. The
opener and one of the best crowds for the new league was 20,000 against the doomed Auckland
Knights.
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The Houston Dynamo at Portland Timbers game on Friday night could determine the playoff fate of
both teams.
pts (games played)
43 (32) Houston Dynamo - [in the playoffs]
40 (31) Portland Timbers [out of the playoffs]
After this game Houston goes to play at LA Galaxy to end their season.
Photo by Thomas Eisenhuth/ISIphotos.com
The international break means fewer matches to watch this weekend, but there's still a host of
Euro 2012 qualifiers, Mexican league matches and a pair of MLS games to keep you occupied.
Oh, and there's that U.S. men's national team game, as well.
It's that time of year again. Most of the domestic league action is on hiatus so the world can
enjoy international football. Here, we're not particularly adverse to international football,
although we are know much more for our fondness of domestic league action.
There will be some club action in the Western Hemisphere and you can find much of that on GolTV
and, in the case of Mexican league play, on the Spanish-language channels in the United States.
Takes a special coach to turn people away from watching Sydney FC.
John Kosmina tried, Terry Butcher was very successful and now Championship winner Vitaslev Lavicka
has topped the lot.
Crowds last year were way down - and no football follower I know was surprised.
How could a Championship winning side so dramatically reduce their crowds.
Takes a special coach to turn people away from watching Sydney FC.
John Kosmina tried, Terry Butcher was very successful and now Championship winner Vitaslev Lavicka
has topped the lot.
Crowds last year were way down - and no football follower I know was surprised.
How could a Championship winning side so dramatically reduce their crowds.
Hi all.
Welcome to ze blog. In most parts of the world it would just be an ordinary, boring, if not
tedious, Monday morning.
But with the boys in blue and yellow getting deconstructed (you could happily substitute that with
either smashed, mauled, clawed or demolished) on Saturday, there's this concept of Mad Monday to
contend with.
Hi all and welcome to this brief blog.
Perth Glory take on Sydney FC in another friendly tomorrow. Both sides lost their previous games
(Perth lost to Central Coast, Sydney to Newcastle) and this will be a chance to see where they are
at.
Mostly it will be noteworthy because of Brett Emerton, though Fairfax's Michael Cockerill focused
his pre-game story on youngster Terry Antonis.
