Australia Cup 2023

[Carns]

3 hours ago, MartinTyler said:

Deciding on a location for the final if Brisbane win their semi could get interesting

Should just do it at Redcliffe, Dolphins are done for the year, it'll be empty. Suncorp would be silly.

There is talk that if City make it they might magically get the home final given they were shafted with the GF last season.

[Sithslayer1991]

1 hour ago, GE942150 said:

We just had to beat a very average A League side and we would have played an NPL team, who we probably would have beat, to make the Final....

Frustrating.

I wouldn't say Brisbane is average. Pre season form for Brisbane has been interesting. Plus the way they demolished Sydney United in the previous round was an indication something had changed. Because last season they struggled against Sydney United and had a blunt attack. Prior to our game they also romped Western United, so Aloisi changed something in their attack to make things happen.

And again I put the loss on Rudan. If it the game was at home Rudan takes the initiative, in this game he was happy to surrender the ball from the get go and I don't get why we play like that in away games. 

[pseudonym]

Waits for the inevitable "hey everyone, we're going hold the Australia Cup final at Parramatta"

[WHACKO]

Melbourne Knight's creative chant...

You can stick the F.ucking A-League up your arse.

[mack]

Smurfs vs Roar final.

They're gonna play it at Parramatta again. There's a concert in Moore Park on the date of the final.

edit - Was wrong, that concert is at Homebush. Moore Park is open.

[StringerBellend]

29 minutes ago, mack said:

Smurfs vs Roar final.

They're gonna play it at Parramatta again. There's a concert in Moore Park on the date of the final.

edit - Was wrong, that concert is at Homebush. Moore Park is open.

We can't get pissed off if they do play it at Parra and win there. Our being **** is on us. Especially the piss poor efforts in the cup and the piss poor effort against Sydney to end last season.

 

[BoyFromTheWest]

Why not in Brisbane?

[mack]

Suncorp will be too large/costly, the rest of the stadiums in Brisbane are too small. Play at Moore Park and maybe get 20k.

[StringerBellend]

12 hours ago, mack said:

Suncorp will be too large/costly, the rest of the stadiums in Brisbane are too small. Play at Moore Park and maybe get 20k.

No way it will get 20k 15 at most. Even that with GWS counting 

[pseudonym]

12 hours ago, mack said:

Suncorp will be too large/costly, the rest of the stadiums in Brisbane are too small. Play at Moore Park and maybe get 20k.

Leichhardt Oval could be an option then? 

I'm guessing they'll schedule the match for Sunday 8th October without realising that Bathurst 1000 is on that day

[102megan]

16 minutes ago, StringerBellend said:

No way it will get 20k 15 at most. Even that with GWS counting 

Would be interesting if they do kids for free / reasonably priced tickets ($20's plenty) or something. 

(Even though it IS a Final - they can't rely on that alone to get people to attend)

[mack]

Suncorp not available. Sydney to host.

[WHACKO]

Leichhardt or Kogarah should be big enough to hold it.

[MathyouWSW]

F*ck them off to WIN Stadium...

[pseudonym]

Confirmed: Allianz Stadium - Saturday 7th October

[SBW]

They could have played the final in either Gold Coast or Townsville

[mack]

13 minutes ago, SBW said:

They could have played the final in either Gold Coast or Townsville

Townsville is further away from Brisbane than Brisbane is from Sydney. And not by a small amount either. Gold Coast obviously the only place that would work, but Suncorp being out is enough of an excuse for the FA to play it in Sydney. And of course there's no reason why Brisbane Roar have to get to host the final anyway.

Obviously they should just have a draw done after the semi-final where one pair of semi-finalists gets drawn as the host for whoever wins. But the FA see the final as their opportunity to make money so aren't going to do that.

[Sithslayer1991]

Yea without alternatives to Suncorp in Brisbane this was always the likely outcome. FFA wants the cash so Gold Coast is out as no guarantees it could sell out or that Brisbane supporters would travel the 45 minutes it is down the road.

[MartinTyler]

2 hours ago, SBW said:

They could have played the final in either Gold Coast or Townsville

Coffs would have made a decent neutral venue

[SBW]

38 minutes ago, MartinTyler said:

Coffs would have made a decent neutral venue

[MathyouWSW]

19 hours ago, SBW said:

They could have played the final in either Gold Coast or Townsville

I agree. 

Gold Coast's Cbus Stadium/Robina Stadium could of been ideal.

It's capacity is around 27k, I don't think they'll get anymore than that at the game.  

[Carns]

They'll be lucky to get 20k.

[MathyouWSW]

1 hour ago, Carns said:

They'll be lucky to get 20k.

Exactly, I say they'll get roughly 12k.

[StringerBellend]

2 hours ago, MathyouWSW said:

Exactly, I say they'll get roughly 12k.

Only if they get the GWS crowd counter, it will be 8500

[pseudonym]

2 hours ago, MathyouWSW said:

Exactly, I say they'll get roughly 12k.

 

I'll guess 11,461 for the Cup Final attendance

[Sithslayer1991]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/lack-of-venue-robs-brisbane-roar-fans-of-home-final-20230926-p5e7m3.html

 

Stadium and cup final brought into focus with Queensland election next year. With 2 NRL teams in Brisbane you would think a 2nd 15-20,000 rectangular stadium in Brisbane is on the cards.

 

[BoyFromTheWest]

Cup final: Roar up 1:0 and probably deserved.

[mack]

I'm sure the refs will be on hand for a square up.

[BoyFromTheWest]

Suprise omission is Jack Rodwell. It with hammy.  Who'd have thought he'd be injured??

[BoyFromTheWest]

I reckon that must have been close to a red Girdwood-Reich. Possibly lucky there was no VAR.