Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) - The Punters Lounge

davidmphill · 21-11-2006, 17:31

Friday 24 November 2006
	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
Sydney v Queensland Roar (09:00 GMT)	1.65	3.50	4.75	111%
Saturday 25 November 2006
	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide Utd (08:00 GMT)	2.70	3.50	2.45	107%
Sunday 26 November 2006
	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
Perth Glory v New Zealand Knights (03:00 GMT)	1.55	3.75	5.00	112%
Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets (06:00 GMT)	1.40	4.00	6.75	112%

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 00:21

Quick Summary of Round 14 matches

Sydney/Queensland
Draw last time out for these two and the Roar take it right up to Sydney as a rule, and with Damian Mori in the side, makes this an interesting game, and hard to pick at this stage as the Roar are a very attacking side.

Mariners/Adelaide
Home team hard to beat at home, but without Mori they may struggle to score as they did before Mori came to the club. Adelaide are on the rise but not so good away from home, but defensively they are very good, just scored the 4 goals away though.

Perth/Knights
Could only select the home team here, you would need to be on some very good drugs to even entertain the thought of the Knights doing anything but lose.

Melbourne/Jets
The home team have a few injury concerns and may be missing about 3 good players, and the Jets could not have picked a better time to face the Victory. One would think the home team, but it depends who is out for them. The Jets are very capable of scoring goals.

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 10:52

Hyundai A-League Round 14 squads

Sydney FC v Queensland Roar
Friday 24 November, 8.00pm
AEDT (7.00pm AEST (Qld only), 7.30pm ACDT, 5.00pm AWST)
Aussie Stadium, Sydney

Sydney FC Squad: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 2.Iain FYFE, 3.Alvin CECCOLI, 4.Mark RUDAN (Captain), 6.Ufuk TALAY, 7.Robbie MIDDLEBY, 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH, 9.David ZDRILIC, 10.Steve CORICA, 11.Sasho PETROVSKI, 12.David CARNEY, 14.Alex BROSQUE, 15.Terry McFLYNN, 16.Mark MILLIGAN, 20.Justin PASFIELD 21.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY *One to be omitted

In: Unchanged
Out:

Others Unavailable: Jacob Timpano (groin – 1 week)

Queensland Squad: 1.Tom WILLIS (gk), 2.Andrew PACKER, 3.Remo BUESS, 4.Chad GIBSON (Captain), 5.Josh McCLOUGHAN, 6.Stuart McLAREN, 10.Ante MILICIC, 11.REINALDO, 13.Spase DILEVSKI, 15.Matthew McKAY, 16.Hyuk-Su SEO, 17.Damian MORI, 18.Dario VIDOSIC, 19.Sasa OGNENOVSKI, 20.Liam REDDY (gk).

In: Remo Buess (promoted), Damian Mori (new signing)
Out: Yuning Zhang (omitted), Ben Griffin (omitted)

Others Unavailable: Massimo Murdocca (foot injury – 5-7 weeks)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
Sydney FC's streak of scoring in consecutive Hyundai A-League matches will stretch out to an equal record 21 games should the club score against Queensland. The current record of scoring in 21 consecutive Hyundai A-League MATCHES was set by Adelaide United throughout the 2005/06 season.

Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United
Saturday 25 November, 7.00pm
AEDT (6.00pm AEST (Qld only), 6.30pm ACDT, 4.00pm AWST)
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Central Coast Squad: 20.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 2.Wayne O’SULLIVAN, 4.Noel SPENCER (Captain), 5.Bradley PORTER, 6.Andre GUMPRECHT, 7.John HUTCHINSON, 8.Jamie McMASTER, 9.Nik MRDJA, 10.Tom PONDELJAK, 11.Damien BROWN, 12.Stewart PETRIE, 13.Tony VIDMAR, 14.Vuko TOMASEVIC, 15.Andrew CLARK, 18.Alex WILKINSON, 19.Adam KWASNIK, 23.Mile JEDINAK, 30.Matthew TROTT (gk). *three to be omitted

In: Noel Spencer (returns from Injury), Andre Gumprecht (returns from Injury), Tom Pondeljak (returns from Injury), Andrew Clark (returns from Injury)
Out: Damian Mori (short-term injury expired)

Others Unavailable: John Crawley (hip – season), Nigel Boogaard (osteitis pubis – 6 weeks), Matt Osman (hip flexor – 4 weeks), Paul O’Grady (hamstring – 6 weeks)

Adelaide Squad: 1.Daniel BELTRAME (gk), 2.Richie ALAGICH, 3.Kristian REES, 4.Angelo COSTANZO, 5.Michael VALKANIS, 6.Ross ALOISI (Captain), 8.Carl VEART, 9.Matthew KEMP, 10.FERNANDO, 11. ROMARIO, 13.Travis DODD, 14.Aaron GOULDING, 16. Bobby PETTA, 18.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 20.Robert BAJIC (gk), 21.Jason SPAGNUOLO *One to be omitted

In: Romario (new guest signing), Robert Cornthwaite (promoted)
Out: Greg Owens (foot)

Others Unavailable: 7. Lucas Pantelis (knee – season), Dez Giraldi (ankle – unknown), Nathan Burns (ankle – 1 week)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
The expected appearance of Adelaide United guest player ROMARIO will be only the fourth time a FIFA World Cup winner has played in an Australian national league match. Three World Cup winners played in the old national league: Bobby Charlton (England 1966 / Newcastle 1978 & Blacktown 1980), Ossie Ardiles (Argentina 1978 / St George 1985) and Francesco Graziani (Italy 1982 / APIA-Leichhardt 1988). Romario won a World Cup medal in 1994 after Brazil defeated Italy on penalties in the 1994 final.

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets
Sunday 26 November, 5.00pm AEDT (4.00pm AEST (Qld only), 4.30pm ACDT, 2.00pm AWST)
Telstra Dome, Melbourne

Melbourne Squad: 20.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 4.Mark BYRNES, 6.Steve PANTELIDIS, 7.Michael FERRANTE, 8.FRED, 9.Daniel ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON (Captain), 11.Vince LIA, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 13.Kristian SARKIES, 14.Adrian CACERES, 15.Adrian LEIJER, 16.Simon STOREY, 17.Grant BREBNER, 18.ALESSANDRO, 19.CLAUDINHO, 30.Peter GAVALAS (gk) *Two to be omitted

In: Adrian Caceres (return from injury, Mark Byrnes (promoted), Vince Lia (promoted), Claudinho (promoted)
Out: Daniel Piorkowski (hamstring 1-2 weeks), Kevin Muscat (knee – 1 week)

Others Unavailable: Michael Theoklitos (back – 1 week)

Newcastle Squad: 1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Steve EAGLETON, 3.Jade NORTH, 5.Milton RODRIGUEZ, 6.Andrew DURANTE, 8.Matt THOMPSON, 9.Vaughan COVENY, 10.Nick CARLE, 12.Paul OKON (Captain) 13.Adam D’APUZZO, 15.Stuart MUSIALIK, 16.Labinot HALITI, 18.Joel GRIFFITHS, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 22.Steven OLD, 24.Paul KOHLER. *two to be omitted

In: Adam D’Apuzzo (promoted), Steven Old (promoted)
Out: Nil

Others Unavailable: Craig Deans (knee – season), Jobe Wheelhouse (ankle – season)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
In just seven home matches so far this season, Melbourne Victory has attracted 182,425 spectators - an average of 26,061 and an aggregate figure just 17,575 short of the 200,000 mark. Only once in the old national league did a club attract more than 200,000 to its regular season home matches - in 1998/99 when Perth recorded an aggregate attendance of 206,143, albeit in 14 matches. The highest home aggregate attendance in the Hyundai A-League 2005/06 regular season was 183,355, set by Sydney FC in its 11 regular season home matches.

Perth Glory v New Zealand Knights
Sunday 26 November, 4.00pm AWST (7.00pm AEDT, 6.00pm AEST (Qld only), 6.30pm ACDT, 9.00pm NZDT)
Members Equity Stadium, Perth

Perth Squad: 20.Aleks VRTESKI (gk), 3.David TARKA, 5. Jamie HARNWELL (Captain), 6.Jeremy CHRISTIE, 7.Mimi SARIC, 8.David MICEVSKI, 9.Luka GLAVAS, 10.Bobby DESPOTOVSKI, 11.Stan LAZARIDIS, 12.Leo BERTOS, 13.Ante KOVACEVIC, 14.Jamie COYNE, 16.Adrian WEBSTER, 17.Stuart YOUNG, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI, 50. Tommi TOMICH (gk) *one to be omitted

In: Bobby Despotovski (return from injury), David Micevski (promoted)
Out: Simon Colosimo

Others Unavailable: Jason Petkovic (broken leg - season), Mark Robertson (groin – 4 weeks)

New Zealand Squad: 12.Mark PASTON (gk) 2.Darren BAZELEY (Captain), 3.Gregory DURUZ, 4.Che BUNCE, 6.Neil Emblen, 11.Jonti RICHTER, 13.Jonas SALLEY, 14.Malik BUARI, 16.Noah HICKEY, 18.Michael WHITE, 19.Sime KOVACEVIC, 20.Michael TURNBULL (gk), 26.FERNANDO, 27.Dustin WELLS, 28.Alen MARCINA.

In: Greg Duruz (return from suspension), Jonas Salley (return from injury)
Out: Danny Milosevic (omitted)

Others Unavailable: Matt Carbon (groin – long term), Richard Johnson (hamstring 3-4 weeks), Dani Rodrigues (knee - season), Sean Devine (back – 3-4 weeks), Adam Casey (hamstring 3-4 weeks), Scot Gemmill (hamstring – 1-2 weeks)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
With last weekend's debut of Canadian ALEN MARCINA in the Hyundai A-League, the New Zealand Knights have become the first club in Australian national league history to play at least one player from all six FIFA Confederations in a season. So far in the Hyundai A-League 2006/07, the Knights have played at least one player from South America (CONMEBOL), Africa (CAF), Europe (UEFA), Asia (AFC) and Oceania (OFC), while Marcina represents North/Central American/Caribbean confederation CONCACAF. Marcina, who has played in Canada, Greece, Iceland, Germany, Denmark and the US, becomes only the second Canadian to play in an Australian national league match, the other player being Robert Csabai (South Melbourne 1991).

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 12:02

Big INS this week!

None bigger than Romario into the Adelaide side for his first game in Australia

Damian Mori into the Queensland Roar team to help their attack no end

Big OUTS this week!

Damian Mori for Central Coast Mariners to demoralise their attack

Kevin Muscat for Melbourne Victory to weaken their defence

godmato · 23-11-2006, 13:12

What ?? Romario???

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 13:16

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Originally Posted by godmato

What ?? Romario???

The Brazilian Romario who is around 40yo but still as fit as a fiddle apparently and he is honing in on Pele's total goals record.

godmato · 23-11-2006, 14:09

And he's playing for Adelaide, now?

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 22:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by godmato

And he's playing for Adelaide, now?

Not exactly now

But he will be on Saturday night when a travelling Adelaide face Central Coast Mariners at CCM's home ground. The Mariners are unbeaten at home this season but have lost a sriker(Damian Mori) who has kicked 6 goals in their last eight games.

I would be expecting a large crowd to the game just to see Romario play. Adelaide plays it's next three games at home where they will get a significant crowd boost one would think.

It's great for the A League to get a player of Romario's calibre to the A League, and be interesting what he thinks of the standard.

Romario is to play four games for Adelaide as part of his guest stint.

cluelessG · 23-11-2006, 22:15

From Adelaide's offical website - news dated 15.11:
"Brazilian superstar Romario will arrive in Adelaide on Monday (20.11 - yes, he arrived indeed) to begin his four week contract with Adelaide United.

The deal, that will see Romario play four games for Adelaide United commencing with the Round 14 clash against the Central Coast Mariners in Gosford followed by three games at Hindmarsh Stadium, is the biggest news of the Hyundai A-League this season and will attract worldwide media to Adelaide United’s progress.

Since he was in Adelaide with the touring Miami FC back in mid October, Romario has been spending time with his personal trainer in preparation to getting himself right and in peak condition for his stint with United.

Romario is closing in on 1,000 career goals and has made it clear that he is committed to playing his part in helping Adelaide United stay near the top of the table. After playing a season with Miami FC in which he scored 22 goals, the 1994 World Player of the Year still knows how to hit the target and is adamant that he will be here to score goals and help The Reds succeed."

cluelessG · 23-11-2006, 22:16

cluelessG · 23-11-2006, 22:18

By the way, does anyone down under give a damn about football when Australia fights to regain the Ashes right now?

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 22:19

Just for interest...

I managed to get the missus to go away for a week with the kids to visit her family and did it in a week where I am covering other people at work all weekend...Now how stupid is that???

So I am basically working all weekend and it will be all work and no play

This morning I have a Uni exam and this afternoon I am working 2pm till 9pm so won't be able to watch the game as it starts around 8pm I think.

Not sure how much I will be able to post today but see what I can do as far as stats go for the Sydney V Queensland game to assist you punters out there.

I am probably leaning towards a settled Sydney side tonight with all their good players in and coming off a great win last week against Adelaide. I am also very wary of Queensland as they have super striker Damian Mori on their list now, and considering the Roar lead the League on shots for goal and Mori has to be a big chance to get on the end of one or two chances along the journey.

Beejayville · 23-11-2006, 22:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by cluelessG

By the way, does anyone down under give a damn about football when Australia fights to regain the Ashes right now?

We also have the big Golf Masters event at Huntingdale this weekend too, but the Ashes have overshadowed that.

Most of the A League games are played outside of cricket hours and it shouldn't have much effect. The Ashes are live on free to air tv too all over Australia.

Are you being tongue in cheek when you say Australia fights to win the Ashes? Not much of a fight at the moment

Only a matter of time from what I have seen so far

cluelessG · 23-11-2006, 22:30

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Originally Posted by Beejayville

Are you being tongue in cheek when you say Australia fights to win the Ashes? Not much of a fight at the moment

Only a matter of time from what I have seen so far

Nah, I've got no clue about cricket. Actually read the rules once but it's all a mess to me. Had a look at the BBC site today to check the progress though. Still, you can't be that confident from day one. Ah, what do I know? I'll stick to football, that's my playground. Have fun anyway, Beejayville

ads25 · 24-11-2006, 01:41

Sydney vs Queensland
Well what to make of this match? Sydney arent playing great football at the moment but they still seem to be getting results which is kinda scary because when they get all these injured players back and they start playing their best football, they will be very hard to stop. Queensland started off this season on fire but that fire has been estinguished somewhat as they have only won 1 of their past 9 matches and taken only 1 point of a possible 15 in their past 5 games. This poor form has lead to their manager stepping down and former National manager Frank Farina taking over the reigns last weekend. They will find their feet again under Farina i am positive of that, but not sure if it will happen tonight. Queenslands main concern is converting chances into goals and they have so many chances, infact they are the team which has the most shots and now that they have signed goalscoring machine Damien Mori, they now have somebody who can convert all those chances into goals. He is pure class is Damian Mori and he proved that in his short stint at Central Coast. Sydney actually have a pretty good record over Queensland and beat them 3-1 away earleir this year away from home, plus its also worth mentioning that Sydney are the only team to have scored in each game played this season.

As far as team news goes, Queensland have pretty much a full team to choose from without too many injury concerns. Yuning Zhang will make way for new recruit Damien Mori. Simon Lynch is injured for Queensland however and he is a big loss for them as he is their main goalscorer, but Mori will compliment him. Ante Milicic also has some doubt over a knock he got last week but he should be fit to line up tonight. Sydney who have been injury depleted in recent times had a few players come back last week and they are looking dangerous again now as captain Steve Corrica is back and playing like a superstar. Any team that can leave players like Alex Brosque & Sasho Petrovski on the bench are always going to be dangerous and I think as far as squad depth go, Sydney have Queensland here.

Sydney are paying $1.75 at Centrebet which isnt too bad value for a game Sydney should win. Sydney on the -1 European Handicap is paying $3.20 and i believe they can win this by more than 2 goals. 2-0 or 3-1 are scorelines im looking at. Another bet that stands out is the Sydney/Sydney HT/FT because looking at the stats, in 13 games this year Sydney have lead at half time in 8 of them while Queensland have only lead at half time 1 out of 13 which is a worrying trend. Sydney/Sydney pays $2.85 which is awesome. David Carney is a player who has really impressed me in recent weeks, he is a highly attacking player and at $8.50 to score first he represents some good value as a small bet for interest sakes.

So to recap on some selected bets, take a closer look at the following:

Sydney to win at $1.75
Sydney -1 EH at $3.20
Sydney/Sydney at $2.85
David Carney to score first at $8.50
Correct Scores of 2-0 & 3-1 at $7.00 and $12.00

Good luck those betting tonight

Beejayville · 24-11-2006, 03:25

Sydney FC Vs Queensland Roar

Past matches
Oct 08, 2006	A-League	Sydney FC	1 - 1	Queensl. Roar
Jul 15, 2006	A-League	Queensl. Roar	1 - 2	Sydney FC
Jan 21, 2006	A-League	Queensl. Roar	2 - 1	Sydney FC
Nov 13, 2005	A-League	Sydney FC	1 - 0	Queensl. Roar
Sep 23, 2005	A-League	Queensl. Roar	1 - 3	Sydney FC
Aug 06, 2005	A-League	Queensl. Roar	0 - 0	Sydney FC

The above figures show that Sydney has a fairly good head to head record against Queensland, winning 3 and drawing 2 from six matches. The Roar have been held goaless twice and have only scored multiple goals once, and Sydney has managed to win away against Queensland twice, and scoring 5 goals total in both games.

Last 8	Games	M	W	D	L	P	F	A
Sydney	Home	8	3	3	2	12	13	9
Queensland	Away	8	2	4	2	10	9	5

Sydney have a sterling record at home and have only lost to Melbourne and Adelaide in recent times. They rarely lose to any of the lower teams at home, and while the Roar wouldn’t be classed as lower, they are definitely a rung below Melbourne and Adelaide.
Queensland away have quite a good record and they also have a very good goals for and against record. Their two losses were to the Knights and Melbourne, and they generally give a good account of themselves away.

Goals Per Shot

	Team	Shots	Goals	Shots per goal	Games	Shots per Game
Total	Sydney	152	22	6.9	13	12
Total	Queensland	219	16	13.7	13	17

23-11-2006, 00:21	#2 (permalink)
Beejayville Statistical Punter Join Date: 11 Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 4,306	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) Quick Summary of Round 14 matches Sydney/Queensland Draw last time out for these two and the Roar take it right up to Sydney as a rule, and with Damian Mori in the side, makes this an interesting game, and hard to pick at this stage as the Roar are a very attacking side. Mariners/Adelaide Home team hard to beat at home, but without Mori they may struggle to score as they did before Mori came to the club. Adelaide are on the rise but not so good away from home, but defensively they are very good, just scored the 4 goals away though. Perth/Knights Could only select the home team here, you would need to be on some very good drugs to even entertain the thought of the Knights doing anything but lose. Melbourne/Jets The home team have a few injury concerns and may be missing about 3 good players, and the Jets could not have picked a better time to face the Victory. One would think the home team, but it depends who is out for them. The Jets are very capable of scoring goals.

23-11-2006, 10:52	#3 (permalink)
Beejayville Statistical Punter Join Date: 11 Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 4,306	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) Hyundai A-League Round 14 squads Sydney FC v Queensland Roar Friday 24 November, 8.00pm AEDT (7.00pm AEST (Qld only), 7.30pm ACDT, 5.00pm AWST) Aussie Stadium, Sydney Sydney FC Squad: 1.Clint BOLTON (gk), 2.Iain FYFE, 3.Alvin CECCOLI, 4.Mark RUDAN (Captain), 6.Ufuk TALAY, 7.Robbie MIDDLEBY, 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH, 9.David ZDRILIC, 10.Steve CORICA, 11.Sasho PETROVSKI, 12.David CARNEY, 14.Alex BROSQUE, 15.Terry McFLYNN, 16.Mark MILLIGAN, 20.Justin PASFIELD 21.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY One to be omitted In:* Unchanged Out: Others Unavailable: Jacob Timpano (groin – 1 week) Queensland Squad: 1.Tom WILLIS (gk), 2.Andrew PACKER, 3.Remo BUESS, 4.Chad GIBSON (Captain), 5.Josh McCLOUGHAN, 6.Stuart McLAREN, 10.Ante MILICIC, 11.REINALDO, 13.Spase DILEVSKI, 15.Matthew McKAY, 16.Hyuk-Su SEO, 17.Damian MORI, 18.Dario VIDOSIC, 19.Sasa OGNENOVSKI, 20.Liam REDDY (gk). In: Remo Buess (promoted), Damian Mori (new signing) Out: Yuning Zhang (omitted), Ben Griffin (omitted) Others Unavailable: Massimo Murdocca (foot injury – 5-7 weeks) Impending stats, facts and trivia Sydney FC's streak of scoring in consecutive Hyundai A-League matches will stretch out to an equal record 21 games should the club score against Queensland. The current record of scoring in 21 consecutive Hyundai A-League MATCHES was set by Adelaide United throughout the 2005/06 season. Central Coast Mariners v Adelaide United Saturday 25 November, 7.00pm AEDT (6.00pm AEST (Qld only), 6.30pm ACDT, 4.00pm AWST) Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Central Coast Squad: 20.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 2.Wayne O’SULLIVAN, 4.Noel SPENCER (Captain), 5.Bradley PORTER, 6.Andre GUMPRECHT, 7.John HUTCHINSON, 8.Jamie McMASTER, 9.Nik MRDJA, 10.Tom PONDELJAK, 11.Damien BROWN, 12.Stewart PETRIE, 13.Tony VIDMAR, 14.Vuko TOMASEVIC, 15.Andrew CLARK, 18.Alex WILKINSON, 19.Adam KWASNIK, 23.Mile JEDINAK, 30.Matthew TROTT (gk). three to be omitted In:* Noel Spencer (returns from Injury), Andre Gumprecht (returns from Injury), Tom Pondeljak (returns from Injury), Andrew Clark (returns from Injury) Out: Damian Mori (short-term injury expired) Others Unavailable: John Crawley (hip – season), Nigel Boogaard (osteitis pubis – 6 weeks), Matt Osman (hip flexor – 4 weeks), Paul O’Grady (hamstring – 6 weeks) Adelaide Squad: 1.Daniel BELTRAME (gk), 2.Richie ALAGICH, 3.Kristian REES, 4.Angelo COSTANZO, 5.Michael VALKANIS, 6.Ross ALOISI (Captain), 8.Carl VEART, 9.Matthew KEMP, 10.FERNANDO, 11. ROMARIO, 13.Travis DODD, 14.Aaron GOULDING, 16. Bobby PETTA, 18.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 20.Robert BAJIC (gk), 21.Jason SPAGNUOLO One to be omitted In:* Romario (new guest signing), Robert Cornthwaite (promoted) Out: Greg Owens (foot) Others Unavailable: 7. Lucas Pantelis (knee – season), Dez Giraldi (ankle – unknown), Nathan Burns (ankle – 1 week) Impending stats, facts and trivia The expected appearance of Adelaide United guest player ROMARIO will be only the fourth time a FIFA World Cup winner has played in an Australian national league match. Three World Cup winners played in the old national league: Bobby Charlton (England 1966 / Newcastle 1978 & Blacktown 1980), Ossie Ardiles (Argentina 1978 / St George 1985) and Francesco Graziani (Italy 1982 / APIA-Leichhardt 1988). Romario won a World Cup medal in 1994 after Brazil defeated Italy on penalties in the 1994 final. Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets Sunday 26 November, 5.00pm AEDT (4.00pm AEST (Qld only), 4.30pm ACDT, 2.00pm AWST) Telstra Dome, Melbourne Melbourne Squad: 20.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 4.Mark BYRNES, 6.Steve PANTELIDIS, 7.Michael FERRANTE, 8.FRED, 9.Daniel ALLSOPP, 10.Archie THOMPSON (Captain), 11.Vince LIA, 12.Rodrigo VARGAS, 13.Kristian SARKIES, 14.Adrian CACERES, 15.Adrian LEIJER, 16.Simon STOREY, 17.Grant BREBNER, 18.ALESSANDRO, 19.CLAUDINHO, 30.Peter GAVALAS (gk) Two to be omitted In:* Adrian Caceres (return from injury, Mark Byrnes (promoted), Vince Lia (promoted), Claudinho (promoted) Out: Daniel Piorkowski (hamstring 1-2 weeks), Kevin Muscat (knee – 1 week) Others Unavailable: Michael Theoklitos (back – 1 week) Newcastle Squad: 1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Steve EAGLETON, 3.Jade NORTH, 5.Milton RODRIGUEZ, 6.Andrew DURANTE, 8.Matt THOMPSON, 9.Vaughan COVENY, 10.Nick CARLE, 12.Paul OKON (Captain) 13.Adam D’APUZZO, 15.Stuart MUSIALIK, 16.Labinot HALITI, 18.Joel GRIFFITHS, 19.Mark BRIDGE, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 22.Steven OLD, 24.Paul KOHLER. two to be omitted In:* Adam D’Apuzzo (promoted), Steven Old (promoted) Out: Nil Others Unavailable: Craig Deans (knee – season), Jobe Wheelhouse (ankle – season) Impending stats, facts and trivia In just seven home matches so far this season, Melbourne Victory has attracted 182,425 spectators - an average of 26,061 and an aggregate figure just 17,575 short of the 200,000 mark. Only once in the old national league did a club attract more than 200,000 to its regular season home matches - in 1998/99 when Perth recorded an aggregate attendance of 206,143, albeit in 14 matches. The highest home aggregate attendance in the Hyundai A-League 2005/06 regular season was 183,355, set by Sydney FC in its 11 regular season home matches. Perth Glory v New Zealand Knights Sunday 26 November, 4.00pm AWST (7.00pm AEDT, 6.00pm AEST (Qld only), 6.30pm ACDT, 9.00pm NZDT) Members Equity Stadium, Perth Perth Squad: 20.Aleks VRTESKI (gk), 3.David TARKA, 5. Jamie HARNWELL (Captain), 6.Jeremy CHRISTIE, 7.Mimi SARIC, 8.David MICEVSKI, 9.Luka GLAVAS, 10.Bobby DESPOTOVSKI, 11.Stan LAZARIDIS, 12.Leo BERTOS, 13.Ante KOVACEVIC, 14.Jamie COYNE, 16.Adrian WEBSTER, 17.Stuart YOUNG, 19.Naum SEKULOVSKI, 50. Tommi TOMICH (gk) one to be omitted In:* Bobby Despotovski (return from injury), David Micevski (promoted) Out: Simon Colosimo Others Unavailable: Jason Petkovic (broken leg - season), Mark Robertson (groin – 4 weeks) New Zealand Squad: 12.Mark PASTON (gk) 2.Darren BAZELEY (Captain), 3.Gregory DURUZ, 4.Che BUNCE, 6.Neil Emblen, 11.Jonti RICHTER, 13.Jonas SALLEY, 14.Malik BUARI, 16.Noah HICKEY, 18.Michael WHITE, 19.Sime KOVACEVIC, 20.Michael TURNBULL (gk), 26.FERNANDO, 27.Dustin WELLS, 28.Alen MARCINA. In: Greg Duruz (return from suspension), Jonas Salley (return from injury) Out: Danny Milosevic (omitted) Others Unavailable: Matt Carbon (groin – long term), Richard Johnson (hamstring 3-4 weeks), Dani Rodrigues (knee - season), Sean Devine (back – 3-4 weeks), Adam Casey (hamstring 3-4 weeks), Scot Gemmill (hamstring – 1-2 weeks) Impending stats, facts and trivia With last weekend's debut of Canadian ALEN MARCINA in the Hyundai A-League, the New Zealand Knights have become the first club in Australian national league history to play at least one player from all six FIFA Confederations in a season. So far in the Hyundai A-League 2006/07, the Knights have played at least one player from South America (CONMEBOL), Africa (CAF), Europe (UEFA), Asia (AFC) and Oceania (OFC), while Marcina represents North/Central American/Caribbean confederation CONCACAF. Marcina, who has played in Canada, Greece, Iceland, Germany, Denmark and the US, becomes only the second Canadian to play in an Australian national league match, the other player being Robert Csabai (South Melbourne 1991).

23-11-2006, 12:02	#4 (permalink)
Beejayville Statistical Punter Join Date: 11 Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 4,306	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) Big INS this week! None bigger than Romario into the Adelaide side for his first game in Australia Damian Mori into the Queensland Roar team to help their attack no end Big OUTS this week! Damian Mori for Central Coast Mariners to demoralise their attack Kevin Muscat for Melbourne Victory to weaken their defence

23-11-2006, 13:12	#5 (permalink)
godmato Legendary Punter Join Date: 19 Sep 2006 Location: Romania, Bucuresti Posts: 1,366	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) What ?? Romario??? __________________ Peace sells, but who's buying?

23-11-2006, 14:09	#7 (permalink)
godmato Legendary Punter Join Date: 19 Sep 2006 Location: Romania, Bucuresti Posts: 1,366	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) And he's playing for Adelaide, now? __________________ Peace sells, but who's buying?

23-11-2006, 22:15	#9 (permalink)
cluelessG ROTW Team Punter Join Date: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 1,286	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) From Adelaide's offical website - news dated 15.11: "Brazilian superstar Romario will arrive in Adelaide on Monday (20.11 - yes, he arrived indeed) to begin his four week contract with Adelaide United. The deal, that will see Romario play four games for Adelaide United commencing with the Round 14 clash against the Central Coast Mariners in Gosford followed by three games at Hindmarsh Stadium, is the biggest news of the Hyundai A-League this season and will attract worldwide media to Adelaide United’s progress. Since he was in Adelaide with the touring Miami FC back in mid October, Romario has been spending time with his personal trainer in preparation to getting himself right and in peak condition for his stint with United. Romario is closing in on 1,000 career goals and has made it clear that he is committed to playing his part in helping Adelaide United stay near the top of the table. After playing a season with Miami FC in which he scored 22 goals, the 1994 World Player of the Year still knows how to hit the target and is adamant that he will be here to score goals and help The Reds succeed."

23-11-2006, 22:16	#10 (permalink)
cluelessG ROTW Team Punter Join Date: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 1,286	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26)

23-11-2006, 22:18	#11 (permalink)
cluelessG ROTW Team Punter Join Date: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 1,286	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) By the way, does anyone down under give a damn about football when Australia fights to regain the Ashes right now?

23-11-2006, 22:19	#12 (permalink)
Beejayville Statistical Punter Join Date: 11 Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 4,306	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) Just for interest... I managed to get the missus to go away for a week with the kids to visit her family and did it in a week where I am covering other people at work all weekend...Now how stupid is that??? So I am basically working all weekend and it will be all work and no play This morning I have a Uni exam and this afternoon I am working 2pm till 9pm so won't be able to watch the game as it starts around 8pm I think. Not sure how much I will be able to post today but see what I can do as far as stats go for the Sydney V Queensland game to assist you punters out there. I am probably leaning towards a settled Sydney side tonight with all their good players in and coming off a great win last week against Adelaide. I am also very wary of Queensland as they have super striker Damian Mori on their list now, and considering the Roar lead the League on shots for goal and Mori has to be a big chance to get on the end of one or two chances along the journey.

24-11-2006, 01:41	#15 (permalink)
ads25 The Real Deal © Join Date: 27 Jul 2006 Location: Australia Age: 24 Posts: 2,721	Re: Australia - A League Round 14 (Nov 24-26) Sydney vs Queensland Well what to make of this match? Sydney arent playing great football at the moment but they still seem to be getting results which is kinda scary because when they get all these injured players back and they start playing their best football, they will be very hard to stop. Queensland started off this season on fire but that fire has been estinguished somewhat as they have only won 1 of their past 9 matches and taken only 1 point of a possible 15 in their past 5 games. This poor form has lead to their manager stepping down and former National manager Frank Farina taking over the reigns last weekend. They will find their feet again under Farina i am positive of that, but not sure if it will happen tonight. Queenslands main concern is converting chances into goals and they have so many chances, infact they are the team which has the most shots and now that they have signed goalscoring machine Damien Mori, they now have somebody who can convert all those chances into goals. He is pure class is Damian Mori and he proved that in his short stint at Central Coast. Sydney actually have a pretty good record over Queensland and beat them 3-1 away earleir this year away from home, plus its also worth mentioning that Sydney are the only team to have scored in each game played this season. As far as team news goes, Queensland have pretty much a full team to choose from without too many injury concerns. Yuning Zhang will make way for new recruit Damien Mori. Simon Lynch is injured for Queensland however and he is a big loss for them as he is their main goalscorer, but Mori will compliment him. Ante Milicic also has some doubt over a knock he got last week but he should be fit to line up tonight. Sydney who have been injury depleted in recent times had a few players come back last week and they are looking dangerous again now as captain Steve Corrica is back and playing like a superstar. Any team that can leave players like Alex Brosque & Sasho Petrovski on the bench are always going to be dangerous and I think as far as squad depth go, Sydney have Queensland here. Sydney are paying $1.75 at Centrebet which isnt too bad value for a game Sydney should win. Sydney on the -1 European Handicap is paying $3.20 and i believe they can win this by more than 2 goals. 2-0 or 3-1 are scorelines im looking at. Another bet that stands out is the Sydney/Sydney HT/FT because looking at the stats, in 13 games this year Sydney have lead at half time in 8 of them while Queensland have only lead at half time 1 out of 13 which is a worrying trend. Sydney/Sydney pays $2.85 which is awesome. David Carney is a player who has really impressed me in recent weeks, he is a highly attacking player and at $8.50 to score first he represents some good value as a small bet for interest sakes. So to recap on some selected bets, take a closer look at the following: Sydney to win at $1.75 Sydney -1 EH at $3.20 Sydney/Sydney at $2.85 David Carney to score first at $8.50 Correct Scores of 2-0 & 3-1 at $7.00 and $12.00 Good luck those betting tonight