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    By mack

    The highest ever crowd for a non-Derby A-League regular season fixture at Parramatta Stadium saw the Wanderers storm home in the second half to take a 2-0 win, and go four points clear at the top of the A-League ladder.

     

    After the FFA finally saw sense and agreed to review their banning process, a near full house was expected with the RBB back in full voice. 17,073 fans turned out including a sizeable Melbourne away contingent, and all were treated to a wondeful game of football.

     

    It didn't take long for the Wanderers to pierce the Melbourne defence. 6 minutes into the match, the high press of the Victory allowed Mitch Nichols to put Mark Bridge through on goal. With just the keeper to beat, his touch let him down at the critical moment, he went wide, and slipped, his shot dribbling wide.

     

    Victory had their best chance of the first half on 18 minutes. Andrew Redmayne spilled a routine pickup from a Victory corner, Georgevski hooked the rebound over his shoulder into the path of Besart Berisha, the Albanian striker launched himself at the ball but at knee height he could do little to direct it on target, the ball bounced off his knee, crashed into the crossbar then was cleared away.

     

    The second half opened with a goal for the Wanderers. Scott Neville placed a perfect ball in behind the Victory left fullback for Romeo Castelen to run onto, the winger placing a first time pass into the path of an unmarked Mark Bridge who had a tap-in from 6 yards to break the 0-0 deadlock. He nearly had a second moments later, a lob from inside the box at a corner hitting the top of the crossbar.

     

    Romeo Castelen was the clear best on the park and in the 78th minute he finally had a reward for weeks of effort, albeit with a little help from Victory custodian Danny Vukovic, who spilled a fierce drive into the back of the net.

     

    It was the 7th win in a row for the Wanderers, who are 4 points ahead of Brisbane Roar even after the Roar came from behind against Wellington, as well as puttin the Victory back on their heels despite their game in hand.

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    Alexander
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    Hi everyone, I just got a call from a lady by the name of Mrs Berisha. She said she hasn't seen her partner since the kickoff.

     

    He was last seen in Alberto's pocket

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    Stevo99

    Dimas, Alberto, Castelen were all outstanding. Credit to Redders for that save too.

     

    Wanderland was properly rocking tonight. Really proud of everyone there, one of those nights where the concept of a 'non-active fan' is a complete myth.

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    Prydzopolis

    Where can I watch a replay of the game? Forgot to record the game on fox :nono:

    Do you have on demand? Should be able to download it & watch at your own pleasure! (On Foxtel)

    Castelan shouldve had pen in 47th min. Just watching replay.

    100%, especially if he blew his whistle for all the soft calls that he gave in the first half. Don't even get me started on that referees performance tonight, horrible! He isn't one of the full time ones though? Hopefully not!

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    wanderersfanatic

     

    Where can I watch a replay of the game? Forgot to record the game on fox :nono:

    Do you have on demand? Should be able to download it & watch at your own pleasure! (On Foxtel)

    Castelan shouldve had pen in 47th min. Just watching replay.

    100%, especially the soft calls for fouls that the referee gave in the first half. Don't even get me started on that guys performance tonight, horrible! He isn't one of the full time ones though? Hopefully not!

    From what I've been reading, that referee tonight is actually from Melbourne.

     

    I don't get why the FFA allows them to ref a game where there is a conflict of interest.

     

    Peter Green from Brisbane reffed our grand final with the roar...

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    ManfredSchaefer

    Will probably go into more detail later but that was probably the most perfect night at Wanderland since the 6-1 demolition of Adelaide. The boys on the pitch played beautiful creative football for the most part, at a standard that our legendary Season One squad never really reached. In the stands the entire WSW faithful were in fine voice...I'm normally not a diss chant fan but it was fûcking brilliant tonight. Much respect to the RBB. Throw in having a unglaublich session with the brothers & sisters at the Bav, and dare I say a truly worthy opponent on & off the pitch, well...

     

    Remember these days we live in people...they will never come again (or until or next home win after a piss-up at the BBC)

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    Horus

    Just finished watching the replay, Simon Hill is a legend, so many backhanded comments to those who sought to undermine us...although I had to laugh when he said something like "this is football" during the first special victory chant

     

    The replay did show just how special Andreu's attempt in the second half was, and Redders had a great game...he has really turned around the apprehension of his signing for sure

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    dmixtaaa

    Just finished watching the replay, Simon Hill is a legend, so many backhanded comments to those who sought to undermine us...although I had to laugh when he said something like "this is football" during the first special victory chant

     

    The replay did show just how special Andreu's attempt in the second half was, and Redders had a great game...he has really turned around the apprehension of his signing for sure

    I know the style we now play is to draw back the opposition, to get the tika taka moving forward but F U C K me. Got to put to bed the short goal kicks, they do my head in. Will need a heart defibrillator under every seat if they keep it up.  :smurfnono:

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    CaptainJess
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    What a bloody brilliant night!

    First meeting up with fellow fourmites at the BBC and then one of the best games of football I've seen the Wanderers play in a long time  :xbop: 

    As I said in the pre-match thread, I took my Dad to his first ever game. It's hard to impress him but I think he had a great time. He was up and celebrating when we scored and found all the diss chants highly amusing. I couldn't get him to join the Poznan this time but I have the feeling I could win him over at future games. I'm going to the USA for a month in January/February and he's already said he wants to use our tickets to take a mate while we are away. 

    Such a great match all round! Not only were the boys switched on but the whole crowd as well. As a few have already said, that diss chant at the end was pure gold  :good: 

     

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    Alexander

    Agree with everything said, so I won't repeat. One of the highlights that hasn't been mentioned was the reaction from RoMayo's family when he scored. His son was beside me and his wife & daughter were behind me. Just an explosion of pride and relief. It was a pleasure to share the moment with them. He's got a great family behind him.

     

    Also saw Taurus chatting with Lucy Zelic. Is there anyone you don't know?

     

    Do you guys reckon a WSW/MV Grand Final would be played at ANZ Stadium?

     

    We could go close to selling it out. Victory would bring 5-10k fans easy.

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    TheDugong

    It does raise an interesting question.  I'm assuming FFA have learned from their mistakes and made sure venues are secured in both Sydney and Melbourne to host a grand final.  So, which venue is it?  I'm going to guess the SFS is the one for a Sydney team.

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    lloydy136
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    some thoughts......

     

    - during the pre match rehearsals they were running a piped in version of glorious over the PA but didn't use it at the game. not sure what that is all about?

    - was over behind the south stand getting kids organised for SSF stuff pre match and the victory march came by and into the ground. There seemed to be almost one cop for every 2 fans there escorting them in. was comical.

    - dimas bossed it in midfield and won the ball back over and over again ensuring that finkler couldn't get his head up and that counters were limited.

    - the fullbacks were outstanding - neville gets stick for his touch, crossing etc (not least from me!) but his ball to release castelen in the lead up to the bridge goal was sublime. he and jamo kept the dangerous wide players for MV very quiet, forced them inside and to play backwards passes. the leopold method article the other day highlighted the quality of fullback play has been as critical to our revamped style. such a massive difference than having plodders like golec and mullen playing there.

    - we played a bit of season 1 style at times last night trying to isolate castelen one on one with the fb via long diagonal ball out of defence. castelen played the game we have all been hoping to see for a while - much more direct and productive and less fancy footwork while his team mates watch. was superb to watch.

    - gallop was there last night - not sure if that was known or mentioned on coverage. I passed him outside the stadium as I made my mad dash from the south stand to the home end just after half time. if he doesn't get it after experiencing that game then he probably never will.

    - us, roar & mv will fight out the title. imo there is a BIG drop off to the chasing pack of smurfs, jets, city, wello etc. the quality of football in the last 2 games was some of the best witnessed in the a-league.

     

     

    I am almost having to pinch myself with what has happened the last couple of weeks capped by that night last night. special times and something that helps turns wsw from a franchise into a real club.

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    ptwsw

    Special night, special time. Last night's game will live long in the memory.

    The stadium wide diss chant at the end was ***** EPIC! RBB were on ecstasy, legendary!

    Bucket hat, WSF scarf..........***** unbeatable!

    **** the Victory but they played their part in one of the best games in a while

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    pys

    Yeah isaw gallop there at the back of western terrace he looked as tired as he was after meeting the other night a few people said somethings to him most likely positive I did not hear he took it well enough.

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    SomeGuy1977
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    Pretty much agree with everything that has been said already. Romeo deserved his goal. Nothing was left in the tank last night. A huge effort all round.

     

    Props to the Capo for chant choices, especially in the second half. Really kept the crowd in it, and made I hard for us non-actives to not join in, even for a little while. My voice is still scratchy.

     

    Same to the mum behind us who was telling her kids a while ago the dis chant is 'fight the Vctory'. You know your kids don't believe you. Mine don't believe me either. But they didn't care last night! The boy was singing it on the way out last night, much to the shock of the guys walking behind him. They didn't believe me either when I tried to explain with my half voice, but no one really gave a ****!

     

    There were 3 cops guarding the booze bus on the way out. In almost perfect unison, the 7 and 9 year old break into "we paid for your hats, we paid for your hats, what a waste of council tax, we paid for your hats". I would have joined them if I could have stopped laughing, which only encourages the to keep singing.

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    Smoggy

    I remember when Castelen was on trial at Boro just a few years back, he very nearly joined us, he was called back after his initial trial and then scored a goal for us in a friendly. I think it was one of those situations where a deal is negotiated and it just fell through for whatever reason, it was close though. A fully fit and flying Castelen would still easily cut it at a high level in Europe, please let him stay fit because I so want to see more of that!!!

     

    Anyway here is Castelen in his short Boro playing days  :D

     

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    Jukes01
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    Seriously amazing football. If you told me we would play this well last year I would have slapped you one. I can hardly believe it. Very happy at the moment. Not only are we winning but we are winning the right way with aggressive, positive, attacking, TEAM football. We are defending as a unit, look as if we can score with every attack, its very balanced and when we do lose the ball we work so hard to win it back quickly. Its just brilliant.

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    Smoggy

    Seriously amazing football. If you told me we would play this well last year I would have slapped you one. I can hardly believe it. Very happy at the moment. Not only are we winning but we are winning the right way with aggressive, positive, attacking, TEAM football. We are defending as a unit, look as if we can score with every attack, its very balanced and when we do lose the ball we work so hard to win it back quickly. Its just brilliant.

     

    Before the season started I was thinking maybe a 5th or 6th place finish, just sneak in to a finals place. Long way to go yet and we should keep our feet firmly on the ground, but **** me we are playing some good stuff right now! Hard to not get excited.

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    dmixtaaa

    I remember when Castelen was on trial at Boro just a few years back, he very nearly joined us, he was called back after his initial trial and then scored a goal for us in a friendly. I think it was one of those situations where a deal is negotiated and it just fell through for whatever reason, it was close though. A fully fit and flying Castelen would still easily cut it at a high level in Europe, please let him stay fit because I so want to see more of that!!!

     

    Anyway here is Castelen in his short Boro playing days  :D

     

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    You have to admit Boro, he looks so much better in this kit though...  :xnod:

    Seriously amazing football. If you told me we would play this well last year I would have slapped you one. I can hardly believe it. Very happy at the moment. Not only are we winning but we are winning the right way with aggressive, positive, attacking, TEAM football. We are defending as a unit, look as if we can score with every attack, its very balanced and when we do lose the ball we work so hard to win it back quickly. Its just brilliant.

    I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves but with a 4 point buffer and ESFC & Victards with ACL duty, I think QANTAS better put on a few extra flights to Wellington in the last round...  ;)

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