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A-League thread
matrightyeh:
something to kill the time until footy back
mightytiges:
We won again :thumbsup so it doesn't matter but I'd like to know how a player can slide studs up at speed into the legs of an opponent and not receive a straight red card :huh. You can break someone's leg/ankle doing that dangerous crap >:(.
As for the expansion teams, the Western Melbourne franchise seems a weird choice. Not sure how they are meant to build a local following in Tarneit & Wyndham when they will be playing the first 3 years in Geelong. Very Brisbane Bears on the Gold Coast scenario. The area already has a heap of Victory fans so it's not an untapped market place unless the FFA is trying to cannibalise Victory for being too big and successful a club. Western Melbourne's new stadium will also be in whoop whoop away from public transport. I know the State Government wants to eventually build a new railway station at Sayers Rd which is nearby when they add a Metro line along the RRL between Sunshine and Wyndham Vale. However, that could be 10-20 years away and as the old VFL found out with Waverley there's no guarantees on future PT to outer suburbia.
There's also talk that the two successful bids were asked at the 11th hour to up the $$$ for the A-League licence fee. So money was the deciding factor. The other bidders in Melbourne (Team 11 Dandenong & South Melbourne) wouldn't be happy if that occurred before the successful bidders were chosen by the FFA.
mightytiges:
We gave up 3 points last night coughing up that late goal in injury time but having said that we were fortunate not to concede before half-time and be at least one down at the break. A tale of two halves chances wise: City with the most in the first; Victory dominant in the second. Not too much structured defence from either side tonight. City did press us well though for most of the night. Victory lacked control of the ball with no Honda there and there were too many sloppy passes and turnovers in the midfield. City's late equaliser came from us coughing up the ball near the halfway line.
mightytiges:
Victory still struggling without Honda in the midfield but class at both ends got us the win. Thomas saved our bacon many times while Toivonen just knows how to finish when a chance arrives.
mightytiges:
Troisi last night sent another reminder message to Arnold for not picking him in the Asian Cup squad.
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