Wanderers NPL vs Northern Tigers 18/6/2016 7:00PM

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Northern Tigers v Western Sydney Wanderers Saturday 7pm Valentine Park Glenwood

After losing to Marconi last time out, Northern Tigers will want nothing less than a victory when they meet Western Sydney Wanderers. Now fifth, a gap is starting to appear as the top three begin to pull away and if there is a further loss of points this weekend, it is likely that the Tigers will be playing for fourth, at best. They suffered a 2-0 defeat back in round three but will be confident in being able to turn the tables this time around.

Western Sydney Wanderers’ point on Tuesday, coupled with Sydney FC’s draw on Wednesday, means that the Wanderers stay just one point behind the Sky Blues at the head of the table. One point from their past six means that this weekend’s visit to Northern Tigers takes on even greater importance. With Bankstown City ready to take advantage of any further slip, the Wanderers could find themselves falling off the pace with another loss of points here.

Put me down as a maybe

NPL Preview: Northern Tigers v WSW

 

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Northern Tigers is up next in our NPL season

Saturday, 18 June 2016

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1-0 up at HT

Who scored?

Jordan Morfitis

So final score?

1-1. We conceded late

And in other news, Fraser Park records their 3rd win on the trot...    

Lacklustre performance from our lads tonight.

Game was pretty much played between the 2 penalty boxes & neither keeper was called upon to do much work.  

15yo Moudi Najjar came on as a late sub & appeared to have won the game, but his delicate chip over the advancing keeper was miraculously cleared off the line.

This new crop of lads need to learn some game smarts.

At least Mt Druitt came back from 2 nil down to beat the Smurfs 3 - 2.    

And in other news, Fraser Park records their 3rd win on the trot...    

Wanderers share NPL lead after draw with Tigers

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Jordan Morfitis scores the opener with a brilliant chip over the keeper

Monday, 20 June 2016

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With Sydney FC blowing a two goal lead against Mt Druitt to lose 3-2, the Red & Black looked on course to take the outright competition lead but an 83rd minute Tigers goal meant the points were shared.

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Regardless, the result was enough for the Wanderers to move to 34 points, sharing the NPL2 lead with their cross-city rivals.
 
The match itself was devoid of clear-cut opportunities with both sides having to do their best with a number of half-chances that were created.
 
Tariq Maia had the first of these chances early in the match when the midfielder found some space on the edge of the box, unfortunately for the Red & Black his shot went wide.
 
 
It wouldn’t take too much longer for the Wanderers to take the lead though as Jordan Morfitis scored his first goal at NPL level in only his sixth appearance.
 
Latching onto a wide ball and finding himself with some space in the box, Morfitis spotted the keeper off his line and chipped the ball over him: a beautiful finish.
 
Northern Tigers finished the half with two chances in succession as first they hit the outside of the post before winning possession high up the pitch and shooting off-target.
 
The second half was an even less enterprising affair with no chances of note until seven minutes to go when Tigers scored the equaliser.
 
Finding the ball in the box, Northern Tigers had a number of shots as the ball ricocheted around the goalmouth until it was finally poked into goal to cue massive celebrations amongst the home team.
 
A winner was almost scored for the Red & Black when, in the third minute of additional time, substitute Moudi Najjar’s deft chip looked certain to be the winner until a Tigers defender came out of nowhere to miraculously clear the ball away from the line and over the bar.
 

 
The point sees Wanderers share top spot with Sydney FC while Tigers remain in fifth.
 
Next Saturday the Wanderers return home, taking on Bankstown City Lions at Blacktown Football Park. Kick-off is 7pm.
 
Northern Tigers 1
Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (Jordan Morfitis 22’)
 
Western Sydney Wanderers: Matthew Symes (GK), Tate Russell, Abdelrahman Kuku, Keanu Baccus, Lachlan Roberts, Tacettin Kumsuz (Moudi Najjar), Cameron Devlin ©, Tariq Maia, Jordan Morfitis (Charles Abou), Ramy Najjarine (Lawrence Hanna), Kyle Cimenti
Unused subs: Nick Suman (GK), Malcolm Ward
 
Other results
20s: Northern Tigers 3-2 WSW
18s: Northern Tigers 2-1 WSW
16s: Sydney United 4-1 WSW
15s: Sydney United 2-0 WSW

 

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Taurus, thanks for the match summary! Much appreciated

Who scored?

Lacklustre performance from our lads tonight.

Game was pretty much played between the 2 penalty boxes & neither keeper was called upon to do much work.  

15yo Moudi Najjar came on as a late sub & appeared to have won the game, but his delicate chip over the advancing keeper was miraculously cleared off the line.

This new crop of lads need to learn some game smarts.

 

At least Mt Druitt came back from 2 nil down to beat the Smurfs 3 - 2.    

Do you think these lads will be intimidated by the likes of Bankstown and Marconi?

Taurus, thanks for the match summary! Much appreciated

Who scored?

Twitter dude, the WSW account live tweets the game

 

^^^

Doesn't the match summary advise who scored?

 

Lacklustre performance from our lads tonight.

Game was pretty much played between the 2 penalty boxes & neither keeper was called upon to do much work.  

15yo Moudi Najjar came on as a late sub & appeared to have won the game, but his delicate chip over the advancing keeper was miraculously cleared off the line.

This new crop of lads need to learn some game smarts.

 

At least Mt Druitt came back from 2 nil down to beat the Smurfs 3 - 2.    

 

 

Do you think these lads will be intimidated by the likes of Bankstown and Marconi?

 

Most sides have attempted to intimate the young lads we put out on the park. 

Some games get pretty willing, although they usually drop off that tactic after 30 mins, as they're gasping for breath by then.