HAL ROUND 20

[Jocwa08]

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Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix
Friday, 11 January 2008
Kick-Off 8:00pm AEDT (10:00pm NZDT, 7:30pm ACDT, 7:00pm AEST, 6:00pm AWDT)
Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Referee: Peter Green
Assistant Referees: Hakan Anaz & Luke Brennan
Fourth Official: Kevin Docherty



Melbourne Victory Squad: 1.Michael THEOKLITOS (gk), 2.Kevin MUSCAT (Captain), 6.Steve PANTELIDIS, 7.Matthew KEMP, 9.Daniel ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 13.Kaz PATAFTA, 14.Adrian CACERES, 15.Leandro LOVE, 16. Carlos HERNANDEZ, 17.Daniel VASILEVSKI, 18.Leigh BROXHAM, 19.Evan BERGER, 21.Sebastian RYALL, 22.Nick WARD, 24.Steven PACE, 30.Mitchell LANGERAK (gk). *three to be omitted

In: Steve Pantelidis (promoted), Leandro Love (promoted), Evan Berger (promoted)
Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Daniel Piorkowski (shoulder 4 weeks), Ljubo Milicevic (knee 2 weeks), Joseph Keenan (groin - 1 week), Grant Brebner (groin - 4 weeks)


Wellington Phoenix Squad: 1.Mark PASTON (gk), 2.Jeremy CHRISTIE, 5.Karl DODD, 6.Tim BROWN (Captain), 8.Vaughan COVENY, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 10.Michael FERRANTE, 11.DANIEL, 14.Steven ODOR, 16.Kristian REES, 17.Vince LIA, 18.Ahmad ELRICH, 19.Greg DRAPER, 20.Glen MOSS (gk), 21.FELIPE.

In: Tim Brown (return from Suspension), Vince Lia (Return From Suspension), Daniel (Return From Suspension)
Out: Tony Lochhead (Suspended 1 Week), Ross Aloisi (Suspended 1 Week), Richard Johnson (Suspended 1 Week), Steven Old (Omitted), Royce Brownlie (omitted)

Others Unavailable: Nil



Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Kick-Off 7:00pm AEDT (9:00pm NZDT, 6:30pm ACDT, 6:00pm AEST, 5:00pm AWDT)
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Assistant Referees: Ben Wilson & Gavin Martin
Fourth Official: Strebre Delovski



Central Coast Mariners Squad: 1.Matthew TROTT (gk), 2.Matt SIMON, 3.Paul OGRADY, 6.Andre GUMPRECHT, 7.John HUTCHINSON, 10.Tom PONDELJAK, 12.Greg OWENS, 13.Tony VIDMAR, 15.Andrew CLARK, 16.Nigel BOOGAARD, 18.Alex WILKINSON (Captain), 19.Adam KWASNIK, 20.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 22.Sasho PETROVSKI, 23.Mile JEDINAK, 25.John ALOISI, 26.Alvin CECCOLI. *two to be omitted

In: Tony Vidmar (Returns from Suspension), Andrew Clark (Returns from Suspension)
Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Nik Mrdja (Knee Season), Matthew Osman (Knee Season), Dean Heffernan (Broken Leg Season)

Newcastle Jets Squad: 1.Ante COVIC (GK), 3.Jade NORTH (Captain), 5.Stuart MUSIALIK, 6.Andrew DURANTE, 8.Matt THOMPSON, 9.Joel GRIFFITHS, 10.Denni, 11.Tarek ELRICH, 13.Adam DAPUZZO, 14.Jobe WHEELHOUSE, 15.Scott TUNBRIDGE, 17.Troy HEARFIELD, 18.Noel SPENCER, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Ben KENNEDY, 23.Jason HOFFMAN, 25.James HOLLAND. *two to be omitted

In: Troy Hearfield (promoted), Denni (promoted), Jobe Wheelhouse (promoted)
Out: Adam Griffiths (suspended 2 weeks)

Others Unavailable: Steve Eagleton (Knee injury possibly season), Steve Laybutt (illness indefinite)



Queensland Roar v Sydney FC
Sunday, 13 January 2008
Kick-Off 6:00pm AEST (9:00pm NZDT, 7:00pm AEDT, 6:30pm ACDT, 5:00pm AWDT)
Suncorp Stadium, Queensland
Referee: Mark Shield
Assistant Referees: Jason Power & Denis Silk
Fourth Official: Chris Beath



Queensland Roar Squad: 30.Griffin McMASTER (gk), 2.Andrew PACKER, 4.Craig MOORE (Captain), 5.Josh McCLOUGHAN, 7.Michael ZULLO, 8.Massimo MURDOCCA, 9.Simon LYNCH, 12.Tahj MINNIECON, 13.Zoran PETREVSKI, 14.Ben GRIFFIN, 15.Matt McKAY,17.Mitch NICHOLS, 18.Danny TIATTO,19. Sasa OGNENOVSKI, 21.Chris GROSSMAN, 22.Robbie KRUSE, 23.MARCINHO, 40.Marko SUTALO. *three to be omitted

In: Michael Zullo (return from thigh injury), Mitch Nichols (promoted), Danny Tiatto (return from hamstring/back injury), Craig Moore (return from suspension), Zoran Petrevski (promoted).
Out: Reinaldo (suspended 1 week), Hyuk-Su Seo (calf injury 2 weeks)

Others Unavailable: Matt Ham (shoulder injury out for season), Stuart McLaren (ankle injury 2 weeks), Liam Reddy (thumb injury 2 weeks)

Sydney FC Squad: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 2.Iain FYFE, 6.Tony POPOVIC (Captain), 7.Robbie MIDDLEBY, 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH, 10.Steve CORICA, 11.Brendon SANTALAB, 14.Alex BROSQUE, 15.Terry McFLYNN, 16 Mark MILLIGAN, 20.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 21.Adam BIDDLE, 22.JUNINHO, 23.Ufuk TALAY, 26.Brendan RENAUD, 28.Brendan RENAUD. *one to be omitted

In: Mark Milligan (returns from injury), Michael Bridges (promoted)
Out: Nikolas Tsattalios (Omitted), Ben Vidaic (Omitted)

Others Unavailable: Jacob Timpano (thigh - 4 weeks), Adam Casey (leg - 4 weeks), Michael Enfield (knee - 6 months).




Perth Glory v Adelaide United
Sunday, 13 January 2008
Kick-Off 7:00pm AWDT (11:00pm NZDT, 9:00pm AEDT, 8:30pm ACDT, 8:00pm AEST)
Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Referee: Ben Williams
Assistant Referees: Michael Nugus & Mathew Cheeseman
Fourth Official: Steven Gregory




Perth Glory Squad: 1.Jason PETKOVIC (gk), 2.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY, 4.Simon COLOSIMO (Captain), 5.Jamie HARNWELL, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 8.David MICEVSKI, 10.Billy CELESKI, 11.Stan LAZARIDIS, 13.Nikita RUKAVYTSYA, 14.Jamie COYNE, 16.Nick RIZZO, 17.Jimmy DOWNEY, 18.Hayden FOXE, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI, 21.James ROBINSON, 22.Jerry KARPEH, 25.Tyler SIMPSON, 30.Tando VELAPHI (gk). *three to be omitted

In: Dino Djublic (return from injury), David Micevski (promoted), Jerry Karpeh (promoted), Tyler Simpson (promoted)
Out: Leo Bertos (suspended 1 match)

Others Unavailable: David Tarka (hamstring season), Mitchell Prentice (knee 1 week)

Adelaide United Squad: 50.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 2.Richie ALAGICH, 3.Milan SUSAK, 4.Angelo COSTANZO, 6.CASSIO, 7.Lucas PANTELIS, 10.Nathan BURNS, 11.Bruce DJITE, 12.Matthew MULLEN, 13.Travis DODD (Captain), 15.Jonas SALLEY, 16.Bobby PETTA, 17.Isyan ERDOGAN, 18.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 20.Robert BAJIC (gk), 21.Jason SPAGNUOLO, 22.DIEGO, 23.Dez GIRALDI. *three to be omitted

In: Cassio (returns from suspension), Robert Cornthwaite (returns from suspension), Nathan Burns (returns from injury), Dez Giraldi (returns from illness)

Out: Fabian Barbiero (suspended 1 week)

Others Unavailable: Paul Agostino (quad 4 weeks), Kristian Sarkies (DVT - Indefinite), Shaun Ontong (ankle season), Michael Valkanis (knee season)








F*CK REF FOR MARINERS MATHEW BREEZE
SORRY BOYS NO MINOR PREIMERSHIP

 

[Newieutd]

F*CK REF FOR MARINERS MATHEW BREEZE

OI!!!

We dont want him either.

It goes to show there is no bias to anyone one team. He is just an utter to$$er.

 

[Jesus]

F*CK REF FOR MARINERS MATHEW BREEZE

OI!!!

We dont want him either.

It goes to show there is no bias to anyone one team. He is just an utter to$$er.

Except sydney

 

[fedelta]

F*cking Breeze!! 

 

[Sean]

Victory's uphill task getting steeper

January 10, 2008 - 4:08PM

Melbourne Victory's already uphill task of reaching the A-League finals has been made even steeper with injury, illness and forecast heat likely to make life difficult against Wellington on Friday night at Telstra Dome.

Needing a minor miracle to scrape through to the finals, the Victory could start the must-win game without captain Kevin Muscat, striker Danny Allsopp and midfielder Nick Ward.

Muscat suffered a corked thigh in a scratch match during the Socceroos training camp this week, while Ward is nursing a groin injury which reduced his game time in Sunday's win over Queensland.

And just when the Victory looked like scoring a bit more regularly after successive wins, Allsopp has been bed-ridden all week because of a virus.

To reach the finals, the sixth-placed Victory must win their last two games and hope the teams above them - the Newcastle Jets (fourth) and Adelaide United (fifth) - keep losing.

Coach Ernie Merrick has put Leandro Love, Steve Pantelidis and Evan Berger on standby as potential replacements, and admitted he was not optimistic about his key trio playing.

"It's not looking too good actually, so we'll leave the decision until tomorrow morning," he said.

Merrick said if anyone would recover in time it would be the determined Muscat, while the forecast hot temperatures would not assist Allsopp playing alongside Archie Thompson.

Ward's chronic groin problem looks like limiting his impact between now and March, when Melbourne kick off their Asian Champions League campaign.

"We haven't written him (Ward) off, he played in the game against the Mariners and was outstanding and for 20 minutes last week he was outstanding," Merrick said.

"And if we can use him again for even a short period of time we will because he's added a lot and has been a great signing.

"We'll certainly use him now to get some game time in him if we can, and then he'll have a good lead in for the ACL."

Merrick said the Victory had no choice but to accept their injury concerns, and was confident he had the squad depth to cover.

"It makes the job a little bit more difficult, but the thing is that everyone has had played apart from Evan, so it's not as if they're coming in completely cold," he said.

"These are the things you have to cope with in football.

"If we win the next two games all we can do is put pressure on other teams like Newcastle and Adelaide to get results, that's all we can do and they either get the points they need or they don't."

A temperature of 40 degrees has been forecast for Melbourne on Friday, although a cool change could arrive by the time the game starts at 8pm (AEDT).

Merrick expected the heat to be more of a factor for the seventh-placed Phoenix, although he conceded it could be sapping for his players after two games on the road.

"The heat will be a factor but it's more disadvantageous to us, I guess, it's a third game in 12 days," he said.

2008 AAP

 

[Atomic]

Breeze  

I hope the lads in Bay 16 have a ditty or two prepared for Matthew when he comes prancing onto the pitch

 

[Sean]

I think we should pray for a draw this weekend between syd and qld as the smurfs play victory next week at home.

 

[Jocwa08]

I think we should pray for a draw this weekend between syd and qld as the smurfs play victory next week at home.

I say we go for a win through everything at that cheating bastard and scum, he can send as many players as he wants off, we have the spirit and ability to win the game, and break griffiths leg doing that.

 

[Tassiemariner]

Breeze 

Hopefully we score 5 goals by the time he sends our players off just ot make sure we win.

On a more sane note.... QLD and SYD will be a cracker of a game ot watch. Hopefully that will be a 2-2 draw with a few suspensions to weaken there squads for the final round. 

 

[northernspirit]

Anti Breeze chants are a must on Saturday !

 

[adz]

Anti Breeze chants are a must on Saturday !

Did you say Antibreeze?

 

[Part_Timer]

^^^^^^ would make a great banner

 

[skilbeck]

Anti Breeze chants are a must on Saturday !

Did you say Antibreeze?

awesome you need to get out there tomorrow and apply some of that to the grounds and the change rooms

 

[Jocwa08]

Anti Breeze chants are a must on Saturday !

Did you say Antibreeze?

Hilarious !

 

[northernspirit]

where can we buy some? haha

 

[FFC Mariner]

Brown paper bag to Uncle Frank c/- FFA FC

 

[serious14]

Currently 1-0 to Melbourne....... goal to Hernandez in the 31st.

 

[bjw]

2-0 Nik Ward

Melbourne really looking good.

 

[serious14]

PATAFTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FARKIN'!!!!

Melbourne 3, Wellington 0.  Jandles!!!!

Merrick out. 

 

[BrisRecky]

Referee: Matthew Breeze

Fourth Official: Strebre Delovski

FAARRKKK MMEEE.....the numbnuts at the FFa got this arse about face didnt they????

ohhh by the way...ADZ....make up some iron ons of that anti-breeze thingy and flog 'em and you will deadset be able to retire...HAHAHAHAH your a cack...deadset