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Yep I loved going to the footy at Perth Oval in the 80s and watching the Mighty Black & Whites roll the Royals Freeze...a lot of the time coming from a long way down too!

Another nil all draw against Adelaide tonight with Poppa making 4 or 5 changes from last weeks team. Surely the time has come to settle into a set playing group given he's made something like 15 changes in the last few weeks which appears to have caused Perth to lose its early season form. I understand January is a testing time for players with games packed into the month but ffs, give the players some certainty about who will be along side them each week.

I only saw the last 20 minutes BC but Adelaide looked like they were all over Glory and had a number of good chances to snatch the points. Having said that Glory had a real opportunity to nick it in injury time as well. I suppose now is a good time to have a slump in form rather than at the pointy end of the season. They are still well placed and a win over Newcastle on Sunday will have them flying again. They probably miss Iconomides as well and he will be back soon.

A good effort by the Glory tonight. Won 2 - 0 but probably should have scored at least 1 maybe 2 more. It looked like the preferred starting line for the rest of the season with maybe Chianese who came off the bench to come into 11 along with Ikonomides. Melbourne Victory were very impressive with the win over Sydney FC last night and they still have Honda to come back in. Should be a terrific finals series.

Yes good to see the old firm Castro and Keogh combining for a very good opening goal and Kilkenny curling in a beauty from long range. Thoroughly deserved. Ikonimidis will be the icing on the cake. Just hope we've got enough fit defenders to keep Dulbkic out of the line up. The bloke gives his all but he's slow as a galloping giraffe (actually they are quite quick when they get going) but like a giraffe he's slow to wind up and his foot skills aren't really up to A league standard.

Victory and Sydney will be there when the whips are cracking and Wellington Phoenix have got their tails up. They are all hungry for the Premiers Plate too so no room for complacency. It's ours to lose.

Agree with your comments on Drillbit DD...he's an accident waiting to happen...very good in the air but on the ground he regularly turns it over. Lowry, Spiranovich and Grant are my preferred back 3. The other interesting one is Jacob Italiano. I know he's coming back from an ACL but if they can get some game time into him he could that X factor coming off the bench that all sides need come the pointy end and I'm sure his Bundesliga club would like to see him back on the park.

BC wrote: Agree with your comments on Drillbit DD...he's an accident waiting to happen...very good in the air but on the ground he regularly turns it over. Lowry, Spiranovich and Grant are my preferred back 3.

You can add Mrcela to that list BC. Him and Juande are so composed and have that extra height. Would be nice to get Josh Risdon back next year. He went to the Wanderers to play under Popovic.

BC wrote: Agree with your comments on Drillbit DD...he's an accident waiting to happen...very good in the air but on the ground he regularly turns it over. Lowry, Spiranovich and Grant are my preferred back 3. The other interesting one is Jacob Italiano. I know he's coming back from an ACL but if they can get some game time into him he could that X factor coming off the bench that all sides need come the pointy end and I'm sure his Bundesliga club would like to see him back on the park.

Edit...I added bit more before you commented DD.

Gee been away for a while , seems Glory have really turned it around this season and dominating at top of the ladder new coach and top up list seems to worked a treat.
Haven’t seen any games and but might go along and see some live , from past experience it’s not a bad night out in summer.

Can anyone give me a run down of the season so
Far?

In a nutshell they now have a coach who is a strict disciplinarian who has a proven track record of getting results through hard work....the days of getting on the piss before and after games is over!
They are now fitter, faster, better skilled, better drilled and there is serious competition on for spots in the starting side, now not chosen on past reputations like seasons past!