Wellington Phoenix 1-2 Sydney FC: Farina starts with win
Two goals were enough for Sydney to secure a rare win.
Category: A-League
Postecoglou emerges victorious over Ferguson in clash of contrasting styles
Last Friday night, Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory threw up an interesting contrast in attacking styles. One built around finesse and pace in behind, and another constructed on…
Sydney FC 0-0 Melbourne Heart: Second goalless stalemate of the season
Ninth verus tenth resulted in a dour scoreless draw.
Perth Glory 0-1 Western Sydney Wanderers: Early pressing gives way to red card and futile dominance
Despite Youssof Hersi’s 37th minute red card, the Wanderers held on to their slender advantage for an important away win.
Brisbane Roar 4-2 Sydney FC: Sydney poor as Brisbane pass and move to victory
Alessandro Del Piero scored two wonderful goals but it wasn’t enough as Brisbane turned in a superb team performance.
Crook’s departure stems from troubles in midfield
Ian Crook’s resignation following Sydney’s 3-2 loss to the Melbourne Victory ended a tumultuous chapter for the Sky Blues.
Melbourne Heart 4-1 Brisbane Roar: Champions dismantled
John Aloisi’s second win was a thrashing of the defending champions.
Melbourne Victory 3-2 Wellington Phoenix: Victory dominate for an hour, before Phoenix nearly overturn deficit
Despite a late comeback from the Phoenix Melbourne Victory held out for a second straight win.
Central Coast Mariners 7-2 Sydney FC: Crook’s half-time change leads to thrashing
A flurry of second half goals secured an incredible margin of victory for the Mariners.
Colosimo and Gerhardt’s poor positioning exposes Heart’s central defence
Last night’s game between the Western Sydney Wanderers and the Melbourne Heart was a scrappy, stop-start affair eventually settled by Patrick Gerhardt’s unfortunate own goal.
Five Once Football chalkboards and tactical observations from Round Four
The ONCE Football application is a superb tool for analysing data from the A-League, and here are five observations gleaned from chalkboardsy drawn from the app.
The importance of Milligan and Flores to Ange Postecoglou’s system
Moving Mark Milligan into midfield and playing Marcos Flores as the false nine have been the two biggest tactical talking points of Ange Postecoglou’s tenure at Melbourne Victory…