Preview: Adelaide United-Melbourne Victory -11.11.22

[sevengoals]

Big game at Coopers this Friday!

9:45AM kick off Central European Time.
(That's more like it.)





Come on United!!!

[EdDog]

Huge game.

Gonna be a heated battle.

Expecting all our rejects to start or feature (Konst, Smith, Izzo, Timotheu).

I'd start both Isa and Juande in front of the usual back 4.

Halloran-Blackwood-Goody
Hiro

In front.

Irankunda on a 60 minutes.

[UnitedPants]

Pax over 12000 so far.

[UnitedPants]

Adelaide United squad: 1.James DELIANOV (gk), 2.Harry VAN DER SAAG, 3.Ben WARLAND, 6.Louis D’ARRIGO, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Hiroshi IBUSUKI, 11.Craig GOODWIN (c), 13.Lachlan BARR, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 21.Javi LÓPEZ, 26.Ben HALLORAN, 28.JUANDE, 33.Joshua MORI, 35.Luka JOVANOVIĆ, 41.Alexandar POPOVIĆ, 46.Joe GAUCI (gk), 47.Asad KASUMOVIĆ, 55.Ethan ALAGICH

Ins: 33.Joshua MORI (promoted), 35.Luka JOVANOVIĆ (promoted), 47.Asad KASUMOVIĆ (promoted), 49.Musa TOURE (promoted)

Outs: 66.Nestory IRANKUNDA (not selected)

Unavailable: 10.Zach CLOUGH (quad), 31.BERNARDO (foot), 37.Jonny YULL (back), 50.Steven HALL (knee)

[MartinAUFC]

Adelaide United squad: 1.James DELIANOV (gk), 2.Harry VAN DER SAAG, 3.Ben WARLAND, 6.Louis D’ARRIGO, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Hiroshi IBUSUKI, 11.Craig GOODWIN (c), 13.Lachlan BARR, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 21.Javi LÓPEZ, 26.Ben HALLORAN, 28.JUANDE, 33.Joshua MORI, 35.Luka JOVANOVIĆ, 41.Alexandar POPOVIĆ, 46.Joe GAUCI (gk), 47.Asad KASUMOVIĆ, 55.Ethan ALAGICH

Ins: 33.Joshua MORI (promoted), 35.Luka JOVANOVIĆ (promoted), 47.Asad KASUMOVIĆ (promoted), 49.Musa TOURE (promoted)

Outs: 66.Nestory IRANKUNDA (not selected)

Unavailable: 10.Zach CLOUGH (quad), 31.BERNARDO (foot), 37.Jonny YULL (back), 50.Steven HALL (knee)

Nestor dropped ! That won't please my grandson

[EdDog]

Apparently dropped for an accumulation of disciplinary reasons.

Cited:
- being late to team meetings.
- not taking on the same responsibilities as other juniors off-field.

Wonder how long until he's at another A-League club.

[RedTide]

Maybe Nestory being dropped will cure his attitude problem.

As to the match - we have to take advantage of the surge of emotion that always happens at Coopers in the first 20 minutes when we play the filth. We have to be at least one and preferably two to the good at the 20 minute mark, when we finally tire and the filth come back into the match. If we can then hold whatever lead we have until halftime, we'll be fine.

Conversely, if the filth score first and are ahead at the half, I can't see them being overrun by us. Popovic's teams are usually very dogged in defence and will play 'anti football' if necessary, to keep us out and protect whatever lead they have.

If we win, though, I think we will at least temporarily be second ....? Obviously there will be other results to influence the position at the end of the round, but even being temporarily second after 6 rounds is an indicator of just how well our modestly resourced the team is performing.

[Interloper]

Didn't Jovanovic play last week? How is he an "In"