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Harbour View FFA Cup: A long way to go -
So finally the FFA Cup has come around and arguably the biggest tie of the now completed Round of 32 was a clash which saw the travelling Sydney Fc play Wollongong Wolves. The performance was good enough, but a lot of improvement is needed. Firstly before carrying on, congrats to Wollongong Wolves who put up a very respectable performance given where the club currently are in the NPL competition. Also of note was the crowd which was definitely more than I expected. Of note however was how many Sydney supporters who either made the trip down or had the oppurtunity to see the team in their own backyard. Now to the meat of this article. Yes the sky blues did enough on the night. We could look back later on and be happy with the fact that Sydney Fc got a vital 90 minutes in the legs. However have I ever been so unconvinced by a victory? Probably not. The first 45 minutes was dreadful with the team often been sucked down to the wolves level. Feeling the need to hit needless long balls to a target man, not looking composed at all with Brillante and O’Neil basically non existant in [...]
Justin Smith