Sydney FC vs Suwon Bluewings - Asian Champions League

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Take Sydney FC

Match just started so have to be live. Was +100 pre kickoff

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0-0 half time.

Sydney been on top but looking kind of flat really.

+133 1x2 or -190 2way

[Alfa1234]

0-1. Perfect time to bet 1x or lay Suwon at an exchange.

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I am starting to believe in the make a thread and mush it jinx Alfa.

Hardly ever post picks outside motorsport season and am 0-3 if Sydney don't suddenly turn this around.

I was thinking about chasing the draw at +275 but not going to bother. Right now it feels like it will just end up 0-1 if I do LOL

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Actually, your advice is smart

[Alfa1234]

Having turned on the game...I'm not sure how smart it was really. I don't see Sydney scoring.

[Alfa1234]

0-2. Game over.

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Having turned on the game...I'm not sure how smart it was really. I don't see Sydney scoring.

Yeah they look just awful the last 5 mins or so.


0-2

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This team was touted as faves to win this tourney for weeks.

And have just killed all Australian teams on this ground for years unbeaten.

Disappointing. Aussie soccer shown up as sub standard over and again. Asia just getting better faster than us.

[Alfa1234]

Yep, from what I'm seeing here Blue Wings are toying with them. Sydney has 0 shots on target all game...

I've been generally dissapointed with Aussie players coming to Belgium over the years. Technique/stamina is good enough but they aren't used to playing a fast pace so most of them just don't make it. And the Belgian league isn't that great either...

[Honeybadger44]

Tim Cahill was one of my favorite players back in the day, but other then him there was really not so many great Aussie players that I can remember... I believe it's tough for soccer down under to attract talent in first place. You are competing against other sports that are very popular and the talent pool is not that big anyway.

[jjgold]

missed it

what network was it on?

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Tim Cahill was one of my favorite players back in the day, but other then him there was really not so many great Aussie players that I can remember... I believe it's tough for soccer down under to attract talent in first place. You are competing against other sports that are very popular and the talent pool is not that big anyway.

It's the most popular sport for boys player wise by a long way. We should produce plenty of good players. And probably do ok really if you look at worldwide clubs. But all the good young players don't aspire to play A-League. They want to play in Europe.

And the national team is a bit hamstrung by Euro clubs not wanting to release them for a game against Singapore 14 hours flight away. So they only get together for the important pressure games and big tournaments.

Anyway, enough excuses. That really was a slap in the face wake up call when the dominant local club team looked just second rate against not even the best Korean team. And K-league not up there with J-League or the Chinese teams even really as far as I understand things.

[Honeybadger44]

wasn't aware of that. I thought that rugby and aussie rules are just as popular...

I've read somewhere that J-league gets more media exposure but was not as good as K-league. But that was couple of years ago and it's not really my area of expertise, so I don't know it that information is correct or not.

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wasn't aware of that. I thought that rugby and aussie rules are just as popular...

I've read somewhere that J-league gets more media exposure but was not as good as K-league. But that was couple of years ago and it's not really my area of expertise, so I don't know it that information is correct or not.

Rugby League and Rugby Union, and especially Aussie Rules, are more popular fanbase and tv viewing wise but as far as players Soccer takes it. Rugby Union not even in the top 10 as it's mostly a private school thing in the juniors.


Most popular sports

The most popular organised sports for children in 2009 were swimming, with a participation rate of 19%, outdoor soccer (13%) and Australian rules football (9%) (table 14.18). For boys, the most popular sports were outdoor soccer (20%), swimming (17%) and Australian rules football (16%). In comparison, the most popular sports for girls were swimming (20%), netball (17%) and gymnastics (8%).

14.18 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN TOP 10 MOST POPULAR ORGANISED SPORTS(a), By sex—2009
	Number ('000)	Participation rate (%)
MALES
Soccer (outdoor)	277.8	19.9
Swimming	240.1	17.2
Australianrules football	223.7	16.0
Cricket (outdoor)	135.7	9.7
Tennis	131.6	9.4
Basketball	118.7	8.5
Martial arts	105.2	7.5
Rugby league	97.2	7.0
Soccer (indoor)	59.4	4.3
Hockey	25.6	1.8
FEMALES
Swimming	262.8	19.8
Netball	225.0	17.0
Gymnastics	101.2	7.6
Basketball	83.2	6.3
Tennis	83.2	6.3
Soccer (outdoor)	82.7	6.2
Martial arts	49.5	3.7
Athletics, track and field	47.0	3.5
Hockey	31.8	2.4
Soccer (indoor)	17.5	1.3
(a) Children aged 5–14 years who participated in organised sport (excluding dancing) outside of school hours during the 12 months prior to interview in April 2009.
Source: Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, Apr 2009 (4901.0).

[Alfa1234]

missed it

what network was it on?

Whenever I can't find a game on any of the networks here I use vipleague.me . It has any sports game you want...but be sure to use an ad blocker.