Who are all your tips for Sunday's big game at Aussie Stadium. I'm tipping Sydney FC but Central Coast will be hard to beat. They have a very good midfield with the likes of Andre Gumprecht and Noel Spencer. We also can't forget the likes of Dean Heffernan and Tom Pondeljak. They key man for Sydney as always will be Dwight Yorke. What he can offer on the big stage will surely help Sydney. Mark Rudan is another key for the FC. Since the World Club Championship Rudan has been playing that well that I reckon he could have a say a possible place in the World Cup squad.

My prediction:

Sydney FC 1
Central Coast Mariners 0

You can't go past Sydney. Especially on their home ground.

My prediction:

Sydney FC: 2
Central Coast Mariners: 1

Both great teams, I think sydney are the better 'big game' team and being at home how can you go past them? Lets hope for plenty of great goals though.

Sydney FC 3-2 Central Coast Mariners

Hope it is a good game, I tip CCM to win in a tight one.

Im going for Sydney all the way. I hope they win. The pressure and expectation of Sydney to win is not a good thing however. It will be a tight game..i think either team can scrape through.

sydney by the odd girl

Odd girl eh?


Sydney will (hopefully) win...

Will be a close one though

It sucks that there are 2 NSW teams in the final, and it sucks even more that Sydney will prbably win. I don't know why everyone thinks that CCM are a good team but I'll be supporting them, anything to prevent sydney from winning the first A-league final. I guess it might keep the A-league popular for next season though.

CC have a really balanced team...they are good...

Sydney will win 3-1 i think, the crowd will just get behing them so much and i think petrovski will definatly score.

Looks like its going to be a sellout

http://www3.sbs.com.au/home/index.php3?id=68420

I'm sorry, but I'm supporting the underdogs here. Central Coast have been great of recent, unbeaten in 8 or 9, I predict them to scrape this one 1-2. Sydney will have great support but I'm always one to back the least favourite if my team aint there.

Should be a great specticle though, history in Oz football. The biggest crowd record by far. Lets hope for 42k!!

LOL!!! Sydney by the odd girl

I am going to back the underdog here as I always try to when i'm a neutral. So CCM for the inaugral Grand Final win. 1-3.

Yeah the odd girl lol whos bothered editing it...you all know what i mean...i think

as for the 42,000 people, im sure they'll all be there, i know i will

p.s just for the record..Sydney by the odd GOAL...dunno what i was thinking at the time

oh and also the longer the mariners go without losing, the closer it comes..so it will come on sunday lol

I believe their actually unbeaten in something like 12 so the grand final will be number 13 if the win... spooky.

Yeah i can understand ppl supporting the underdogsss - but CCM have a pretty good team and can be quite hard to stop when their going forward but SYDNEY ALL THE WAY......

umm i think its officially a sell out crowd

Just as a side note. Sydney didn't win any of their 2 games @ Aussie Stadium against CCM.

I hope that doesn't change.

lol good point, although if adelaide was in the grand final, i dont think the score would of been 2-1 in sydneys favour as it has the past 3 occasions at aussie..

so i hope sydney can break that trend against CCM

I am picking CCM in a very close match, I reckon there will be only a goal in it though. I look at Sydeny in a close comparison to Parramatta in the last final of the NSL. They love em selves too much, losing to CCM will bring em back down to earth. Either way good luck to both teams, and good luck to any of you fans that will be at the Final (you lucky sods). Hopefully in the end the real winner will be the A-League and an even better, longer season next time round.

OK here's where you should be putting your money..

Result at 90 mins: DRAW
Correct score 90mins: 1-1
First goalscorer: Yorke
Winner overall: Central Coast
Under 2.5 goals in 90mins.

All available at your nearest TAB I should assume.

Can i change to Sydney

1 comment on the result? pretty pathetic!

Anyway, the game was sooo boring, was I the only one who thought so? I just felt so bored watching it.

I think there was an anti-climax more than anything else. It just wasn't as exciting as I had hoped.

what a freak prediction.


its time to close the poll

Sorry mate it has changed .

CCM went all out attack in the first half, but it didnt pull off for them.

And on an off-topic note, why were they booing the NSW Premier?

Unfortunately it has changed.

On the booing, thought that was a bit poor.

lol i was right

Yeah that was harsh what has the premier done so wrong for that to happen, could someone from NSW tell me because I am from QLD.

I agrre Joga bonito that match was extremely boring, really crap even the fact that it was a final didn't help it much.

I enjoyed it. Was a good tactical battle and the first half was played at a franetic pace. 2nd half CCM looked tired.

Still even I could feel the tension and was screaming cos I wanted CCM to win.

CCM went all out attack first half - it didnt pull off for them coz they didnt score...


and IMO Sydney V Adelaide would of been a better match but im not complaining cozz weeeeee r the championssss