Sydney FC: Season still alive..just!

Sydney won 1-0 against Newcastle in Sydney last night, Steve Corica scoring in the last minute.

Meanwhile the Wellington Phoenix thumped Perth Glory 3-0 in Wellington.

Steve Corica scored late on, very late. In fact as they say in Newcastle after Griffith's winner last week against The Roar, Stevie did a Joel.

90 plus 2. Great work from Mark Rudan and Terry Mcflynn. McFlynn must have been watching Juninho in training over the last few weeks.

Inside the box, most A-League players would have hammered it only to see it blocked by a defender.

Not McFlynn.

He twisted and scooped when we demanded it to be hit. He placed it, oh so delicately, beyond Tarik Elrich, who turned only to see Steve Corica rising to head home.

Marvellous, marvellous moment.

The Jets are a well structured side, who won't attack. Not early and never in real numbers. So they are hard to beat, and in Joel Griffiths and Mark Bridge they can cause trouble to any side.

When the headless chook of the week Ruben Zadkovich got sent-of for lunging after the Ref had blown for an earlier foul, John Kosmina the Sydney coach could see his season roosted:)

But somehow Sydney remained strong.

Their defence being their strong point, remained unchallenged.

A title winning defence? Maybe, just maybe.

The Jets, lacked Denni, and didn't really contribute to an attacking game. And Sydney well there play is good until the final third where it often breaks down.

Michael Bridges should have scored twice, and he does produce some wonderful link play but Alex Brosque lacks the vision to link and return the ball quickly and effectively with Bridges.

Still Sydney won, their season is alive, and who would bet against them now. Not me.

The Jets are in trouble. Rumblings over player transfers, Mario Jardel and ongoing garbage between the moneybags Chairman Con Constantine and Coach Gary Van Egmond mean this season could yet implode for the Jets. Who would be against that? Not me!

Wellington won 3-0 over a resurgent Glory! No Simon Colosimo, no Jamie Downey, no victory, no surprise.

Two sent-off for the Glory including Nikolai Topor-Stanley, means Dave Mitchell's messiah like rise over the last few weeks, is no surety to continue.

With Topor-Stanley and Jamie Harnwell off last night, it will be a weakened Glory that goes to work next week.

For the Phoenix a comforatable win in front of their home support, finally. And they are off the bottom. Good for them.