Preview: Wellington Phoenix - Adelaide United /9.10.22

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First game on the season is only a few days away!

Get keen!!!

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We have a few players under an injury cloud so this is how I’m predicting we’ll line up

Gauci
Lopez Barr Popovic Kitto
Isaias D’Arrigo
Halloran Clough Kasumovic
Blackwood

Delianov, van der Saag, Warland, Juande, Alagich, Goodwin, Jovanovic

[EdDog]

We have a few players under an injury cloud so this is how I’m predicting we’ll line up

Gauci
Lopez Barr Popovic Kitto
Isaias D’Arrigo
Halloran Clough Kasumovic
Blackwood

Delianov, van der Saag, Warland, Juande, Alagich, Goodwin, Jovanovic

Who are those players? I know of Goody but is Hiro out too?

If fit I'd start Juande over Kasumovic for a bit more defensive mettle in our first away game.

Isa-Juande
D'Arrigo
Halloran-Blackwood-Clough

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First game of the season.
You beauty!

4:00am kick off CET.

Oh boy ...

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We have a few players under an injury cloud so this is how I’m predicting we’ll line up

Gauci
Lopez Barr Popovic Kitto
Isaias D’Arrigo
Halloran Clough Kasumovic
Blackwood

Delianov, van der Saag, Warland, Juande, Alagich, Goodwin, Jovanovic

Who are those players? I know of Goody but is Hiro out too?

If fit I'd start Juande over Kasumovic for a bit more defensive mettle in our first away game.

Isa-Juande
D'Arrigo
Halloran-Blackwood-Clough

Hiroshi’ suspended due to his red in the Cup.
Ansell, Cavallo and Yull could all miss. Not sure how fit they are at present but they have been missing some of the friendlies.

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Wellington will be missing Rufer, Lewis and Ball do I hope we get on the front foot. They’ll have to play Pennington at DM and he was pretty horrendous last season.

[RedTide]

On history, we should win this 2 - 1 or 3 - 1, but it being the first game of the season, with essentially all the selection cards thrown in the air, it's really hard to pick. I wouldn't be surprised if we drop this and the next 2 away matches also - starting the year with 3 straight losses.

We have a whole bunch of home games in the long summer break (late Dec 22 - mid Jan 23), but it will take an almighty effort to come back from losing the first 3.

Although to be completely fair, that is what we did in the championship season of 15-16 .... as I recall we did not win until Rd 9 under Gombau ... is that right ....?

Anyway, if we can snatch a point from each of the first 3 games, I think we will have done exceptionally well - and is the probably the best that we can hope for, with Ibusuki banned for the first one and Bernardo out until (late?) Jan 23.

[UnitedPants]

The Reds will be without Hiroshi Ibusuki, who will serve a one-match suspension after receiving a red card against Brisbane Roar in the Australia Cup Quarter Final match in August.

Adelaide United squad: 1.James DELIANOV (gk), 2.Harry VAN DER SAAG, 3.Ben WARLAND, 6.Louis D’ARRIGO, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS, 10.Zach CLOUGH, 11.Craig GOODWIN (c), 13.Lachlan BARR, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 21.Javi LÓPEZ, 26.Ben HALLORAN, 28.JUANDE, 35.Luka JOVANOVIĆ, 36.Panashe MADANHA, 41.Alexandar POPOVIĆ, 46.Joe GAUCI (gk), 47.Asad KASUMOVIĆ, 49.Musa TOURE, 55.Ethan ALAGICH

Ins: nil

Outs: nil

Unavailable: 4.Nicholas ANSELL (hamstring), 9.Hiroshi IBUSUKI (suspension), 27.Joshua CAVALLO (illness), 31.BERNARDO (foot), 37.Jonny YULL (back)

[EdDog]

I think it's time to call time on Ansell. Yet to play in the A-League for us after how long?

Goody will get maybe 10-15 in this if we need a winner / equaliser late on.

Enough cattle to get the job. Expect Blackwood up front, Halloran and Clough either side.
Midfield of Isa / D'Arrigo then a question mark.
Defence picks itself as does GK.

Points on the road are vital.

Expecting 1-1.

[bpowell454]

I think it's time to call time on Ansell. Yet to play in the A-League for us after how long?

Goody will get maybe 10-15 in this if we need a winner / equaliser late on.

Enough cattle to get the job. Expect Blackwood up front, Halloran and Clough either side.
Midfield of Isa / D'Arrigo then a question mark.
Defence picks itself as does GK.

Points on the road are vital.

Expecting 1-1.

I'd play Kasumovic on the left wing and have Clough at CM. Kasumovic played there against the NPL select and looked decent enough. If we're gonna play a kid somewhere it might as well be on the left wing. I have a feeling if we play without a decent CM/CAM it'll be a frustrating game.

[EdDog]

Lots of people in and around the club talking up Clough this season.

Let's hope he delivers.

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I'll be in an internet-difficult country for the next month, hopefully (fingers crossed etc), I can watch this game.

[UnitedPants]

A good read: https://adelaideunited.com.au/news/corn ... -1-welvadl

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Craig Goodwin talks ...

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Craig Goodwin talks ...