HAL Season 5

[Tezza]

My Opinion http://tr.im/vIST

Well, the season has started tonight. Half time at Etihad Stadium and the defending champions are 2-0 down. I hope the Victory turn it around as I have tipped them by 2 goals.

This season is shaping up to be the best yet. 2 new teams and a host of current Socceroos coming back to Australia and play in the A-League.

Melbourne will be strong again this year (although the first half tonight does not indicate that) as they always are. Sydney have been very quite in their build up with their new coach and I expect them to be very strong. CCM and the Jets will be a challenge for all and sundry but totally unpredictable in my books. Adelaide and Brisbane will more than likely press for the championship but come up short as always.

Perth Glory have had a good off season and seem to have bought very well. They were very exciting at the end of last season and I am thinking they will be the dark horse of the comp. The Phoenix don’t seem to have done much in the off season and will continue to struggle especially since their star striker is now with the NEW Gold Coast United. The Fur have some good players on paper, especially Robbie Fowler. But their preseason has been very ordinary and Fowler has spent most of his time on the sidelines injured. If their paper team can fire, expect some good results.

That leaves us with Gold Coast United, my team. We have a fantastic squad led by current Socceroo, Jason Culina. Watching him in preseason has been a pleasure. He is hardly ever dispossessed, and never gave a stray pass. We have a real strength through the centre of the park with Bas Van Der Brink, Thwaite and Griffiths behind Jason and then Smeltz and Porter up front. Our Brazillians look fantastic on the ball and Adama trarore will be a crowd favorite with his blistering runs down the left flank. Throw Taj Minnecon into teh mix and we have a well balanced side that will not be embarrassed.

I know Clive reckons we are going to go through undefeated but there are 27 matches this season and I am not going to make such a prediction. I will however predict that GCU will be in the finals come February.

I am pumped for this season like I was for season 1, except I have a local team to support this time. We have formed our Supporters Club, and we are busing it to Brisbane on Saturday for our first ever league match.

Don’t you just LOVE Football Season

Tezza

[longy_ffa]

finished 2-0. early 2 goal cushion for the coasties was well held onto. Melbourne took their finger out second half but CCM absorbed what pressure came at them pretty well.

[northernspirit]

Tez, you have alot of coirse up there but to go the season undefeated is unrealistic, i think GCU will def be up there prob in 1st-4th positon but tonight i was so proud of our boys against the might of melbourne, noone rates us but thats how we love it and in Doig we finally have a monster at the back... its exciting for us mariners fans too!


p.s im tipsy so any spelling please excuse! lol

[cbead]

Hmmmm... the "Fur", as you most eloquently monnikered them, have in their last two pre season games defeated last year's 3rd place getters Brisbane Roar 1-0, and last year's runners up Adelaide 3-2...

Quote: 'but their pre season has been very ordinary'... Tough judging by anyone's standards methinks

http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=28016
http://www.northqueenslandfc.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=28375

[Tezza]

Sorry CB, my bad. that should read "Fury"

[Antsvb]

I'll put my predictions out there....I know gb mentioned in the other thread that we hadn't done it yet.

Melbourne, Sydney and Gold Coast will be the strongest. Perth are finally going to be back to their glory days thanks to some great recruiting. Adelaide will drop back to the middle of the pack alongside CCM.
Not real sure about us, once again the sagas have rolled on, but if we have a bit of luck and get over our injuries we will be solid.

Fury and Phoenix will be bottom.

[cbead]

Credible start for Fury, 2-3 to Sydney FC... only saw first half as I had to go to work, Fury looked disorganised and very vunerable at the back, but did look ok in the midfield, having good periods of ball control... I have to critisize Ferguson though for his selections, having 2 or 3 players who have just signed playing in the first team line up... It backfired and was always going to.

But it could have been a lot worse... Fowler is on the scoresheet, crowd of about 9000 is ok if not brilliant, they made a decent noise I thought... Steffanuto will be a big plus for the team from next week.

[MathewKenna]

I have scrutinies the team lists and perused some of the matches thus far, I will predict my ladder for the 09/10 season.

1. Sydney
2. Melbourne
3. Gold Coast
4. Brisbane
5. Perth
6. Adelaide
7. North Qld
8. Central Coast
9. Newcastle
10. Wellington

[aussielfc79]

So tip Sydney to struggle for a top 6 spot after MKs' kiss of death on them

[Guyza]

[Tezza]

Pretty good effort from the Fur from what I saw at the pub. I think it proves that a trip to Dairy Farmers is not going to be easy. I am looking forward to Skilled park next week now.

[Tezza]

So how did I go?

Melbourne will be strong again this year - Correct

Sydney have been very quite in their build up with their new coach and I expect them to be very strong. - Correct

CCM and the Jets will be a challenge for all and sundry but totally unpredictable in my books. - Correct???

Adelaide and Brisbane will more than likely press for the championship but come up short as always. - Wrong


Perth Glory have had a good off season and seem to have bought very well. They were very exciting at the end of last season and I am thinking they will be the dark horse of the comp. - Correct

The Phoenix don’t seem to have done much in the off season and will continue to struggle - Wrong

The Fur have some good players on paper, especially Robbie Fowler. If their paper team can fire, expect some good results. - Half marks??

That leaves us with Gold Coast United, my team. I am not going to make such a prediction. I will however predict that GCU will be in the finals come February. - Correct

5 1/2 out of 8, not bad.

[MathewKenna]

[northernspirit]

you got CCM right MK

all good!

[Antsvb]