Well sydneys up 1-0, so far so good... Suprising to see Veart put up a few elbows

sydney need to sign zadkovich permanently, the guy is consistently playing well

Go Sydneyy !!!! off to a great start - but wTf was Valkanis doing

WTF is going on.... how about that, yorke misses a sitter and we gown down 2-1

Great match so far. Great great match.

Zadkovich is awesome. His throughball to Corica was sublime. Corica's finish was nice but Valkanis really made a meal of his clearance. Maybe just an unfortunate incident for him.

Yorke missed a sitter. I couldn't believe it.

Travis Dodd is so damn FAST. He made Sydney look slow. Nice finish as well.

Great header by Rech and corner by Qu. Excellent play.

Nice diving header by Petrovski too.

turning out to be the type of semi final that everyone was expecting..

lol @ valkanis, if his going to defend like that for australia against bahrain, i dont even want to imagine what will happen.

nahh - one off mistake, Valkanis is pretty consistant

i think he got caught in two minds about how to clear the ball...

anyway looks like a great game so far 2-2, 58mins on the board

yep, I'd say that's exactly what happened.

It happens to strikers as well. Sometimes they can't decide whether to shoot or pass and the end product is never pretty. Same type of thing I feel.


rofl Veart must hate Milligan. Almost broke his ribs in the first half and kicked him hard in the second half to get a yellow card.

2-2 great semi-final
87mins

Great game, good result for sydney too.

crowd of 15,001

hopefully a much bigger crowd on the return trip.

oh yeah for sure..im hoping there will be close to 30,000...if not more

as for todays game, good result for sydney but you just never know in football, adelaide just need to win by 1.

also carl veart is a bit of a dirty player i see, first the elbow to milligan and then the fake dive after petrovski tapped him lol i really dont get why professional players fake things like that when theyve got cameras all over the place

On ya Ruben! Another great game from the lad, just always willing to take people on, good to see. What a ball aswell.

Happy with the result, definetely.

So fucking annoyed I can't watch the 2nd leg here htough, so pissed off, I gotta play. Fuckkk.

Just got home, great game, but a bit disappointing from our point of view. Valkanis!?! What were you thinking son, I have no idea why you left the ball, I think he thought it was going wide of the post. Bloody risky call, put the flaming ball into orbit!!

Was not a fiesty game as is being made out. Kink, Petrovski is a wanker. He dove at least 3 times, yes, Veart took a drama class too but Adelaide were not dirty today. Yorke should have got a red after protesting alredy on a yellow. These things happen. Petrovski is out of the rest of the finals now right?

2nd leg, Sydney are def favourites. I have not given up on Adelaide though. Away from home we've amazed me. I think we can do the business there. 1-0 and we're through. We must score though!

BTW - Cracking goal by Dodd & the crowd was way more than that figure. There were no seats and thousands were standing.

Great game by the best 2 clubs in the comp.


...further more, while I'm still having a whinge. WTF was with the ref playing 1 minute of added time at half time. Whoever it was in the Sydney team that went down and got the stretcher and then walked off fine, took about 4 minutes the twat!!

yeah petrovski is a bit of a wanker, milligan did a bit of acting as well in the first half, but in the circumstances that veart did it in..just made me laugh lol...

as for the crowd figures, i think one of the commentators said that its not a sell out and that there was like 100-200 tickets left?

unless they sold them just before the match was starting who knows..

JLW - dont worry man ive got a game as well next week..as well as how many other kids who are playing trial matches lol

Milligan is a such a punce. Worse then Robben, Sydney players are as good at acting as Lapuglia(sp?).

Still was a great game and atmosphere. For that 3 min period where we scored the 2 goals the place was rocking.

We were poor though in the midfield and I am fuming at Kosmina for his decision to play at home first and some baffling selections today.

Thought a draw was a fair result but I really think we have too much to do now. But I will go next week and cheer the boys on in hope.

Also Pierre should of been sent to the stands for his hissy fit and kicking the water cooler. The guy is such a moaner despite his team getting every 50/50 decision in the game. Refs should be shot.

I agree Golsky. I think Adelaide and Sydney are the 2 best clubs in the comp by some margin IMO. Central Coast are solid though and we be a threat.

i agree DJ, refs need to be trained better.

Pierre of late is turning into a bit of a sooky baby, doesnt mind his hissy fits but i guess thats just his passion showing for the game.

just something i saw during the game, does kosmina drink coffee whilst his sitting on the bench?

Yes.

He has the SAME cup every game. A tradition he has got used to.

I must admit I liked Pierre at the start and thought he was good for the game. But over the last month he has just pissed me off with his moaning.

hahah wtf does he drink coffee for while in a game...the guy isnt having a socialising session or a meeting..

how bout a bottle of water like every other coach in the world lol

first time ive seen a coach drink anything other than water or sports drinks

Could explain his ridiculous decision to play @ home first. Might as well have just finished 2nd.

lol i think he was trying to minimise the travelling for his side, but you never know, adelaide just need to win by 1, and isnt it the season where away teams have won more matches??

True but Sydney have only lost 1 at home and on form I can't see us doing it. I understand what Kosmina was thinking but I still think it was the incorrect decision. You need to come home IMO knowing what you need to do and to have the crowd bring you home. I know it doesn't always guarantee success but it was the better choice IMO. We had plenty of time to recover from the last game so it isn't like in Europe with mid-week European games etc.

lol COFFEE.

Did anyone else watch the world game where Littbarski was juggling a ball? He was f-cking terrible at it, looked like a 6 year old his ball skills were so bad. Maybe it was a medicine ball? Otherwise I seriously have to wonder how the hell a player goes from WC to 16 yrs later not knowing how to juggle a ball.

anyway, good match overall. Looking forward to next week.

Zadkovich is awesome.

yeah true DJ..i wonder what richard money's reason was to playing the first leg at home as well? arent the jets the worst performers at home? LOL

kossie and money might change their minds next time they get the chance to choose

tif - agree with zadkovich being awesome..his only on a short term contract yeh?

yeah (although im not tifoso ) - in place of talay. I wouldnt be suprised if we see him next year on a fulltime contract

But didn't CCM get to choose where they played as they finished 3rd?

Speaking of manager playing...anyone see Benitez's superb control against Wigan yesterday? He has got a better first touch then Cisse.

Hahahah Tfoso! i saw that.. i was thinking the same thing.. his juggling was awful!

Was thinkin bout downloading the full game as i didnt watch it cos of a time mix up between my mate and i

I may do it now.

I noticed that too! I wondered what the hell was up with that ... meh, maybe no one has told him he looks like an idiot. What makes it worse is that it is not even a mug, it is one of those dodgy looking tea cups you'd get in a cafe. You'd think, especially at the home ground, he could have a cool-looking mug. Someone should buy him one as a joke.


Hope Talay stays injured for the rest of the season and then he can keep playing. He will get a contract with us for next season I would imagine

Kossie is a legend. Some sus choices in the match though IMO Who gives a toss what he drinks? Although, I'd be concerned if it was strawberry milk in that cup

Your blonde guys are good. Carney and Zadkovich are both good players. Dodd was the only one who performed for Adel Utd IMO. I thought Veart was horrible.

Is Petrovski suspended for the 2nd leg or what?

i hope sydneys match gets up to 30k, or possible even 35 That would be absolutely great for the status of the A-League!!!

Sasho ain't suspended because bookings reset.

Yesterday was Veart's worst performance of the season.

I have woken up today though in a more positive mood about the 2nd leg. At least we are going to have to come out and attack. Should make for an exciting game.

Umm no thanks, i'd like to keep talay in syd id play carney on the left, corica and talay in the middle and put zadkovich on the right and put mcflynn defensive mid if syd were to play a 5 man midfield



well i dont think anyone would but if i were an adelaide supporter id be disturbed with it, your coach is at a football match drinking coffee..imo it just shows that his not being 100% professional with his job,its not a cafe kossie!..

ahaha I love Kosmina.. apparetly he invited the cameras and press in for their training session and then said "you can't film" and I love it how he smiles at the camera and his interviews are always good. Bleiberg's are good as well and McMahon used to do pretty good ones as well so its good for the game. Come to think about it so is Littbarski going mad on the sidelines, I don't see anything wrong with it

Doesn't bother me, whatever works and we know sports people can be superstituous.



He invited the press in for some interviews but he didn't want them to film them training.

Kossie's great at interviews, one thing I like is that he always sticks up for his players and thats what got him so pissed off about with Miron having a go at Rech. Miron had a moan when he got some back, pffft.

I don't mind managers going mad but Pierre stepped over the line as he was going mad directly too fans and then kicked a water cooler. Not to mention his continious moaning during games to the officials despite his team getting all the 50/50s. He really should of been sent to the stands for his tantrum in the 2nd half. If it was Mourinho in the EPL he would of been.

Yeah but i dont think drinking coffee would be superstitious lol, if his thirsty..bottle of water would do a better job lol

as for mourinho being sent off, even if he does get sent from the field, the mind games would still continue.

But what does sending the coach/manager from the field do anyway? not much really, just something to make the sport look disciplined in front of cameras

Well it calms things down and doesnt get things any more heated on the sidelines.

The mind games still continue but it lessens the risk of anything unsavoury happening between crowd and manager. It's inciting the fans, players get fined for it and so can managers.

yeah i suppose but even if the manager is behind the fence, he can still cause problems...unless of course managers get sent into the sheds right away from the pitch

I reckon Kossie has vodka in that plastic cup of his

Anyway, back on topic. Sydney have quite a few players on yellow cards coming into this weekends game with liverpool. Isn't Yorkey and stuff 1 yellow from susp

ahem liverpool? yeah id say they are..it is 2 yellow cards in the semis then you serve 1 match suspension?

should be a good game...whats the story with qu? just bruising on his foot?

WHAT WHAT?!

Liverpool are coming to Australia. Brilliant!

LOL

Shite!!!! Did I write that?

Maybe I've had too much vodka

should join kossie on the sidelines this weekend lol, you can share his vodka..oops i mean coffee

well the 2nd match is just around the corner...any one willing to make any predictions on the result? will kossies coffee help his side today?

seeing that the last 2 meetings at aussie have ended 2-1 to syd.. ill say it will either be 1-0 to syd or a draw

edit: as long as the draw isnt more than 1-1

I'm confident United can come away with a win and a home grand final. I hope we can keep a clean sheet, unbelievably its been about 6 weeks since we kept our last one.

1-0 to United

Whenever Man Utd lose, Adel Utd win.... that's my theory anyway, hope it works this time since Man U are out of the FA Cup now....

Should be a great game anyway, I'm stuck listening to the radio for it. Actually might join the thousands in town at the Rosemont.

im hoping syd get up in this game and then
adelaide to flog the shit outta ccm next week

hopefully yorke will do somethign in this game
he hasnt done much this season well nothin great
anyway thats just my opinon maybe thats cause of
the support he has its not like when he was playin in
england i thought he wouldve done more then what
he has

any word on the crowd numbers?

woot sydney 1-0!!!!!

sashhhooo

goal was a bit lucky though, went under beltrame...but it counts and thats what matters..

crowd numbers, not too sure, im guessing it would be around the 30,000 mark

its 30,377 for the crowd