A League Grand Final Adelaide United Vs Melbourne Victory

[anto]

awesome atmosphere... Melbourne are a miles better side !

[AU2PWR]

75th min

Melbourne Victory 5
Thompson 20" 29" 40" 56" 73"
Adelaide United 0

74th min

Confirmation of Archie Thompson's fifth goal, and Fred's fourth assist.

And tonight's attendance...55,436!

72nd min

Melbourne break from the corner and Fred is played in through the left side, he ran to the byline and crossed towards Allsopp, it beat him and went straight into the path of...THOMPSON!!! GOAL FOR MELBOURNE!!!

FIVE FOR ARCHIE THOMPSON!!

[AU2PWR]

Votes for the Marston Medal have just been collected in the press box. Any guess as to who it may be?

[AU2PWR]

90th min

Substitution for Melbourne

Archie Thompson makes way for Kristian Sarkies, it's a standing ovation for the five-goal hero.

89th min

Melbourne are just passing the ball around, the crowd catch on and start the "Ole!"

[AU2PWR]

[QUOTE=AU2PWR]No Predictions about it, Remember the Other Thread , I Was rRight ,

I see the Scores as Follows ;;;;

Victory 1-0 , Around the 13th Minute ... QUOTE]

20th min

Fred flicked a ball on for Thompson, Thompson took a delicate touch to put it around Beltrame, it rolled and rolled and rolled....GOAAAAAAAAAAALLLL!!!!!

GOAL FOR MELBOURNE!!!!
Hmmm.

[AU2PWR]

90+4 mins

Confirmation of the goal to Kristian Sarkies.

Melbourne Victory 5
Thompson 20" 29" 40" 56" 73"
Sarkies 90+3"
Adelaide United 0

90+3 mins

Into the final minute of stoppage time as Melbourne charge forward one last time! Sarkies runs to the top of the box and has a pot shot!

GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the perfect finish to the perfect season! Kristian Sarkies hits a stunner to make it six!!!!

[AU2PWR]

Post Match: 8.00pm

Everyone is pouring on onto the field for Melbourne and it's hugs everywhere. Suits, physios, coaches, players, everyone is elated!

FULL TIME

Adelaide kickoff and the final whistle goes! 6-0 to Melbourne! The players hug out on the field, it's delight for Melbourne, Adelaide just stand with hands on heads, they can't believe what hit them.

[cool65]

Long drive home for supporters
disgusting performance by adelaide players
coach should be sacked for being a d***head and not being a team man
he has created controversy most of the year and has dragged team down to his level by being unavailable to coach on field
I haven't given him credit for getting the boys to the gf, the boys did that themselves

[EF, What else?]

Originally Posted by cool65

Long drive home for supporters
disgusting performance by adelaide players
coach should be sacked for being a d***head and not being a team man
he has created controversy most of the year and has dragged team down to his level by being unavailable to coach on field
I haven't given him credit for getting the boys to the gf, the boys did that themselves

Coach being sacked for bringing a team to the GF? This is one of the things I hate about soccer

[angelfury]

Originally Posted by cool65

coach should be sacked for being a d***head and not being a team man
he has created controversy most of the year and has dragged team down to his level by being unavailable to coach on field
I haven't given him credit for getting the boys to the gf, the boys did that themselves

their captain was not much better. kosmina's influence rubbing off on him perhaps?

adelaide was a pretty good side all year, and yes, i give credit to the players, not coach or captain.

ahh, but what bliss for a Victory supporter!

[AU2PWR]

Congratulations to Melbourne Victory , the Whole Team played 100% , With High Mentions to Archie , You Star !

Archie Thompson scored a Hyundai A-League record five individual goals as 55,436 fans turned Telstra Dome into an electric sea of navy blue, smashing the previous attendance record for an Australian domestic league match by over 5000

And Kristian Sarkies , Sub On within 5 Minutes , Scores ..

Where do we send the Postcards from ASIA !!!

[uranium_death]

I just got home from the game...

I thought Ross Aloisi's post-match speech was garbage. He said, "It's a shame the game was ruined early."

It was ruined because he decided to elbow people. Stiff cheddar. Cop it.
Kosmina...people need to realise that he's a good coach in the domestic league. Don't ever forget that for the time being. But he's just a big scrotum. He needs to control himself.

And what's wrong with a big bandwagon? There will be many Victory Supporters who have been to many games this season and missed out on tickets while people who have hardly been will get a ticket. That's the injustice.

It was a crap game though.

Sure, I loved the result and really enjoyed it, but a Grand Final, especially in a low-scoring game should be close. But 6-0...Adelaide pooed their undies. Absolutely pooed. The match 2 weeks ago, Adelaide's defence was watertight and we were VERY fortunate to win.

Tonight, 5/6 of the goals were 1 on 1s with the goal keeper. A good defence should never do that.

I thought Costanzo was very good 2 weeks ago...was best on ground, but he didn't have the same dominance tonight. Their defence leaked like a sieve.

The Adelaide goal keeper had a tough night. I don't think he did all that much wrong. A goalie who faces that many 1 on 1s is never going to block every single goal, unless he's just having a 1 in a million night.

Overall, good to see Melbourne Victory win the premiership and although Adelaide was good opposition, we thoroughly deserved it.

I wouldn't mind seeing another club win the premiership next season (other than Melbourne or Sydney) to help the other clubs grow like Melbourne has. We are caning everybody in memberships, merchandising and most important, attendance. Adelaide is healthy, as is Sydney. Wouldn't mind Newcastle winning. I thought they were unlucky not to make the Grand Final.

Oh well. I'll take this one. Now, I just want Geelong to win a bloody premiership.

[AU2PWR]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

I just got home from the game...

I thought Ross Aloisi's post-match speech was garbage. He said, "It's a shame the game was ruined early."

It was ruined because he decided to elbow people. Stiff cheddar. Cop it.
Kosmina...people need to realise that he's a good coach in the domestic league. Don't ever forget that for the time being. But he's just a big scrotum. He needs to control himself.

And what's wrong with a big bandwagon? There will be many Victory Supporters who have been to many games this season and missed out on tickets while people who have hardly been will get a ticket. That's the injustice.

It was a crap game though.

Sure, I loved the result and really enjoyed it, but a Grand Final, especially in a low-scoring game should be close. But 6-0...Adelaide pooed their undies. Absolutely pooed. The match 2 weeks ago, Adelaide's defence was watertight and we were VERY fortunate to win.

Tonight, 5/6 of the goals were 1 on 1s with the goal keeper. A good defence should never do that.

I thought Costanzo was very good 2 weeks ago...was best on ground, but he didn't have the same dominance tonight. Their defence leaked like a sieve.

The Adelaide goal keeper had a tough night. I don't think he did all that much wrong. A goal who is given that many 1 on 1s is never going to block every single goal, unless he's just having a 1 in a million night.

Overall, good to see Melbourne Victory win the premiership and although Adelaide was good opposition, we thoroughly deserved it.

I wouldn't mind seeing another club win the premiership next season (other than Melbourne or Sydney) to help the other clubs grow like Melbourne has. We are caning everybody in memberships, merchandising and most important, attendance. Adelaide is healthy, as is Sydney. Wouldn't mind Newcastle winning. I thought they were unlucky not to make the Grand Final.

Oh well. I'll take this one. Now, I just want Geelong to win a bloody premiership.

Well Said , But No Chance of Geelong winning a Premiership ... :

On a Serious Note , Adelaide are a Top Team , all the Hype is purely Sporting ego anyway , its all Fun ..

See you all Next Season !

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by AU2PWR

Well Said , But No Chance of Geelong winning a Premiership ... :

On a Serious Note , Adelaide are a Top Team , all the Hype is purely Sporting ego anyway , its all Fun ..

See you all Next Season !

Don't I know it!

Geelong is too casual. They need to actually take it seriously. Stop being a giggly incest town and realise that they're in the big time. They need to start performing. And get rid of James Kelly. He thinks he's a top gun, but he's just a fool...and he can't kick.

[AU2PWR]

Agreed !

[AdzT3-146]

What a game!

I was always confident we were going to win, but 6-0, not in my wildest dreams.

Awesome crowd, great atmosphere.

Great season MVFC, absolutely fantastic from start to finish.

Fair play to the AUFC fans for keeping up the support of your boys even when the scoreboard got ugly.

Too bad Kosimna and Aloisi can't be gracious in defeat.

We're champions we're champions we're champions over here!

[Polyal]

Yeah that would have been pretty exciting....always good to see the crow eaters get pumped!

[Gobes32]

Originally Posted by uranium_death

Geelong is too casual. They need to actually take it seriously. Stop being a giggly incest town and realise that they're in the big time. They need to start performing. And get rid of James Kelly. He thinks he's a top gun, but he's just a fool...and he can't kick.

Please don't start a " How pathetic GFC is " thread, too early in the season. Wait until mid june. Reality will have set in by then.

[XR5-Boy]

hmmm, 6 - 0....what to say, what to say....Adelaide.....SUFFEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!! WHAT A GAME!!! *runs around with shirt over his head* Did Adelaide even show up? I'd like to say good effort to Adelaide, but I can't. The proof is in the score.

[FTE217]

Yes pity it was a rout of a win, easy picking's for Archie but that's what he's meant to do. Congrats for the 5 goals,it will never be matched.
The last goal was the pearla !

Pity Adelaide couldn't match Victory but they were faster hence the late tackles etc during the first period. I think Adelaide played their GF against Newcastle.
As for the blatent late hit by Aloisi, what a frigging joke, ok do that in the rounds but in the GF ? Something I wouldn't want on my resume.
While on Aloisi his prtner in crime imo is Muscat !! Always been a thug and in some instances an embarassment what he has done while playing for our country. Pity he's in the winning side.

All in all top stuff having a record crowd and Victory were the team to beat all season well done.

[uranium_death]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Yes pity it was a rout of a win, easy pickings for Archie but that's what he's meant to do. Congrats for the 5 goals,it will never be matched.
The last goal was the pearler !

Pity Adelaide couldn't match Victory but they were faster hence the late tackles etc during the first period. I think Adelaide played their GF against Newcastle.
As for the blatant late hit by Aloisi, what a frigging joke, ok do that in the rounds but in the GF ? Something I wouldn't want on my resume.
While on Aloisi his partner in crime imo is Muscat !! Always been a thug and in some instances an embarrassment what he has done while playing for our country. Pity he's in the winning side.

All in all top stuff having a record crowd and Victory were the team to beat all season well done.

Muscat is the type of player who you love to have on your team. I went to 10 Victory games during the season and generally, he knows just how far to take the body on body without being carded.
But I agree with you. If he was opposition, I reckon I would hate him.

And Cougar-Boy...don't be so blase. Adelaide are a lot better than you give credit for. Melbourne could have either been playing the Grand Final in Adelaide, or even out of the finals race as we could have easily lost to Newcastle.

The fact that Adelaide nearly beat us in the Melbourne leg of the Semi Final speaks a lot of Adelaide and what they can do on their day.

The Grand Final version of Adelaide was an aberration.
There's a difference to not liking a team/somebody within, and not respecting.

At least they were good enough to make the Grand Final...6 others were not.

[cool65]

Originally Posted by cool65

Long drive home for supporters
disgusting performance by adelaide players
coach should be sacked for being a d***head and not being a team man
he has created controversy most of the year and has dragged team down to his level by being unavailable to coach on field
I haven't given him credit for getting the boys to the gf, the boys did that themselves

YES - coach has been sacked

[AU2PWR]

so has Aloisi !

Just Like Them , Sore Losers

[Polyal]

To be fair to Adelaide, there owner/manager seems like a good bloke.

[T3ts50]

Originally Posted by AU2PWR

so has Aloisi !

Just Like Them , Sore Losers

Has he been sacked? I heard he just lost the Captains position

[uranium_death]

I don't think it pays to cheer that John Kosmina has been sacked. I have nothing against the man.
Sure, he's brash and rude.
But I think he is a good coach. He does what he has to for success.
A pity that it wasn't what the club wanted.

But I wish Kosmina the best for the future.

[CongoAU2]

I think it was a good idea for the club to get rid of him. Kosmina was supposed to be the leader of the club and he has led the players down a path of it being all right to mouth off. We as a club are now gonna be thought of as sore losers and whingers from now on and it will take years for that to go away.

Most of the fans have wanted this for over a year and are quite happy that it has happened. The worst thing is that he has probably annoyed a few of our younger players aswell as a few of our decent players to the point of them wanting to leave.

Aloisi has only been sacked as captain and has 1 more year on his contract when I would think he will retire.

We have one of the most talented line ups in the league and Kosmina always had his favourites that he would pick, so the decent players never got a run.