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  • Bridge Gives Wanderers Four In A Row

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    By mack

    A late Mark Bridge winner gave the Wanderers a deserved 2-1 win against Wellington tonight.

     

    Western Sydney Wanderers continued their Spanish revolution with their fourth win on the trot, with marquee striker Federico Piovaccari scoring his second goal in as many games. 8 minutes in a Wanderers foul on the edge of the penalty area saw Michael McGlinchey take aim at Andrew Redmayne's goal. Stupidly for the Phoenix, with McGlinchey always going to shoot on goal, they sent forward both their central defenders, leaving them hopelessly outnumbered at the back.

     

    When McGlinchey smashed his shot off the crossbar, it rebounded to the feet of Mitch Nichols, who aimed a ball forward for Dario Vidosic, the two covering Wellington defenders got involved in a horrible tangle and the ball rolled back to Nichols. The star attacking midfielder played a simple ball to Mark Bridge, with a two on the keeper situation Bridge held the ball long enough to draw the keeper, his lay off to Piovaccari gave him a tap-in to open the scoring.

     

    15 minutes in and the Wanderers should have been two up. A corner for the Wanderers was played in towards the near post, Wellington cleared the ball into the path of Scott Jamieson, and the fullback fired a 25 yard rocket that whistled past Glen Moss, but referee Strebre Delovski inexplicably pulled the goal back for a Wellington foul, judging Piovaccari to have fouled the Wellington defence in the build up.

     

    3 minutes later Wellington had their own illegitimate goal, only this time it was allowed by the referees. Maltese International Manny Muscat cut back onto his favoured right foot, fired across the keeper, through the legs of a team-mate and watched his shot fly past Redmayne. Replays showed McGlinchey was in an offside position and was positioned right in front of the goalkeeper, and should have seen the goal ruled out.

     

    The second half built into the Wanderers favour as time ticked by, their momentum running towards a seemingly inevitable goal. It was Wanderers top goal scorer Mark Bridge who stepped up. A Wanderers corner flicked on at the near post, Bridge skipped past Roy Krishna, and with no Wellington player closing him down, took a touch to put the ball on his right foot to let him blast into the roof of the net from point blank range.

     

    On another day the match would have ended 3-0, but in the end the Wanderers got the result they deserved, catapulting the Red & Black into 3rd position on the A-League Premiership ladder.

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    TheDugong

     

     

    • Lederer said months ago that we are going to have a "great season", and it is looking that way. We are well ahead of what the S1 title winning team was able to produce after seven rounds.

     

    I was critical of Lederer in the pay dispute issue, questioning his motives.  I am hereby humbly eating my words.  Truth be told they taste delicious.

     

     

     

    • The SMH suggested it is "remarkable" that we are ahead of the Smurfs in the table. Not for me. I was expecting that to happen, but not so soon.

     

    The SMH also said that it is too early to tell if we will be title contenders or not.  It would be a brave man to bet on "not contenders" the way we are playing.  To top it off we have no ACL commitments at the back end of the season.

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    braad

    Did anyone see the incident they're blowing up about?

     

    http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/11/23/sigmund-out-wellingtons-clash-sydney

    Yeah. Pio nailed sigmund. Sigmund deserved a hit, he and durante were kicking out and putting cheap shots on pio up to that point.

     

    I dont think he deserved an injury more than a bruise, but thats the unfortunate risk of making contact with someone on the field.

     

    Not sure if his elbow was in it, but it was a solid hit

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    Zelinsky

    Not a smart move to hack away at someone built like a tank.  When the tables are eventually turned it isn't going to end pretty.

     

    Exactly. He will have learned in Serie B how to defend himself.

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    Hiriser

     

    Did anyone see the incident they're blowing up about?

     

    http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/11/23/sigmund-out-wellingtons-clash-Sydney

     

     

    IIRC, I think it was when pio came through in the first half, in the box and collected both Sigmund and the keeper a little. I didn't think it was an elbow though, he jumped for the ball when coming in on pace and collected sigmumd in the back

     

     

    Definitely recall seeing this on the big screen where Pio was simply bracing for impact. Probably collected Sigmund with the arm/shoulder as opposed to elbow but nothing he could do about it as he was way off the ground at that stage.

    Still to me Pio isn't a marquee player, yes he is improving no doubt but Andreu/Dimas look better players to me.

     

    If I had to pick who is our marquee this season, without knowing and just watching the games, I would be inclined to say Andreu.

     

    Sorry but at $750K you would expect more.

     

    What he is producing now is just typical of a foreign a-league player.

     

    For me, Andreu is definitely the pick of our marquee players, however there's a reason why strikers are the highest paid players in the world. Goalscorers are generally more difficult to find than ball playing midfielders.

     

    I'd give Pio some more time though as he is definitely showing improvement.

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    Stokz

     

     

    Did anyone see the incident they're blowing up about?

     

    http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/11/23/sigmund-out-wellingtons-clash-Sydney

     

     

    IIRC, I think it was when pio came through in the first half, in the box and collected both Sigmund and the keeper a little. I didn't think it was an elbow though, he jumped for the ball when coming in on pace and collected sigmumd in the back

     

     

    Definitely recall seeing this on the big screen where Pio was simply bracing for impact. Probably collected Sigmund with the arm/shoulder as opposed to elbow but nothing he could do about it as he was way off the ground at that stage.

    Still to me Pio isn't a marquee player, yes he is improving no doubt but Andreu/Dimas look better players to me.

     

    If I had to pick who is our marquee this season, without knowing and just watching the games, I would be inclined to say Andreu.

     

    Sorry but at $750K you would expect more.

     

    What he is producing now is just typical of a foreign a-league player.

     

    For me, Andreu is definitely the pick of our marquee players, however there's a reason why strikers are the highest paid players in the world. Goalscorers are generally more difficult to find than ball playing midfielders.

     

    I'd give Pio some more time though as he is definitely showing improvement.

     

     

    The thing is Andreu is not a marquee just a foreigner.

     

    That's my point, I haven't seen anything yet to justify him Pio as a marquee.

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    Themumf

    He can play as cr@p as he wants, can look like Kubi for 89 mins if he so wishes - as long as he does what he has done for the past 2 games and taps them in.

     

    We all know how it would have ended if it was Haliti on the end of that square ball from Bridge. The f***ing thing would have hit Boris on the back of the head. Then pulled that angst-ridden face we all came to know and hate. 

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    Hiriser

     

     

    The thing is Andreu is not a marquee just a foreigner.

     

    That's my point, I haven't seen anything yet to justify him Pio as a marquee.

     

     

    Oops i meant foreigner not marquee. And i totally agree Andreu is the better player, just saying goalscorers are generally harder to find and have a considerably higher asking $$ than ball playing holding midfielders.

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    wswtragic

    He can play as cr@p as he wants, can look like Kubi for 89 mins if he so wishes - as long as he does what he has done for the past 2 games and taps them in.

     

    We all know how it would have ended if it was Haliti on the end of that square ball from Bridge. The f***ing thing would have hit Boris on the back of the head. Then pulled that angst-ridden face we all came to know and hate. 

    ^^^^^ THIS!!!

     

    But please don't remind me ever again of Haliti's "Ooops - I think I just shat myself" look .....

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    Guest mickisnot

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    Not a smart move to hack away at someone built like a tank. When the tables are eventually turned it isn't going to end pretty.

    Sigmund can eat **** and his brain can melt out of his ears for all I care.

     

    I've watched that piece of work hack at everyone.

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    Gazmon

    Hey guys just heard a WSW ad on triple M for this game! Jamieson speaks and says its a white ribbon match in support of a stop to domestic violence.

     

    We should go, should be good...

     

    2-1 win I reckon. Bridge with the winner  :xbop:

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    braad

     

     

    Hey guys just heard a WSW ad on triple M for this game! Jamieson speaks and says its a white ribbon match in support of a stop to domestic violence.

     

    We should go, should be good...

    2-1 win I reckon. Bridge with the winner :xbop:

    Fatheads out of form, i dont think so

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    alexd

    Someone's gotta say it - huge props to Popa. The man has completely evolved our playing style, it's exciting to watch and when it all comes together looks superb. Really showing that he isn't a one trick pony and perfectly capable of moulding players and tactics.

     

    Whilst there is still room for improvement we are making strides every week and watching us play such positive football gives me little doubt to suggest we won't be in the top 4 come the end of the season. I'm glad the club stuck by him and glad those who wanted him out are beginning to eat their words.

     

    In Popa we trust - Always

    Forza West Sydney

    fixed :)

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    theguyyouwishyouwere

     

     

    Hey guys just heard a WSW ad on triple M for this game! Jamieson speaks and says its a white ribbon match in support of a stop to domestic violence.

     

    We should go, should be good...

    2-1 win I reckon. Bridge with the winner :xbop:

    Fatheads out of form, i dont think so

     

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