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Time for the Round 15 State League Preview podcast! This week sees Floreat Athena host Armadale, Balcatta tackle Inglewood United, Stirling Lions against the NTC, Bunbury taking on Perth, Sorrento at home to ECU Joondalup and Western Knights battling Bayswater City. Download it. Listen to it. Tell your friends on Facebook & Twitter. Download here! Subscribe on iTunes! Also please remember to review us on iTunes! Finally, feedback (feedback@thatwasagoal.com)! What can we do better? Transcript Adriano: Welcome, everybody to the Round 15 That Was A Goal State League Preview Podcast. I’m Adriano, joined once again in the Twin Cities’ 89.7 studios by Dave. Dave: Hello. Adriano: Hi, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Why is my greeting humorous… Adriano: I don’t know. It’s just the way… Dave: …Adriano? Adriano: …just the way it popped out. Dave: Yep. Adriano: Newton’s still away. Dave: Good. Adriano: But we are with producer Roffo… Dave: Yep, as always. Adriano: …as we go through Round 15, Dave, of this amazing competition, which last week brought up some incredible results, including the ECU Bayswater game. Dave: Yep. Adriano: So, we’re expecting some more this week. But fixtures are Floreat versus Armadale, Bunbury versus Perth, Balcatta versus Inglewood United, Sterling Lions versus Football West NTC Men. Dave: So that’s how you’re going to read that one from now on, isn’t it? Adriano: Yeah, yeah. Dave: Yep. Adriano: Sorrento versus ECU Joondalup, and Western Knights versus Bayswater City. All right. Floreat Athena versus Armadale, Dave… Dave: Yep. Adriano: …at E&D Litis Stadium. Now, contrasting form coming into this one, Floreat with a 3-1 win, Armadale with a 3-1 loss. Dave: Yes. Adriano: Of course, Floreat beating the Western Knights by three goals to one, just hours after Liam Boland left the club for Perth. Dave: Yes. Adriano: In a sensational transferred… Dave: Transferred deadline. Adriano: Sensational transfer. Dave: Yes. It was pen to paper just before the deadline hit. Adriano: It was at 2:59 on Saturday afternoon, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Then Boland put on his Perth kit. No, it was at 2:50, and then he got in a private jet from E&D Litis Stadium… Dave: [inaudible 00:01:30] he was actually at Floreat about to go onto the pitch. Adriano: Yeah. Well, they played at the Western Knights. Dave: Oh, sorry. Yeah. Adriano: So, he was down there in Fremantle Way… Dave: Yeah. Adriano: …took a private jet into Dorian Gardens to start for Perth. That’s how… Dave: Put on his kit on the plane, went out onto the pitch. Adriano: Even more ridiculous than the Fernando Torres transfer, Dave… Dave: Yes. Adriano: …last year. Dave: It’s crazy stuff. That’s what the Football West Premier League gives us. Adriano: But looking at the game, Dave, one would have to say that Floreat heavy favorites given they’re leading the competition at this point in time. Dave: Yeah, definitely. Adriano: Armadale coming off the 3-1 loss to Inglewood United, of course. Armadale though, Dave, we know they can spring a surprise, but they usually did it on the home turf… Dave: Yeah. Adriano: …and offered Skeet. So, going away from home, they really do struggle. Dave: But you always say they’re a banana peel. Adriano: Potential banana skin [inaudible 00:02:17]. Dave: Banana skin, peel, same thing. The point is, it could be a potential slip-up for Floreat here. Armadale, they have, I think, they’ll be Bayswater, this season? Adriano: They’ll be in Sorrento. Dave: Sorrento, sorry. Adriano: I think another one would be [inaudible 00:02:34]. Dave: [Drew 00:02:35] or someone else. But, yeah, I mean they’re capable of actually getting those wins, but Floreat and ironed some really good form of light. I don’t know. They did get a couple of goals last week, but how will they go without a recognized striker there? Adriano: That’s the test from now on, Dave. Dave: Because, I mean, for what they’ve had in their squad this season as well, apart from Boland, they haven’t actually really had a backup striker there. Adriano: The thing is, Dave, they’ve played the last couple of weeks. They can beat the lower place teams. They beat – who was it last – Western Knights last week. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Now, they can host Armadale, one of the lower rank sides. But when they get to the B clashes against your Inglewoods, your Bayswaters, your Perths… Dave: Yeah. Adriano: …and Sorrentos, that will be the key test for them now that big Liam Boland has left. Dave: Yeah, definitely. Yeah. So, hopefully they can get the goals, and I think they will. I think they’ll probably come away with a 2-1 victory. Adriano: For Armadale, well, they’ve just got to keep doing what they know best, Dave. That’s scrapping to get points, scrapping to get a result any way they can. Dave: Battling it out. Adriano: Battling it out. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Cyril Sharrock on goals is always a good start, always a good base for a team to have, Dave. He’s worth six to nine points a season for them, Dave, probably. Dave: Yeah, he is. Adriano: With the saves he makes. They’ve got the plays, Dave. They’ve got Tavernese. They’ve got Kuppusamy. They’ve got these plays, and Wilf Dinsdale last week got onto the score sheet. So, that’s a new name on the score sheet for Armadale. Nick Viaggio, so they’ve got players, Dave, who can do the business. Dave: They do. Adriano: It’s just where they turn up on the day. Dave: Yep. Adriano: But you’re going for Floreat, are you? Dave: Yeah, I think a 2-1 victory for Floreat. Adriano: Okay. Fair enough. Bunbury versus Perth, Dave. Dave: Yep. Adriano: Bunbury coming off a 3-1 victory against the NTC, and another home class. So, that’s two weeks in a row they didn’t have to make the trip up, and they’re staying in familiar surrounds. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: For Perth, though, bit of a form drop before they secured their victory last week. Dave: Yep. Adriano: But, this is the thing, Dave. This competition continues to amaze us. They went down 4-nil at Bayswater Perth. Bunbury, what sort of a test can we expect for Perth, Dave? Because this is the first time they make the long trip down. We’ve seen a couple of teams come unstuck doing it. Dave: Oh, yeah. Adriano: Will the champions slip up, Dave? Dave: Well, Perth will be flying down to Bunbury in the same private jet that Boland flew to the game last week. But it’s always a hard, hard game to go down to Bunbury. Just being put out to travel that far to play a game on the same day. I know it’s not ridiculously far and a lot of that, but I mean, to drive down on the same day and then play a game, it does take its toll. You do stiffen up a little bit. But the Perth players, I mean, they might be going down the night before, you don’t know. A lot of clubs do that, and that probably does help. Adriano: Well, surely a club like Perth, Dave, will be going down two days before [inaudible 00:05:39], you know? Dave: Yeah. They’ll be in the same five-star resorts. Adriano: Right, they’re probably there now, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: In the plane or in the spa right now. Dave: Training camp. Adriano: We’re slogging it out, recording the podcast with producer Roffo, and they’re in the spa, Dave, cruising around… Dave: They’ve been down there training all week. Adriano: …four or five days before the game starts. Dave: Yeah, probably. But Perth will be probably getting the win here. They’ve just got too much quality for Bunbury. Adriano: Well, now that Greg Sharland, Dave, of course, David Onoforo up front, add Liam Boland to the mix… Dave: Yeah. Adriano: …they’ve got to be starting to get back into contention. Because they’re not the favorite at the moment for the championship. Dave: No, definitely not. Definitely not. Adriano: But give it a month with the potential attacking trident here, Dave, and I tell you what… Dave: Tell you what, it’s… Adriano: …they could be back on track. Dave: Yeah. It could be. Could be. So, I think 2 and 0 to Perth this week. I think Boland will get a double. Adriano: Boland on the double. Dave: Big Liam Boland on the double. Adriano: All right. Balcatta versus Inglewood United. Dave: Yep. Adriano: Now, this turns into a very enticing clash, Dave, because Balcatta of course who had the week off, their match against Sterling Lions was postponed. They’re sitting in sixth position, three points behind Perth in fifth position, Dave. Dave: Yep. Adriano: But with that game in hand, of course. So, this clash against Inglewood, who’s co-leading the league of course with Floreat Athena… Dave: Floreat, yep. Adriano: …second on goal difference only, becomes now a very enticing match. Dave: Yeah, very enticing. But, I mean, Balcatta, they’re just – I don’t know what’s with them this season. They definitely haven’t reached the heights they did last season with the way they play. Now that they’ve lost Rosendale and he was the big one for us. Steven Burton, but now they’ve lost Steve Burton as well. Adriano: Higgins is gone. Dave: Yep. Adriano: Sorry, Thornley. Dave: Not Higgins. Thornley. Adriano: John Thornley. Dave: Yeah, he’s gone to ECU. So, they’re kind of understrength. They’ve got there Daniel Mi?evski is the one stepping up and putting away the goals for them of late. So, unless he can continue that form, I think they’ll kind of struggle against Inglewood, because Inglewood are definitely in the better form on both sides. Adriano: No Michael Baczynski, Dave, for Inglewood United, sent off last week in the victory… Dave: Yep. Adriano: …against Armadale. Dave: Yes. Adriano: But James Sammut and Alex Caniglia, Dave, the other goal- scorers from that game Baczynski scored of course in the first half. Dave: Yep. Adriano: They’re in two of the best plays in the competition this season, there’s no doubt about that. Dave: Yeah, definitely. I mean, I think Inglewood’s midfield pairing of David [Partridge 00:08:22] and James Sammut, they’re both extremely good players and they’re really good on the ball. I think they’ve run games for Inglewood. Adriano: Much like [inaudible 00:08:31] yesterday was. Dave: Yes. Yes, you could say that. Adriano: Are they the [inaudible 00:08:34] of this league, then? Dave: They are, and you know what? I thought last week, I was like, you know who’s the David Silva of the Premier Leaguers? Daniel Micevski. That’s what I think. Adriano: Yeah. Dave: I think he’s the David Silva of the Premier League. Adriano: What about the Casillas, Dave? Dave: Casillas would be, I don’t know. What do you think? Adriano: Could be Cyril Sharrock, Dave… Dave: Could be. Adriano: …from Armadale. Dave: Could be. Adriano: Yeah. Dave: All right. Well, there you go. Adriano: All right. Dave: Get them together. You’ve got a mini Spain going on. Adriano: Send it in listeners, all the Spanish players… Dave: Yeah. Like [inaudible 00:09:08]. Adriano: Like the [inaudible 00:09:09]… Dave: Well, no. Not just Spanish players. Other players. Adriano: No, no. Well, they are the benchmark, Dave. We want to see… Dave: Yeah. The benchmark. Yeah. All right. Adriano: Yeah. Let’s just base it on Spain for now, then we’ll do other ones in the future. Dave: All right. Adriano: Who’s the Torres of this league, Dave? Giron Marulanda, obviously? Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Actually, no. Dave: No, it’s not. Adriano: Because Marulanda’s scoring, Dave. Is he not? Dave: Yeah. I was going to say… Well, so is Torres. Adriano: Yeah, I know Torres… Dave: For Spain, rather. Adriano: Torres six months ago wasn’t scoring, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: But, yeah. But look, okay. Prediction four, that one Balcatta versus Inglewood United. Dave: Inglewood 3-2. Adriano: Inglewood, always up to no good, Dave. Eh? 3-2. Dave: Yes. Well, they will be up to good winning 3-2. Adriano: Sterling Lions versus the NTC. Dave: Yes. Adriano: Just quickly, of course. We don’t go too in depth with these. One is because only one of the sides are playing for points, Dave. Dave: Yep, and that’s Sterling Lions. Adriano: Of course, their clash with Balcatta postponed last week, so they’ve got a game in hand. It’s even more crucial for them, Dave, because they’re six points behind Perth in the fifth spot. So, especially if they’re going to drop points against the NTC, then they’re looking in a bit of bother. Dave: Well, if you go on recent form, since NTC have not had a win so far this season, and so the Sterling Lions will get the win. But I mean, Sterling should easily win this, because NTC are still waiting on that win. When is it going to come? Do you think it will come this season? Adriano: I don’t know, but you better not be “Lion” about the NTC. Dave: I didn’t get it. Adriano: It doesn’t matter, Dave. Lions. Dave: I get it. Adriano: Great. Dave: But why would I be lying about this? Adriano: I don’t know, Dave, because you are a fibber. Dave: I’m a fibber? Adriano: Yeah. Dave: Oh. Adriano: [inaudible 00:10:52] Dave: Okay. Adriano: All right. Dave: Moving on. Adriano: Okay. Dave: All right. Sterling 2-nil. Adriano: Don’t “Lion” to me Dave. Dave: I’m not. Adriano: You better not be “Lion” about that. See, that was a better context for that one. Dave: It was. Adriano: I don’t know why I didn’t wait for that. Dave: Oh, this is ridiculous. Adriano: All right. This is ridiculous. Sorrento versus ECU Joondalup in the northern suburbs derby, Dave. Dave: Yes. Adriano: Again, always passionate, temperamental, Dave… Dave: Yep. Adriano: …because these teams have a great history. Dave: They do. Adriano: But ECU Joondalup, their history, Dave, is going to have a big, fat relegation on it, if they don’t start to get things together. But they did against Bayswater, courtesy of David Foster’s stoppage time penalty, a 98th minute penalty. Dave: Yep. Adriano: But I tell you what, Sorrento would love to just start nailing one shot for ECU Joondalup, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: If they can get a win here, it makes the task all that more difficult. Dave: Yeah. But ECU, they’ve had some additions to the squad. Tommy Amphlett is finally playing well, and John Thornley is going to be wanting to score some goals to stay in touch with all those leading goal-scorers. He’s dropped down. He’s only on 10 goals at the moment, and he’s going to want to catch up. Adriano: Only on 10 goals, from the first 14 rounds, Dave. Dave: Yeah, I know. Adriano: I tell you what, that’s how amazing this league is, when we say a player has only got 10 goals from 14 games, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Well, there’s another one who’s got 18. Adriano: Exactly, that’s why it’s so amazing. Dave: I know. Adriano: There’s a player who’s sixth, or seventh or whatever, on the list of top goal-scorers… Dave: Yep. Adriano: …and he’s only got 10 from 14 games. Figure it out. Dave: Yeah. Well, the addition of Billy Quinncroft is… Well, a couple of years ago, I think – was it last year or the year before? He had a pretty good season with Sorrento, and he’s quite a good player. It just adds to their attacking force. I mean, last week they didn’t like the penalty in the final minute, but hopefully they’ll be able to get a goal or two against Sorrento. I think if they can, then they’ll definitely give Sorrento a run for the money. Adriano: Sorrento, of course, the only side, Dave, who haven’t drawn a game this season. So, it tends to be no level ground when they take the field this season. But for them, coming off the fornial heavy loss to Perth, Dave, will be key in bouncing back for them. Because, they want to say entrenched in that top five. They’re still only four points off top spot. They wouldn’t want to be dropping any of these unnecessary games and leaving themselves with work to do to secure their top five birth in the last month or six weeks of the season. Dave: Definitely not. It’s a kind of mustering game for both clubs here. Like you said, with this kind of rivalry, we’re going to be in for a cracking match I think. Adriano: “The chips and gravy derby”, we’ve termed it, Dave. Dave: Have we. Adriano: Coined it apart from the northern suburbs derby, “Chips and gravy derby.” Dave: All right. Adriano: All right. Finally, Western Knights versus Bayswater City. Both sides coming off defeat. Of course, Bayswater as we mentioned to ECU Joondalup. Western Knights, of course, to Floreat. Now, the big thing, Dave, when you immediately think about this game is that Gustavo Giron Marulanda will not be on the… Dave: Will not be on the score sheet. Adriano: For the third week in a row… Dave: Yes. Adriano: I think, because he’s not there. Dave: Yes. Adriano: Because, he’s been red-carded of course in that last game, controversially. Dave: Mm-hmm. Adriano: Yes. Dave: Controversially. Adriano: That’s a big loss for Bayswater. Dave: Yeah, a mess of loss for them. Adriano: An 18 goal man, Dave, the top scorer in this competition. Dave: Yeah. The other Gustavo, [inaudible 00:14:24]… Adriano: Caught 11 goals. Dave: Yeah. [inaudible 00:14:26], he’s on 11 goals this season. Also, [Yoqueras 00:14:30] popped up with a few goals here and there so far this season. So, it’s not like Marulanda is their only avenue for goals. Adriano: Well, no it’s not, Dave. No. Dave: Yeah, I mean, Bayswater are a great attacking side. Adriano: They’ve scored 42 goals this season, Dave. Dave: Yeah, exactly. Adriano: Well, Marulanda’s, that’s nearly half, but they’ve [inaudible 00:14:52], he is their main threat, but… Dave: Well, yeah. But he’s not the only threat. Yes. Adriano: …there’s 24 other goals there, Dave. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Yeah. Dave: Yeah, yeah. So I think they’ll only score half as many as they would without Marulanda in this case. Adriano: So that means only 60 [inaudible 00:15:06]. Dave: Yeah. But, yeah, I think they’ll come away with the win against the struggling Western Knights. Adriano: For the Western Knights, that doesn’t spell good news, Dave, because they’re on 13 points. Dave: Yes. Adriano: We’ll get to the full table in a sec. They’re only two points clear of bottom place DCU… Dave: DCU, yep. Adriano: …courtesy of last week’s results. Potentially could be bottom by the end of the round, Dave. Dave: Yeah, maybe. Did I actually give a prediction for Sorrento/ECU? Adriano: I can’t quite remember if you did. Dave: No. But I’ll go Sorrento. It’ll be tight. Adriano: So that means Western Knights won’t be on long? Dave: No. It’s going to be a tight game. I think a 2-1 victory for Sorrento. Adriano: What about this one? Dave: This one, yeah, I think Bayswater will win this, like 4-1. Adriano: 4-1. Dave: 0 of one. Adriano: All right. Are the kids still trying to play their way through for the Knights, Dave? Because it’s one of the youngest Knights squads we’ve seen for some time, one of the most inexperienced. Dave: Yeah. But sometimes you’ve got to do that, and then next season we’re hoping they’ll stay up. Then, those players who’ve come through that have had this experience at this level now for a season, they’re going to be better next year. They’ll have improved and as soon as the season’s over, with where they’re finished on the league, they’re going to be wanting to bolster the squad with quite a few experienced players so that this same thing doesn’t happen again next season. Adriano: All right. Just before we go, the table of course. Ahead of Round 15 Floreat Athena 31, Inglewood United 31, Bayswater 28, Sorrento 27, Perth 26. That’s the top five. Below them Balcatta at 23, but with a game in hand. Stirling on 20 with a game in hand. Armadale 14, Bunbury 14, Western Knights 13, and ECU Joondalup 11. There it is, Dave. Dave: That’s it. Adriano: Round 15 Preview Podcast for this weekend’s Football West Premier League action done and dusted. Dave: Done and dusted. Adriano: Don’t forget Div 1, Div 2 in the Women’s Premier League is on, and there are great things going on there too. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Get down and see anything. Dave: Just Saturday at 3:00, get to a ground around WA. Adriano: Exactly, there’s plenty of football. Dave: There’ll be something on. Adriano: There’ll be a ground near you somewhere, everyone. Dave: Yeah. Adriano: Won’t there. Dave: There will be. Adriano: Even producer Roffo has a local ground. Windy Hill, Windy Hill, pass it on. Dave: Football NWA, coming to a ground near you. Adriano: All right. Well, on behalf of everybody here at the thatwasagoal.com team, producer Roffo, of course, we thank him again. Dave? Dave: Yes. Adriano: Thank you to you as well. Dave: Ah, you’re welcome. I’m delighted to have shared this experience of presenting this podcast with you, Adriano. Adriano: It’s been fantastic, Dave. Dave: Yes. It has been marvelous. Adriano: Thank you very much for listening, everybody. Enjoy the football and we’ll catch you again next week.

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