@Matchday Jamboree: Gold Coast United v Adelaide United

[David Votoupal]

How important is this game? Very, very important. If AU lose this one they might as well kiss goodbye to 2nd place. Gold Coast are also looking over their shoulder because Melbourne Victory could overhaul them into 4th place.

Gold Coast also welcome back Smeltz, Caravella, Pantelidis and Harold. Adelaide United bring in Slory and Malik.

Earlier this season, the match up there finished 0-0. AU were without Flores that day too. Gold Coast are definitely beatable.

[shinAUFC]

im expecting an end to end game.

Both clubs need to win, and AU will have 2 very fast wingers on the bench regardless who they might be.

I think we might see leckie start and come off around 55/60 minutes and slory to come on for him

[bundibundi]

who is out? ramsay and pantelis? surely we wont have pantelis/ramsay and slory on the pine/plastic garden chairs?

looking forward to slory playing, he better be good. holding on to that faint glimmer of hope that 9/9 points might sneak us into top spot on GD.

GCU/Nix/MV - no doubt about it, all 3 are must wins starting with tonight.

in comparison CCM have heart/GCU/Newcastle quite similar fixtures for both teams.

both play a GCU at skilled, both play a team fighting desperately for that last finals spot and both finish with a major rivalry fixture at home. hopefully the other teams watched us on saturday and learnt how not to play against CCM.

Bottom line is that we have to win. Mathematically we can drop as low as 5th for the finals, if we play like we did Saturday anything is possible.

[ipod]

Pantelis out? Looks like he is surplus to requirements.

[LincolnFan]

Yeah i heard pantellis didnt travel with the team!

[King_Billy]

Yeah i heard pantellis didnt travel with the team!

[LincolnFan]

Yeah i heard pantellis didnt travel with the team!

Yeah cant say i was cut up about it haha

[Stuckey]

I felt for Lucas. I saw on the news that he was in the photo with Euge and Flakes for his 100th appearance. But when he got cut out of the squad he got cut out of the story.

According to the paper Rambo is in the squad too

[King_Billy]

I felt for Lucas. I saw on the news that he was in the photo with Euge and Flakes for his 100th appearance. But when he got cut out of the squad he got cut out of the story.

According to the paper Rambo is in the squad too

I felt for Lucas on Saturday night....

Anger, pity, disgust.... mostly anger though

[Agostinho]

Apart from the ginger ninja, anyone made the trip up?

[shinAUFC]

apparently the bench will be leckie slory and Usucar

[Adam]

The centre of defence worries me, both Cornthwaite and Boogard arent overly quick....the sooner either Malik or Bodrusic come in a replace Cornthwaite the better.....also, i really hope Reid starts ahead of Usucar....

[joshgibson92]

will it be windy in Gold Coast? with that cyclone nearby

[Stuckey]

AU website announced the squad.

According to the Advertiser only 13 players were in the squad.

Adelaide United: 1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (gk), 2.Robert CORNTHWAITE, 3.Nigel BOOGAARD, 6.CASSIO, 8.Adam HUGHES, 9.Sergio VAN DIJK, 10.Marcos FLORES, 11.Andy SLORY, 12.Paul REID, 13.Travis DODD (c), 14.Cameron WATSON, 17.Iain RAMSAY, 19.Mathew LECKIE, 20.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 21.Francisco USUCAR, 22.Osama MALIK
*one to be omitted*

In: Andy SLORY (returns from injury), Osama MALIK (promoted)
Out: Lucas PANTELIS (omitted)

[ZANZIBAR]

will it be windy in Gold Coast? with that cyclone nearby

nearby? i think the distance between McKay (the southern edge of the cyclone) and the Gold Coast is around 1000kms, furhter than Adelaide to Melbourne, so i think it wouldn't have an effect on the game?