Michael Turner
Hi, my names Michael Turner. I am 15, living in Sydney and loving the Australian sporting culture. I'm here to bring you all the latest on the Australian Football scene, and Football Manager.
New Zealand 2010 World Cup Preview
New Zealand’s journey takes a similar turn of events to Australia’s four years ago. Despite no South American opposition, and agonizing penalty shootout, the similarities are blatantly obvious for all to see. A two legged playoff against a team pushing for qualification almost as much as the Kiwi’s, it all came down to a home…
Australia 2010 World Cup Preview
The Australian group is definitely not an easy group. Upon first look, many people instantly jumped to the conclusion that Australia had been placed into the venerable group of death. This is not the case. This time around however, Australia does not have the tag of underdog, and opposition teams will be doing their homework…
Australia and New Zealand at the 2010 World Cup
As we all know, the first World Cup on African soil to take place in South Africa next year. This big milestone is shared as well with a relatively smaller milestone, Australia and New Zealand at the World cup at the same time. This is attributed mainly to Oceania’s painfully tough qualifying period, with the…
Football Manager – Patches
Football Manager 2010 has been out for almost a month now, and once again, SI’s forum switchboard has been filled up with complaints about bugs, which we all have to admit, are now a part of the Football Mzanager’s lifestyle. Luckily, the folks at SI have been brilliant enough to release a large amount of…
World’s Most Polite (Brazilian) Footballer
36 year old Alexandre da Silva Mariano, a.k.a. Amaral, is not one player that you would expect to be the (unofficially) most polite footballer. Previously playing in footballing danger zones such as Italy (Parma; AC Fiorentina) and Turkey (Besiktas), representing Brazil 31 times, and winning an Olympic Bronze medal (Atlanta 1996), nobody anticipated that the…
Melbourne Lose More Pride than Points against Central Coast
In this week’s Match of the round, we travel to Etihad Stadium, where Melbourne lost both a match, and their epic pride, going down 4-0 in front of 18,000 fans. A quiet first half and start of the second was ignited by a rampant Central Coast side. Ernie Merrick left his side unchanged for his…
MOTW: Gold Coast Fall in Week of Controversy
In the (self-dubbed) newbie derby, Gold Coast have been defeated by a rampant North Queensland Fury side. Robbie Fowler lead the team from start to finish, getting on the scoresheet twice. The defeat has added to the horrible week that the Gold Coast have suffered, including a 6-0 whitewash by Wellington, and a huge condemnation…
A-League Review: Perth Glory wins in Goal Fest
A large number of good results this round, including an interesting match in Brisbane, with two disappointing defensive errors gifting a win to a deserving Perth Glory. Central Coast won the first ever Battle of the Coasts, in magnificent fashion. Sydney FC won by a narrow margin, but that seems to be a trend for the Sky Blues. Melbourne defeated Adelaide away, but still look disappointing, and will probably not defend their title this season. Despite their valiant efforts, North Queensland were unable to lift themselves off the bottom of the table.
A-League Preview: Can Brisbane Roar mount a serious championship challenge?
Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium What will be a very tough encounter, on the basis of revenge. Adelaide losing in the finals of last season hurt, and will be out to challenge for the title this year. Adelaide so far have been underperforming, but only just however their performances are deserving of a…
A-League Roundup: Sydney FC can’t capitalise on Gold Coast draw
Adelaide United 1-0 Central Coast Mariners Hindmarsh Stadium, 10,262 Adelaide finally won a match, their first since round 1, and in great style in front of ten thousand fans at Hindmarsh Stadium. Travis Dodd was back from injury, making some quick zippy runs in the midfield. Owusu and Cassio were both out with injury in…
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