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ROUND SIX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MELBOURNE HEART 0 SYDNEY FC 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

PERTH GLORY 1 ADELAIDE UNITED 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 MELBOURNE VICTORY 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEWCASTLE JETS 2 BRISBANE ROAR 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROUND SEVEN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BRISBANE ROAR 3 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

SYDNEY FC 2 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

MELBOURNE VICTORY 3 ADELAIDE UNITED 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PERTH GLORY 1 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEWCASTLE JETS 3 MELBOURNE HEART 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Round Seven Round Up<\/h1>\n

Round Seven was a goal-fest in the A-League with 17 netted across 5 fixtures, making this the highest scoring round of the season to date.<\/p>\n

It’s already looking like a long way back for the bottom three clubs in the competition with a gap opening up between Perth Glory and the foot of the ladder.\u00a0 I feel for Adelaide and Wellington.\u00a0 I don’t think either team have been that<\/em> bad.\u00a0 Wellington<\/strong> in particular have been desperately unlucky and improbably don’t have a single win against their name this season having conceded injury time goals twice this season.\u00a0 The squad seems halfway decent, they have a great striker in Brockie and a fine coach in Ernie Merrick.\u00a0 Surely their luck has to change soon?<\/p>\n

Melbourne Heart<\/strong> on the other hand are playing some absolutely miserable football and even in their patchy periods of territorial dominance they seem unable to put away any goals.\u00a0 It seems like they’ve invested in a dud striker in Mifsud.\u00a0 Depressingly, there are now individual players in the other squads who have now scored more goals than all of the Heart’s goals this season combined.\u00a0 I don’t really know what getting rid of coach John Aloisi would do at this stage though.\u00a0 The squad is already signed and locked in.\u00a0 How much more could another manager get out of the squad?\u00a0 Surely the fans must be disappointed in how marquee signing Harry Kewell has turned out.\u00a0 He has played a whopping two matches, seemingly has a new injury every week and has missed attending the Roar game to go golfing.\u00a0 Huh.<\/p>\n

How the hell are Sydney FC and Newcastle Jets so high up the ladder?\u00a0 Both clubs have won 3 games in a row and are now just a win away from the top of the table.\u00a0 But I believe both clubs are massively punching above their weight.\u00a0 I expect Melbourne Victory, Central Coast Mariners and even Perth Glory should catch up to them and restore the natural order.<\/p>\n

This has been a season to forget for marquee players.\u00a0 Kewell, Heskey, Ono and Del Piero have all been injured and missed several weeks of football.\u00a0 Instead, a lot of the excitement is on young Australian players who, thanks to a change in Soccerroos coach, have been thrown a lifeline to potentially represent their national squad.\u00a0 The talk each week this season is centered around Tommy Juric, Ivan Franjic, Adam Taggart, Kwame Yeboah and James Troisi.\u00a0 Thats fine by me.<\/p>\n

The Kwame Army<\/h1>\n