Crossbar: Whose city is coldest?

Week four has come and gone and now we are into the 'other' matches. 

You know, we've done all the derby's and grudge matches and we're stuck with Western Sydney vs Melbourne Heart in the new kids on the block battle, Victory vs Wellington in the who's city is colder challenge etc etc. The football is still great though and the A-League is making big waves overseas with Heskey and Del Piero on the scoresheet once again (as predicted in last weeks aptly named 'predictions' section).

Still its very hard to get a gauge on who's good and who's not, making for an even competition and an exciting league.

These snuck under the Crossbar and into The Sack (Likes)

1. Western Sydney scoring and winning... Finally.

2. Stop. HESKEY TIME.

3. The Football Sack's #ThingsMoreTrustworthyThanVictoryDefence and your responses. There were some crackers in there.

4. Talk of Harry Kewell returning. He is after all our greatest EVER player.

5. Steve Pantelidis. The man knows his limitations.


What went over the Crossbar (Dislikes) 

1. Neumann getting off that diving charge, maybe there was a clip, but geez, why bring in a rule if you aren't going to enforce it.

2. Betting on the A League, easier to pick the winner in the Melbourne cup than what it is to pick a winner right now.

3. The Football Sack getting put in twitter jail. Again. C'mon Twitter, lift your game. People need us and our incessant tweeting. 

Things we learned: 

We just aren't ready to play games at giant stadiums. Etihad, Patersons and ANZ just look so empty.

Things we already knew:

Fox Sports do a great job, but Gary Phillips?

Things we could change if we had superpowers

Another Melbourne side in the A-League, only because the current two are down the bottom of the table right now. Law of averages and all that. Hey, it worked for Jamie Madrox.

Hero of the week:

Emile Heskey, BANG, BANG, #HESKEY4ENGLAND

Villain of the week:

Jeronimo Neumann. Not in our league please, sir.

Player to watch:

Vinne Grella returns to Australia. One of our all time greats.

Next week's prediction:

1. Victory and Sydney FC fans will be watching Friday night's other Melbourne vs Sydney game out of the corner of their eye.

2. Del Piero to score in open play.

3. Fox Sports to come up with some 'big blue' style name for the Wanderers vs Heart but in red. We'll get in first and call it the Red Stripe Stoush.

Last weeks predictions:

1. Brisbane will score six against the hapless Wanderers. REALLY WRONG

2. Heskey and Del Piero will both score again in Week Four. CORRECT

3. Jacob Burns will go through a game without getting a yellow card. WRONG

Worth a punt:

Western Sydney vs Melbourne Heart to finish 0-0 @ $10.

The Quick Wrap

Newcastle Jets 2 (Heskey 54' 56')
Melbourne Victory 1 (Thompson 71')

Hunter Stadium

Two things dominated this game. One was Heskey, the other was Melbourne Victory's inability to defend. What has happened to Adrian Leijer?

Adelaide United 3 (Nuemann 55' 85' Cassio 68')

Wellington Phoenix 1 (Huysegems 42')

Hindmarsh Stadium

Adelaide bounced back in style, they look the goods.

Melbourne Heart 0

Central Coast Mariners 1 (Bojic 51')

AAMI Park

A brilliantly taken free kick on a brilliant Melbourne afternoon. Mariners are very well organised. Heart are slipping since the round one derby win.

Brisbane Roar 0

Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (Bridge 19')

Suncorp Stadium

You could have knocked me down with a feather. Bridge with another important goal to add to his two grand final goals.

Sydney FC 2 (Del Piero 58' Pen, Emerton 71')

Perth Glory 1 (Dodd 18')

ANZ Stadium

Great occasion, not the place for it though unfortunately. Perth unlucky after playing well for most of the game.