Originally posted on 12/05/2013:

Adelaide v Roar -0.5


Both teams like to play possession football but only 1 team has the ability to do so. It's like Swansea v Barcelona here, Adelaide being Swansea, Roar being Barcelona. I watched Adelaide a few times, I'm really not convinced they have the players to play the style that Josep Gombau wants. In the last game, Heart even managed to expose their high line defence with a couple of long though balls. For the record, even though they dominate possession nearly every game but they are the team with the least number of passes going forward.

Roar will have key playmaker Liam Miller back too. If Heart can craved open Adelaide defence that easily, I can't see why the best team in A-league can't.


Mariners -0.5*** v Sydney FC


This will be my play of the week. Mariners were very poor last week. They have failed to score and win in their last 2 home games. Surely they can't be that poor again? Sydney will be missing Del Piero and their winning run surely must come to an end any time from now.