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2026 Australia Cup final rounds thread

Lost my Voice, still recovering.

One of the great nights at Edensor. We do love cup football.

Credit to CCM, they were surprisingly good, for all the negative talk and feedback leading into the game, they really aimed up and gave us little.

We should have won it in 90min, Krslovic missing that one on one in the 93rd minute.

As for the penalty shoot-out, it's one of the best I've ever seen live, most if not all penalties were empathetic.
 
Glenardo said:
Many performances like this from united in the npl this season where they’ve had the better of the game but struggled to find the breakthrough
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CCM were tough, constantly at you. Not sure how many players were from the academy, but they are fit as fuck u until last 15min.

We were also backing up from a massive clash against marconi on sunday.
 
LFC said:
I think this is more on point.
Respect is another.
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I think you have to look deeper. SFC play with a strong academy side that plays against NPL sides. CCM have traditionally played kids up a grade. E.g. academy side is in reality closer to an U20 side. U20 side more like an U18 side. That's how they develop kids when they play a few seasons together. Really more to do with the scale compared to SFC and WSW.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Maybe, or maybe A-League clubs should put more effort into the Australia Cup.
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Oh I agree.

However both things can be right at the same time.

A-league sides should take the cup more seriously given its one of the key domestic trophies to win plus one of two ways into Asian football and the member feds automatically getting a home game when drawn against a-league opposition is Mikey mouse nonsense.

We no longer have the protected draw, the stupid Darwin playoff game and the NZ sides are no longer in competition. We are so close to a properly run cup competition. FA just need to make that last step.
 
patjennings said:
I think you have to look deeper. SFC play with a strong academy side that plays against NPL sides. CCM have traditionally played kids up a grade. E.g. academy side is in reality closer to an U20 side. U20 side more like an U18 side. That's how they develop kids when they play a few seasons together. Really more to do with the scale compared to SFC and WSW.
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understand patj, my comment was generally for all APL sides not CCM specifically for I know they do it their way compared to others.
Thats a side issue as well, each franchise works differently, each franchise are at different levels comp wise State to State.
Another issue at hand.
Question ? how many in last nights side were Snr's barring Redmayne ?
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
If you lose to Olympic then we shoudl ALSO start the covnersation abiut pro/rel no?
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IMO A-league clubs shouldn't try to stop Pro/Rel, in an ideal world we would have it.

However as the world stands now we don't have a division to promoted from and relegated to.

Until that is set up (hopefully Aus. champ becomes that) then its just pissing in the wind chat.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Great to see you attend local football
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re, I try alot but dam busier than normal this current season.
Been to couple Apia ones but I keep low - I'll jump up and down once we stfu Glenardo's hoof ballers fingers crossed.

Best thing bout last night - was with a nephew, one son, the daughter and her boyfriend.
My daughter said its the first time she's been at a pen shootout (mind you she did about 5yrs back one of my GF's obviously Dad didn’t rate haha) and what a pen shootout it was ! epic.
 
NR93 said:
IMO A-league clubs shouldn't try to stop Pro/Rel, in an ideal world we would have it.

However as the world stands now we don't have a division to promoted from and relegated to.

Until that is set up (hopefully Aus. champ becomes that) then its just pissing in the wind chat.
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Ofcourse it is but so is wanting a "fair" cup draw
 
LFC said:
re, I try alot but dam busier than normal this current season.
Been to couple Apia ones but I keep low - I'll jump up and down once we stfu Glenardo's hoof ballers fingers crossed.

Best thing bout last night - was with a nephew, one son, the daughter and her boyfriend.
My daughter said its the first time she's been at a pen shootout (mind you she did about 5yrs back one of my GF's obviously Dad didn’t rate haha) and what a pen shootout it was ! epic.
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Love it mate... congrats to the Cros, another ALeague franchise off the table... Lets hope we help get rid of yet another one next week.
 
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