A-League Men - Round 26 - 2022/2023 Discussion

denmil · April 28, 2023, 10:28am

Presumably it then goes on goals scored?

CountArach · April 28, 2023, 10:29am

I believe so if required and CCM are well up on that.

Trash · April 28, 2023, 10:31am

I think it’d suck getting hammered by them again, but in a way I get your thinking.

But I also think Adelaide aren’t looking very good and we’d be a decent chance to upset them away.

daveee · April 28, 2023, 10:32am

Given we largely frustrated Adelaide I’m not against playing them. As much as it would hurt to lose to them 4 times in one season Hybrid does have a point.

BlueSky · April 28, 2023, 10:34am

This isn’t over yet. Adelaide can score goals and Mariners are equally capable of conceding them.

CountArach · April 28, 2023, 10:34am

Steady on, we did beat them once this season.

daveee · April 28, 2023, 10:35am

Did we?

CountArach · April 28, 2023, 10:36am

Yeah we won in Parra?

daveee · April 28, 2023, 10:37am

blinks

Are you sure?

Edit: yes you are. Who knew!

MrRooney · April 28, 2023, 10:38am

100% - the only thing worse than losing to the wanderers is to be running scared of playing the wanderers

BlueSky · April 28, 2023, 10:38am

We won the game despite Bang Average calling us bang average.

daveee · April 28, 2023, 10:50am

Lol

Edit: damnit!

SydGooner · April 28, 2023, 10:50am

No, losing to them 4-nil is definitely worse than not wanting to play them again.

It’s not that I think we’re more likely to lose to Wanderers than we are to Adelaide Utd or the Mariners. Realistically we’d lose to all of them, but can also beat all of them.

It’s that derbies are more stressful than other games just by being the derby, and we’ve already had three, and losing to them in my book is worse than losing to the other two options. Plus, given the talks of boycott, going to Parra (or Gosford) for that matter feels much more compulsory to me than going to Adelaide for a first round finals game, so I’d face more of a personal dilemma. Not that boycotts are meant to be easy.

If we don’t face them again, we’ll just have to suck up that we lost the last derby 4-nil and wait until next season. Hopefully, they have nothing more than that to boast about.

Edit: Yes, beating them in a finals would be wonderful. IF we beat them. But, don’t you guys worry. If they finish 3rd, we could still play them…in the Grand Final. 🤦🏽

BlueSky · April 28, 2023, 10:51am

That must have been close. I thought the left-back was playing Blackwood on.

daveee · April 28, 2023, 10:53am

Bos hits the bar for city

daveee · April 28, 2023, 10:55am

Tillio dribbles 3 and dinks it over lizard keeper.

CountArach · April 28, 2023, 11:00am

I honestly couldn’t be happier for the CCM fans right now. They deserve all of this.

Also Silvera’s renaissance has been such an underrated story this season.

BlueSky · April 28, 2023, 11:01am

The moment the ball went out to Silvera I knew it was trouble for Adelaide. Exceptional finish from Tulio, who is having some game. 3-0.

SydGooner · April 28, 2023, 11:05am

I’m still annoyed about the YA’s snide comment about the Cove supposedly not joining the walkout because we’d planned a silent protest (It’s easy to make that judgement when it’s your home game and covered by your membership. I’d purchased a ticket.), but otherwise I’m happy for their community. I’d be interested to see if YA makes a comment on the APL again, particularly if they make a GF in Sydney, rather than Melbourne, against City. They’re not a Sydney team but in that situation, they sort of are.

Edit: The Cove’s ultimate decision being to boycott the game altogether. I sat elsewhere.

BlueSky · April 28, 2023, 11:05am

Now the game is probably over for them, odds are short now on Adelaide completely losing their shit.