Preview: Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

[sevengoals]

9:45Am kick off Central European Time.

(Decadently late.)

[Shane]

Would be awesome to see the lads get one over the tards on my birthday!

Would be a brilliant gift!

[Stuckey]

Predicted line up:

...........Euge
Malik..Boogs..J-Mac..Elrich
.........Watson
.....Chelo....Isaias
Flecha...............Cirio
..........Bruce

Subs
Izzo
Jero
Awer
Elsey
Marrone

I think Flecha will come off for Awer as usual. Hopefully he can get more time into his legs. He got 70 mins last week.
Then depending on how the game is going Jero will come on for either Cirio or Bruce but it appears more likely to be Bruce.

[EdDog]

How far is Griffo off? He a chance for this weekend?

[Stuckey]

No chance. Trained on the bike this week.

[blahblah]

Would be awesome to see the lads get one over the tards on my birthday!

Would be a brilliant gift!

Nice timing!

[EdDog]

Melbourne Victory Squad: 1.Nathan COE (gk), 2.Pablo CONTRERAS, 3.Adama TRAORE, 4.Nick ANSELL, 5.Mark MILLIGAN (c), 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Gui FINKLER, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 11.Connor PAIN, 13.Andrew NABBOUT, 14.James TROISI, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Tom ROGIC, 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 24.Scott GALLOWAY, 25.Jason GERIA **Two to be omitted**

Ins: 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES (returns from injury), 11.Connor PAIN (promoted), 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk) (returns from injury), 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS (Promoted), 25.Jason GERIA (promoted)

Outs: 17.James JEGGO (omitted) 30.Keegan COULTER (gk) (Omitted), 23.Adrian LEIJER (facial fractures)

Unavailable: Nil

Adelaide United squad: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk) (c), 2.Michael MARRONE, 3.Nigel BOOGAARD, 4.Jon McKAIN, 5.Osama MALIK, 7.JERONIMO, 8.ISAIAS, 9.Sergio CIRIO, 10.Marcelo CARRUSCA, 11.Bruce DJITE, 14.Cameron WATSON, 16.Daniel BOWLES, 17.Awer MABIL, 19.Jake BARKER-DAISH, 20.Paul IZZO (gk), 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Fabio FERREIRA, 23.Jordan ELSEY **two to be omitted**

Ins: 21.Tarek ELRICH (returns from suspension), 19.Jake BARKER-DAISH (promoted), 16.Daniel BOWLES (promoted)

Outs: 18.Michael ZULLO (suspended- 1 week)

Unavailable: 6.CASSIO (hamstring tendon – indefinite), 15.Jacob MELLING (knee – 2 weeks), 31.Ryan GRIFFITHS (shin soreness – test)

[Stuckey]

I reckon JBD and Bowles will be the outs.

Not sure if I'm happy or sad that Leijer is out. He rarely lasts 90 mins against us!

[bpowell454]

I've decided with Carrusca resigning for another year that I'm too excited NOT to go to Melbourne this weekend. Does anyone have any recommendations about seating at AAMI? Should me and my wife sit in the away bay or go for premium reserve? although the atmosphere would be good in the away bay, I want to be in a good position to really watch the game. Any suggestions?

[Stuckey]

Better get in fast for the away bay I heard they released a few more tix.

I think as long as your missus doesn't mind a bit of colourful language go away bay!

[ChillyPhilly]

I'd still recommend the away bay. 95% of seats at AAMI offer a view of the action.

Come to prematch and join in with the march to ensure you sneak in - IF you couldn't get away tix.

[bpowell454]

Bought away bay tickets, regardless of the view, the atmosphere will be amazing and I wont get stuck sitting next to any dirty maggot Victorians

Heaps excited, when and where are the RA marching from?

[Futbol_Crazy21]

Would be awesome to see the lads get one over the tards on my birthday!

Would be a brilliant gift!

Happy Birthday man, it would be awesome if we smashed them as well. I was pretty fortunate to have a 4-1 belting of MV as a birthday gift a few years ago when we broke the 10 game winless streak. Will never forget the day or the match.

[Interloper]

I was going to head down to Melbourne for this one but medical procedures have me grounded. It's probably for the best, I wouldn't want to catch any vaccine-treatable diseases from Archie Thompson in my immuno-compromised state.

[sevengoals]

^^^
Interloper we trust you are on the road to good health.

Wishing you a quick recovery.