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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2205 on: November 26, 2018, 12:49:37 AM »
Another dive and another penalty given against us ::). Thankfully, we beat Sydney anyway and are up to 2nd but that doesn't excuse more poor refereeing. Not sure what happened with the VAR?  :huh
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2206 on: December 03, 2018, 05:06:02 AM »
That first half from Victory on Saturday night was right up there in terms of best ever in the A-League. Watching Honda play is worth the price of admission alone.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2207 on: December 09, 2018, 03:51:05 AM »
Always good to beat Adelaide  ;D. That's 5 straight wins for Victory  :thumbsup.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2208 on: December 13, 2018, 08:46:32 AM »
The two new A-league teams will be revealed today.


Team 11 in Melbourne’s South-East and South-West Sydney are seen as frontrunners, while bids from Canberra, South Melbourne, Western Melbourne and Sydney’s Southern Expansion also on the table.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/the-ffa-will-make-its-recommendation-on-aleague-expansion-on-wednesday/news-story/ac2b462aba29ffeb64e871f35867332e
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2209 on: December 13, 2018, 11:35:48 AM »
Western Melbourne and Macarthur South-west Sydney have won the A-League expansion race, with an 11-team competition set to be formed next season.

The winning Victorian bid will join the A-League in 2019-20, before the South-west Sydney bid enters in 2020-21.

Western Melbourne will play out of Kardinia Park for the first two season before moving into a boutique rectangular 15-000-seat stadium in Tarneit, which they’ve vowed to build with their own funds.

The 20,000-capacity Campbelltown Stadium – which is 50 kilometres from Parramatta Stadium via road – will house the South-west Sydney team, with a lease agreement already in place.

If South-west Sydney get up, they are expected to commence talks with ex Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak, now with Championship club Aston Villa, about joining them in their inaugural season.

Canberra could still be considered for the 2020-21 season, with Wellington Phoenix’s future up in the air.

Phoenix have one more year to run on their contract and must meet a series of performance metrics – including crowds – which they are now falling well short of.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/western-melbourne-and-macarthur-southwest-sydney-win-the-aleague-expansion-race/news-story/59f503ed4865aee4dd1f067f4ce7bb75
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/ffa-board-decides-on-winning-bids-as-expansion-goes-ahead-next-season-20181213-p50lxe.html



https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/stadium-plan-gives-western-melbourne-edge-in-a-league-bid-says-horvat

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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2210 on: December 15, 2018, 09:49:19 AM »
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2211 on: December 16, 2018, 01:36:08 AM »
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.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2212 on: December 23, 2018, 01:14:53 AM »
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.



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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2213 on: January 06, 2019, 02:56:53 AM »
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.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2214 on: January 13, 2019, 09:50:58 PM »
Troisi last night sent another reminder message to Arnold for not picking him in the Asian Cup squad.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2215 on: January 21, 2019, 04:19:27 AM »
Take the draw after being 1-3 down at half-time. It said it all about Josh Hope's game  :P that after he was subbed off Victory got back into it.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2216 on: January 27, 2019, 03:03:07 AM »
2-1. Always a good night when we beat Sydney :wavetowel

Cracking free kick by Toivonen for our first goal :thumbsup.
Video from all angles: https://twitter.com/gomvfc/status/1089134118607020032

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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2217 on: January 27, 2019, 04:14:22 AM »
dwaino seems to have disappeared so you're pretty much talking to yourself at this point.... :shh
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2218 on: February 04, 2019, 11:00:10 AM »
Supposedly City/Heart fans gone quiet too  :whistle. Anyway we got out of jail on the weekend.
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Re: A-League thread
« Reply #2219 on: February 04, 2019, 03:26:10 PM »
I think something is wrong with the WSW