Your ultimate Sydney FC-Victory XI

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Stoke the fire ... who makes your ultimate Sydney FC-Melbourne Victory XI? Source:AAP

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It's time to stoke the fires of competitive passion ahead of a tantalising round of A-League.

The season's second installment of the Big Blue between Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC arrives with both teams in form and set to play in front of a sell-out crowd at AAMI Park.

Both clubs are in the proverbial 'big city key market' for the A-League – and both giants, who have won two titles each, claim to be the league's biggest club.

So what happens when you go through the A-League annals and come up with your ultimate, all-time Big Blue XI? 

Who gets the most votes? 

It's caused great debate at Fox Sports HQ, where Simon Hill, Mark Bosnich and Andy Harper have taken up the challenge, while News Limited's David Davutovic and Tom Smithies have nominated their best individual Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory outfits of all-time. 

Bozza joined foxsports.com.au to discuss his Big Blue XI – check out the video at the top of the page! 

Join the debate by leaving a comment below or by using the #bigblueXI hash tag. 

Your poll results will be revealed on Kick Off, 6.30pm (EST) on Friday night.


How do you split the likes of Archie Thompson, Alessandro Del Piero, Juninho and Dwight Yorke? 

"The most difficult area was midfield/attack," Fox Sports football expert Simon Hill said. "There's much more choice in those areas.  Juninho would be an automatic pick but for his lack of impact at Sydney, while Mark Milligan and Marco Rojas probably should be in on current form."

But what do you value in your ultimate XI? Longevity over impact? Pedigree over performance? 

What about versatility compared to where they succeeded at the club? 

Hill adds: "The full-back positions (in fact, the defence in general), was really tough to pick.  That's why I went for Muscat at right-back (although he didn't really play there in the "Big Blues") - there was no other outstanding candidate.

"Even going back through the annals only throws up names such as Simon Storey, Andrew Packer or Matthew Kemp.  Ditto at left-back, although a case could be made for Byun. 

"So I put Carney in there!  I didn't select Popovic because he only played in this fixture twice, although on pure talent, he would have been ahead of both Leijer and Vargas."

The fascinating split below is a great springboard to start the debate. And so are the omissions. Harry Kewell and Brett Emerton barely rate a mention. 

Have a look at our panel's teams, then let the debate begin.

It's over to you. In a 4-3-3 formation, who is the dominant force? Sydney? Or Melbourne? 

Andy Harper's XI: Ante Covic; Brett Emerton, Kevin Muscat, Mark Rudan, Adama Traore; Jason Culina, Mark Milligan, Alessandro Del Piero; Marco Rojas, Dwight Yorke, Archie Thompson.

Mark Bosnich's XI: Clint Bolton; Mark Milligan, Kevin Muscat, Mark Rudan, Adama Traore; Steve Corica, Dwight Yorke, Carlos Hernandez; Alessandro Del Piero, Alex Brosque, Archie Thompson.

Simon Hill's XI: Clint Bolton; Kevin Muscat, Adrian Leijer, Rodrigo Vargas, David Carney; Fred, Steve Corica, Carlos Hernandez; Alessandro Del Piero, Dwight Yorke; Archie Thompson. 

Tom Smithies's all-time Sydney FC XI (4-4-2 diamond – 10 games minimum): Clint Bolton; Andrew Packer, Simon Colosimo, Jacob Timpano, Alvin Ceccoli; Dwight Yorke; Steve Corica, Dwight Yorke, Juninho, David Carney; Alessandro Del Piero; Alex Brosque. 

David Davutovic's all-time Melbourne Victory XI (4-2-3-1 – 10 games minimum): Michael Theo; Rodrigo Vargas, Adrian Leijer, Kevin Muscat, Matt Kemp; Grant Brebner, Billy Celeski; Robbie Kruse, Carlos Hernandez, Archie Thompson; Danny Allsopp.


Tune into Kick Off, 630pm (EST) on Fox Sports 1 HD on Friday night for all the build-up to a blockbuster round. 

Tom Smithies and David Davutovic will be in the studio to debate their all-time XI and take the Sydney v Melbourne debate head-to-head. 

And if the Big Blue isn't enough for you, it's 1 v 2 between Adelaide United and Central Coast on Friday night, Sydney v Melbourne old and new on Saturday, with a grand final replay thrown in as well. 


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