Sacking coach after coach will not assist Wanderers, Huge Blue trying juicy on Australia Day

It was Stuart Thomas who rose to the event final spherical, tipping three matches appropriately and he’s now slowly creeping into competition within the 2025/26 race for Roar tipping glory.

Frankly, he seems the one to beat, particularly contemplating the predictable fadeouts that Andrew Prentice and Texi Smith will endure within the coming weeks. Spherical 14 sees the Jets with one other likelihood to assert semi-final credibility towards Wellington on Friday night time.

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Auckland hosts the mariners on Saturday earlier than Brisbane Roar does the identical towards Adelaide United in what could possibly be a feisty affair. The prime time options Macarthur at dwelling to Melbourne Metropolis, while Sunday sees the ‘sack yet one more coach to take strain off the board’ Wanderers up towards a harmful Perth unit on the street.

Australia Day ends with a magnificence between the Victory and the Sky Blues. You’ll want to enter your ideas within the sheet under to have a say within the faltering voice of the folks. Right here is the way in which the panel sees all of the motion unfolding over the following 4 days.

Stuart Thomas

Newcastle, Auckland, Adelaide, Macarthur, Perth, Victory

Go the Jets I say and Mark Milligan is displaying simply what a intelligent fella he’s. Absolutely they’re too good for a Wellington facet that beat a disappointing Sydney final outing? Auckland not often lose two in a row and received’t after they beat the Mariners in New Zealand.

Brisbane and Adelaide seems a magnificence, with the Reds buzzing after final week and sure winners. Macarthur will beat Melbourne Metropolis by three clear objectives on Saturday and Western Sydney won’t get the bounce again from the coach sacking they’re in search of. Perth to win on the street.

The Huge Blue will erupt, Sydney will implode and the steadily constructing Victory start to maneuver into finals competition earlier than anybody had really realised.

Andrew Prentice

Newcastle, Auckland, Brisbane, Macarthur, Perth, Sydney

The Jets are third. In the event that they win, they are going to go prime (and relying on different outcomes, may keep there). The Phoenix are eighth. If they win, they might bounce as excessive as third (and keep there as the remainder of the spherical pans out). Yeah, go on, YOU work it out. I’m going for the Jets.

Auckland did a really un-Auckland factor and let a recreation slip within the final 10 minutes. They’ll have been caned for that at coaching this week. The Mariners had been as gutsy as we all know them to be final week on the finish of a tumultous seven days.

We’re hoping the monetary state of affairs hasn’t meant Matty Simon has borrowed the Terrigal Surf Membership boat and is rowing the staff to New Zealand. It might be bonding expertise. Auckland by the odd objective.

Former Mariner Matt Simon. (Picture by Mark Evans/Getty Photos)

Brisbane did the unthinkable final week and scored twice within the one recreation. That’s solely the third time this season they’ve scored greater than as soon as in a recreation and had been the primary objectives they’ve scored in 2026. They have to be again!

Adelaide have been on a mini-run and that’s all any staff can handle this season which is why my infallible logic says they’ll lose right here. And possibly get kicked a bit too.

Macarthur huffed and puffed in Gosford final week with out gaining the win. Metropolis left it late towards Auckland. Neither staff places ahead a convincing case for favouritism. Aurelio Vidmar has caught Pep-swap from his illustrious CFG colleague in England and might’t appear to determine on a settled line-up.

Is Max Caputo a starter this week or not? (Severely, Aurelio let me know, it’s enjoying havoc with my fantasy staff). Macarthur to win in prime time and at dwelling.

We come to the lifeless cat bounce debate at Western Sydney, who parted methods with Alen Stajcic midweek. Does this imply they’re a shoo-in to win with new coach Garry Van Egmond on the helm? Neutrals will likely be craving for a Perth win so we will all watch “Cantona” Griffiths bamboozle on the post-match presser.

I really feel like that can occur and folks will realise that “Staj” wasn’t the actual drawback on the Wanderers. 10 objectives in 13 video games is the actual drawback.

Alen Stajcic. (Picture by Mark Evans/Getty Photos)

Not often has a staff put in a extra moribund efficiency than Sydney final week. Merely terrible, particularly contemplating it was touted as the large return to Allianz Stadium, and greater than 13,000 turned out for the occasion.

Victory had been denied a share of the factors by VAR towards Adelaide and now should roll into their different nice rivalry on the again of successive losses. Sydney have a stable Oz Day Huge Blue report and could also be welcoming Joe Lolley again to the collective reduction of the Cove and coach Talay. Even the murmur of a Lolley return may be sufficient to swing this one, the sport of the spherical.

Texi Smith

Newcastle, Auckland, Brisbane, Metropolis, Western Sydney, Victory

The in-form Newcastle Jets have an opportunity to flex their muscle groups on dwelling soil after a splendid win in Western Sydney final weekend. Of their manner is Wellington Phoenix, who gave Sydney FC a shock at Allianz Stadium; each of those groups are hitting kind on the proper time and have closed the hole on the highest of the ladder.

The practical Phoenix will defend for his or her lives within the first half right here, and the grasp plan is working because the rating stays goalless at half time. A second of magic from Max Burgess is sufficient to change the sport on the hour, and when Clayton Taylor provides a second with ten to go, the sport is over as a contest and the Jets’ assault on the premiership positive aspects additional momentum.

It is a tall order for the guests, however an excellent alternative for the house staff to get again to profitable methods. Given the way in which Mariners needed to trip a storm final weekend and Auckland had been solely pipped on the loss of life, regular service will resume at Mount Sensible at this time, Logan Rogerson breaking his duck with two objectives earlier than half time, and Auckland operating away with it on the finish.

Each Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United are coming off the again of a much-needed win in troublesome video games, however Henry Hore and Justin Vidic have the Roar in a two-goal lead after solely fifteen minutes.

With out their talisman Jay O’Shea although, they go astray within the second half and Adelaide pull again to degree the scores, however a late solo effort from Chris Lengthy provides the house staff a well-deserved victory to maintain the dream alive.

Nice tine to play Melbourne Metropolis proper now, as they’re blowing cold and warm, and Macarthur FC will likely be seeking to get again to profitable methods after a difficult run of video games. They had been significantly better in Gosford final weekend, and tonight their midfield maestros Antony Caceres and Luke Brattan will roll again the years in a classic show of precision passing and thrilling concepts.

Andrew Nabbout’s objective on the half hour is towards the run of play, Macarthur equalise by way of Mitch Duke not lengthy after half time as they flip the screw, and the sport is on a knife edge because the Bulls throw every part at their illustrious guests. It’s left to Ryan Teague to smash dwelling a very undeserved winner for Metropolis within the dying levels.l

Andrew Nabbout of Melbourne Metropolis. (Picture by Albert Perez/Getty Photos)

Two groups in a little bit of a large number meet at CommBank Stadium on Sunday afternoon, the Wanderers followers staying away in a pitiful displaying from the house assist – it’s no shock given the low-quality fare being served up on the sphere from this vastly proficient group of Western Sydney Wanderers gamers.

Perth Glory see their alternative to get again on monitor, and take the sport to the beleaguered dwelling staff, the scores degree on the break regardless of Perth having the lion’s share of possession.

Hiroshi Ibusuki’s introduction modifications every part because the Wanderers go on the assault, and so they lastly get their reward when Kosta Barbarouses finds Brandon Borrello unmarked within the space to fireside dwelling for the one objective of the sport.

Sydney FC had been undone by their very own stupidity at dwelling to the Phoenix on Sunday, whereas Victory had been a whisker away from a well-known win in Adelaide.

This has dwelling win written throughout it, Clarismario Santos in devastating kind for Victory, and with Juan Mata pulling the strings, as he ought to have carried out at Wanderers, Sydney’s makes an attempt to stem the circulation as they did of their final go to to Melbourne are lastly damaged. Reno Piscopo slides dwelling on the far put up earlier than Keegan Jelacic finishes the job in a one-sided match.