Chuck South v sydney cro on first at lakeside and i reckon it beats the record crowd against Olympic last year. A Friday night would almost guarantee it.

Interesting watching suited and booted Stefan Zinni said lakeside playing surface is the worst hes played on this yr and described it like a cricket pitch. Worst is complete overkill but its really looked ordinary at times this season. One game about a month ago where it was so sandy and bumpy...

Any team that gets night games will be big winners, especially that time of year.

The penalty nonsense is so gimmicky its going to be hard to take this edition of the championship seriously.

I'd be dissapointed if we dont get to host the 1st match being the reigning champion.

Gonna have to get a lot of practice on synthetic in to prepare for those away games.

When a coach is sacked and rehired days later i think the situation long term still remains untenable. What happened mid season was a disgrace.

At the end of the day it could end up being an Oakleigh v Avondale gf which would make them look even more stupid. Last yr showed people want prime time grand finals. No way that many were turning up for a day game.

How does starting the game 3 hours earlier make any difference at all? Do people look around and say wow the sun is out lets make sure we behave.

Heidelberg lost Ngor before the final as well last yr. Granted he was on loan from the Mariners Its happened too often now with the npl teams that a key piece goes missing before the big ones.

I wonder what state the ground is in right now. It was no issue last year.

So the top flight loses its premier status because a slim chance exists that Preston could play a Greek club in the grand final and we cant have that at night. Trully laughable.

So the fv are scheduling northcote v bulleen the same night as oakleigh v South/bergers/preston. Sometimes its hard not to think they arent trying to split crowds.

The fact that all these coaches are meeting with Avondale during finals suggests they are all not happy where they currently are.

The scenarios arent the same, the club was in a relegation battle last season with a thin squad that nobody wanted to go near, you had to settle for someone unproven. Now its one of the best teams outside the top flight going for someone unproven is silly.

Oakleigh literally should have won that game by 10 goals!

No way someone with no npl experience is coming.

Without looking too far ahead, the lineup this week should be the lineup we expect to play against Lions, its our last hit out at lakeside before the semi. Our lakeside performances to date have been poor. We gotta make it stick this weekend with whatever Sinisa thinks will take us to the Aus...

Think hes been nursed through for the big games. He ran out the game well last Wednesday night.

That bench is missing a couple of names that you know will be on it🤣 Eliopoulos should be on the bench as well.