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2025 Australia Cup

Brenton1986 said:
Australia Cup – New South Wales round 7 draw result:
APIA Leichhardt Tigers v Marconi Stallions
Blacktown City v SD Raiders
Sydney United v Granville Rage
Northern Tigers v Hills United

Ties to be played Tuesday May 27th & Wednesday May 28th with the four winners will represent New South Wales in Australia Cup round of 32.
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Best possible draw. Better not fuck it up from here lol
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
My oh my that finals moments crossbar...... Thats just wrong mate.... Wellington parked the bus the whole of the second half your boys just couldn't score... Great to see Henry still is a master of the art of interpretative diving in the box ... sold that one perfectly.. cheeky wink when he got up was icing on the cake ... 😘

Light at the end of the tunnel stuff but it looks like Vaklanis is going to play attacking, wide football... interested to see how your season goes next year... chin up cobber.
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It was one of the few times that I have considered the use of the dark arts as actual football. He didn't just make contact and dive - he sucked the keeper in and with astonishing composure let his legs be scythed out from under him. I hate interpretive diving on principle - he actually earned that penalty rather than being given it. Probably learned that level of evil somewhere South...

Anyone watching the Australia Cup with the new ball - do you think the ball is a bit lighter or more aerodynamically shaped perhaps? It seems that all 4 teams in Darwin have had some trouble with the ball resulting in more lofted deliveries and more unexpected bouncing than usual and I wondered if the earth's rotation nearer the equator, the higher temperatures/humidity, or the new ball might actually be a factor that requires players getting used to it (I only threw the other two in for colour - I wondered when I watched Mariners and Glory play if the ball handled a bit differently and yesterday saw some similar stuff happening).

For the Roar, I don't think Valkanis will have learned much more than he would have seen watching any of our games over the last 5 weeks or so. We did look to be playing positive attacking football with a lack of clinical finishing more often than not - much as we did under Zadkovich. Makes sense to have them basically playing the same style given they have had a season of practice that way.

Will be interesting to see what becomes of Abubakar. Plenty of teams with trouble scoring would have a use for him - so who will show him the money?

Klein sprayed 2 shots that he has been doing better with lately - but he showed sublime skill and footwork at one point to beat his opponent with very fast feet and body movement to advance up the side line. Yes, Decentric will know what that move is called but I will call it silky smooth and lightning fast left right left in close proximity ;).

Brazete was a bit less effective than usual and Bility may have been a little more effective this time. I did see a moment when the Nix player on the right wing at the time looked back down the line and Bility anticipated a pass and started to interpose himself - but had the Nix player turned and run it would have put Bility completely out of the picture. Just a moment but it showed his eagerness to chase a ball rather than holding the safer position goalside.

We got stuck attacking up the right hand side far too much - with my gut feeling saying 80-90% right sided attacking. We did go to the left but rarely turned it into any pressure.

Wellington lucky that the penalty was missed by our reliable O'Shea, and with whatever happened to Burke-Gilroy resulting in him falling over when he seemed to have the better position on the ball and allowed Brooke-Smith to put in his excellent cross that the also reliable Barbarouses finished.

Nix played the way they have been all season - sitting back in a very effective block and taking advantage of the few moments they get. Possible a clever strategy in Darwin's heat because they can hold that block with little effort collectively - where their opponents do most of the running and feel like they are getting close to scoring without actually doing that.

Love the optimism NoMates - with your team holding out heroically a man down from the 88th minute. Good on them - they played their way and we couldn't pick it apart well enough despite 'almost' doing enough with 2 posters and a few good saves by your unspellable keeper.

Roar's woes are around the final choices and composure to put balls in the net. Otherwise we still showed the ability to get through opponents to set up opportunities and lately we have been getting as far as passing the ball to a player with a decent shot available.

Valkanis will have a good idea about what everyone is capable of and I am looking forward to next season off the back of what he can do in the meantime. Shame we are out of the Cup - I love being part of it and we couldn't earn our place this time.
 
RIMB said:
It was one of the few times that I have considered the use of the dark arts as actual football. He didn't just make contact and dive - he sucked the keeper in and with astonishing composure let his legs be scythed out from under him. I hate interpretive diving on principle - he actually earned that penalty rather than being given it. Probably learned that level of evil somewhere South...

Anyone watching the Australia Cup with the new ball - do you think the ball is a bit lighter or more aerodynamically shaped perhaps? It seems that all 4 teams in Darwin have had some trouble with the ball resulting in more lofted deliveries and more unexpected bouncing than usual and I wondered if the earth's rotation nearer the equator, the higher temperatures/humidity, or the new ball might actually be a factor that requires players getting used to it (I only threw the other two in for colour - I wondered when I watched Mariners and Glory play if the ball handled a bit differently and yesterday saw some similar stuff happening).

For the Roar, I don't think Valkanis will have learned much more than he would have seen watching any of our games over the last 5 weeks or so. We did look to be playing positive attacking football with a lack of clinical finishing more often than not - much as we did under Zadkovich. Makes sense to have them basically playing the same style given they have had a season of practice that way.

Will be interesting to see what becomes of Abubakar. Plenty of teams with trouble scoring would have a use for him - so who will show him the money?

Klein sprayed 2 shots that he has been doing better with lately - but he showed sublime skill and footwork at one point to beat his opponent with very fast feet and body movement to advance up the side line. Yes, Decentric will know what that move is called but I will call it silky smooth and lightning fast left right left in close proximity ;).

Brazete was a bit less effective than usual and Bility may have been a little more effective this time. I did see a moment when the Nix player on the right wing at the time looked back down the line and Bility anticipated a pass and started to interpose himself - but had the Nix player turned and run it would have put Bility completely out of the picture. Just a moment but it showed his eagerness to chase a ball rather than holding the safer position goalside.

We got stuck attacking up the right hand side far too much - with my gut feeling saying 80-90% right sided attacking. We did go to the left but rarely turned it into any pressure.

Wellington lucky that the penalty was missed by our reliable O'Shea, and with whatever happened to Burke-Gilroy resulting in him falling over when he seemed to have the better position on the ball and allowed Brooke-Smith to put in his excellent cross that the also reliable Barbarouses finished.

Nix played the way they have been all season - sitting back in a very effective block and taking advantage of the few moments they get. Possible a clever strategy in Darwin's heat because they can hold that block with little effort collectively - where their opponents do most of the running and feel like they are getting close to scoring without actually doing that.

Love the optimism NoMates - with your team holding out heroically a man down from the 88th minute. Good on them - they played their way and we couldn't pick it apart well enough despite 'almost' doing enough with 2 posters and a few good saves by your unspellable keeper.

Roar's woes are around the final choices and composure to put balls in the net. Otherwise we still showed the ability to get through opponents to set up opportunities and lately we have been getting as far as passing the ball to a player with a decent shot available.

Valkanis will have a good idea about what everyone is capable of and I am looking forward to next season off the back of what he can do in the meantime. Shame we are out of the Cup - I love being part of it and we couldn't earn our place this time.
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The dark arts are definitely a valuable skill in football.... Arguing otherwise is naive at best.

Based on one game evaluation I think Kline and Brazette will be the "bricks" in Valkanis' re-build during the off season...
 
Australia Cup – Tasmania round 6 recap:
Riverside Olympic 0 South Hobart 4
South East United 2 Launceston City 0

Australia Cup round 7 fixture – Monday June 9th:
South East United v South Hobart at Valley Road*

*winner will represent Tasmania in Australia Cup round of 32.
 
Brenton1986 said:
Australia Cup – Victoria round 7 draw result:
Avondale FC/Manningham United Blues v Green Gully Cavaliers/Dandenong Thunder/Whittlesea United
Dandenong City/Brunswick City v South Melbourne/Pascoe Vale
North Sunshine Eagles/Nunawading City v Hume City/Oakleigh Cannons/FC Bulleen Lions
Northcote City/Melbourne Knights v Heidelberg United/FC Clifton Hill

Ties to be played Tuesday June 10th, Wednesday June 11th, Tuesday June 17th with the four winners will represent Victoria in Australia Cup round of 32.
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Warm balls surely... it's going to be the usual avondale, oakleigh, south, and heidelberg again
 
Australia Cup – Northern NSW round 6 kickoff times,

Saturday June 7th:
2.00pm Northern Storm v Cooks Hill United
2.00pm Edgeworth Eagles v Bangalow
2.00pm Maitland v Broadmeadow Magic
2.00pm Weston Bears v Lambton Jaffas
 
Queanbeyan City first team thru to ACT final after it defeated Cooma Tigers 5-3 on penalty shootout after it finished 2-2 after extra time.
 
Australia Cup – Northern Territory round 7 recap:
Mindil Aces 1 Darwin Olympic 1* (Darwin Olympic advance 7-6 on penalties)

*Darwin Olympic will represent Northern Territory in Australia Cup round of 32.
**After Extra Time.
 
zok said:
Warm balls surely... it's going to be the usual avondale, oakleigh, south, and heidelberg again
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Unfortunately wasn't us this time 😔 i thought maybe we we're one of the few teams that actually can beat an a league club if things go our way, but we just aren't good enough to have that chance this year. Ah well always next year.
 
Melbourne Knights lost 3-2 to Northcote City in the Cup after being 2-0 up.

A squad full of 23s, looks like they'll focus on not being relegated in the league.
 
Beretta said:
Melbourne Knights lost 3-2 to Northcote City in the Cup after being 2-0 up.

A squad full of 23s, looks like they'll focus on not being relegated in the league.
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Their youngsters did well.... Knights not focused on the cup at all this year, as I suspect neither will we.... Happy for Northcote City though... well done boys...
 
Australia Cup – New South Wales round 7 kickoff times,

Wednesday May 28th:
6.45pm Northern Tigers v Hills United
7.30pm Sydney United v Granville Rage

Wednesday June 4th:
7.30pm Blacktown City v SD Raiders

TBA:
APIA Leichhardt Tigers v Marconi Stallions
 
Australia Cup – ACT round 6 recap:
Queanbeyan City 2 Cooma Tigers 2* (Queanbeyan City advance 5-3 on penalties)
Tuggeranong United 0 Canberra Croatia 6

*After Extra Time.

Australia Cup round 7 fixture – Saturday June 7th:
3.30pm Queanbeyan City v Canberra Croatia at McKellar Park*

*winner will represent ACT in Australia Cup round of 32.
 
Australia Cup – South East Queensland round 6 recap:
Logan Lightning 4 Redlands United 3
Moreton City Excelsior 1 Olympic FC 2
Peninsula Power 3 Lions FC 1
Brisbane City 8 Coomera 0
Rochedale Rovers 4 Gold Coast United 1
Wynnum Wolves 1 Gold Coast Knights 2
Taringa Rovers 4 Yeronga Eagles 3

Australia Cup – Queensland round 7 line up,
Brisbane City
Gold Coast Knights
Logan Lightning
Marlin Coast Rangers
Olympic FC
Peninsula Power
Rochedale Rovers
Taringa Rovers
 
Australia Cup – South Australia round 6 recap:
West Torrens Birkalla 0 Adelaide Comets 3
Adelaide Croatia Raiders 2 Adelaide Hills 1
Campbelltown City 1 North Eastern MetroStars 3
FK Beograd 3 Fulham United 3* (FK Beograd advance 5-4 on penalties)

*After Extra Time.

Australia Cup – South Australia round 7 line up,
Adelaide Comets
Adelaide Croatia Raiders
FK Beograd
North Eastern MetroStars
 
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