HAL 16/17 Round 2 - Other Fixtures

[furns]

Fri 14th Oct
Adelaide vs WSW k/off 750pm
Sat 15th Oct
SFC vs CCM k/off 535pm
Victory vs City k/off 750pm
Sun Perth vs Wellington k/off 7pm

My tips
2-1 Adelaide, 4-2 SFC, 3-2 Victory, 3-1 Perth

[halo se7en]

2-0, 5-1, 1-1, 0-0

[furns]

Top bantz from the Red Army
"Who do we sing for?
We sing for Champions"

:roflz:

[steve136]

https://twitter.com/Gee_kay10/status/786890529732648960

[Retro Jet]

Just saw the highlights.
Santa-scab...how the fk did he stay on? Then scores the winner after?

[WolfMan]

Just saw the highlights.
Santa-scab...how the fk did he stay on? Then scores the winner after?

Absolute grub. And not even in the "it would be ok if he was OUR grub" sense.

If by some turn of events the Jets were to sign this sorry excuse for a human, I would tear up my membership.

[weston]

As soon as I seen that tackle by Santa I immediately said red. I still think it should have been, mind you I walked out of the room so didn't see any replays.

[baldrick]

Just saw the highlights on foxsports.

That tackle from Santalab is a red every day of the week & twice on Sunday.

Was about a week late.

:redcard:

[The Dunster]

How can it be a red card when he plays for the club that invented football ?
They get away with too much at WSW and it doesn't look like changing anytime soon.
Can the review panel look into it ?

[baldrick]

Can the review panel look into it ?

I don't believe so (but could be wrong) because the referee took action on the field

[rhysd]

He was given yellow.

That was a terrible challenge. Typical of that wsw lot. Also the wry smile on his face after nearly breaking jimmy, he meant it too.

[The Dunster]

Does anyone else see a link between the brand of football WSW play and the behavior of their fans ? If things aren't going their way WSW tend to always revert to dirty shit and given they rarely if ever get punished for it why would they stop. Same applies to their fans I guess.

[plague]

I thought Santalab ripping a flare as he lunged into the tackle was surely a red but I heard the ref say he one one more chance but next time he was really gonna get cross.

[The Dunster]

https://images.scribblelive.com/2016/10/14/2ec61369-e421-46fb-a97b-e4b22b93ad60.jpg

I wonder if the FFA will take any action for this display of inciting violence / aggression towards the crowd from a player ?

Business as usual I suppose.

[halo se7en]

Does anyone else see a link between the brand of football WSW play and the behavior of their fans ? If things aren't going their way WSW tend to always revert to dirty shit and given they rarely if ever get punished for it why would they stop. Same applies to their fans I guess.

They were going to kick Adelaide off the park from the first minute. Clisby's tackle was evidence of that. The ref showed for most of the game he was going to let them play dirty too, especially when he pulls Lustica up and says no more, then a few minutes Lustica pulls someone down which could have been a yellow on its own, let alone straight after a warning, and he gets nothing. The refs must have had a talking to after the cardfest in the Melb-Bris game in Rd1 and now they've gone too far the other way.

[Grimario]

Card fest? Was the same ref for both games and he let two bad tackles on Bozanic go unpunished last week. One of them was studs directly to ankle by Borello I think and I don't even remember it being a foul.

[furns]

Gypos already a goal down
:lulz:

[belchardo]

Gypos already a goal down
:lulz:


The cloud to that silver lining is that sydney are up already.

[Grimario]

That was glorious.

[plague]

Golly gosh. What a goal.

[boz-monaut]

way to put an end to the 'what a waste of money' chants

[plague]

Grand final gonna be so good with a 6k crowd.

[halo se7en]

Card fest? Was the same ref for both games and he let two bad tackles on Bozanic go unpunished last week. One of them was studs directly to ankle by Borello I think and I don't even remember it being a foul.

31 fouls for 8 cards last week. And being the same ref kinda proves my point - he was probably spoken to and hence tried to tone it down last night, where he issued 4 cards for 36 fouls. I know there isn't a set fouls-cards ratio but being spoken to is the only reason I can explain such a massive inconsistency from the same ref in consecutive weeks.

[Retro Jet]

31 fouls for 8 cards last week. And being the same ref kinda proves my point - he was probably spoken to and hence tried to tone it down last night, where he issued 4 cards for 36 fouls. I know there isn't a set fouls-cards ratio but it's the only reason I can explain such a massive inconsistency from the same ref in consecutive weeks.

Nice work h7.
Stats - nailing the pr!cks to the wall.

[halo se7en]

Nice work h7.
Stats - nailing the pr!cks to the wall.

Damn straight. Stats turn a murky argument into a nailed on fact. :thumbsup:

[Jetmaster]

Grand final gonna be so good with a 6k crowd.

They'll pick up enuff bandwagoners to fill Etihad.

[plague]

Damn straight. Stats turn a murky argument into a nailed on fact. :thumbsup:
Statz is gospel bruh.
Who was the man of the match in the Aus v Japan game btw?

[Retro Jet]

I gotta get look on the Tards Foz tonight for some massive ROFL's...
:brrr:
:yay:

[boz-monaut]

have they put up the crowd for the Melbourne derby?

[boz-monaut]

hadn't missed it
43,188

[Roundball Enthusiast]

City will put 8 past us, with 80% possession.

They literally just ****ed Victory back to primary school.

[halo se7en]

Statz is gospel bruh.
Who was the man of the match in the Aus v Japan game btw?

Honda. Only assist of the game.

[plague]

Honda. Only assist of the game.

Jap #8 got a goal and assist, yet Brad Smif got Fox Sports MOM.

Please explain?

http://www.onenation.com.au/images/candidates/Pauline%20Promo%20150x150.jpg

[Retro Jet]

City will put 8 past us, with 80% possession.

They literally just ****ed Victory back to primary school.

Hmmmm...makes me wonder are we witnessing the beginning or the firm
establishment of the great divide that is forming in the A-League.
I also wonder if Mr Lee is watching other clubs with any interest to see who
and what his competitive market is.

[terry]

City for the cup

[leftrightout]

City... wow!
One of the best performances I've seen in A-League history. Their football was quality and game plan smashed Victory. Biggest question is, can they repeat that for most of the year? If they can, no one will go close. Sydney looking the only other team likely to challenge.

[Premy]

Whilst City were good, Victory were very poor.

Rojas and Khalfallah were nonexistent in defense. The Victory defense got over run and they couldn't handle the press from City, the front 4 for Victory were terrible in holding possession which only put more pressure on their defense.
Muscat was found out last night, he inherited a set up team from Ange with a great plan A. But when plan A doesn't work Muscat is shown to be out of his depth.

[belchardo]

At first I thought cahill's goal was pretty good but a bit arsey, but the end on shot shows just how good a shot it was. Outstanding!

[Jetmaster]

NYE...Gosford...Scum play City the first time. Alternative nights entertainment.

[halo se7en]

Whilst City were good, Victory were very poor.

Rojas and Khalfallah were nonexistent in defense. The Victory defense got over run and they couldn't handle the press from City, the front 4 for Victory were terrible in holding possession which only put more pressure on their defense.
Muscat was found out last night, he inherited a set up team from Ange with a great plan A. But when plan A doesn't work Muscat is shown to be out of his depth.

+1... plus I'd say Khalfallah was simply non-existent the whole match.

This is a very good City team and on paper it looks like they'll exceed last year's effort comfortably. I thought losing Mooy & Novillo would be a blow but they simply replaced them with Cahill, Colazo, Brandon & Brattan which is somewhat terrifying. I'll wait another month before declaring them title favourites, but along with Sydney, they'd be early frontrunners. Not just on current form, but also due to how unimpressive Adelaide, WSW and Victory have been so far. I'm hoping I can add Brisbane to that list tonight.

[halo se7en]

+1... plus I'd say Khalfallah was simply non-existent the whole match.

This is a very good City team and on paper it looks like they'll exceed last year's effort comfortably. I thought losing Mooy & Novillo would be a blow but they simply replaced them with Cahill, Colazo, Brandon & Brattan which is somewhat terrifying. I'll wait another month before declaring them title favourites, but along with Sydney, they'd be early frontrunners. Not just on current form, but also due to how unimpressive Adelaide, WSW and Victory have been so far. I'm hoping I can add Brisbane to that list tonight.

I'm guessing I can.

[Retro Jet]

https://images.scribblelive.com/2016/10/14/2ec61369-e421-46fb-a97b-e4b22b93ad60.jpg

I wonder if the FFA will take any action for this display of inciting violence / aggression towards the crowd from a player ?

Business as usual I suppose.


Neville gets $1000 fine for it...for showing remorse. Boo hoo.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/10/25/ffa-fines-neville-1000-rude-gesture

And check out the photo there.
Is Neville doing the Hopoate on Henrique with his left pointer finger??

[hawk]

Grand final gonna be so good with a 6k crowd.

but we havent got the city shirt or tix yet. Crowd will explode