Wanderers The Seoul Survivors

 

 

Sotirio lobbed the keeper neatly

There's a sentence I never thought I'd see.

Looking at the lineup before the game I never would have guessed we would score 3. A breath of fresh air to at last get a win.

Great to see Scott finish like that, he's going to be a decent player

Shanghai up 3-0 with 20 to go.

So Urawa stays on 6, we're on 3...

So if we beat fc Seoul on Matchday 4, and Urawa loses again, we'll be tied for 2nd!

Shanghai up 3-0 with 20 to go.

 

So Urawa stays on 6, we're on 3...

 

So if we beat fc Seoul on Matchday 4, and Urawa loses again, we'll be tied for 2nd!

And then what a HUUUUGE game Matchday 5 will be! 

Not that we're getting ahead of ourselves...

Just heading home from the hospital after welcoming my second son into the world.

 

Thank you Wanderers for the perfect end to the perfect rollercoaster of a day.

 

Beware the ides of March?

Not after a day like today!!!

Two words...

Shannon

Cole

Lol at that penalty.

We were fantastic for an hour, midfield especially. Hard to sustain that level of intensity throughout so no surprise they got back into it. The kid took both his goals really well for Seoul. Good game to watch, which is unusual for us.

Anyhow, the Urawa game could be a monster. Shame we can't dig up NTS, Spira and Covic so they can see what a red wall really f***ing looks like....

I'm pretty sure the pen (durbious or otherwise) was for handball rather than offside Mack.

With FCS all but out of contention to progress from the group, they could start fielding bare minimum teams for the remaining games, which could get ugly.

Also,

So nice to win, rememided me of early acl times, take

Your chances and do enough to scrap the win, a big confidence booster again.

Baccus again fantastic - give that man a contract!!!

The thing that has most likely killed our chances is the weak capitulation in the second half against Urawa. We now have the slimmest of chances, requiring us to (a) win the remaining 3 games (would be a miracle) or (b) win next week with Urawa again losing, beat Urawa in Tokyo, and sweat on Seoul being able to hold Urawa to a draw in the final game.

But then, who knows - you could have had 25-1 last week for Leicester to win through in the Champions League.

Football is a funny game.

Ok who has the stats? Has Sotirio now scored more than Jumpei this season? That chip goal last season Sotirio misses that and now he scores them

We won't be 2nd if we're equal on points with Urawa. It goes on head to head and atm they have the advantage over us. If we beat them with less goals than they beat us they'll be in 2nd.

That first game might be our undoing in the long run

We won't be 2nd if we're equal on points with Urawa. It goes on head to head and atm they have the advantage over us. If we beat them with less goals than they beat us they'll be in 2nd.

That first game might be our undoing in the long run

It's all good, Hamill and Borda will score with Jumpei getting a hat trick off the bench in Japan and we're set.

I'm pretty sure the pen (durbious or otherwise) was for handball rather than offside Mack.

 

With FCS all but out of contention to progress from the group, they could start fielding bare minimum teams for the remaining games, which could get ugly.

 

Also,

It's possible that clubs sending B teams could help us out. Seoul are pretty much gone now so they may send a weak team to Campbelltown. If Shanghai beat Urawa again and then beat Seoul they'll have qualified and will probably send a weak team down for the last match day against us.

We'll need to beat Seoul at home and Urawa away. If we can do that then assuming Urawa beat a well and truly eliminated Seoul, we'll need at least a draw at home against Shanghai. If they leave their Brazilians at home and we play our strongest team I think we can take something from that game.

By far the biggest threat to us qualifying is having to beat Urawa away midweek after potentially playing in the first week of the finals.

 

I'm pretty sure the pen (durbious or otherwise) was for handball rather than offside Mack.

 

With FCS all but out of contention to progress from the group, they could start fielding bare minimum teams for the remaining games, which could get ugly.

 

Also,

 

It's possible that clubs sending B teams could help us out. Seoul are pretty much gone now so they may send a weak team to Campbelltown. If Shanghai beat Urawa again and then beat Seoul they'll have qualified and will probably send a weak team down for the last match day against us.

 

We'll need to beat Seoul at home and Urawa away. If we can do that then assuming Urawa beat a well and truly eliminated Seoul, we'll need at least a draw at home against Shanghai. If they leave their Brazilians at home and we play our strongest team I think we can take something from that game.

 

By far the biggest threat to us qualifying is having to beat Urawa away midweek after potentially playing in the first week of the finals.

 

The good thing now is that if we beat Seoul and Urawa loses again, our Japan leg is alive! We look like having a good contingent of travellers, so great for them.

Dammit, I missed an actual win. Saw the first half but succumbed to sleep in the second. In my defense I badly sprained my ankle yesterday - was exhausted by yesterday evening. Made a wrong move watching this in bed. Its too easy to close your eyes when Hamils on the screen, then BAM, lights out!

Hoping fox sports are showing it On Demand

So happy we won though. And it spawned this! 

Without their Brazilian contingent, Shanghai are there for the taking. So if they are already through and decide not to risk Hulk and co on a bumpy cold Campbelltown, I'd fancy us. All depends on doing Seoul at home.

Can guarantee that if they beat Urawa next week they will not bring the Brazilians to Campbelltown for a nothing game.

Nice assist for Scotts goal n good finish by Scott , nice cheeky Panenka Tezza! Cool classy finish by Sotirio too . Snake beaten at the near post.... Good win though!

That first goal against snake, they're frustrating for keepers. It's looks easier to save than it is. Technically, the keeper could do better but they're bastards

Haha it's amazing what one win does go back to he other acl threads and people are saying we are ****ed give up

Now one win and we are pulling out all the if's for next 3 games

For me let's just win at Campbelltown finish the season strongly

If we qualify it will be a nice surprise as unlikely as it still is

Majority of the time an Australian side plays a hard, physical game they'll come out on top in the ACL and that's what we did. For 70 mins we were straight into them with every challenge and as always, they didn't cope. That's the secret, if there is one in Asia because they're not used to a high press, they're happy for teams to sit back and share turns in possession because they are able to rely on their technical ability. It reminds me of playing football as kids and you always get that one kid who joins the team that has a league or union background. Their technical skills are shithouse but they'll run all day and go in like a bloody tank and most often they're one of the most effective on ground.

Our downfall was taking the foot off the gas and getting too casual in a physical sense at 3-0. Robbie Slater said at 3-0 something about the boys looking like they were having fun out there but they seemed to forget about who was in front of them and went into training ground mode. No Joga Bonito in Asia just yet haha

Classic Seoul though thinking they could come back, have another crack lads...

Has there ever been a better GIF?

Dino chest pump gif maybe.

Still don't think we can get through the group and if we do we'll get beat, result was great and should help our confidence in the a league.

Our two best results have been with no Dimas.