David Squires have been at his prolific best again this week with a grand final preview also featuring ScoMo and Leigh Sales.
The teams!
No start for Marco Tilio as Florin Berenguer gets the nod, The Frenchman has five goals and five assists this season and has created 44 chances.
One change for United as Steven Lustica starts for the first time in five games on his way back from a calf injury. But the real one to watch is Aleksandar Prijović, and how much service the Serbian striker gets will be key to this match.
Preamble
Emma Kemp
Hello world! Hello Australia! Hello Melbourne! Not hello Tarneit! Yes, Western United still do not have a home after three (3) seasons playing in the A-League Men – it has been a bootless task this whole stadium-building caper. But don’t let anyone tell you the expansion club have a bootless team. For it is grand final day, and they are closer to the toilet seat than everyone except Melbourne City. And if last weekend’s 4-1 semi-final second-leg boilover defeat of Melbourne Victory is any indicator, John Aloisi’s lot will not make it easy for their bigger, shinier counterparts.
The City Football Group tend to own big, shiny clubs with big, shiny players. One of them has just won the English Premier League. This one is brimming with attacking talent befitting the team’s league-high 55 goals in the regular season. They only squeaked past Adelaide United in the semis, and are perhaps not at the peak of the powers we have seen, but it is pretty difficult to doubt them under Patrick Kisnorbo. They did the double last season and are one match away from being the first to go back to back.
Is there anymore to say? Of course there is! Shall we then? We shall.