A-League thread

[mightytiges]

Thanks City/Heart.

Terribly poor crowd in Sydney for the game btw. The game looked like it was played in a near-empty stadium.

[dwaino]

Man CCM are arse. Only a win is acceptable here. Why do Victory take so long to settle 

[dwaino]

Horrible game but I'll take it.

[mightytiges]

Horrible game but I'll take it.

Lucky we were only playing Central Coast. Victory hasn't dished out such a poor team effort in a while. I don't think we've made so many poorly executed passes all year than we did last night in one game. Only two moments of sheer brilliance from Finkler saved our bacon and got us the three points.

[dwaino]

A lot of people wearing green to this game....   

[tony_montana]

 

 heaps!

[tigs2011]

A lot of people wearing green to this game....   

[mightytiges]

With all those green seats, no way was there close to half the crowd of the Victory game the night before . Anyway, the FFA will still be happy to see City-Heart making the finals for the first time.

[tony_montana]

There were 9-10k there, some mates were there, tv side and behind the goals was chocas

[dwaino]

At least in that ridiculous NRL code they put the crowd on the opposite side of broadcast to make it look like 3 or 4 people showed up. It's a pretty poor look on telly.

[one-eyed]

Looks like Perth Glory could be rubbed out of the finals for breaching the salary.


Perth Glory's hopes of a first A-League title may be dashed after Football Federation Australia issued the club a second show-cause notice for a serious breach of the salary cap.

It is understood the FFA will allege the Glory deliberately exceeded the A-League salary cap limit by approximately $150,000 by paying a player through a third party for the entire season. The fresh accusations could derail the club's hopes of playing in the finals series, with Perth facing the prospect of heavy fines and a possible points deduction should they be found guilty of systematically cheating the cap.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/perth-glory/perth-glory-issued-with-second-showcause-notice-for-aleague-salary-cap-breach-20150401-1md0rc.html

[dwaino]

Why the hell would you cheat to put that side together? Only 3 sides to miss the finals this season 

[mightytiges]

Victory top of the table 

Great saves btw by both Coe and Thomas.

[dwaino]

Perth out of finals, heart in by default.

[dwaino]

Absolutely outskilling Newcastle, just can't get any meaningful possession in the front third