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  • Robinson Redemption Begins With Round 1 Derby


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    The Western Sydney Wanderers road to A-League redemption begins on Saturday, the 20th of November, in a colossal Round 1 Sydney Derby at the Western Sydney Stadium.

    With the club reeling from yet another dismal failure of a season, the team will face a huge test in their opening round fixture from losing Grand Finalists Sydney FC. In addition to the usual intrigue of a Sydney Derby, the match has been selected as the first to be shown on Channel 10 in the new A-League broadcast agreement.

    The opening 6 rounds of the fixture list have been released, with the Wanderers heading to Newcastle in Round 2, then Wellington for an "away" game that will likely take place somewhere in New South Wales due to New Zealand travel restrictions, a South West Derby against Macarthur at home, before heading on the road against for matches against the Central Coast Mariners and the Newcastle Jets to round off the opening stages.

    The FFA Cup fixture against Broadmeadow Magic has not be scheduled yet, but it would not surprise if it were played prior to the A-League kick-off. Other big games at the start of the season include a Mariners/Jets F3 Derby in Round 1, a Melbourne Derby in Round 5 and a Macarthur/Sydney FC match in Round 6.0

    The Wanderers W-League team also had their first 4 matches announced, starting with a 3rd of December, Venue TBD game against Wellington in the NZ sides first ever W-League game, a Parramatta Sydney Derby for Round 2, Newcastle in Round 3 and another Derby for Round 4, this time at Leichardt Oval.

    Carl Robinson has said a lot of words so far in his stint at the Wanderers, but very little to back it up on the park. Having punted a variety of underperformers like Dylan McGowan, Jordon Mutch, Graham Dorrans, Kosta Grozos, Patrick Ziegler, and watched off contract stars like Mitch Duke and Bruce Kamau leave for overseason, the squad is unquestionably his.

    There are no more excuses after years of failure. There are 18 points on offer in this first set of matches, and I see the bare minimum as 12. Anything less and the club should cut it's losses quickly and get rid of the talker and bring in someone who gets results. Perhaps Sydney FC and Macarthur will get the better of us, but putting away the Mariners, Newcastle and Wellington is a must if the club is to return to competing for trophies.


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    GE942150

    Posted

    38 minutes ago, Wanderboy said:

    I'll try that for sure.

    They need to send out a mass email to members mentioning this so that they know it can actually be fixed.

    Paul01

    Posted

    Like the graphics from the club

     

     

    THEWANDERERSPOST

    Posted (edited)

    2 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

    Like the graphics from the club

     

     

    Bobo front and centre to sky a penalty again.

    Edited by THEWANDERERSPOST
    StringerBellend

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    Bobo front and centre to sky a penalty again.

    Did they find the ball after that, think it landed somewhere in the car park 

    THEWANDERERSPOST

    Posted

    1 minute ago, StringerBellend said:

    Did they find the ball after that, think it landed somewhere in the car park 

    Still in orbit I heard. Went past the International Space Station recently.

    Paul01

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    Bobo front and centre to sky a penalty again.

    Rivals are Forever is just so perfect

    Unlimited

    Posted

    15 hours ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    Yep, I got in contact to get it sorted and they were brilliant. 

    Got seats in our allocation, not exactly same seats or bay but close enough.

    Maybe you could consult them about moving you to your actual bay?

    Am I the only one that sort of likes the chopping and changing? I don’t mind sitting elsewhere although I sit literally on the halfway line in my “typical” seat

    StringerBellend

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

    Rivals are Forever is just so perfect

    Long as we don't continue to adopt the Everton role in the relationship

    THEWANDERERSPOST

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

    Am I the only one that sort of likes the chopping and changing? I don’t mind sitting elsewhere although I sit literally on the halfway line in my “typical” seat

    I don't mind to be honest. I'll usually always stay in my seat in the first half of games.

    After that I tend to go walkabout to different parts of the stadium to watch from different areas, views, perspectives etc.

    Unlimited

    Posted

    I haven’t sat in my normal seat since Round 1 last year and never did so at Spotless

    I like watching the action from different angles. Bit of variety.

    Might also mean I sit next to future Mrs. Unlimited :give_rose:

    pseudonym

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    I don't mind to be honest. I'll usually always stay in my seat in the first half of games.

    After that I tend to go walkabout to different parts of the stadium to watch from different areas, views, perspectives etc.

    There are always going to be a few games each season where not many people turn up

    So if people want to sit somewhere else that's fine

    Occasionally I'd take my mum to some games. The issue was that we were seated upstairs behind a family with young children who would get excited and kick the back of her chair.

    They weren't being malicious just clumsy.

    We decided to have a look at the downstairs bays and choose one for the evening.

    Smoggy

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

    I haven’t sat in my normal seat since Round 1 last year and never did so at Spotless

    I like watching the action from different angles. Bit of variety.

    Might also mean I sit next to future Mrs. Unlimited :give_rose:

    Great way for meeting someone. I think back now to the epic UEFA cup come backs in the QF’s and SF when each time I ended up dancing around and hugging the total stranger women next to me, in fact for the QF against Basel when the injury time winner hit the back of the net we went over the back of the seats in front of us and we’re on the floor for a little while lol Total…*******…mayhem that was….just one of those moments where everyone loses their inhibitions and go totally mental. As a single fella good place to be.

    Smoggy

    Posted (edited)

    25 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

    I haven’t sat in my normal seat since Round 1 last year and never did so at Spotless

    I like watching the action from different angles. Bit of variety.

    Might also mean I sit next to future Mrs. Unlimited :give_rose:

    I spent just about an entire season at the old Parra stadium not sitting in my allocated seat and moving around the ground :D

    Free upgrades :ninja:

    Edited by Smoggy
    theguyyouwishyouwere

    Posted

    20 hours ago, Smoggy said:

    Great way for meeting someone. I think back now to the epic UEFA cup come backs in the QF’s and SF when each time I ended up dancing around and hugging the total stranger women next to me, in fact for the QF against Basel when the injury time winner hit the back of the net we went over the back of the seats in front of us and we’re on the floor for a little while lol Total…*******…mayhem that was….just one of those moments where everyone loses their inhibitions and go totally mental. As a single fella good place to be.

    hugged a little beauty at the ACL second leg watch thingy at fed sqaure parra but it was Romeo Castelan :(

    Davo

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Unlimited said:

    Am I the only one that sort of likes the chopping and changing? I don’t mind sitting elsewhere although I sit literally on the halfway line in my “typical” seat

    I deliberately picked a different bay to my normal one for this game. I've been in my regular seat plenty of times and will be there for years so whenever there's a chance to try somewhere else I usually do.

    Zelinsky

    Posted

    22 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

    Did they find the ball after that, think it landed somewhere in the car park 

    Came down eventually, covered in a layer of ice and snow. 

    ZachMercer

    Posted

    Taking the entire family to this one.......so hello family seating area 105.......*yay*.......... 2 quick questions. 1) Can I drink beer in the family area? and 2) Do the seating rows go from lower numbers to higher numbers as you move away from the pitch? I can't remember
     

    pseudonym

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, ZachMercer said:

    Taking the entire family to this one.......so hello family seating area 105.......*yay*.......... 2 quick questions. 1) Can I drink beer in the family area? and 2) Do the seating rows go from lower numbers to higher numbers as you move away from the pitch? I can't remember
     

    Family Zone = no drinking

    Seating rows = Row 1 closest to the pitch

    Hughesy

    Posted

    75% is stupid. They did the same thing at the NRL GF and everyone just condensed into the same bays lol

    Happy to be educated otherwise but the idea a 75% capacity is somehow safer than 100% seems dumb to me unless they actually enforce distancing in every row.

    GE942150

    Posted

    1 hour ago, hughsey said:

    75% is stupid. They did the same thing at the NRL GF and everyone just condensed into the same bays lol

    Happy to be educated otherwise but the idea a 75% capacity is somehow safer than 100% seems dumb to me unless they actually enforce distancing in every row.

    My thoughts exactly.

    GE942150

    Posted

    Was just told by the membership team that it was a technical error that opened up the RBB section to non members. I honestly think they should just scrap members only RBB and let anyone buy tickets to help fill it up. This was the case for season 1 and possibly 2, and look how good it was. I understand that their is the risk of having away fans buying tickets there, but the solution could be to warn buyers that away fans will be turned away. 

    THEWANDERERSPOST

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, GE942150 said:

    Was just told by the membership team that it was a technical error that opened up the RBB section to non members. I honestly think they should just scrap members only RBB and let anyone buy tickets to help fill it up. This was the case for season 1 and possibly 2, and look how good it was. I understand that their is the risk of having away fans buying tickets there, but the solution could be to warn buyers that away fans will be turned away. 

    I can't remember but thought they closed it off as it was harder to identify those who may have been causing trouble.

    Could be wrong here, thought I remembered someone saying that before.

    GE942150

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    I can't remember but thought they closed it off as it was harder to identify those who may have been causing trouble.

    Could be wrong here, thought I remembered someone saying that before.

    It's just too hard to get 2 k (or whatever the capacity is of that section) to commit to a full season membership for active support. Casuals/part timers are definitely needed. 

    THEWANDERERSPOST

    Posted

    27 minutes ago, GE942150 said:

    It's just too hard to get 2 k (or whatever the capacity is of that section) to commit to a full season membership for active support. Casuals/part timers are definitely needed. 

    I don't think its a bad idea, i'm just saying why I thought it ended up getting closed to only members.

    GE942150

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    I don't think its a bad idea, i'm just saying why I thought it ended up getting closed to only members.

    And there's also a good chance that the away active could out number us as its open for any away fan, not just active. Our own active away seems to be bigger than home for a lot of matches.

    marron

    Posted

    3 hours ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    I can't remember but thought they closed it off as it was harder to identify those who may have been causing trouble.

    Could be wrong here, thought I remembered someone saying that before.

    It was the A-League, from memory - Season 2, the gate at the side had to be shut, because we were all supposed to have dedicated seats. But, believe it or not, that was actually seen as a positive (not the seats part, but the gate shut) - because blow ins made it hard to coordinate tifos and would spend all their time on phones and all that.

    Now we are in the brave new world would be good to think they could just open it up again.

    Carns

    Posted

    From memory it was limited to members only due to flares and other behaviour that led to widespread issues for the RBB/club.

    It's arguably a bit different nowadays considering the CCTV etc. that is available meaning identification is potentially easier.

    THEWANDERERSPOST

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, marron said:

    It was the A-League, from memory - Season 2, the gate at the side had to be shut, because we were all supposed to have dedicated seats. But, believe it or not, that was actually seen as a positive (not the seats part, but the gate shut) - because blow ins made it hard to coordinate tifos and would spend all their time on phones and all that.

    Now we are in the brave new world would be good to think they could just open it up again.

    2 minutes ago, Carns said:

    From memory it was limited to members only due to flares and other behaviour that led to widespread issues for the RBB/club.

    It's arguably a bit different nowadays considering the CCTV etc. that is available meaning identification is potentially easier.

    Thank you both for the clarification. 

    Interested to hear everyone's verdict. Open it up, or keep it to members?

    billybob

    Posted

    Why not do both. What if it was opened for any member to sit in the Active section. That way the club would still know whoever one is, it would allow any member to wander in and participate. 

    GE942150

    Posted

    12 hours ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said:

    Thank you both for the clarification. 

    Interested to hear everyone's verdict. Open it up, or keep it to members?

    I know the match is still over 2 weeks away, but ticket sales don't seem to be doing too good at the moment. Still tickets available in all rbb seated sections. They've allocated 7 bays to sfc away which I think is ridiculous considering that only 75% capacity is allowed. 




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