Western Sydney Wanderers vs Sydney FC 9/12/2017 7:50PM

In.

I'll be at Concord West pre-match.

1-1 draw

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In .....but have to say that I'm not looking forward to it and it's not because we could lose.  I am really disappointed with the state the game is in here in Australia.

After 5 years of finding myself watching less and less EPL and more A-league, this last year things have reversed. I would say it's a combination of issues, FFA, VAR, WSW and grounds. Hopefully a win this weekend might put a few things right (at least for a day or two)

Bad form, key injuries and still no Herd   not looking good for us

No Herd? Who says? 

Herd trained last week. No reason why he won't be in the squad on Saturday.

And with Sotirio probably injured, means Cejudo can go back to the wing where he belongs.

15 minutes ago, tardotz said:

In .....but have to say that I'm not looking forward to it and it's not because we could lose.  I am really disappointed with the state the game is in here in Australia.

After 5 years of finding myself watching less and less EPL and more A-league, this last year things have reversed. I would say it's a combination of issues, FFA, VAR, WSW and grounds. Hopefully a win this weekend might put a few things right (at least for a day or two)

I can relate.

I remember going to those wet weekday games in Parra. We lost but I didn't feel deflated.

This season on the other hand. No appeal. FFA and SOP is a pile of ****.

Fully expecting VAR to fkc us again.

Also looking forward to the teams walking out to the Imperial March or Yub Nub.

I hope the linesman have lightsabers instead of flags.

5 minutes ago, Erebus said:

Herd trained last week. No reason why he won't be in the squad on Saturday.

And with Sotirio probably injured, means Cejudo can go back to the wing where he belongs.

Then we might see Herd as the holding midfielder with Baccus Snr and Roly as the advanced MFs, Cejudo to left wing and Jumpei on the right. If Riera us out, Santa to ST with Scott on the bench. Bridge on the bench replacing Baccus Jnr. Majok to the bench as well as Lustica. Leaving Hall to fill the remaining bench spot.

Need a massive performance from the entire team to the fans in the stands Saturday. 

Here we are, yet again finding ourselves as massive underdogs with our backs against the wall. 

Hopefully last weeks insipid performance will galvanise the team. 

Need a huge effort this week to keep the masses at bay too. We haven’t lost three in a row since season 3. We put on another performance like last week and it’s gonna get ugly.

2-1 win, with Gombau getting his first win completely against the odds. 

Would happily take 0-0 but can’t see anything but an esfc win here unless we turn up with fire in the belly

its a blessing that we only have jumpei not sotorio 

gombau needs more attacking options on bench Taurus/Mack is this tokich kid any closer under gombau 

even Scott last week bench was only Santa who was attacker 

Sad to say that this is the least excited I've ever been before a derby.

I'll be there and I'll be rocking come game day, but I'll have the feeling that it's just another match. There's been no talk about pax or anything!!!! 

That says it all, considering last year all the excitement was about a 60 000 crowd. 

Will we even get 35000 this weekend? I have my doubts.

Does anyone want to help Gombau out with what our line-up should be. Assuming Riera and Sotirio are out.  Here's a good start.

1 hour ago, Paul01 said:

Then we might see Herd as the holding midfielder with Baccus Snr and Roly as the advanced MFs, Cejudo to left wing and Jumpei on the right. If Riera us out, Santa to ST with Scott on the bench. Bridge on the bench replacing Baccus Jnr. Majok to the bench as well as Lustica. Leaving Hall to fill the remaining bench spot.

Mine is.  

Cejudo       Santalab        Lustica                                                                  Bench          Hamill    Bridge    Melling        Hall

                   Bonevacia   ( playing further forward)     

             Herd         Kearyn Baccus

Llorente      Thwaite    Cornthwaite    Risdon

                    Janjetovic

8 minutes ago, GunnerWanderer said:

Would happily take 0-0 but can’t see anything but an esfc win here unless we turn up with fire in the belly

its a blessing that we only have jumpei not sotorio 

gombau needs more attacking options on bench Taurus/Mack is this tokich kid any closer under gombau 

even Scott last week bench was only Santa who was attacker 

If the players turn up with fire in the belly I'd expect them to be carded out of the game due to imbalanced refereeing.

Love to see another banner saying

"Ben Wilson: time for fair referees or resign!"

14 minutes ago, WHACKO said:

Does anyone want to help Gombau out with what our line-up should be. Assuming Riera and Sotirio are out.  Here's a good start.

 

Mine is.  

Cejudo       Santalab        Lustica                                                                  Bench          Hamill    Bridge    Melling        Hall

                   Bonevacia   ( playing further forward)     

             Herd         Kearyn Baccus

Llorente      Thwaite    Cornthwaite    Risdon

                    Janjetovic

 Honestly I just want to go back to round 1 formation. 

Santalab

Jumpei-Roly-Cejudo

Herd-Baccs

Lorrente-Thwaite-Corn/Hamill-Risdon 

Snake

12 minutes ago, xxBrandonxx said:

 Honestly I just want to go back to round 1 formation. 

Santalab

Jumpei-Roly-Cejudo

Herd-Baccs

Lorrente-Thwaite-Corn/Hamill-Risdon 

Snake

Bridge for Jumpei, Bridge can score and he can cross, Jumpei can run fast he’s basically a slightly more exotic and interesting sotirio 

Does anyone know if special event buses will be in service up and down Windsor Road to Olympic Park?

Just wandering....?

will the RBB , be selling any G. Arnold merchandise pre game .....?

i missed out last time ........!

lets not forget ( as someone has already mentioned) gombau took over Adelaide,  a couple of years ago , from wooden spooners to losing there first 6 matches in a row and beating us in the GF .......!

we will start gelling together after January ( f&@k I hope so ) .

I have a bad feeling VAR will decide this game . 

1 hour ago, bombagol said:

Does anyone know if special event buses will be in service up and down Windsor Road to Olympic Park?

It usually only happens when they are expecting a big crowd (over 50-60k). Unlikely at this stage, but I'd check Transport NSW closer to Saturday.

All the pain and frustation of the last few weeks will be worth it when we beat these clowns.

OUR BIRTH WAS YOUR DEATH

Unbeaten for 14months against the Smurfs.

1 minute ago, tardotz said:

Unbeaten for 14months against the Smurfs.

We need the team to maintain the 2017 winning record at ANZ

God no Jumpei please. He does my head in. A little dribble but goes nowhere. Anywhere near goal and he panics. He shouldn't start again. Bench only. Prefer fathead every time. Jumpei is totally crap.

PAX of 20k + your 15k odd members. Still tracking for 40k-50k

FIRE UP *****. 'mon WSW

Putting it out there

Anyone wants to indulge in some booze and meat pre-match the Concord West pub is a decent go to. Who's up for it?

Me.

Oh, and Jnr.

53 minutes ago, Victory said:

PAX of 20k + your 15k odd members. Still tracking for 40k-50k

 

FIRE UP *****. 'mon WSW

I'd be seriously surprised if we crack 40k

6 minutes ago, MartinTyler said:

I'd be seriously surprised if we crack 40k

I’m betting on about 32k 

Don’t forget the Star Wars zone. It’ll be like the Big Bang theory up there...