10 Nov Archie Thompson’s hat-trick: Victory & Roar after first win as City look to rebound

Football legend Archie Thompson runs the rule over Round 5 and looks ahead to Round 6 of the Hyundai A-League.

The Melbourne Victory great, along with Jonno Nash, gives us the lowdown following an entertaining weekend of football which saw reigning champions Sydney FC inflict a season-first defeat on Melbourne City.

We also saw the Victory force a 1-1 draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers after being reduced to ten men while flying Irishman Roy O’Donovan helped himself to a brace as the Newcastle Jets continued their strong start to the season with a 3-0 win over the Wellington Phoenix.

There was also a 1-0 win to the Perth Glory over Adelaide United as the winless Brisbane Roar and Central Coast Mariners played out a scoreless stalemate.

In Round 6, we look ahead to another promising weekend of football which Thompson excited about 3 points in particular in Archie’s Hat-Trick.

Melbourne Victory & Brisbane Roar both looking for first win.

“The Victory have not been playing bad football, they’ve actually been playing great football.

“It’s just that final third. They haven’t seen the back of the net as much as they’d like to but this will be an interesting game.”

Can Melbourne City rebound after their loss to Sydney FC?

“I’m going to be looking to see if City actually bounce back.

“Because I think a quality team, or a championship team is not when they are winning. They are worthy of their position.

“(Bruce) Kamau, (Nick) Fitzgerald have been phenomenal and (Ross) McCormack has been an excitement machine. We’ve seen what he’s done in the UK, he’s bringing it here to our league which is great.”

The Newcastle Jets are flying!

“I don’t think they can hide anymore. There’s been a lot of talk about Ernie (Merrick) coming in and what he’s done for that Jets team.

“I think this Jets team can’t fly under the radar anymore.”

This weekend, Football Nation will cover 4 of the 5 matches with Friday’s Mariners v Sydney derby also available to stream online here at myfootballnation.com.