Thought I'd start a thread to get the A-League discussion going for the upcoming season.
(FoxSports Fantasy A-League is imminent. Might as well keep discussion for that game here as well when it arrives)
News websites to check out for all the latest A-League news:
http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league
http://www.a-league.com.au/home
http://www.theroar.com.au/football/a-league/
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/league/283/a-league/latest
http://www.goal.com/en-au/news/4021/a-league
https://www.facebook.com/ALeagueReviewsAndUpdates?fref=nf
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer
http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/a-league
http://www.espnfc.us/australian-a-league/1308/news
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/Oceania/Australia
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/league#:zsOoc7ibjWdEUA
http://supercoachhq.com/category/football/fantasy-a-league/
http://www.sportal.com.au/football/a-league
http://www.ultimatealeague.com/
http://outside90.com/category/features/a-league/
Fixture: http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/sites/sbs.com.au.theworldgame/files/hyundai_a-league_2015-16_season_draw_document_-_final.pdf
Transfers: http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/a-league-squads-ins-and-outs-across-the-10-a-league-squads-for-2015-2016-season/story-e6frf4gl-1227419632660
Pre-Season Friendlies: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/league-pre-season#:y8yy3hCmg1TUpA
ICYMI:
- FFA Cup finals.
- Jets currently owned by the FFA.
- Brisbane Roar having big troubles with owners, licensing and payments.
- Wanderer's RBB having a legal fight against NSW Police.
- Michael Turnbull, ex Victory GK, is on The Bachelorette.
- There is a pay dispute between the FFA and PFA.
- A-League now has first full-time referees.
- Adelaide, Roar, Jets and Mariners have new coaches.
- Australia had a lot of European Clubs get down for Friendlies and other competitions earlier in the pre-season.
- Marquee and Salary Cap changes announced.
My Predicted Ladder:
1. Victory
2. Sydney
3. Adelaide
4. City
5. Wellington
6. WSW
7. Perth
8. Roar
9. Jets
10. CCM
Feel free to post comments, predictions, news and banter!
PS: Am a Melbourne City supporter ;D
FoxSports Fantasy A-League is OPEN
http://aleaguefantasy.foxsports.com.au
FanFooty Classic league code: 62-73
Season starts Thursday 8th October
http://aleaguedreamteam.virtualsports.com.au/
League code: 139808
Draft League - http://aleaguedreamteamdraft.virtualsports.com.au/
I have set up my own private league.. Code: 832213
Live draft: 5th October 8.30pm EST (TOMORROW NIGHT!)
also http://fantasy.a-league.com.au
code: FUEZRY7L
Quote from: teckert on October 04, 2015, 07:28:34 PM
http://aleaguedreamteam.virtualsports.com.au/
League code: 139808
Realised there were no prizes for Foxsports :/
And i didn't really like the prizes for official A-League, all centred around tangible prizes rather than money.
So have joined up for the Real Dream Team one to test the waters.
Pretty keen for this! All kicks off on Thursday! Don't have hugely high hopes for Glory, but I'm always keen this time of year nonetheless 8)
Stole this from the EPL thread...
Title Winner: Victory (as much as it disgusts me to say)
Bottom Place: Newcastle Jets (just cant get their shower together)
2015/16 Overachievers: Wellington (always seem to do better than everyone expects)
2015/16 Underachievers: Melbourne City (sorry MCFC fans!)
Signing of the Season:
Predicted Golden Boot winner (highest goalscorer):
Predicted Golden Glove winner (GK with most clean sheets):
Predicted Player of the Year: O.Bozanic (I overrate so much haha)
Predicted Breakout Player: O.Bozanic I guess haha
Go, go, go lads!
Also, tipping a 2-2 draw in the first match of the season ;)
Quote from: Luigi197 on October 06, 2015, 11:17:52 PM
Quote from: teckert on October 04, 2015, 07:28:34 PM
http://aleaguedreamteam.virtualsports.com.au/
League code: 139808
Realised there were no prizes for Foxsports :/
And i didn't really like the prizes for official A-League, all centred around tangible prizes rather than money.
So have joined up for the Real Dream Team one to test the waters.
P.S looked at rdt wow they barely have prizes as well fantasy soccer seems to be going backwards
They have had prizes every other year Luigi maybe they think more people will play with no prizes ::) seriously thinking about giving it a miss this year , i will look at RDT now mate ;)
Title Winner: Melbourne Victory (balancing AFC only concern)
Bottom Place: Central Coast Mariners (Jets and Roar won't do that much better)
2015/16 Overachievers: Western Sydney Wanderers (I like Popovic and the squad isn't bad. will recover from last season)
2015/16 Underachievers: Adelaide United (Though i rate them, there is every chance they could flop)
Signing of the Season: Vukovic to Victory will give them some much needed reassurance down back.
Golden Boot winner: Besart Berisha (hard to go past him)
Golden Glove winner: Janjetovic (usually pretty solid)
Predicted Player of the Year: Mooy (will shine bright like a diamond. not a doubt in the world)
Predicted Breakout Player: Jimmy Jeggo (has a solid A-League foundation and may have just settled comfortably in to the Adelaide side)
Quote from: shaker on October 07, 2015, 12:47:15 PM
Quote from: Luigi197 on October 06, 2015, 11:17:52 PM
Quote from: teckert on October 04, 2015, 07:28:34 PM
http://aleaguedreamteam.virtualsports.com.au/
League code: 139808
Realised there were no prizes for Foxsports :/
And i didn't really like the prizes for official A-League, all centred around tangible prizes rather than money.
So have joined up for the Real Dream Team one to test the waters.
They have had prizes every other year Luigi maybe they think more people will play with no prizes ::) seriously thinking about giving it a miss this year , i will look at RDT now mate ;)
P.S looked at rdt wow they barely have prizes as well fantasy soccer seems to be going backwards
$1000 for RDT, get around me fellas this one is mine.
A real shame about Foxsports though :/
It's all happening tonight! A-League kicks off so I thought i'd put through my predictions for Round 1 lineups that DO take into consideration injury and national duty. Obviously final cut will change, especially regarding fringe bench players and formation chosen by respective coaches.
Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar
WSW
Redmayne
Neville, Alberto, Topor-Stanley, Jamieson
Dimas, Andreu, Nichols, Vidosic, Castelen,
Piovvocari
(Bouzanis, Hamill, Pepper, Sotirio, Baccus, Macdonald)
Injured: Cole, Bridge, Santalab, Mebrahtu
Roar
Theo
Polenz, North, Hingert, Brown
Corona, Broich, Lustica
Maclaren, Petratos, Borrello
(Young, Bowles, Clut, Lambaridis, Brady)
Injuried: Stefanutto, Donachie, Devere, Henrique, Solorzano
National Duty: McKay
Will post rest of the predictions later on!
Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory
Adelaide
Hall
Marrone, McGowan, Malik, Goodwin
Isaias, Carrusca, Jeggo
Cirio, Babalj, P Sanchez
(Solari, Ochieng, Warland, Mells, Dugandzic, Djite)
Injured: La Rocca, Elsey, Kamau
National Duty: Galekovic, Elrich
Victory
Vukovic
Murnane, Delpierre, Broxham, Gerogievski
Finkler, Bozanic, Valeri
Berisha, Khalfallah, Barbarouses
(Thomas, Deng, Mahazi, Makarounas, Howard)
Injured: Ansell, Thompson
National Duty: Geria, Galloway, Gallifuoco, Pain
And here are the rest of my predictions!
Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory
CCM
Reddy
Roux, Bosnar, Posceleiro, J Rose
Caceres, Montgomery, Austin
Fitzgerald, O’Donovan, Ferreira
(Pearce, Neill, Ashcroft, Trifiro, Kalik, Bingham)
National Duty: Izzo, L Rose
Perth
Covic
Risdon, Djulbic, Thwaite, Golec
Sandor, Garcia, Marinkovic
Castro, Fernandez, Harold
(Tyson, Warren, Collard, Ferreira, Oxborrow, Gligor, Sidnei)
Injured: Zadkovich, Grant
Sydney FC v Melbourne City
Syndey FC
Janjetovic
Ryall, Faty, Anderson, Gersbach
Dimitrijetvic, Ninkovic, Tavares
Brosque, Holosko, Smeltz
(Necevski, Grant, Jurman, Calver, O’Neill, Stambolziev, Simon, Blackwood)
National Duty: Hoole, Naumoff
Injured: Abbas
Melbourne City
Sorenson
Retre, Kisnorbo, Chapman, Zullo
Paartalu, Mooy, Koren,
Fornaroli, Williams, Kuzmanovksi
(Velaphi, Clisby, Retre, Zinni, Melling, Dekker)
National Duty: Hughes, Mauk
Injured: Franjic, Garruccio, Novillo, Gameiro, Brown, Marino
Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets
Phoenix
Moss
Fenton, Sigmund, Durante, Muscat
Riera, Rodriguez, Bonevacia, McGlinchey
Krishna, Sarpong
(Italiano, Doyle, Gulley, Ridenton, Lia, Appiah, Powell)
Jets
Birighitti
Hoffman, Mullen, Boogard, Lee
Poljak, Kantarovski, Carney
Leonardo, Alividovic, Haliti
(Kennedy, Muata-Marlow, M Cooper, Watson, Trifunovic, Brennan, Lundy)
How good a quality was that Roar v WS match Thursday? Really had me excited for the new season! (Meant to post Thursday but got distracted)
United v Victory never got going but it was still high class football which is the main thing imo ;)
In short, the AU to go undefeated all year!
Quote from: tbagrocks on October 10, 2015, 06:01:03 PM
How good a quality was that Roar v WS match Thursday? Really had me excited for the new season! (Meant to post Thursday but got distracted)
United v Victory never got going but it was still high class football which is the main thing imo ;)
In short, the AU to go undefeated all year!
A lot of errors in the WSW v Roar game, but there was a lot of quality too from the Roar.
The CCM v Glory match though. Mariners played surprisingly well!
3-2 :( missed the game, will watch a replay. Not great signs though!
Quote from: elephants on October 11, 2015, 04:33:01 PM
3-2 :( missed the game, will watch a replay. Not great signs though!
Defense way too shaky. Playing a high line and tackles were not sticking, or otherwise sticking in the wrong places.
Fernandez looked OK and Castro was a bit tentative, but their quality is there. Once they get used to the aussie game a bit more they'll fit in nicely.
Garcia's header though was mint :-*
well my team completely sucked.
half of them didnt even play
Quote from: Holz on October 11, 2015, 11:15:24 PM
well my team completely sucked.
half of them didnt even play
Krishna missing a penalty :-X
Quote from: Holz on October 11, 2015, 11:15:24 PM
well my team completely sucked.
half of them didnt even play
Haha mine was very average to most played just did not score much it is hard to get excited in this form of fantasy football :o
http://www.fansoccer.com.au/game/matchcentre.html?id=56009
Hoping some of you get on chat this evening!
Wowwwwww Melbourne City. Way to destroy my multi..
Quote from: elephants on October 30, 2015, 10:47:50 PM
Wowwwwww Melbourne City. Way to destroy my multi..
Pathetic second half display :-[ :-[ :-X
Quote from: Luigi197 on October 31, 2015, 10:35:48 AM
Quote from: elephants on October 30, 2015, 10:47:50 PM
Wowwwwww Melbourne City. Way to destroy my multi..
Pathetic second half display :-[ :-[ :-X
Although had to do was draw! Haha
Finally, some proof you kids need to toughen up! Some ratbags were banned for good reason yet some overly sensitive patrons feel the need to abandon A-League matches .....
Toughen the fairy up princesses! Get into the real world! Sheesh ::)
Where should Aaron Mooy move in January? Would be be picked up by a top tier comp like the EPL or is he better off going to a Dutch or Belgium type club?
I do like watching City though mainly just to see Mooy strut his magic 8)
Alright, I'll start off by saying I know almost nothing about soccer.
But this, this is ridiculous,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-11/a-league-flares-western-sydney-wanderers-ffa-david-gallop/7159564
How on earth can you penalise the team because of the behaviour of the crowd?
I could be a Melbourne fan, who wears a Sydney shirt, and goes and lets off a flare to stuff the opposition over!
Insanity!
I assume punishing the club has something to do with what used to happen with all the ethnic teams in the old NSL.
So Adelaide were really bad early in the season but win tomorrow and they are in 3rd? Woooooo :D
Decided to sit down and watch tonights second half.
Get flowered Victory :P >:D (Actually, just Kevin Muscat can get flowered, some of the players are probably decent blokes)
Been a long time since we've won in Melbourne, that was very sweet. Suck shower Muscat.
"When the moon hits the sky, as the A-League finals come by
That's Amor hey"
8)
PABLO SANNNNCHEEEEEEZZZZZZ wwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooooo
3-1 BLOW THE WHISTLE!!!!!!!
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:D :D
Uuuuuuuunnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiteeeedddddd!
Great atmosphere at the Oval, the Wanderers fans certainly are hard core supporters.
What a turn around, without a win after the first 8 rounds, to Champions!