There’s a lot of love for Brisbane in here.
I just don’t see where their goals are going to come from. They’re going into the season with a front 3 of Armiento, Waddingham & Bill’s cousin with the depth coming from Alex Parsons, Jez Lofthouse and Henry Hore.
They’re going to be relying on a lot of set pieces from O’Shea and hope that Berenguer can stay fit.
Brisbane are playing well. I will be surprised if they don’t make the six
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You may be right but I just think they’re that team who had a good pre season because no one expected them to play that way.
I just don’t think they have the depth to maintain it for a season. You’re asking an 18yo in their first season to be a 10-15 goal per season striker. If he can do that then he won’t be long for this league.
It’s similar to Adelaide who have to find someone to replace Goodwin’s goals and assists. That’s not going to happen
Irankunda?
Irankunda isn’t getting 15 goals & 10 assists this season.
He’s probably not even going to be here from January if the Bayern rumours are correct.
Yeah I know.
He might get some though!
End of season standings:
1: Sydney FC
2: Adelaide
3: Melbourne City
4: Brisbane Roar
5: Wellington
6: Central Coast Mariners
7: Western United
8: Western Sydney Wanderers
9: Macarthur
10: Newcastle
11: Perth
12: Victory
Grand final winner: Adelaide
Grand final runner-up: Sydney FC
Australia Cup winner (2024): Sydney FC
Player of the season: Fabio Gomes
Player of the grand final: Lolley
Golden boot: Fabio Gomes
Best new signing: Fabio Gomes
Best young player (U23): Kealey Adamson
Biggest flop signing: Germain
SFC player of the season: Lolley
SFC golden boot: Fabio Gomes
First coach sacked: Mile Stejovski
Random predictions for this season: Fuck knows.
1: Sydney
2: Melbourne City
3: wanderers
4: Roar
5: Adelaide
6: Victory
7: Central Coast
8: Western United
9: Phoenix
10: MacArthur
11: Newcastle
12: Perth
Grand final winner: Sydney FC
Grand final runner-up: Melbourne City
Australia Cup winner (2024): Mariners
Player of the season: Joe Lolley
Player of the grand final: Mak
Golden boot: Jamie McLaren
Best new signing: Fabio
Best young player (U23): Irankunda
Biggest flop signing: Whoever Wanderers brought in
SFC player of the season: Joe Lolley
SFC golden boot: Fabio
First coach sacked: Perth’s coach
Random predictions for this season:
Corica to Celtic in January
Zdrilla to romp it in stepping in for Corica
Adamson to sign for Wanderers, have a massive season for them
His birthday is 8 February, meaning he won’t turn 18 before the transfer window shuts. Bayern have to wait until end of season.
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1: City
2: WSW
3: CCM
4: Adelaide
5: Victory
6: SFC
7: Perth
8: Wellington
9: Brisbane
10: WU
11: Newcastle
12: Macarthur
Grand final winner: City
Grand final runner-up: WSW
Australia Cup winner (2024): SFC
Player of the season: Marco Tulio
Player of the grand final: Joe Lolley
Golden boot: Jamie Maclaren
Best new signing: Angel Torres, Michael Doka
Best young player (U23): Alou Kuol
Biggest flop signing:
SFC player of the season: Joe Lolley
SFC golden boot: Fabio Gomes
First coach sacked: Mile Sterjoski
Random predictions for this season:
Lots of complaints about Paramount
Victory and WSW fans misbehave. Clubs slapped on wrist.
Big announcements from the A league that fail to deliver.
i.e. More of the same.
End of season standings:
1: Sydney FC
2: Melbourne CFG
3: Australia’s Shame
4: Adelaide United
5: Brisbane Roar
6: Western Favelas
7: Central Coast Mariners
8: Western United
9: Wullengtin Phoenix
10: Perth Glory
11: Newcastle
12: Macarthur
Grand final winner: Sydney FC
Grand final runner-up: Melbourne CFG
Australia Cup winner (2024): Brisbane Roar (as hosts)
Player of the season: Tolgay Arslan
Player of the grand final: Maxxy Burgess
Golden boot: Jamie Maclaren
Best new signing: Tolgay Arslan
Best young player (U23): Nestory Irankunda (on his way to becoming the first Aussie wonderkid to fulfil his potential in a generation)
Biggest flop signing: Terry Antonis (not helped after he contracts a virulent strain of syphilis from an innocuous coffee catch-up with Robbie Kruse)
SFC player of the season: Bobby Mak (because me Lolley no jinxy)
SFC golden boot: Fabio Gomes
First coach sacked: Mile “The Fraud” Sterjovski
Random predictions for this season: Final table to represent the daylight above. Top 3 all close to the title (City fading as a real force) but we edge it in the final month, next 4 close in mid-table finals push, the bottom 5 all various shades of dogshit.
Corica to head overseas in a blaze of glory after leading us to the double at seasons end. He gives the boo boys a Bruno Fornaroli sized “fuck off” and gets replaced by Ufuk Talay, who’s only been on a short term caretaker role at one of those 4 shit clubs (excl. Welly) that already arsed a coach mid-season. Zdrilla and Jimmy stay on and duke it out to be next in line.
Hybrid successfully guilts his sheila mate Nickers into going to Kittens on ROSPROD away, after she recently scorned him by finally going to the Concourse without him. Hybrid’s missus doesn’t find out this time because he’s not dumb enough to post about it here again. 
Tony Sage is arrested for financial improprieties, relating to his other businesses, but which of course occurred during his time as Glory owner.
Given Arslan is currently a Melbourne City player, a mid season transfer to Adelaide or Sydney is a pretty random prediction.
Rushing my homework in before deadline
- City
- Sydney.
- Mariners
- Victory
- Wanderers
- Wellington
- Brisbane
- Western U
- Macarthur
- Adelaide
- Perth
- Jets
End of season standings:
1: City
2: Sydney
3: victory
4: bulls
5: mariners
6: Brisbane
7: perth
8: wankerers
9: tarneit
10: Adelaide
11: nix
12: jets
Grand final winner: Sydney
Grand final runner-up: city
Australia Cup winner (2024): Sydney
Player of the season: lolley
Player of the grand final: lolley
Golden boot: maclaren
Best new signing: germain
Best young player (U23): irankunda
Biggest flop signing: arzani
SFC player of the season: lolley
SFC golden boot: fabio
First coach sacked: johnny aloisi
Random predictions for this season: rado sacked, Paddy comes back and they go on a tear
Adelaide freefall without Goodwin
Jets still shit
Nix shit
Shame have another big off field incident, NT disbands again
Ninko training with the reserves by rd 10
Yeah….ignore me.
1: Sydney
2: City
3: Brisbane
4:Wanderers
5: Victory
6: Mariners
7: Bulls
8: Western U
9: Adelaide
10: Perth
11: Phoenix
12: Jets
$21 for Adam Taggart to be Golden Boot is pretty juicy. If he stays fit he’ll score goals and Perth will have a very good season.
Yes he’s made of glass and more than likely back off to Asia at the drop of a hat but he’s 10 times Maclaren’s quote.
The final submissions are in and this year’s predictions have been set in stone. The following is the collective prediction of the SFCU forum for 2023/24 ALM season. According to the SFCU, Sydney FC is a certainty to win the premiership this year, they should just give us the toilet seat now and not bother with all this playing football games malarkey.
The following are the predictions as entered into my spreadsheet, if you spot any typos please contact me via chat.
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My top eight are almost the exact same as what the forum has tipped. That does not fill me with confidence.
Good job by the jinxy posse out there with all that unbridled optimism
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