That’ll be us for sure.
This was hugely enjoyable.
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- Sydney
- Wellington
- Mariners
- Macarthur
- Victory
- Perth
- City
- Wanderers
- Auckland
- Adelaide
- Western United
- Jets
- Brisbane
I see about 5 teams who will be competing for the final 2 finals spots and can’t really split them. Not entirely how it’ll play out, not confident! Think the Mariners will start slow and only start recovering end of the year.
Not confident in this because I spent most of the late rounds of the Aus Cup overseas and couldn’t watch, and Auckland are a complete unknown. Don’t think it’ll be back to back wins for me.
- Macarthur FC
2: Wellington Phoenix
3: Auckland City
4: Sydney FC
5: Melbourne Victory
6: Melbourne City
7: Central Coast Mariners
8: WSW
9: Perth Glory
10: Adelaide United
11: Western United
12: Brisbane Roar
13: Newcastle Jets
Grand final winner: Macarthur FC
Grand final runner-up: Sydney FC
Australia Cup winner (2025): thats over already
Player of the season: Guillermo May
Player of the grand final: Valere Germain
Golden boot: Guillermo May
Best new signing:
Best young player (U23): Amlani Tatu
Biggest flop signing: Juan Mata/ Douglas Costa
SFC player of the season: Klimala
SFC golden boot: Klimala
First coach sacked: N/A
Player with highest number of Cards (Yellow and Red): Miranda
Random predictions for this season:
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We go a whole season with no coach sacking- those with the means do too well, those doing poorly can’t afford it
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One of the highly panned signings (Wellisol or the wikiless Acosta or Caicedo) end up top 3 at end of season player of the season awards.
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Anas absolutely bosses it and seals a big move back to Europe in January. The replacement flops but Kucharski takes over.
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Auckland/Wellington has a dodgy hand ball (think Henry vs Ireland) call in the first 5 minutes of the first deby. Becomes a fiery clash after.
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One of Costa or Mata retire mid season.
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Mariners go under mid season. Saved at the last minute
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Theres no real standout team and when Macarthur finish with the treble everyone feels a bit confused
Only four more days before the deadline. Copy the template in the first post in this thread and get your predictions in!
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1: Sydney
2: WSW
3: Victory
4: City
5: CCM
6: Auckland
7: Adelaide
8: Wellington
9: Macarthur
10: Perth
11: Brisbane
12: Western U
13: Jets
Grand final winner: SFC
Grand final runner-up: Melbourne Vic
Australia Cup winner (2025):
Player of the season: No idea, but I bet it is not a defender.
Player of the grand final: Costa
Golden boot: Klimala
Best new signing: Feijao
Best young player (U23): Di Pizio
Biggest flop signing: Wellisol
SFC player of the season: Costa
SFC golden boot: Klimala
First coach sacked: Aloisi
Player with highest number of Cards (Yellow and Red):
Random predictions for this season:
The predictions already made in this thread prove to be way out.
2 A-League licences are returned or confiscated.
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With Charlesworth back in the fold, I fear I’m going to end up miles out with my CCM prediction at least. Then again, there’s one club at least per season that I’m radically wrong on!
End of season standings:
1: Sydney (fuck it, why not be an optimist?)
2: Melbourne
3: City
4: Macarthur
5: WSW
6: CCM
7: Auckland
8: Adelaide
9: Wellington
10: Western United
11: Perth
12: Newcastle
13: Brisbane
Grand final winner: Melbourne (fuck it, why not be a pessimist?)
Grand final runner-up: Sydney
Player of the season: Leo Sena
Player of the grand final: Teague, just as a spit in the face
Golden boot: Germain
Best new signing: Leo Sena
Best young player (U23): Teague
Biggest flop signing: Mata, spends half the season injured and the other half mostly off the bench
SFC player of the season: Leo Sena
SFC golden boot: Lolley
First coach sacked: Aloisi but there’s not many sackings because no one can afford the pay outs.
Player with highest number of Cards (Yellow and Red): Brattan
Random predictions for this season:
- Quality on the field dips a lot. There’s a lot of very mediocre teams this season and I think we’re really going to see that.
- The NZ derby becomes an instant classic and is a real breath of fresh air. All up Auckland prove to be the most successful club launch in years.
- Canberra are delayed another season and the year goes mostly silent in terms of funding.
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We currently have 13 predictions and the collective wisdom of the SFCU currently believes that the table at the end of the season will look like this.
| Club | Median | Average | stdev |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney FC | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Melbourne Victory | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| Macarthur | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| Central Coast | 5.0 | 4.9 | 2.3 |
| Melbourne City | 6.0 | 5.3 | 2.1 |
| Wellington | 6.0 | 6.2 | 2.9 |
| Auckland | 7.0 | 6.6 | 2.0 |
| Perth | 7.0 | 7.6 | 2.0 |
| Wanderers | 8.0 | 7.0 | 3.2 |
| Adelaide | 10.0 | 9.0 | 2.3 |
| Western United | 11.0 | 11.2 | 1.1 |
| Brisbane Roar | 12.0 | 11.4 | 1.2 |
| Newcastle | 13.0 | 12.3 | 1.2 |
These are the predictions that I have entered into my spreadsheet, please let me know if I have made any typos.
Bit of a random one, but if anyone has access to an up to date AI service, would be interesting to get it to run predictions as well. My mate runs a World Cup and Euro tipping comp and did it for the previous Euro Finals, it actually came a very close second
Here’s chatgpt answer.
Sure! Here are my predictions for the upcoming Isuzu A-League Men’s season:
End of Season Standings:
1: Melbourne Victory
2: Sydney FC
3: Melbourne City
4: Western Sydney Wanderers
5: Brisbane Roar
6: Adelaide United
7: Newcastle Jets
8: Perth Glory
9: Central Coast Mariners
10: Macarthur FC
11: Wellington Phoenix
12: Western United
13: Sydney Olympic
Grand Final:
- Winner: Melbourne Victory
- Runner-up: Sydney FC
Australia Cup Winner (2025):
- Winner: Melbourne City
Player of the Season:
- Winner: Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United)
Player of the Grand Final:
- Winner: Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City)
Golden Boot:
- Winner: Jamie Maclaren
Best New Signing:
- Winner: Andrew Nabbout (Newcastle Jets)
Best Young Player (U23):
- Winner: Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners)
Biggest Flop Signing:
- Winner: A new foreign striker from a lower league (team TBD)
SFC Player of the Season:
- Winner: Alexander Baumjohann
SFC Golden Boot:
- Winner: Adam Le Fondre
First Coach Sacked:
- Winner: Western United coach
Player with Highest Number of Cards (Yellow and Red):
- Winner: Josh Risdon
Random Predictions for This Season:
- A club will implement a youth development strategy that results in multiple academy players breaking into the first team.
- The league will see an increase in attendance due to improved fan engagement initiatives.
- At least one high-profile international player will make a surprise move to the A-League mid-season.
Feel free to adjust or ask for more insights on any specific areas!
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Can’t say I disagree with that tbh.
assuming you dont have the current database?
Well who needs the National Second Division, Olympic are doing fine as is.
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Just punched it into their website.
Thought it would be funny, it was.
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I mean the work he’s put in behind the scenes for our on field players…
Deserved!
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1: SFC
2: Victory
3: City
4: Macarthur
5: Perth
6: WSW
7: CCM
8: Adelaide
9: Auckland
10: Nix
11: Roar
12: Newcastle
13: WU
Grand final: Perth v SFC
Player of the season: Quahim
Player of the grand final: Taggart
Golden boot: Taggart
Best new signing: Quahim
Best young player (U23): H.Mathews
Biggest flop signing: Sainsbury
SFC player of the season: Quahim & Sena
SFC golden boot: Klimala
First coach sacked: Aloisi
Random predictions for this season:
Nix tank, Auckland are dull, Perth are great, CCM drop to the pack. Firsts season with both Syd teams in the finals series ever. Mata doesn’t play much but he’s great when he does.
Surely I get brownie points for kinda unintentionally predicting this (even if its just a sponsorship thing - at the moment…)
Seems like there is a lot of agreement on certain predictions on here so I’m going left field for a few.
End of season standings:
1: Melbourne Victory
2: Sydney FC
3: Wellington Phoenix
4: MacArthur
5: Auckland
6: Western Suburbs
7: Melbourne City
8: Mariners
9: Perth glory
10: Brisbane
11: Adelaide
12: Western United
13: Newcastle Jets
Grand final winner: Wellington
Grand final runner-up: Melbourne Victory
Australia Cup winner (2025): Melbourne Victory
Player of the season: Costa
Player of the grand final: Hideki Ishige
Golden boot: Nikos Vergos
Best new signing: Vergos
Best young player (U23): Hayden Matthews
Biggest flop signing: Mata
SFC player of the season: Sena
SFC golden boot: Klimala
First coach sacked: Carl Veart
Player with highest number of Cards (Yellow and Red): Brattan
Random predictions for this season
Non - sfc
- Auckland are a surprise hit and make the finals but bow out the first week
- WSW don’t fade away at the end of the regular season and actually make finals, but are gone first week too
- Phoenix go undefeated at home
- Kiwi derby is a raging success and sells out the cake tin
- Adelaide to absolutely stink but still not get the spoon
- We see a 6-6 draw
- This season will set the record for most goals across it
- Attendances and feelings up across the league but it still absolutely struggles for cash
SFC
- We score the most amount of goals we have ever scored in a season
- Costa tears the league a new arsehole similar to Adrian. Barely misses any minutes due to injury
- Our porous defence costs us in the semi final
- It does not pour rain at any home game
- We win the acl2
- It will be a fun and very silly season