ACL 09 - the who, the what, the where.

[Villa]

They are available at The Supporter's Box, option to get the letters and numbers too.

http://supportersbox.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=877


Can't believe how much they look like Parma's shirt.

Does anyone know if you will be able to buy mariners champions league jerseys at rebel sport  ??? ??? ???

 

[dibo]

Can't believe how much they look like Parma's shirt.

where's the bad bit?

 

[blastbum]

Can anyone report on the state of the pitch for tomorrow night?

 

[kennyftw]

THE PITCH LOOKS ESPECIALLY GOOD - SAW IT THIS AFTERNOON - NEW ADVERTISING IS UP ON THE EASTERN STAND - APPEARS BLUE TONGUE ADVERTISING HAS BEEN COVERED OVER.

 

[promdi442]

In the fashion stakes the jets have taken the wooden spoon again. What a shocker/joke their away shirt is for the ACL.

 

[blastbum]

In the fashion stakes the jets have taken the wooden spoon again. What a shocker/joke their away shirt is for the ACL.

ROFL!!!! Must of been designed by Con.

 

[marinermick]

Can anyone report on the state of the pitch for tomorrow night?

pitch is terrible

was bobbling everywhere when the boys were training

and the turf they laid in the goalmouth was moving under danny's feet

 

[McGrime]

14mm of rain today Gosford officially the wetest place in NSW
I wonder what thats going to do in regards to the field?
Things are slowly clearing from the East
So tonight should be better than today but we may still see a few showers
Anyway our guys will be up for anything tonight

 

[Wombat]

14mm of rain today Gosford officially the wetest place in NSW
I wonder what thats going to do in regards to the field?
Things are slowly clearing from the East
So tonight should be better than today but we may still see a few showers
Anyway our guys will be up for anything tonight

Pitch looked fine.  The crowd was very poor ...haven't seen official numbers but i'd guess between 5-6 K.

Koreans had more fans than most HAL teams bring...maybe 70.

We were more aggressive than we have been lately but we are still playing dumb long ball rubbish.
Defence was pretty solid.
Midfield was terrible.
Simon tried hard but badly missed a couple of good chances. Service to Mrdja was pathetic.

 

[Ursus]

14mm of rain today Gosford officially the wetest place in NSW
I wonder what thats going to do in regards to the field?
Things are slowly clearing from the East
So tonight should be better than today but we may still see a few showers
Anyway our guys will be up for anything tonight

Pitch looked fine.  The crowd was very poor ...haven't seen official numbers but i'd guess between 5-6 K.

Koreans had more fans than most HAL teams bring...maybe 70.

We were more aggressive than we have been lately but we are still playing dumb long ball rubbish.
Defence was pretty solid.
Midfield was terrible.
Simon tried hard but badly missed a couple of good chances. Service to Mrdja was pathetic.

Were you watching?
The pitch surface was atrocious. Players struggled to stay upright on the newly laid wet surface.

 

[Wombat]

14mm of rain today Gosford officially the wetest place in NSW
I wonder what thats going to do in regards to the field?
Things are slowly clearing from the East
So tonight should be better than today but we may still see a few showers
Anyway our guys will be up for anything tonight

Pitch looked fine.  The crowd was very poor ...haven't seen official numbers but i'd guess between 5-6 K.

Koreans had more fans than most HAL teams bring...maybe 70.

We were more aggressive than we have been lately but we are still playing dumb long ball rubbish.
Defence was pretty solid.
Midfield was terrible.
Simon tried hard but badly missed a couple of good chances. Service to Mrdja was pathetic.

Were you watching?
The pitch surface was atrocious. Players struggled to stay upright on the newly laid wet surface.

Sad to say I was.

Most pitches are slippery when wet???

 

[bulldogmariner]

14mm of rain today Gosford officially the wetest place in NSW
I wonder what thats going to do in regards to the field?
Things are slowly clearing from the East
So tonight should be better than today but we may still see a few showers
Anyway our guys will be up for anything tonight

Pitch looked fine.  The crowd was very poor ...haven't seen official numbers but i'd guess between 5-6 K.

Koreans had more fans than most HAL teams bring...maybe 70.

We were more aggressive than we have been lately but we are still playing dumb long ball rubbish.
Defence was pretty solid.
Midfield was terrible.
Simon tried hard but badly missed a couple of good chances. Service to Mrdja was pathetic.

Were you watching?
The pitch surface was atrocious. Players struggled to stay upright on the newly laid wet surface.

The pitch was poor. No player could keep their footing which lead to a lot of loose ball. Players were moving turf as it was loose. The conditions and the pitch lead to a poor quality game. It was better than it was for semi final but still not good enough and did lead to a lot of the mistakes. Plus it was a greazy surface which meant the ball ran faster and bobbled more because of the uneven surface of the pitch.

 

[greenlion]

Round 1 attendance announced by AFC

Group A
Al-Ahli  1 2  Pakhtakor Tashkent 2,551
Al-Hilal  1 1  Saba Battery  19,604

Group B
Persepolis  3 1  Sharjah 55,121
Al-Gharafa  1 3  Al-Shabab 507

Group C
Al-Jazira  0 1  Umm-Salal 6,920
Al-Ittihad  2 1  Esteghlal 19,076

Group D
Sepahan  2 0  Al-Shabab 15,210
Bunyodkor  2 1  Al-Ettifaq 9,120

Group E
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i  1 3  Nagoya Grampus 3,156
Beijing Guoan  2 0  Newcastle United Jets 31,895

Group F
Gamba Osaka  3 0  Shandong Luneng 10,312
Sriwijaya  2 4  FC Seoul 21,050

Group G
Suwon Bluewings  4 1  Kashima Antlers 14,126
Shanghai Shenhua  4 1  Singapore Armed Forces 8,211

Group H
Central Coast Mariners  0 0  Pohang Steelers 6,870
Kawasaki Frontale  1 0  Tianjin Teda 12,125

 

[Redline]

Well we didn't have the worst attendance, but we were def in the bottom half.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Well we didn't have the worst attendance, but we were def in the bottom half.

now adjust it for population numbers.........

 

[serious14]

Hehehe, that argument always works.  ;D

 

[Redline]

but it means nothing. The raw numbers are what the average joe looks at. I couldn't give a rats about the 'adjusted for population figure' because to me it's just a way of explaining away low attendance figures.

 

[Jimmy]

14mm of rain today Gosford officially the wetest place in NSW
I wonder what thats going to do in regards to the field?
Things are slowly clearing from the East
So tonight should be better than today but we may still see a few showers
Anyway our guys will be up for anything tonight

Pitch looked fine.  The crowd was very poor ...haven't seen official numbers but i'd guess between 5-6 K.

Koreans had more fans than most HAL teams bring...maybe 70.

We were more aggressive than we have been lately but we are still playing dumb long ball rubbish.
Defence was pretty solid.
Midfield was terrible.
Simon tried hard but badly missed a couple of good chances. Service to Mrdja was pathetic.

Were you watching?
The pitch surface was atrocious. Players struggled to stay upright on the newly laid wet surface.

The pitch was poor. No player could keep their footing which lead to a lot of loose ball. Players were moving turf as it was loose. The conditions and the pitch lead to a poor quality game. It was better than it was for semi final but still not good enough and did lead to a lot of the mistakes. Plus it was a greazy surface which meant the ball ran faster and bobbled more because of the uneven surface of the pitch.

I agree, the pitch was terrible, if you got to look at it closely there were a lot of holes in between the new strips of turf, it was lucky no one rolled an ankle.

 

[dibo]

Hehehe, that argument always works.  ;D

...except when we're comparing ourselves to english towns with bigger crowds than their populations.

 

[FFC Mariner]

but it means nothing. The raw numbers are what the average joe looks at. I couldn't give a rats about the 'adjusted for population figure' because to me it's just a way of explaining away low attendance figures.

You must be a marketers dream - accept the raw numbers blindly against every basic principle of Statistics.