Australian A League - Round 9

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Australia A League games for Round 9

	1	X	2
CENTRAL COAST MARINERS	$2.15	$3.25	$3.10	PERTH GLORY
	1	X	2
SYDNEY FC	$2.70	$3.25	$2.40	MELBOURNE VICTORY
	1	X	2
QUEENSLAND ROAR	$1.80	$3.30	$4.15	NEWCASTLE JETS
	1	X	2
ADELAIDE UNITED	$1.22	$5.15	$10.00	NEW ZEALAND KNIGHTS

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ROUND 9 FIXTURES

Friday 20 October 2006
Central Coast Mariners FC	Vs	Perth Glory FC	8.00 PM
Saturday 21 October 2006
Sydney FC	Vs	Melbourne Victory FC	7.00 PM
Sunday 22 October 2006
Queensland Roar FC	Vs	Newcastle Jets FC	5.00 PM
Adelaide United FC	Vs	New Zealand Knights FC	6.30 PM

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Hyundai A-League Squads

Round 9 Squads

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory
Friday 20 October, 8.00pm AEST (9.00pm AEDT (Tas), 7.30pm ACST, 6.00pm AWST)
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford

Central Coast Squad: 20. Danny Vukovic (gk), 2. Wayne O’Sullivan, 3. Paul O’Grady, 4. Noel Spencer (Capt), 7. John Hutchinson, 8. Jamie McMaster, 10. Tom Pondeljak, 12. Stewart Petrie, 13. Tony Vidmar, 14. Vuko Tomasevic, 15. Andrew Clark, 17. Matthew Osman, 18. Alex Wilkinson, 19. Adam Kwasnik, 23. Mile Jedinak, 25. Damian Mori, 30. Matthew Trott (gk) *two to be omitted

In: Vuko Tomasevic, Mile Jedinak (both promoted)
Out: Nil

Unavailable: 1. John Crawley (hip – 12 weeks), 6. Andre Gumprecht (knee – 4 weeks), 9. Nick Mrdja (knee – 2 weeks), 16. Nigel Boogaard (osteitis pubis – 6 weeks)


Perth Squad: 1. Jason Petkovic (gk); 4. Simon Colosimo, 5. Jamie Harnwell (Capt), 6. Jeremy Christie, 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, 20. Aleks Vrteski (gk), 24. Paul Pezos

In: David Micevski (promoted), Paul Pezos (new short-term signing)
Out: 3. David Tarka (calf – 1 week), 7. Mislav Saric (omitted)
Unavailable: 15. Mark Robertson (groin – 4 weeks), 19. Naum Sekulovski (hamstring – 1 week)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
Damian Mori will be aiming to add to his record tally of 235 goals scored in all Australian national league competitions since 1989 when he fronts up against Perth Glory, his former Hyundai A-League club. After two goals against Sydney last week, Mori's all-time tally of 235 goals is now 98 ahead of Australia's second-highest all-time scorer, Rod Brown, who scored 137 goals in the old national league from 1983 to 1998.


Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory
Saturday 21 October, 7.00pm AEST (8.00pm AEDT (Tas), 6.30pm ACST, 5.00pm AWST)
Aussie Stadium, Sydney

Sydney FC Squad: 1. Clint Bolton (gk), 2. Iain Fyfe, 3. Alvin Ceccoli, 4. Mark Rudan (Capt), 6. Ufuk Talay, 8. Ruben Zadkovich, 9. David Zdrilic, 10. Steve Corica, 11. Sasho Petrovski, 14. Alex Brosque, 15. Terry McFlynn, 16. Mark Milligan, 20. Justin Pasfield (gk), 21. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 22. Matthew Bingley

In: Mark Milligan (return from hamstring injury)
Out: 23. Benito Carbone (hamstring 4-6 weeks & guest stint expired)

Unavailable: 7. Robbie Middleby (collarbone – 3 weeks), 12. David Carney (shoulder – 3 weeks), 17. Jacob Timpano (groin – 2 weeks)


Melbourne Squad: 1. Michael Theoklitos (gk), 2. Kevin Muscat (Capt), 3. Daniel Piorkowski, 6. Steve Pantelidis, 8. Fred, 9. Daniel Allsopp, 10. Archie Thompson, 12. Rod Vargas, 13. Kristian Sarkies, 14. Adrian Caceres, 15. Adrian Leijer, 16. Simon Storey, 17. Grant Brebner, 18. Alessandro, 19. Claudinho, 20. Eugene Galekovic (gk) *one to be omitted

In: Adrian Leijer (return from suspension)
Out: 4. Mark Byrnes (omitted)

Unavailable: Nil

Impending stats, facts and trivia
Saturday's blockbuster pits the Hyundai A-League's biggest rivals against each other for the fifth time. The average crowd for the previous four Sydney-Melbourne matches - which included almost 40,000 people at the previous match in Melbourne - ranks as the highest average crowd for a Hyundai A-League pairing: 25,104.

HIGHEST AVERAGE CROWDS FOR HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE MATCH-UPS
25,104 Sydney-Melbourne (aggregate 100,416 over 4 matches)
19,730 Sydney-Adelaide (aggregate 118,382 over 6 matches)
19,108 Sydney-Central Coast (aggregate 114,650 over 6 matches)
17,312 Melbourne-Adelaide (aggregate 86,562 over 5 matches)


Queensland Roar v Newcastle Jets
Sunday 22 October, 5.00pm AEST (6.00pm AEDT (Tas), 4.30pm ACST, 3.00pm AWST)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Queensland Squad: 1. Tom Willis (gk), 2. Andrew Packer, 3. Remo Buess, 4. Chad Gibson, 5. Josh McCloughan (capt), 6. Stuart McLaren, 7. Marcus Wedau, 9. Simon Lynch, 10. Ante Milicic, 11. Reinaldo, 13. Spase Dilevski, 15. Matt McKay, 16. Hyuk-Su Seo, 18. Dario Vidosic, 19. Sasa Ognenovski, 20. Liam Reddy (gk), *one to be omitted

In: Chad Gibson (promoted)
Out: Nil

Unavailable: 8. Massimo Murdocca (foot – 4 weeks)


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 (Capt), 15. Stuart Musialik, 16. Labinot Haliti, 18. Joel Griffiths, 19. Mark Bridge, 20. Ben Kennedy (gk), 24. Paul Kohler

In: Nil
Out: Nil

Unavailable: 4. Craig Deans (knee – season), 14. Jobe Wheelhouse (ankle – 4-10 weeks), 22. Steven Old (hamstring – 1 week)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
Queensland Roar will be aiming to continue a five match undefeated streak at Suncorp Stadium, against a rejuvenated Jets side which won its first match in 12 outings last weekend. The last two matches between these sides have seen a total of 10 goals scored: Queensland won both of these matches 3-2 (played 1-Sep-06) and 5-0 (26-Jan-06)



Adelaide United v New Zealand Knights
Sunday 22 October, 6.30pm ACST (10.00pm NZDT, 8.00pm AEDT (Tas), 7.00pm AEST, 5.00pm AWST, )
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Adelaide Squad: 1. Daniel Beltrame (gk), 2. Richard Alagich, 3. Kristian Rees, 4. Angelo Costanzo, 5. Michael Valkanis, 6. Ross Aloisi (Capt), 8. Carl Veart, 9. Matthew Kemp, 12. Greg Owens, 13. Travis Dodd, 15. Nathan Burns, 16. Bobby Petta, 19. Shengqing Qu 20, Robert Bajic (gk), 21. Jason Spagnuolo

In: Nil
Out: Nil

Unavailable: 7. Lucas Pantelis (knee – season), 10. Fernando (knee – 3 weeks), Dez Giraldi (thigh – 1 week)


New Zealand Squad: 1. Danny Milosevic (gk); 2. Darren Bazeley (Capt), 3. Greg Duruz, 4. Che Bunce, 6. Neil Emblen, 7. Richard Johnson, 8. Scot Gemmill, 10. Sean Devine, 11. Jonti Richter, 14. Malik Buari, 15. Adam Casey, 16. Noah Hickey, 18. Michael White, 19. Sime Kovacevic, 20. Michael Turnbull (gk), 24. Hamza Mohammed

In: Greg Duruz (return from suspension), Malik Buari (return from injury)
Out: Michael White (international duty), Campbell Banks (omitted)

Unavailable: 5. Matt Carbon (groin – long term), 9. Dani Rodrigues (knee - season), 13. Jonas Salley (ankle – 2-3 weeks)

Impending stats, facts and trivia
New Zealand Knights recently signed up its third African player of their Hyundai A-League 2006/07 campaign, Hamza Mohammed, who has been a regular first team player for the Ghanaian national side over the past five years. The clubs' other African members are Malik Buari (also born in Ghana) and Jonas Salley (Ivory Coast). The Knights' three African-born players compliment the Hyundai A-League's most cosmopolitan squad, which also consists of players from England, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal and Holland, not to mention New Zealand and Australian players.

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Originally Posted by Beejayville

BET

Queensland Roar Straight Out to Win @ $2-85 for Medium stakes
Draw/Queensland HT/FT Double @ $6-50 for Medium Stakes
Over 2.5 @ $1.87 for Medium Stakes
Correct Score Queensland 2-1 winners @ $9-50 for Low stakes

More of this please Beejay!!!


Think this went un-noticed last Sunday night, 4 winners in the one game including a $9.50 and $6.50 winner, pretty unbelievable punting there. Keep the great tips coming

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CURRENT A LEAGUE LADDER

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1. Melbourne Victory FC	8	7	0	1	17	5	12	21
2. Queensland Roar FC	8	4	3	1	15	8	7	15
3. Adelaide United FC	8	4	1	3	13	9	4	13
4. Sydney FC	8	3	3	2	13	11	2	12
5. Perth Glory FC	8	3	1	4	9	11	-2	10
6. CC Mariners FC	8	2	2	4	6	9	-3	8
7. Newcastle Jets FC	8	1	3	4	9	16	-7	6
8. NZ Knights FC	8	1	1	6	1	14	-13	4

EARLY GAME THOUGHTS

Mariners V Perth – One would think the Mariners at home would win this as they have bounced back to a bit of form and have scored in their last 4 games and are starting to find form of last season. Perth is away from home and will put up a bold effort. Likely Mariner win or a draw

Sydney V Melbourne – After last weeks results not sure which way this will go. Healthy rivalry here and could go either way as both teams love to beat each other. Sydney have been schaiisenhausen the last two weeks but they will up the ante against Melbourne because of the stakes on offer. Melbourne had their first loss last week and will be keen to atone. This shapes as a draw for mine at the moment, or an away win.

Queensland V Newcastle - Queensland going great guns at the moment and they are brilliant at home. The Jets had a great win last weekend and not before time, and they will be hoping to take the same form into this match. This shapes as a home win.

Adelaide V NZ Knights – Adelaide are at $1-22 and realistically they should be a $1-01. Adelaide have been the first team to beat Melbourne this season and the Knights have only scored one goal for the season and only had the one win, but you guessed it, the one win was against Adelaide. So maybe the short odds are not so good after all. In five meetings between these teams there have been three 1-0, one 1-1 and one 2-1 result and only 8 goals in five games, which is interesting considering how poor the Knights are. Maybe they lift against Adelaide.

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Originally Posted by ads25

More of this please Beejay!!!


Think this went un-noticed last Sunday night, 4 winners in the one game including a $9.50 and $6.50 winner, pretty unbelievable punting there. Keep the great tips coming

If I could do that every week I would be a rich man Ads

One of those moments when all the betting planets aligned and turned an ordinary weekend into one of great joy and profit...Still coming down from the high actually and thanx for your well wishes.

Not sure if we are going to find that kind of value this week but I like the look of the Mariners and Queensland at home...Mariners have a 4-1-1 h2h record against Perth and they are hitting their straps with Mori up front...While I like the look of Queensland at home, they look the bet of the round at $1-80.

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Iconic Scottish footballer Duncan Ferguson is reportedly considering accepting an invitation to play in the Hyundai A-League with Perth Glory. Ferguson, who won the FA Cup with Everton in 1995 and has played in the Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions, quit the Toffees at the end of last season after mainly being relegated to the bench. However, the tall 35-year-old, who has won seven caps with Scotland, is apparently keen to make the move to Australia with the West Australian side - so much so that he has rejected competing offers from other English and Scottish sides since leaving Everton. Ferguson has been nominated as one of the hardest strikers to defend against because of his skill in holding the ball up and allowing players to run off him, his ability to read the defence and his height, making him a potent target from corners and set-plays.

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Also heard on the weekend that former Argentine superstar Gabriel Batistuta has been living in Perth for the past few years and loving life in Australia. Theres talk of him either making an appearance for them or perhaps buying a stake in the club so oculd be an interesting few weeks.

Fantastic the calibure of players coming to the league these days, wont be long before the likes of Ronaldhino or Frank Lampard leave their current clubs and join Perth or Newcastle Jets

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Love the price for Queensland ($1.80) to beat Newcastle .. I'll second that as being the bet of the round ..

Queensland + Adelaide - $2.25

Looks pretty good to me .. Haven't looked into Queensland's situation as far as injuries go for this weekend, but if they're healthy enough they'll beat Newcastle.

Don't even care about the past as far as Adelaide v New Zealand goes .. United WILL mail this in ..

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Originally Posted by Mr Flamboyant

Love the price for Queensland ($1.80) to beat Newcastle .. I'll second that as being the bet of the round ..

Queensland + Adelaide - $2.25

Looks pretty good to me .. Haven't looked into Queensland's situation as far as injuries go for this weekend, but if they're healthy enough they'll beat Newcastle.

Don't even care about the past as far as Adelaide v New Zealand goes .. United WILL mail this in ..

Like your positive thinking Mr F!

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Central Coast v Perth Glory

Previous meeting
Perth 2 Central Coast 0 (Members Equity Stadium, Hyundai A-League round two, September 2006)

Last five results
Central Coast: Loss - Draw - Win - Loss - Win
Perth: Loss - Loss - Win - Win - Loss

Analysis

The league's most in-form marksmen - temporary Central Coast signing Damian Mori and his replacement at Perth Glory Stuart Young - will battle it out on Friday night with both clubs desperate to hang on the coattails of the top four.

Mori, who in five seasons with the Glory netted 84 goals in 129 matches, has bought his trademark predatory instinct to the East Coast to help kick-start a Mariners campaign in danger of flagging with only a third of the season gone.

The 36-year-old evergreen striker, who has had his four-game temporary stint extended by another three because of Andre Gumprecht's knee injury, scored twice against Sydney last Friday to trump the defending champion and hand the Mariners their first home win of the new season.

Meanwhile, Young, the striker hardly given a chance in his first year under former coach Steve McMahon despite averaging a goal a game in the NSL with Wollongong, has flourished under Ron Smith as one of the Glory's main strikers.

The 33-year-old Englishman has found the net on five occasions already this season, including an opening minute tap-in against the Roar last weekend, a run that dates back to his maiden league goal in Perth colours against this week's opponent in round two.

Young also scored twice on the Glory's previous visit to New South Wales when Perth defeated the Jets 3-0.

Despite a narrow loss to the Queensland Roar, coach Ron Smith will be loathe to make too many changes to the side which now embarks on four consecutive away trips.

The only alteration to the 15-man squad is the loss of ever-present defender David Tarka who limped off last weekend with a calf strain. With Naum Sekulovski (hamstring) also unfit, Smith elects to call-up short-term signing Paul Pezos, the former Adelaide City defender.

Central Coast coach Lawrie McKinna adds Vuko Tomasevic and Mile Jedinak to the Mariners' squad.