R6 v Bye FC

At this stage last year after 5 games we had 4 points.

But goals for were only 3 and goals against were 9. That was after 3 home games and 2 away games. We played NJ, BR, WSW, MC, AD.

Only 2 of those teams made the top 6, and they finished 4th and 5th.

So this year after 5 games we only have 1 point.

With goals for 5 and goals against 9. After 2 home games and 3 away games. Have played WU, SFC, PER, MC, MV

3 of those teams are currently in the top 4.

There is reason for optimism.

At this stage last year after 5 games we had 4 points.

But goals for were only 3 and goals against were 9. That was after 3 home games and 2 away games. We played NJ, BR, WSW, MC, AD.

Only 2 of those teams made the top 6, and they finished 4th and 5th.

So this year after 5 games we only have 1 point.

With goals for 5 and goals against 9. After 2 home games and 3 away games. Have played WU, SFC, PER, MC, MV

3 of those teams are currently in the top 4.

There is reason for optimism.

It's pretty outrageous that my season ticket doesn't cover this game.

The big difference between last season and this is that last season there were essentially 3 wooden-spooners in the league. CCM's and Brisbane's point tallies were bad enough for a wooden-spoon pretty much any season, and WSW's was thereabouts too and they finished 8th. We really made hay against those teams (and the Jets, which basically got us into top 6) last year, but I get the feeling that the league is a lot more even this season, and getting the kind of points tally from the games against bottom 3 or 4 teams that we did last season is going to be more difficult. Which means that we will likely need to get some wins against the upper tier teams as well to have a shot at the top 6 and we likely haven't made a great start on that front, even though it's early days.

Just to bring in an appropriate amount of pessimism for this stage of the season.

We don't face CCM until Rnd 13 and Jets until Rnd 16 & we only face them twice during the season. So if we don't start picking up points vs the top teams, we are gonna be miles behind before we even face them.

Isn't "Bye" at the top of the table, undefeated?

The big difference between last season and this is that last season there were essentially 3 wooden-spooners in the league. CCM's and Brisbane's point tallies were bad enough for a wooden-spoon pretty much any season, and WSW's was thereabouts too and they finished 8th. We really made hay against those teams (and the Jets, which basically got us into top 6) last year, but I get the feeling that the league is a lot more even this season, and getting the kind of points tally from the games against bottom 3 or 4 teams that we did last season is going to be more difficult. Which means that we will likely need to get some wins against the upper tier teams as well to have a shot at the top 6 and we likely haven't made a great start on that front, even though it's early days.

Just to bring in an appropriate amount of pessimism for this stage of the season.

Isn't "Bye" at the top of the table, undefeated?

How did Bye go vs Unattached when they last played? 

wow, 55 messages by Thursday afternoon - how often are we nowhere near as close to this when we actually have a game scheduled for the weekend!!

What I meant to say, is that we've already had 55 messages by Thursday for a non-existent weekend fixture.

Usually there isn't even a thread until Wednesday so we'll have even less messages by Thursday!

We don't face CCM until Rnd 13 and Jets until Rnd 16 & we only face them twice during the season. So if we don't start picking up points vs the top teams, we are gonna be miles behind before we even face them.

Anyone got a starting line up? 

Crowther; Christie, Cleberson, O'Dor, Tsatallios; Elliott, Lindsay; Toto, Gao; Clarke, Chen.

Warner, Dodd, Party-All-The-Time, Ferrante, Fred, Pantelis and De Campos on the bench.

???

score?

What is his story?