A-League thread

[dwaino]

I think Canberra will happen. Disappointing about the Wolves but FFA probably conceded that there are too many NSW teams. I thought Brisbane Strikers might have been a good chance to come back despite the small Brisbane market. Maybe next time. Reckon it will be between Western Melbourne out of Geelong or Souths. Leaning towards South Melbourne because of the ready made supporter base and their facilities aren’t far off. Lakeside could be a great multi purpose boutique stadium if they go ahead and the state government chip in a few dollars. The League’s stake holders still have ambitions for a second division so it’s these clubs like South Melbourne, Wolves, Marconi and Strikers that need to be considered over brand new, characterless licenses.

[Diocletian]

Wolves would've finally given me an A-League club to give a shyte about.....oh well....

[mightytiges]

Gallop is chasing the TV dollar. He's already mentioned a number of times about fishing where the fish are. So the two clubs that add more high profile derbies will be chosen IMO. No real surprise the FFA has whittled the list down to NSW/ACT & Victorian bids. My guess for the final two would be South Sydney and Hellas.

[Diocletian]

Yeah the AFL say the same corporate bollocks about why Gold Coast are in the AFL ahead of Tasmania. Short-sighted nonsense.

[dwaino]

Just got in to Marvel, looks an awful lot like Etihad.

[dwaino]

So the ref is called to check a foul outside of the box. The video very clearly shows that Fallnrolli took a signature dive yet he changes the decision from foul to a pen. Apparently Bozza went nuts, I’d love to see it. I thought a few in my bay were going to jump on the pitch and snot the ref.

[mightytiges]

Vacuous
Awful
Refereeing

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AFL umpiring and A-League refereeing must be trying to top each other for an award for worst officiating of a professional sport  .

As for Fornaroli and his diving career 

[dwaino]

A League has a global audience and no wonder ex players like Leroy go away telling international media how much of a joke it is. Some would say karma after the review failure in last season’s final, but that was on the linesman if the VAR malfunctioned. This time it didn’t. The ref spent minutes reviewing tape, watching Fornaroli flop without contact and upgrades the original call of a foul outside the box to a penalty. Would love to hear the justification because that’s simply cheating.

[dwaino]

Bozza goes bang

https://twitter.com/TheRealBozza/status/1053621593442676736?s=20

[mightytiges]

A League has a global audience and no wonder ex players like Leroy go away telling international media how much of a joke it is. Some would say karma after the review failure in last season’s final, but that was on the linesman if the VAR malfunctioned. This time it didn’t. The ref spent minutes reviewing tape, watching Fornaroli flop without contact and upgrades the original call of a foul outside the box to a penalty. Would love to hear the justification because that’s simply cheating.

The excuse they are apparently going with is that VAR is only used for reviewing decisions that are not based on interpretation. So the actual "foul" call wasn't reviewed by the ref; VAR was only used by the ref to check if the "contact" occurred in or outside of the box.

So much for wanting the correct decision  .

[dwaino]

A League has a global audience and no wonder ex players like Leroy go away telling international media how much of a joke it is. Some would say karma after the review failure in last season’s final, but that was on the linesman if the VAR malfunctioned. This time it didn’t. The ref spent minutes reviewing tape, watching Fornaroli flop without contact and upgrades the original call of a foul outside the box to a penalty. Would love to hear the justification because that’s simply cheating.

The excuse they are apparently going with is that VAR is only used for reviewing decisions that are not based on interpretation. So the actual "foul" call wasn't reviewed by the ref; VAR was only used by the ref to check if the "contact" occurred in or outside of the box.

So much for wanting the correct decision  .

That’s completely garbage though. Zappers confirmed last night that the ref can overturn a decision using VAR. It’s the same system as was used in the WC when Neymar had a decision reviewed and subsequently had his penalty reversed and was given a yellow for diving. This is exactly what should have happened last night and there are no excuses. Further more it wasn’t even the video umpire’s decision. The peanut took it upon himself to upgrade the decision. It’s an absolute farce and he shouldn’t be allowed to ref anything higher than U9s ever again.

[one-eyed]

A-League boss Greg O’Rourke has defended the VAR following a controversial opening weekend of fixtures.

“In the Melbourne Derby, that was not VAR’s intervention - that was the referee making the mistake.”

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/10/22/a-league-boss-defends-var-calls-for-more-full-time-referees/

[dwaino]

Clear mistake and they now admit it. So are they going to remove the goal and split the points? 

[one-eyed]

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/10/24/melbourne-derby-marred-by-var-decision-victory-ceo/

[one-eyed]

Melbourne Victory CEO Trent Jacobs supports the introduction of a third Melbourne-based A-League club – as long the appropriate infrastructure is in place.

"As long as they come in with a really good solid strategic plan for how they can geographically manage a viable and long-term sustainable club then it would be good for the competition.

"Our only view has been that we would like it to encompass a clear geographic area and certainly ideally a stadia to support it, because I think three teams operating out of AAMI Park could potentially be counter-intuitive."

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2018/11/14/victory-ceo-flags-concern-about-third-melbourne-club/