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I’ll take first place and a champions league spot as a success for this season.

I reackon it will be good game to see where we are at.

We are very likely to win the plate. Although, it's unlikely to win the Championship. This is based on our poor head to head this season against top teams. Add injuries and the group stage interruption.

From the club, 12/4/22 Aiden O’Neill suffered a broken metatarsal in the first half of last week’s clash against Sydney FC and is unlikely to play again this season. Scans have confirmed a Grade 2 hamstring strain for Florin Berenguer after he was subbed out in the first half of Saturday’s Melbourne Derby and he is expected to miss 4-5 weeks. Adding further to the headaches in midfield, Connor Metcalfe tested positive to COVID-19 upon arrival and is currently in hotel isolation in Bangkok In good news, Scott Galloway is tracking well in his rehab from his hamstring injury and is likely to join the squad next week. Griffiths did the job last season as our DM and has the physicality to control the midfield ...

I reckon the main advantage they have is playing is playing in front of their home fans and being used to the conditions. Otherwise I believe we will have them covered on the pitch...

It's really impossible to predict anything without seeing the opponent first. They are the host. Based on Socceroos struggle in away matches, there are lots of uncertainty. Go City!

49 points will be enough.

Im thinking if not the Italian maybe some one else steps up. I think what gets missed in our success and improvement over the last 2 and 3/4 season's has been as a collective we have been amazing. Last year we didn't have Maclaren and Nabbout for finals and Atkinson Tilio and Colakovski all stepped up. Im pretty confident we will have a couple blokes step up. Obviously Gomulka Pucciarelli and Endoh would be first options, but still , Lesiotis, Caputo or Raphael could pop up. Maybe we might see Bos move into midfield.

i've said this before, plenty of banana peels out there. Brisbane proved that tonight. in so many ways its great we are the ones with the points tucked away.

Pucci anyone? Lucky he’s got some minutes in the legs.