General A-League Thread

[Grimario]

Hopefully we do better than that

Agreed. I reckon we can push our odds out heaps more than that - we are hardly trying.

[seldom]

had a lazy hunjeee on heart at a lot better than $11...carn

[pv4]

Jeez hard to look past a bet on both roar and victory

[weston]

anyone know of any good tipping sites for the a-league?

[leftrightout]

Jeez hard to look past a bet on both roar and victory

Yeh i agree, if both of these teams have minimal injuries i can see them both doing extremely well!

[pv4]

Roar:
-------------Theo----------------
Hingert--Smith--North--Steffanuto
--------McKay---Brattan---------
Franjic-------Miller---------Broich
------------Berisha--------------

Victory:
---------------Coe----------------
Galloway--Contreras--Leijer--Traore
--------------Milligan--------------
----------Nichols---Finkler---------
Thompson----Barbbarous-----Troisi

Fuark, solid lineups. Victory have heaps of depth who would probably walk into our squad also - Pain, Geria, Ansell, Brox, Jeggo, Stella, etc

Can't see anyone getting past either of these teams tbh

[BodyNovo]

still wish we signed brattan when he was coming off contract

[leftrightout]

Roar:
-------------Theo----------------
Hingert--Smith--North--Steffanuto
--------McKay---Brattan---------
Franjic-------Miller---------Broich
------------Berisha--------------

Victory:
---------------Coe----------------
Galloway--Contreras--Leijer--Traore
--------------Milligan--------------
----------Nichols---Finkler---------
Thompson----Barbbarous-----Troisi

Fuark, solid lineups. Victory have heaps of depth who would probably walk into our squad also - Pain, Geria, Ansell, Brox, Jeggo, Stella, etc

Can't see anyone getting past either of these teams tbh

Exactly.... I could not see how Pain could be left out of a starting team and then you see Victory front third!
I still think he will get a heap of game time, he is my tip for young player of the year!

Also would love brattan at newcastle, great player... but we have so many players in his position this season it would not have been a great signing!

[pv4]

Exactly.... I could not see how Pain could be left out of a starting team and then you see Victory front third!
I still think he will get a heap of game time, he is my tip for young player of the year!

Also would love brattan at newcastle, great player... but we have so many players in his position this season it would not have been a great signing!

Yeah, it's tricky business when you think that Pain may get left out. It's a similar story with the Jerks - Goodwin may not get a run in a full-strength lineup!

It's hard to say what Ange will do - he loves Barb from the Roar days (and is an All-white), Troisi is a Socceroo so between striker, winger and AM you'd assume he'd be 100% starting. Archie is too pivotal to leave out. Ange loves Nichols from Roar. Milligan is a Socceroo. Finkler is the only player you'd say could be replacable, because he's just come off a big injury, but he is SUCH a good player when in the team and in a lot of Victory fans eyes is the first choice player out of anyone.

I really don't remember a stronger starting XI (and immediate bench options) in the HAL than this Victory team. As long as Contreras is quality, and between Galloway & Geria they find a RB mainstay, every single player could walk into any other HAL team with ease.

[leftrightout]

Yeah, it's tricky business when you think that Pain may get left out. It's a similar story with the Jerks - Goodwin may not get a run in a full-strength lineup!

It's hard to say what Ange will do - he loves Barb from the Roar days (and is an All-white), Troisi is a Socceroo so between striker, winger and AM you'd assume he'd be 100% starting. Archie is too pivotal to leave out. Ange loves Nichols from Roar. Milligan is a Socceroo. Finkler is the only player you'd say could be replacable, because he's just come off a big injury, but he is SUCH a good player when in the team and in a lot of Victory fans eyes is the first choice player out of anyone.

I really don't remember a stronger starting XI (and immediate bench options) in the HAL than this Victory team. As long as Contreras is quality, and between Galloway & Geria they find a RB mainstay, every single player could walk into any other HAL team with ease.

Yeh Finkler would be one of the first on the sheet... the short time at the start of last year he was leading the comp for assists by quite a way.

Would be shattered if goodwin isnt in our starting 11!

[The Dunster]

I'd never put money on a team that had Milligan in it.

[MFKS]

Yeah, it's tricky business when you think that Pain may get left out. It's a similar story with the Jerks - Goodwin may not get a run in a full-strength lineup!

It's hard to say what Ange will do - he loves Barb from the Roar days (and is an All-white), Troisi is a Socceroo so between striker, winger and AM you'd assume he'd be 100% starting. Archie is too pivotal to leave out. Ange loves Nichols from Roar. Milligan is a Socceroo. Finkler is the only player you'd say could be replacable, because he's just come off a big injury, but he is SUCH a good player when in the team and in a lot of Victory fans eyes is the first choice player out of anyone.

I really don't remember a stronger starting XI (and immediate bench options) in the HAL than this Victory team. As long as Contreras is quality, and between Galloway & Geria they find a RB mainstay, every single player could walk into any other HAL team with ease.

The only way Goodwin would not get a run in the starting XI at the jets is down to:

1 My crazy benching philosophy being employed
2 GVE doing his much vaunted team changes so the line up constantly changes and he forgot to put Goody in
3 Goodwin is injured or released on a free

Other than that you are talking out your arse if you think he won't be in the starting XI

FFS Sammy at Left back or Goody?? No contest Sammy ain't that good

[pv4]

FFS Sammy at Left back or Goody?? No contest Sammy ain't that good

FWIW I personally agree.

But you must remember we have GVE as manager.

My thoughts above were what I thought GVE would do - not what I would do.

Give myself free licence and I would have our lineup as:

------------------Biraz-------------------
Brillante--Jaliens--Chapman--Goodwin
-------------Zadkid--Caravella----------
-----------------Brown-------------------
----Taggart----Heskey-------Burns-----

And the only weak point would be whether or not Brown fires.

[380]

Or not

[Premy]

FWIW I personally agree.

But you must remember we have GVE as manager.

My thoughts above were what I thought GVE would do - not what I would do.

Give myself free licence and I would have our lineup as:

------------------Biraz-------------------
Brillante--Jaliens--Chapman--Goodwin
-------------Zadkid--Caravella----------
-----------------Brown-------------------
----Taggart----Heskey-------Burns-----

And the only weak point would be whether or not Brown fires.

And Caravella

[Grimario]

And the only weak point would be whether or not Brown fires.

And if he doesn't, you could just make the rocket science like move of Goodwin to LW, Burns into his preferred position and Gallaway at left back... which IMO is our strongest 11.

[pv4]

And Caravella

Caravella seems to be fairly underrated on this forum. He is a weapon. Killed it at gcu and was player of the year at adelaide.

[Bon]

Caravella seems to be fairly underrated on this forum. He is a weapon. Killed it at gcu and was player of the year at adelaide.

Me agree..

[Premy]

Caravella seems to be fairly underrated on this forum. He is a weapon. Killed it at gcu and was player of the year at adelaide.

Me agree..

Ill be happy to remind you both of this post when the inevitable truth of how terrible he is comes to light, the bloke is no better then Jobe.
In other news Caravella has just signed a 1year contract extension

[Bon]

Ill be happy to remind you both of this post when the inevitable truth of how terrible he is comes to light, the bloke is no better then Jobe.
In other news Caravella has just signed a 1year contract extension

I don't know why you don't rate him.. I thought he was great for us when he was playing last season and I'll be very happy when he proves you wrong..
(It's start of the season, I'm in optimistic mode.. I know I shouldn't be, but old habits and all.. hahaha)

You going to the game Prem?