A-League '12-13 :: Round 8

[Jobdog]

Another week of Hyundai A-League action! Can Sydney get it right, will Newcastle's performance last week prove to be a one-off and can the Mariners continue their good form?

 

[Misanthrope]

Adelaide 2-1, 18,000
Newcastle 2-0, 7,000
WSW 2-1, 10,000
Perth 2-0, 9,000
Central Coast 3-2, 12,000

 

[Jobdog]

Sydney FC v Adelaide United, Allianz Stadium, Friday, 7:30pm (EDT) - Fox Sports 1HD

Sydney FC: 1. Ivan Necevski (gk), 2. Sebastian Ryall, 3. Fabio, 4. Pascal Bosschaart, 6. Jason Culina, 7. Brett Emerton, 8. Adam Griffiths, 10. Alessandro Del Piero, 12. Blake Powell, 15. Terry McFlynn, 16. Joel Chianese, 17. Terry Antonis, 18. Trent McClenahan, 20. Vedran Janjetovic (gk), 21. Yairo Yau, 22. Ali Abbas, 23. Rhyan Grant
*Two to be omitted
Ins: Jason Culina (returns from injury), Adam Griffiths (returns from injury), Terry Antonis (returns from international duty - Qantas Young Socceroos)
Outs: Paul Reid (not selected)
Unavailable: Ni

Adelaide United: 1.Eugene Galekovic (gk) (c), 2.Osama Malik, 3.Nigel Boogaard, 5.Iain Fyfe, 6.Cassio, 8.Marcelo Carrusca, 10.Dario Vidosic, 11.Bruce Djite, 14.Cameron Watson, 17.Iain Ramsay, 18.Fabian Barbiero, 20.Paul Izzo (gk), 21.Jeronimo Neumann, 22.Fabio Ferreira, 23.Evan Kostopoulos
Ins: Paul Izzo (gk) (back from international duty- Qantas Young Socceroos)
Outs: John Hall (gk) (returns to NYL squad)
Unavailable: Jon McKain (leg – under review), Daniel Bowles (hip – 1 week), Jake Barker-Daish (groin – 3 weeks)

Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Heart v Newcastle Jets, Saturday, 5.30pm (EDT), AAMI Park- Fox Sports 1HD

Melbourne Heart: 1. Clint Bolton (GK), 2. Michael Marrone, 4. Simon Colosimo, 5. Fred 6. Patrick Gerhardt, 8. Matthew Thompson, 9. Dylan Macallister, 10. Josip Tadic,11. Richard Garcia, 14. GolGol Mebrahtu, 15. David Williams, 16. Aziz Behich, 17. Jason Hoffman, 18. David Vrankovic, 19. Ben Garuccio, 20. Andrew Redmayne (GK), 21. Steven Gray, 22. Nick Kalmar, 24. Sam MITCHINSON
*Four to be omitted

Ins: 5. Fred (c) (returns from injury), 14. GolGol Mebrahtu, 18. David Vrankovic (returns from international duty - Qantas Young Socceroos), 19. Ben GARUCCIO (returns from international duty – Qantas Young Socceroos)

Outs: 13. Jonatan Germano (Fitness – undisclosed), 23. Mate Dugandzic (broken foot 8-12 weeks), 31. Vince Grella (fitness – undisclosed)

Unavailable: Nil

Newcastle Jets: 2. Scott Neville, 3. Tiago Calvano, 4. Josh Mitchell, 5. Dominik Ritter, 7. James Brown, 8. Ruben Zadkovich, 9. Emile Heskey, 10. Bernardo Ribeiro, 11. Connor Chapman, 12. Josh Brillante, 14. Taylor Regan, 15. Craig Goodwin, 16. Jobe Wheelhouse (c), 17. James Virgili, 18. Jacob Pepper, 19. Michael Bridges, 23. Ryan Griffiths, 30. Jack Duncan (gk), 33. Matthew Nash (gk) *Four to be omitted

Ins: Dominik Ritter, Bernardo Ribeiro, Taylor Regan, Craig Goodwin, Jacob Pepper, Jack Duncan

Outs: Mark Birighitti, Adam Taggart

Unavailable: Mark Birighitti (Cheekbone), Ben Kennedy (knee), Ben Kantarovski (knee), Adam Taggart (personal reasons)

Referee: Jarred Gillett

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory, Saturday, 7.45pm (EDT), Parramatta Stadium - Fox Sports 1HD

Western Sydney Wanderers: 1. Ante Covic (GK), 2. Shannon Cole, 3. Adam D’apuzzo, 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 5. Michael Beauchamp, 6. Jerome Polenz, 7. Labinot Haliti, 8. Mateo Poljak, 9. Dino Kresinger, 10. Aaron Mooy, 11. Tarek Elrich, 12. Tahj Minniecon, 13. Joey Gibbs, 14. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi, 15. Reece Caira, 18. Iacopo La Rocca, 19. Mark Bridge, 20. Jerrad Tyson (GK), 21. Shinji Ono, 23. Jason Trifiro *five to be omitted

Ins: 7. Labinot Haliti, 8. Mateo Poljak, 11. Tarek Elrich, 12. Tahj Minniecon, 15. Reece Caira (all promoted)

Outs: 17. Youssouf Hersi (suspended – two matches)

Unavailable: Nil

Melbourne Victory: 1. Tando Velaphi (GK), 2. Matthew Foschini, 3. Adama Traore, 4. Petar Franjic, 5. Mark Milligan, 6. Leigh Broxham, 7. Gui Finkler, 8. Jonathan Bru, 10. Archie Thompson, 11. Marco Rojas, 13. Diogo Ferreira, 14. Billy Celeski, 16. Theo Markelis, 17. Jimmy Jeggo, 19. Isaka Cernak, 23. Adrian Leijer (C), 26. Andrew Nabbout, 27. Chris Cristaldo, 39. Nathan Coe (GK) *Four to be omitted

Ins: Archie Thompson (returns from illness), Gui Finkler (returns from injury), Matthew Foschini, Theo Markelis, Jimmy Jeggo (all promoted)

Outs: Marcos Flores (suspended)

Unavailable: nil

Referee: Ben Williams

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix, Saturday, 9.45pm (EDT), nib Stadium - Fox Sports 1HD

Perth Glory: 1.Danny Vukovic (gk), 3.Bas van den Brink, 4.Billy Mehmet, 5.Steve Pantelidis, 6.Nick Ward, 7.Jacob Burns (c), 8.Dean Heffernan, 9.Shane Smeltz, 10.Liam Miller, 11.Adrian Zahra, 13.Travis Dodd, 14.Steven McGarry, 15.Brandon O’Neill, 17.Chris Harold, 18.Jesse Makarounas, 19.Josh Risdon, 21.Scott Jamieson, 22.Ndumba Makeche, 23.Michael Thwaite, 30 Lewis Italiano (gk)
*Five to be omitted

Ins: 7.Jacob Burns (returns from injury) 9.Shane Smeltz, 18.Jesse Makarounas , 15.Bradon O’Neill, 22.Ndumba Makeche (both promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 16.Evan Berger (hamstring – TBA)

Wellington Phoenix: Mark Paston (GK), 2. Manny Muscat, 3. Tony Lochhead, 6. Alex Smith, 7. Leo Bertos, 8. Paul Ifill, 9. Benjamin Totori, 10. Stein Huysegems, 11. Jeremy Brockie, 12. Tyler Boyd, 16. Louis Fenton, 17. Vince Lia, 18. Ben Sigmund, 20. Glen Moss (GK), 22. Andrew Durante (C), 28. Ricardo Clarke
*One to be omitted

Ins: Stein Huysegems (returrns from Injury)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Lucas Pantelis (knee injury - indefinite), Dani Sanchez (knee injury – 2 weeks)

Referee: Strebre Delovski

Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar Sunday, 5pm (EDT), BluetongueStadium - Fox Sports 1HD

Central Coast Mariners: 1. Mathew Ryan (Gk), 2. Daniel McBreen, 3. Joshua Rose, 4. Pedj Bojic, 5. Zachary Anderson, 7. John Hutchinson (c), 8. Adriano Pellegrino, 9. Bernie Ibini, 10. Tomas Rogic, 11. Oliver Bozanic, 13. Brent Griffiths, 14. Michael McGlinchey, 15. Brad McDonald, 16. Trent Sainsbury, 17. Anthony Caceres, 18. Nick Montgomery, 19. Mitchell Duke, 20. Justin Pasfield (Gk), 21. Mile Sterjovski, 23. Adam Kwasnik
*Five to be omitted

Ins: 11. Oliver Bozanic, 13. Brent Griffiths, 15. Brad McDonald, 17. Anthony Caceres, 19. Mitchell Duke, 23. Adam Kwasnik (all promoted)

Outs: 6. Patrick Zwaanswijk (suspended – 1 week)

Unavailable: 22. James Oates (ankle – 2 months)

Brisbane Roar: 1. Michael Theo (GK)**, 2. Matt Smith (capt.), 3. Shane Stefanutto, 4. Matt Jurman, 5. Ivan Franjic, 6. Erik Paartalu, 7. Besart Berisha, 8. Massimo Murdocca, 10. Henrique, 11. Ben Halloran, 13. Yuji Takahashi, 14. Rocky Visonte, 16. Do Dong-Hyun, 17. Mitch Nichols, 18. Luke Brattan, 19. Jack Hingert, 20. Matt Acton (GK), 22. Thomas Broich, 24. Nick Fitzgerald *four to be omitted

Ins: Rocky Visconte (promoted), Do Dong-Hyun (promoted), Mitch Nichols (returns from injury), Yuji Takahashi (promoted)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: Nil

Referee: Chris Beath

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[jargan83]

Adelaide
Newcastle
Melbourne Victory
Perth
Draw

 

[Big Sam]

Let's see how fairweather SFC's fans are. Outside chance WSW might outdraw them.

 

[andrew057]

Geez Dario Vidosic has been impressive this season.

 

[Apey]

One of the regular commentators reminds me of Bear Grylls rip-off...

 

[Timmah]

Superb win, entertaining end-to-end game at Gosford. Great to get the Roar-Bluetongue monkey off our backs too.

Battle for first next week!

 

[Big Sam]

It was considering the heat.

They should really kick the Sunday games off at 6pm or 7pm.

 

[Timmah]

Agree there, but a lot of it is to appease families etc. A 7pm kickoff the other night probably would've seen the crowd dip to 7k.

 

[Valheru]

They definitely need to fix the timeslots; it has been an issue for years. October/November and March/April aren’t usually much of a problem but sanity has to prevail in December, January and February even if it eats into crowds a little. Perhaps for those months the ideal situation is more mid week matches that replace the arvo Saturday and Sunday slots.

 

[Mong]

Superb win, entertaining end-to-end game at Gosford. Great to get the Roar-Bluetongue monkey off our backs too.

Battle for first next week!

Noting your bias for CCM and thoughts about the roar, i will ask anyhow.

How did you think the roar went? I was busy as and still haven't watched the game yet.

 

[Haffa]

They're improving. I think at some point this season they'll click and go on a bit of a run.

Jurman is a liability and Mitch Nicholls can't pass to save himself. Rado needs to look at his subs sometimes they're head scratchers.

 

[Mong]

Jurman started? He was on the bench the game before and Nicholls wasn't in the squad at all, which i thought odd as he had been going ok.

 

[Timmah]

Noting your bias for CCM and thoughts about the roar, i will ask anyhow.

How did you think the roar went? I was busy as and still haven't watched the game yet.

Apart from Berisha losing his head twice, Brisbane were quite good. Our defence is brilliant, as is yours - our two goals were relatively scrappy.

Beath was a little too whistle happy but also wasn't hard enough on certain players (i.e. Berisha).