-
A-League tipping Round 16 : All bets are off as A-League throws up the unexpected
To say that is was funny to watch Texi Smith clock up zero from six last week is a serious understatement. The nudie run was even funnier!!!! He is fumbling and bumbling his way through the middle part of the season and the charge from behind has seen him all but caught. No doubt he will… Read more
-
Oh, how the mighty have fallen
Sydney FC Women 1 Brisbane Roar 3 Our girls in blue crumbled to another dismal defeat, their obvious failings exposed again for all to see at their Inner West home in Leichhardt, and this time it was Brisbane who hustled their physically weak opponents to come away with the points and send the home team… Read more
-
Expelled, undone, ultimately victorious
Sydney FC 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 3 (Women)Sydney FC 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (Men) Sydney FC emerged from a tempestous derby encounter with a handsome victory against their local rivals in front of a bouncing bumper home crowd, but the day was tarnished with yet another stinking defeat for the women’s team and a… Read more
-
A-League tipping Round 15: Tightest finals race ever, Sydney Derby set to light up weekend
It was Stuart Thomas and the voice of the people who tipped best in Round 14. Both achieved four correct selections last weekend and enter Round 15 with some serious momentum. The action begins in New Zealand on Friday night, before the second match of the evening features the Reds and Macarthur in what looms… Read more
-
Uffy, what’s the score?
Sydney FC 0 Wellington Phoenix 2 The much-vaunted return to Allianz Stadium went sour for Sydney FC as a stupid sending-off and a deflected goal changed the complexion of a game that looked to be there for the taking against a patient Wellington Phoenix. Despite the numerical advantage, the home team put up a valiant… Read more
-
Death knell tolls as Sydney slump
Sydney FC Women 1 Newcastle Jets 2 On an evening that tested even the most hardened of Sydney FC fans, the Sky Blues managed to blow their slender lead, succumbing to the ultimate sucker punch from Newcastle Jets in added time to lose yet again, failing to manage the dying moments correctly. A second half… Read more
-
Wood burning hot for Zidane
Macarthur FC 0 Sydney FC 3 A glimpse of the real Patrick Wood, outsmarting the defence to run on and bury the final goal, left older Sydney FC fans rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Was this peak Zinedine Zidane, the shorn head and lolloping stride, in our fever dream at Campbelltown Stadium? The hottest day… Read more
-
That’s it! Not coming any more.
Sydney FC Women 0 Adelaide United 0 The return of football to Leichhardt Oval after it was taken out of action post-Christmas presented a glorious chance for Sydney FC to build on a much-improved performance in Melbourne last week, one that they passed up with yet another blank on the scoresheet. A game interrupted by… Read more
-
Merry f*cking Christmas
Newcastle Jets 2 Sydney FC 0 Sydney FC sent their fans away with very little cheer on Saturday following a dismal defeat in Newcastle that knocked them off their unlikely perch at the top of the A-League ladder. Second-half goals from youngster Will Dobson and Xavier Bertoncello pulled the rug from under the Sky Blues,… Read more
-
Book review : The Eye of the Dragonfly
Every once in a while, when you decide to invest your time into a book, you already have a good feeling about it. This was true about The Eye of the Dragonfly, the autobiographical life and times of media figure Tracey Lee Holmes, especially after attending the launch at Gleebooks in Sydney where she had… Read more
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.