A-League 2024/25 A-League Women Thread

[giggler99]

There's one game starting in about an hours time between Western Sydney Wanderers and Wellington Phoenix.

yeah I just checked matches are all over the place. I also didn't realise the rounds jumped from round 9 to round 11 I'm guessing that round 10 is the midweek split round just like the A-Leagues men with round 11. I'll be more observant in future.

 

[stax on the mull]

yeah I just checked matches are all over the place. I also didn't realise the rounds jumped from round 9 to round 11 I'm guessing that round 10 is the midweek split round just like the A-Leagues men with round 11. I'll be more observant in future.

I think it's Round 9 that's being spread over several weeks ending on Jan 21, and there's one more coming up on Feb 4 where it jumps to a one-off round 20 game between Rounds 14 and 15.

Update on Today's game. Western Sydney 0- Wellington 3 at the finish. In the 1st half Wanderers GK charged out of the box and knocked over a Wellington forward going for the ball and quite rightly got a red card whick kind of screwed things for the Wanderers having to play with 10 in a short turn around game from playing on Sunday, with Wellington also having an extra day.

 

[stax on the mull]

This game at Leichhardt Oval might be abandoned with lightning and heavy rain and the lights have gone out. All the players are undercover and the crowd have been directed inside the buildings.

Sydney 2-0 up vs Canberra at about 10 minutes into the 2nd half. Rules are that if the game can't continue that will be the final result. Probably the best game Sydney have played all season. Have to check, but I think it's the first time they've scored more than one goal in a game this season.

 

[stax on the mull]

Seems to be official now from the home team although they say it's at the discretion of the league if the game continues at a later time.

 

[giggler99]

Round 12 Fixture

Friday 17th January
Western United V Melbourne City 7:35pm ESDT, Ironbark Fields

Saturday 18th January
Canberra United V Western Sydney Wanderers, 5:00pm ESDT, McKellar Park
Melbourne Victory V Perth Glory, 6:00pm ESDT, 3:00pm WST, Home of the Matildas

Sunday 19th January
Wellington Phoenix V Newcastle Jets, 2:00pm ESDT, 4:00pm NZLT, Parirua Park
Sydney FC V Central Coast Mariners, 5:00pm ESDT, Leichardt Oval
Brisbane Roar V Adelaide United, 6:00pm ESDT, 5:00pm EST, 5:30pm CSDT, Perry Park

Round 9 Fixture

Tuesday 21st January
Western United V Perth Glory, 7:00pm ESDT, 4:00pm WST, Ironbark fields

 

[stax on the mull]

Table as it stands after the Sunday games. The significant results today were Brisbane going down to Adelaide 2-3 at home and Wellington winning 3-2 at home with a goal in the last minute of extra time directly from a corner after being 0-2 down at half-time against Newcastle. Central Coast getting a point with a 0-0 draw away Sydney put them in 6th place.

Western United got a point against table leaders Melbourne City on Friday with a 1-1 draw and have a chance to go back into the top 6 if they beat Perth at home on Tuedsay.

The result of the abandoned game on Wednesday between Sydney & Canberra still pending. If Sydney are awarded the points after leading Canberra 2-0 the only change to the ladder will be that they'll jump above Perth Glory on points and take Newcastle's spot in 9th on GD.

 

[stax on the mull]

Table as it stands after the Sunday games. The significant results today were Brisbane going down to Adelaide 2-3 at home and Wellington winning 3-2 at home with a goal in the last minute of extra time directly from a corner after being 0-2 down at half-time against Newcastle. Central Coast getting a point with a 0-0 draw away Sydney put them in 6th place.

Western United got a point against table leaders Melbourne City on Friday with a 1-1 draw and have a chance to go back into the top 6 if they beat Perth at home on Tuedsay.

The result of the abandoned game on Wednesday between Sydney & Canberra still pending. If Sydney are awarded the points after leading Canberra 2-0 the only change to the ladder will be that they'll jump above Perth Glory on points and take Newcastle's spot in 9th on GD.




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Sydney vs Canberra game won't be rescheduled giving Sydney the 3 pts after they led 2-0 when the game was stopped after 53 minutes.

 

[stax on the mull]

4-1 win to Western United over Perth Glory puts them back in the top 6.

Perth just don't have the players to play with any cohesion and losing McKenna (red card last game) and Cassidy (concussion last game) had them put out a weaker line up than usual, although their defence is usually better than what they showed in today's outing.

 

[Ram-Man]

4-1 win to Western United over Perth Glory puts them back in the top 6.

Perth just don't have the players to play with any cohesion and losing McKenna (red card last game) and Cassidy (concussion last game) had them put out a weaker line up than usual, although their defence is usually better than what they showed in today's outing.

Cassidy was a big out. I feel although their defence is solid on the way out they often miss targets or make poor decisions.

They also lack pace on the outside. I feel Hollar is their most skilled player yet not sure they have found a way to get her more involved in the play. At NPL Vic level last year she had a lightning quick Josefski (not sure why she is not in the A League) on the outside and they combined very well for the Boroondara Eagles.

 

[stax on the mull]

Cassidy was a big out. I feel although their defence is solid on the way out they often miss targets or make poor decisions.

They also lack pace on the outside. I feel Hollar is their most skilled player yet not sure they have found a way to get her more involved in the play. At NPL Vic level last year she had a lightning quick Josefski (not sure why she is not in the A League) on the outside and they combined very well for the Boroondara Eagles.

Along with Georgia Cassidy, I like Grace Johnston from the Glory who is one of their outside players although she was subbed in the 2nd half, I would think for management issues with the short turnaround of games. She seems to have genuine pace and takes on and gets around opposition players. If she wasn't so lightly framed I feel like she could play more centrally where she would have more room to go left and right.

The other player they have on the outside, the 31yo Wynne who has some experience in the UK leagues and was a former Welsh international looks like she was probably a good player but she's so proppy on that leg with the heavily bandaged knee when she runs - and like a lot of players struggling with injury gets into the mode of flopping for free kicks.

They're slow up front too, but they're missing their striker they got from the NPL Kelli Brown who seems to be on long-term injury. Susan Phonsongkham being out for most of the year is also one they miss there as she played as a bit of a conduit between midfield and attack last season and set up some goals in their wins when they started well and were up the top of the table early last season (pre-Christmas 2023).

But really with the turnover of players they've had, and a new coach, they're starting from scratch again in 2025.

I've heard there's players in the NPL that are probably good enough to play A-League. Going back to when Western United came into the comp they had a big focus on NPL recruits.

 

[giggler99]

Round 13 Fixture

Friday 24th January
Melbourne Victory V Sydney FC, 4:50pm ESDT AAMI Park

Saturday 25th January
Western Sydney Wanderers V Melbourne City 5:00pm ESDT, Wanderers Football Park
Adelaide United V Western United, 5:30pm ESDT, 5:00pm CSDT, Marden Sports complex
Newcastle Jets V Canberra United, 7:45pm ESDT, McDonald Jones Stadium

Sunday 26th January
Central Coast Mariners V Wellington Phoenix 5:00pm ESDT, 7:00pm NZLT, Woy Woy Oval
Perth Glory V Brisbane Roar 8:00pm ESDT, 5:00pm WST 7:00pm EST, Sam Kerr Football Centre

 

[stax on the mull]

Super boot from Alana Jancevski to put Melbourne Victory 1-0 vs Sydney inside 5 minutes.

 

[stax on the mull]

2-0 in the finish. Alana Jancevski who scored the first goal went off under concussion protocols at half-time so will likely miss the next game. A debutant, Holly Furphy scored Victory's second. Commentator informed that she was a youth Matilda who has come back to Australia after 3 years completing a degree in the USA and playing in their college system.

The game lacked a lot of drama in-between goals with a lot of play between the boxes. Sydney find it hard to score and Melbourne Victory don't seem to push for goals, although imo, they've got the talent.

Result means Melbourne Victory go on top of the ladder with 27pts with Melbourne City to play tomorrow, currently on 26pts. As there's currently a a gap to 3rd place of more than 3pts it means whatever the results for the rest of this round, the Rd 14 clash where Melbourne City host Melbourne Victory will be 1 vs 2 or 2 vs 1.

 

[nobbyiscool]

A debutant, Holly Furphy scored Victory's second. Commentator informed that she was a youth Matilda who has come back to Australia after 3 years completing a degree in the USA and playing in their college system.

A tall story if ever I've heard one...