Yep, it's the playing football at what your body thinks is 1:30am that is a real issue. Body clock effects of that are massive
R18 v Perth Glory | Fri 7th Feb | 11:45pm | SS7
Honestly, flying out on Monday for a Friday night game is as much time as we've ever had on the ground to prepare. Sure beats getting there on Wednesday night for a Friday kick off.
I feel like we did this once before and got absolutely smashed. Can anyone else recall? Might have been with Rudan? 5-0?
Anyway, thought we were a bit unlucky last game against them - no reason we can't win this. They did look very good against MV at times (even without Castro)
Possibly the 3-0 or the 5-0 reverses we suffered over there last season?
3-0 we had a backline that consisted of Doyle, Fox & Lowry after injuries or illness to Dura and Taylor.... and iirc Williams hit the bar/post in the first minute, and was then all downhill after that.
5-0 we'd already qualified for the finals and Rudan gave the regular starters a week off before the trip to Melbourne. Was very much a 2nd string XI.
I'm hoping for a more favourable result come Friday!
Referee: Adam Kersey
Assistant Referee 1: Josh Mannella
Assistant Referee 2: Arvin Shanmuganathan
Fourth Official: Shane Skinner
VAR: Craig Zetter
Perth Glory squad: 1.Tando VELAPHI
(gk), 2.Alex GRANT, 3.Jacob TRATT, 4.Gregory WUTHRICH, 5.Ivan FRANJIC,
7.Joel CHIANESE, 8.James MEREDITH, 9.Bruno FORNAROLI, 12.Kim SOO-BEOM,
13.Osama MALIK, 16.Tomislav MRCELA, 17.Diego CASTRO (c), 18.Nicholas
D’AGOSTINO, 20.Jake BRIMMER, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Vince LIA, 28.Gabriel
POPOVIC, 29.Kristian POPOVIC, 33.Liam REDDY (gk), 88.Neil KILKENNY
**1-3 to be omitted**
Ins: 13.Osama MALIK (returns from injury), 17.Diego CASTRO (c) (promoted)
Outs: 19.Chris IKONOMIDIS (ACL - Season)
Unavailable: 6.Dino DJULBIC (ankle – indefinite), 19.Chris IKONOMIDIS (knee – season), 27.JUANDE (groin – 1 week)
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1.Stefan
MARINOVIC (gk), 2.Liam McGING, 3.Luke DEVERE, 4.Te Atawhai
HUDSON-WIHONGI, 5.Matti STEINMANN, 6.Tim PAYNE, 7. Reno PISCOPO,
8.Cameron DEVLIN, 9. David Ball, 10.Ulises DAVILA, 11.Jaushua SOTIRIO,
12.Brandon Wilson, 13.Liberato CACACE, 14.Alex RUFER, 17.Callan Elliot,
20.Oliver SAIL (gk), 21.Callum MCCOWATT, 27.Steven TAYLOR (c), 31.Ben
WAINE, 32.Sam SUTTON, 88. Gary HOOPER
**2-4 to be omitted**
Ins: 2.Liam McGING (promoted), 5.Matti STEINMANN (Return from Suspension), 7. Reno PISCOPO (Return from International Duty)
Outs: 23.Walter SCOTT (Injury – Knee)
Unavailable: 16.Louis FENTON (Shoulder - Season)
Didn't realize Ikonomidis had done his knee... Shame, such an exciting player.
Still they are still better than us on paper. Hope we grind out a result!
Castro had a week off too. Always seems to destroy us.
One of the best players in the league
Castro had a week off too. Always seems to destroy us.
On twitter it said he's touch and go.
Castro had a week off too. Always seems to destroy us.
On twitter it said he's touch and go.
Poppa said Castro has been playing through a niggly injury for a while. I'm picking they were rested him last week with Asian champions league games coming up. Now that there next champions league game has been postponed. I expect he will play tonight.
Or they could rest him one more week and make sure he's good for the remainder of the season..
Or they could rest him one more week and make sure he's good for the remainder of the season..
I hope you are right. He is so often our nemises
Woohoo game day. Cmon boys!
Didn't realize Ikonomidis had done his knee... Shame, such an exciting player.
Still they are still better than us on paper. Hope we grind out a result!
Are they really? Looking at the potential two starting squads in Perth's formation. Marinovic over Reddy, Libby over Meredith, Davila instead of Chianese, Devlin instead of Brimmer and Taylor in place of at least one CB. There's also a good argument that Davila and Piscopo sitting behind Fornaroli instead of Chianese and Castro would be stronger based on current form. So thats either 5 or 6 of the combined starting 11 from the Nix. Steinman would be the first named outfield player on the bench that would then be filled with Perth players though.
Didn't realize Ikonomidis had done his knee... Shame, such an exciting player.
Still they are still better than us on paper. Hope we grind out a result!
Are they really? Looking at the potential two starting squads in Perth's formation. Marinovic over Reddy, Libby over Meredith, Davila instead of Chianese, Devlin instead of Brimmer and Taylor in place of at least one CB. There's also a good argument that Davila and Piscopo sitting behind Fornaroli instead of Chianese and Castro would be stronger based on current form. So thats either 5 or 6 of the combined starting 11 from the Nix. Steinman would be the first named outfield player on the bench that would then be filled with Perth players though.
On paper Hooper is better than Fornarolli, form and paper are different things though.
Exactly. I think they're firmly the favorites in this contest - and let's not forget they have the home advantage.
Still, I think we have the personnel to go and do a job.
Whether or not we do, I'll find out around 6.30am tomorrow morning when I wake up and watch the replay of the game..
Perth have a very good defence, but Reddy doen't get tested that often. If we take our chances tonight then we could win this one, because I don't think we will get alot of chances. A bit of Davilla,s magic, a killer through ball from Piscopo, a moment of brilliance from Ball or Hooper.
COYN.
Perth have a very good defence, but Reddy doen't get tested that often. If we take our chances tonight then we could win this one, because I don't think we will get alot of chances. A bit of Davilla,s magic, a killer through ball from Piscopo, a moment of brilliance from Ball or Hooper.
COYN.
It's not like they are a Brisbane or Newcastle quality.
counting down the minutes
I've followed the Kingz, Knights, Phoenix and don't think I've missed staying up to watch an away game vs Perth ever, as I'm a night person and love the anticipation and staying up late. I can assure you that we will not win and >$2 for Perth is amazing value, the anticipation is always better than the shark we serve up in this fixture. Still betting on Phoenix at $4 but feel like it's burning money.
(... If my posts now are bad they are going to be shark loads worse at midnight seeing as I'm already down a bottle of wine.)
Fire Up!
Royz if you haven't already can you give us a pessimistic prediction for good luck?
what pub is the yellow fever at tonight?
No Steinmann is gonna hurt.
Quite drunk lads, or should I say... FIRED UP!!!!
No Steinmann is gonna hurt.
Not even on the bench. Strange.
Picked up an injury today? Man that stinks
Picked up an injury today? Man that stinks
illness apparently. the starting 11 on paper certainly doesn't look as good as Perth.
Off to bed. Early start tomorrow.
I hope we win.
COYN. FTG.
No Matti or Waine?
Quite drunk lads, or should I say... FIRED UP!!!!
These midnight starts hurt... can't imagine what it will be like by full time. Chat should get good if everyone if everyone else is degen as me!
Off to bed. Early start tomorrow.
I hope we win.
COYN. FTG.
Mate, you lasted until 11pm... what's another couple of hours?
Not sure I should've bothered staying up for it now I hear Steinmann is out!!
PS: Just thinking that Steinmann could be hilariously chanted to the song Taxman.
No Castro!!
we can do this. Get in there.
No Castro is great for us. I love watching him... except when detrimental to us.
Im not a Hooper detractor, but happy with him coming off the bench.
Perth are pressing bloomin' high
How is there no card there??
They all say it should be a yellow then say "Fair play to the ref" for not giving it.
Had to be a yellow!
Looking for a stream if anyone has a good lead on one