A-League A-League Men Round 3 - The Inaugural Sheep Sha..arr Kiwi.. umm 'Across The Ditch Derby'

[giggler99]

A-League Round three and its a special round for the first time we will have the very first New Zealand Derby in the A-League when Wellington Phoenix take on Auckland FC at the 'Cake Tin' on Saturday evening. A packed house, two passionate supporter bases, two in form teams what more can we ask for in a derby hopefully it delivers. The other big game of the week is that other other Melbourne Derby on Melbourne Cup eve or as we 'Vuck' fans would say the who cares derby . Hopefully both WU and City fans come out for it. Should be a fun week of A-League football.

A-League Men Round 3

Friday 1st November
Brisbane Roar V Sydney F.C 7:45pm ESDT, 6:45pm EST, Suncorp Stadium

Saturday 2nd November
Wellington Phoenix V Auckland FC 3:00pm ESDT 5:00pm NZLT, Sky Stadium
Central Coast Mariners V Perth Glory 5:00pm ESDT, 2:00pm WST, Industree Group Stadium (Live on 10 Bold Check local guides)
Western Sydney Wanderers V Adelaide United 7:35pm ESDT, 7:05pm CSDT, CommBank Stadium (Live on 10 Bold Check local guides)

Sunday 3rd November
Melbourne Victory V Macarthur F.C 4:00pm ESDT, AAMI Park

Monday 4th November
Western United V Melbourne City 7:00pm ESDT, AAMI Park

Bye: Newcastle Jets

Predictions: Syd 2-0 Nix 2-1 CCM 3-0 WSW 1-0 Vic 2-1 WU 2-1

Enjoy the football this weekend

 

[CakeEater]

Glory on C.10 this week?

Well what a barnstormer

 

[giggler99]

This great by the Nix hope we see a sea of Yellow

 

[Punt Road Feral]

Auckland have come in with a lot of noise and it’s been fantastic.

This rivalry with Wellington looks to be a pearler already. Will be interesting to see how the turnout is and how many fans travel.

 

[Andonis1997]

Auckland have come in with a lot of noise and it’s been fantastic.

This rivalry with Wellington looks to be a pearler already. Will be interesting to see how the turnout is and how many fans travel.

Should be above 20k at least, if the GM has said sales are at 17k+ today.

 

[Zidane98]

Should be above 20k at least, if the GM has said sales are at 17k+ today.

18k sales already. How many typically rock up and buy on the day at the stadium? Surely it would be within the interests of the "Nux to offer cheap general admin tickets on gameday to fill the place.


How many Auckland fans are expected?

 

[Andonis1997]

18k sales already. How many typically rock up and buy on the day at the stadium? Surely it would be within the interests of the "Nux to offer cheap general admin tickets on gameday to fill the place.


How many Auckland fans are expected?

Don't quote me on this, this is only what I've seen on the Yellow Fever forum but someone assumed walk ups were anywhere between 3-7k, depending on the weather.

Auckland look to have sold about 50% of their away bay allocation (the bottom section is mostly gone)

 

[giggler99]

why are the Roar playing at Suncorp? Nobody there embarrassing for the league.

 

[nobbyiscool]

WTF was this old blokes shit tonight? I literally hadn't heard a thing about it til I got the TenPlay push notification.

I was like "who is going to watch that"?!"

 

[acm21]

why are the Roar playing at Suncorp? Nobody there embarrassing for the league.

Sounded, and at times looked like a half decent crowd. Wouldn't help being a 630 start, also doesn't help when you play in a 50 ish k stadium and get under 10k

 

[giggler99]

Well Done Nix fans

 

[acm21]

Well Done Nix fans

The more yellow the better

 

[jd2010]

Why do aleague sides play at afl grounds!

So many empty yellow seats

 

[Andonis1997]

Oh for **** sake. We fought so hard, just to piss it away like that.

 

[giggler99]

Brimmer gets a brace Auckland win the Kiwi Derby 2-0!!

 

[Aucklander]

 

[Aucklander]

Oh for **** sake. We fought so hard, just to piss it away like that.

They did that a few times mate and left themselves exposed. One did lead to a great passage of play, but it wasn't to be.

Thought Auckland were best for most of the day and deserved the win.

What a crowd too!!

Fantastic day all round for the sport.

 

[gaskin]

Glory get to HT without conceding. We are getting better.

 

[jd2010]

 

[Aucklander]

That's gold.

 

[gaskin]

The whinging from CCM fans is ridiculous. That was not a penalty. By the time the ball hits Canga's arm it is by his side. You can also make the argument that it hit high enough on the arm for it to not be handball in the first place.

 

[Greasyrhys]

As has been the case the last 2 years, the Reds defence is

 

[AJ_2000]

Clinker of a game. Goals galore!

 

[Greasyrhys]

Good to get the win but plenty of improvement needed in certain areas

 

[Exe Gesis]

I think I'm gonna switch teams from Macarthur to Western United. Dunno why, just seem to enjoy watching WU games and not feeling much when the Bulls play