AFC Champions League 2020

[Carns]

Ange is coming to town with Yokohama F Marinos. Hope he smacks the Smurfs 

Very curious how Aussie teams go, as we've been shite for years. Tony Sage will want to give it a real go. Both Glory and Victory have been average at home.

[THEWANDERERSPOST]

34 minutes ago, Carns said:

Ange is coming to town with Yokohama F Marinos. Hope he smacks the Smurfs 

Very curious how Aussie teams go, as we've been shite for years. Tony Sage will want to give it a real go. Both Glory and Victory have been average at home.

I can see us continuing to be quite poor in Asia. We can't keep up in terms of player development and recruitment. Players like Oscar, Hulk Giovinco etc are far superior to all players in the A-League.

[Carns]

4 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

I can see us continuing to be quite poor in Asia. We can't keep up in terms of player development and recruitment. Players like Oscar, Hulk Giovinco etc are far superior to all players in the A-League.

Agree, but it's always a good benchmark to where we really are at in Asia. Always enjoy watching us come up against the conference's best teams.

And I think we could generally perform a bit better if we play sensibly against the better teams. Not necessarily just parking the bus, but not expecting to play as you always can in the A-league and expect the same result.

[GunnerWanderer]

Popa is the one aussie coach to have a decent record albeit in 3rd try when his recruitment was nothing short of woeful 

Perth don’t look like they are rock solid at the back unless Popa can turn them around dramatically- smurfs have always been **** another group stage exit 

[Generator]

A positive for us from the draw - the bogan derby game originally scheduled for 6pm on Sunday 19 April up in Gosford will now kick-off at the travel friendly time of 5pm on Saturday 18 April. I haven’t checked out why this change had to happen, but let’s not question the A-League when a sensible outcome is reached even if it’s in a roundabout way!

https://www.a-league.com.au/news/hyundai-a-league-westfield-w-league-fixture-changes-announced

[GunnerWanderer]

Could be a wooden spoon decider 😂

[Paul01]

So with the Coronavirus issue, Chinese teams cannot enter Australia.

So in the first group game both the Smurfs and the Violet Crumbles can't play their first opponents at home.

Emergency meeting called by the AFC to try and resolve the situation.

And the FFA is sending that Knight in Shining Armour Greg O'Rourke to save the day. 

[sonar]

Victory up 1-0 at HT v Chiangrai ( Thai ) Toivonen pen 25min

[Edinburgh]

Decent match. Barely a quiet seecond

[StringerBellend]

Kamsoba makes Sotirio look like clinical finisher 

by god that was **** I could have finished that 

[sonar]

1 minute ago, StringerBellend said:

Kamsoba makes Sotirio look like clinical finisher 

by god that was **** I could have finished that 

Elvis should leave the building after that effort...lol

[StringerBellend]

One of the Thai players just did the yeboah step over

and then another just did the weakest Kirkby Kiss I’ve ever seen 

Edited February 11, 2020 by StringerBellend

[sonar]

That tackle deserved a red.

[sonar]

FT 1-0 Mel Victory

 

[Sithslayer1991]

Victory should have been able to extend their lead a few times, but good result. I was unable to watch this through My football app but looks like our friends in Thailand were able to have the game on youtube live

[sonar]

32 minutes ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

Victory should have been able to extend their lead a few times, but good result. I was unable to watch this through My football app but looks like our friends in Thailand were able to have the game on youtube live

My stream was in arabic......lol.......better than listening to Fox.....lol

[Edinburgh]

2 hours ago, sonar said:

My stream was in arabic......lol.......better than listening to Fox.....lol

I'm surprised you could tell the difference!

Imshi to Fox?

[Prydzopolis]

When do Easts play?

[pseudonym]

4 minutes ago, Prydzopolis said:

When do Easts play?

Wednesday 19th Feb

Away game Vs Yokohama

[Carns]

5 minutes ago, Prydzopolis said:

When do Easts play?

As Psueds said, match day 2, China games postponed.

[Prydzopolis]

Sorry, lazy

[Sithslayer1991]

19 hours ago, pseudonym said:

Wednesday 19th Feb

Away game Vs Yokohama

So keen this one will be a good game. Hopefully Japan is as friendly as Thailand on youtube

[mack]

Victory down 1-0 after 6 minutes vs Seoul.

Perth 0-0 at HT against Tokyo.

[Edinburgh]

Tokyo just scored. Nice goal. I doubt Perth could have done anything to stop that.

[Carns]

Both teams lose 1-0 away. Will Sydney get the trifecta tomorrow vs. Ange's Yokohama?

[wendybr]

Should be a good game!

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/corica-wary-of-postecoglou-s-full-speed-yokohama

[Sithslayer1991]

Perth did alright but wow what a goal and came from nowhere as well. Also big thanks to Japanese and Korean friends for the commentary, I didn't understand anything from Fc Seoul-Victory game except when some bloke called Park Chu-Young was on the ball and commentators went nuts. Apparently he played for some club named Arsenal in England  .

 

Side note I did not like the Fc Seoul new jersey looks terrible from when we played them.

 

[StringerBellend]

8 minutes ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

Perth did alright but wow what a goal and came from nowhere as well. Also big thanks to Japanese and Korean friends for the commentary, I didn't understand anything from Fc Seoul-Victory game except when some bloke called Park Chu-Young was on the ball and commentators went nuts. Apparently he played for some club named Arsenal in England  .

 

Side note I did not like the Fc Seoul new jersey looks terrible from when we played them.

 

Perth did ok but never really looked like scoring 

I miss us being in ACL

Edited February 19, 2020 by StringerBellend

[Sithslayer1991]

5 minutes ago, StringerBellend said:

Perth did ok but never really looked like scoring 

I miss us being in ACL

I agree I remember looking forward to Asian champions league over any game here because it provides a point of difference and different insight. I long for the day we play against Guangzhou again

[Burgerman]

Go Ange pump the smurfs