General "Other Games" Thread

[belchardo]

seeing as i we never seem to get around to organising an other games thread each round, here's a general one for the rest of the season!

Western United need to get out of that stadium. The crowd actually looks reasonable, but 99% of the time you can barely even see the grandstand let alone the fans.

Also, they don't appear to be very good at defending.

[belchardo]

le fondre and baumjohan are pretty good players

[Jetmaster]

Aren't the SFCTV commentary team nice to call all the Sydney players by their nicknames....Ninko, Rhino, Alfie and Bimby etc

[StannyCFCJET]

Apparently most of the travelling sydney cove memebers are getting ejected from the away bay by secos and shit for standing up

[Jetmaster]

Now Speed rabbits on about the penalty not given last night.

[belchardo]

Gushing over rudan too - apparently the man can walk and talk without getting out of breath!

[The Dunster]

Nix 2 Pissants 1 at 82min mark.
Hope Nix can hold on.
Pissants are grubs.

[MFKS]

Nix 2 Pissants 1 at 82min mark.
Hope Nix can hold on.
Pissants are grubs.

We will play them back into form next week

[plague]

nix players loved a good dive too.
good for the game.
the kids love it
etc etc

[belchardo]

City v Glory tonight
Nix v Wanderers 5pm Saturday
Sydney v Roar 7:30pm Saturday
Western United v Victory Sunday 4pm

Suggestions that Sydney v Roar might be postponed due to smoke haze.

[evolution]

Suggestions that Sydney v Roar might be postponed due to smoke haze.

Will be in Sydney for the golf and planning to go to this game so the postponement will probably happen.

[Couscous]

WTF is wrong with Melbourne City? Not just this game - its entire culture. It's such a bizarre disaster.

[MFKS]

WTF is wrong with Melbourne City? Not just this game - its entire culture. It's such a bizarre disaster.

Needs a touch of Gary does it??

[Couscous]

Needs a touch of Gary does it??

Mombaerts obviously should be given time.

But GVE would thrive - the players at City could actually play his system.

[belchardo]

Somebody should introduce the Victory defenders to each other.

Nabbout's goal was sweet - very slick.

[Couscous]

Victory are not very good. City are not very good. Roar are not very good. Mariners are not ...

This league isn't very good, is it?

[Hunter403]

Victory are not very good. City are not very good. Roar are not very good. Mariners are not ...

This league isn't very good, is it?

yeah, but its all we have

[furns]

Rd10 Fixtures
Fri 13th Roar vs WU 730pm
Sat 14th Vuck vs Nix 5pm
SFC vs Spooners 730pm
Perf vs Wanderers 945pm

My tips - WU 2-1, Nix 3-2, SFC 4-0, Perf 2-1

[belchardo]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-14/robbie-fowler-annoyed-by-opposing-coach-handshake-snub/11800056

cry babies at five paces after the match last night.

need some robbie slater work to investigate who really did what.

[Couscous]

At least our foreigners are better than Victory's.

[belchardo]

Round 11
- the western derby - wanderers v united - friday 7:30
- wellington v sydney - saturday 2:45
- melbourne derby - saturday 5:00
- mariners v adelaide - sunday 6:00

brisbane get the day off

[plague]

i have no first hand knowledge, nor experience in the situation, but i def dont think playing football with Robbie Kruse would be a fun experience.
dude looks frustrating as all hell to be anywhere near.

[Jetmaster]

How did this City team look like Man City last week and the Gypos this week?

[belchardo]

How did this City team look like Man City last week and the Gypos this week?

That would probably be down to who they were playing...

[ranger]

i have no first hand knowledge, nor experience in the situation, but i def dont think playing football with Robbie Kruse would be a fun experience.
dude looks frustrating as all hell to be anywhere near.

I remember going to the Australia v Costa Rica game in 2013 and Cahill blowing up deluxe about Kruse being fu*king useless near the sideline in the second half. Blew up at him about when to cross and when to run and if he had any idea how to play the game

[Jetmaster]

Anyone have any idea why every game today had an afternoon kickoff?

[MFKS]

Anyone have any idea why every game today had an afternoon kickoff?

Probably some dumb ****s at FFAs great idea

Shame we didn't have 40C weather all over the country to reward such a stupid idea

[Grimario]

How good is being in last spot?

[MFKS]

How good is being in last spot?

It hard to be offended when the Jets have done this too us so many times before

[plague]

How good is being in last spot?

https://media1.giphy.com/media/FkhSovjQpMUhO/200.webp?cid=790b761124e18cdd6d86f0fdb3ecdf86f581a 617223c6ca4&rid=200.webp

[Retro Jet]

How good is being in last spot?

Everyone is all over the EPL 'position before Xmas' stats.
Wonder what the stats are like for A-Leage with last at this stage of the season?
This upcoming Brisbane game just took on a whole lotta importance.

[plague]

Wonder what the stats are like for A-Leage with last at this stage of the season?

i looked it up and its pretty interesting.
Since the inception of the A-League, no team that was last at Christmas has ever been relegated.

we have hope.

[belchardo]

Round 12
Friday night - adelaide v wanderers
Saturday arvo - wello v western united
Sunday evening - sydney v city
Tuesday evening - mariners v perth (david squires take on the last time they played can be found at
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/dec/26/david-squires-on-the-anniversary-of-the-most-a-league-game-of-all-time)

[Jetmaster]

Mayhem in Adelaide.....George loses his shit and attempts to walk off.

VAR at the centre of it....what a surprise.

[sorefootballer]

I'd be blowing up if i were george also

[Couscous]

I'm feeling sorry for Adelaide.

[The Hacker]

I'd be blowing up if i were george also

If that’s was a penalty I’ll give it up. He can’t disappear

[belchardo]

Just watched the mini match. Thought ypu guys were talking about the first pen - i was thinking legit pen to me. Then i got to the second one - far out, what a shocker. Geez VAR and refs can make some dumb decisions.

Georgevski - 🤣

[The Dunster]

I think the influence of betting agencies on these games is much greater than anyone is willing to admit.

[MFKS]

I think the influence of betting agencies on these games is much greater than anyone is willing to admit.

So you think it the players or the officials who are most at fault??

Because a good case could be made for a certain team coming last at the moment that their last two performances look like they cleaning up at the TAB

[The Dunster]

So you think it the players or the officials who are most at fault??

I think it's well beyond the players or officials.

[MFKS]

I think it's well beyond the players or officials.

So who you think is pulling the strings to affect outcomes in the match,??

[Jetmaster]

I think the influence of betting agencies on these games is much greater than anyone is willing to admit.

I have watched the game for over 40 years and honestly, have never seen more controversy over ref decisions as there are now. So the whole point of the exercise is not being remedied. Like other sports rules are being changed to suit the technology, not the other way around.

The whole thing is purely for the benefit of TV and betting agencies.

[The Dunster]

So who you think is pulling the strings to affect outcomes in the match,??

Betting agencies are arguing that VAR negatively impacts them. I don't believe for a moment that any group with their level of investment at stake in the game would ever have allowed the introduction of it in the first place if that was really the case.

[MFKS]

I have watched the game for over 40 years and honestly, have never seen more controversy over ref decisions as there are now. So the whole point of the exercise is not being remedied. Like other sports rules are being changed to suit the technology, not the other way around.

The whole thing is purely for the benefit of TV and betting agencies.

Just watching the cricket today

There was a DRS decision on Sandtner that got knocked back on review

I think it was out at the time but the replays were not 100% conclusive to show it as being out.

The commentators kept looking and looking and looking and eventually found other angles to show it as out

See the problem is now is that the umpires and 3rd umpire were precisely right
There was no clear error there from the inglfield umpire so they let the call stand

I think the biggest problem is the tv coverage where they focus on trying to split hairs on decisions instead of just accepting the refs ****ed up

You go watch a game at the ground and you just accept the poor decisions from the ref and get on with it. Not now thanks to VAR the game is tampered with repetitively

[belchardo]

Looked a pretty legit fourth for wellington to me!

[Jetmaster]

Grant just got sent.

SFC Agent Speedy..."is that a definite error by the referee?

Then...."after his head knock does Grant know what he is even doing?"

Slater...."he's off"

[Aegon]

Grant just got sent.

SFC Agent Speedy..."is that a definite error by the referee?

Then...."after his head knock does Grant know what he is even doing?"

Slater...."he's off"

The fact it wasn’t an automatic red shows how bad a league officiating is.

[380]

Ams is the worst ref to blow into a whistle at present. Same below average ref sent Ronnie for a bit of lip v City yet the the bloke can't see how bad Grant's challenge(s) were.

Defies logic this bloke is officiating at this level.

[Jetmaster]

SFC lodging an appeal for poor Rhino (as Tara would call him).

https://www.a-league.com.au/news/sydney-fc-set-appeal-grants-three-game-ban

[redwah]

SFC lodging an appeal for poor Rhino (as Tara would call him).

https://www.a-league.com.au/news/sydney-fc-set-appeal-grants-three-game-ban

I hate fox coverage with the even worse then previous Sydney centric coverage...the nickname calling is vomit worthy.....hopefully if the clubs take over this is something that could be addressed.

[belchardo]

Some peak mariners play tonight!

[Grimario]

Happy new years, folks. Coasties losing is about the best thing we can celebrate heading into 2020.

[The Dunster]

SFC lodging an appeal for poor Rhino (as Tara would call him).

https://www.a-league.com.au/news/sydney-fc-set-appeal-grants-three-game-ban

Tara should get a life ban for her piss poor effort in the Stajic / Matildas fiasco.

Ryan Grant should get 3 weeks for the tackle, plus 6 weeks for the shit haircut, and a further 4 weeks for technically having two first names and no last name.

[380]

Tara should get a life ban for her piss poor effort in the Stajic / Matildas fiasco.

Ryan Grant should get 3 weeks for the tackle, plus 6 weeks for the shit haircut, and a further 4 weeks for technically having two first names and no last name.

Your right Tara, Garb and L Zelic should have all been given the ass from there respective roles in the media for using there positions to further the false claims. It would appear not one of them done there own homework to validate any claims before jumping on the " if only you knew " brigade.

That man hater who started this should have her member of the order stripped.

[belchardo]

Jan 1
Western Sydney Wanderers
Brisbane Roar
Bankwest Stadium
7:30 PM


Jan 3
Melbourne City
Western United
AAMI Park
7:30 PM


Jan 4
Wellington Phoenix
Central Coast Mariners
Westpac Stadium
5:00 PM


Jan 4
Sydney FC
Adelaide United
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
7:30 PM


Jan 5
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
AAMI Park
6:30 PM

[MFKS]

Your right Tara, Garb and L Zelic should have all been given the ass from there respective roles in the media for using there positions to further the false claims. It would appear not one of them done there own homework to validate any claims before jumping on the " if only you knew " brigade.

That man hater who started this should have her member of the order stripped.

What exactly about female nature is a surprise to you??

Eve showed their true colours in The Garden of Eden

[Frodo]

What exactly about female nature is a surprise to you??

Eve showed their true colours in The Garden of Eden

Boo-urns. Bring back the Stubbins related trolling. Your new material is boring. Who do I see to get my money back?

[Grimario]

How good are Western United?

[furns]

How good are Western United?
Certainly doing a great job of imploding in their first season.

[belchardo]

wellington will probably destroy us.

roar v city at 5pm, then glory v adelaide

victory v mariners tomorrow

[Jetmaster]

Another odd Saturday round where all the kickoffs are around 5pm local time.

[380]

So thumbs up Roy out of the squad altogether today i hear ?. That move North probs only paying off in a monetary sense right about now.

[Bremsstrahlung]

Seems like Roy told him to F off back to Everton

[Jetmaster]

Fux SFC commentary complaining about Jamie Young taking more then 6 seconds to get rid of the ball.

How long did Wiggle take last week with no criticism?

[turbojetfireV8]

Seems like Roy told him to F off back to Everton

so when can we get Roy back on the cheap in a loan deal?? gotta be a better option than Hoff or Shep at the moment...

[Hunter403]

so when can we get Roy back on the cheap in a loan deal?? gotta be a better option than Hoff or Shep at the moment...

not a bad idea and given that McDonald is going to Roar, Roy would likely grab it.

[380]

There is no secret to him being out of favor at Brisvegas, His form was terrible.

He has never been the same player since the 8 week suspension he got at the start of his second season with us. Also he is prone to groin injuries and not getting any younger.

[Grimario]

prone to groin injuries and not getting any younger.

So, marquee signing coming up?

[Jetmaster]

Sacking number 3 complete.

[380]

So, marquee signing coming up?

Wouldn't put it past them, Any club stupid enough to give Fitzuseless his 56th chance in the A League needs to have there decision making process placed in to question

[belchardo]

Sacking number 3 complete.

It's almost like the other clubs were waiting for somebody else to make the first move.

[Grimario]

It's almost like the other clubs were waiting for somebody else to make the first move.

House of Tards?

[Jetmaster]

Football for Fires...


The first release of football greats confirmed for #FootballForFires is a who’s-who of the World Game and includes Didier Drogba, Dwight Yorke, Claudio Marchisio, Dario Simic, John Aloisi, Dwayne De Rosario, Ji-Sung Park, Simon Colosimo, David Trezeguet, Alecko Eskandarian, Mark Bosnich, Con Boutsianis, Pedro Mendes, Le Cong Vinh, Emile Heskey, Michael Bridges and Geremi. It is also a chance for Australian fans to celebrate and say goodbye to retired Socceroos Captain Mark Milligan.

Griff?

[belchardo]

didn't want to divert attention from the real cause

[belchardo]

Nice backheel

[belchardo]

Nice keeping

[belchardo]

Somebody really needs to talk to donachy about that tackling technique. That's a career ending tackle waiting for somebody.

[belchardo]

Football has a head injury problem. Jamieson just said "i don't remember the first half, i got pole-axed". How can a player say that and stay on a field?

Plus, archie thompson is a shit commentator.

[Couscous]

Nice backheel

It was good.

[Couscous]

Nice keeping

It was poor.

[sorefootballer]

So just caught the end of Melbourne's and Jameison says "got wacked in the first half and don't remember any of it". How's the form of the medicos and ffa standards in regards to head injuries, he would have shown sign of a concussion...i assume it was a head injury?

[sorefootballer]

Football has a head injury problem. Jamieson just said "i don't remember the first half, i got pole-axed". How can a player say that and stay on a field?

Plus, archie thompson is a shit commentator.

Yeh mate i was dumbfounded at that comment also. And agree with archie being shit

[Grimario]

Sydney derby postponed.

[Jetmaster]

Sydney derby postponed.

We have the same forecast and the knuckledraggers will tear the pitch to shreds tonight.

Bet we play.

[furns]

Rd18
Fri 28th Feb Sydney vs WSW (rescheduled)

Rd 21
Sat 29th Feb Victory vs Adelaide k/off 730pm
Sun 1st Mar WU vs CCM k/off 4pm
City vs Roar k/off 630pm

Sydney vs Phoenix has been rescheduled to Wed 18th March

My tips Sydney 3-1, 1-1, WU 1-0, City 2-0

[The Hacker]

Rd18
Fri 28th Feb Sydney vs WSW (rescheduled)

Rd 21
Sat 29th Feb Victory vs Adelaide k/off 730pm
Sun 1st Mar WU vs CCM k/off 4pm
City vs Roar k/off 630pm

Sydney vs Phoenix has been rescheduled to Wed 18th March

My tips Sydney 3-1, 1-1, WU 1-0, City 2-0

I want crazy George back.

[belchardo]

Roy's head kicking abilities are far better than George's

[The Dunster]

Geez Corica is a whining little grub carrying on like that in the tunnel post match. If Georgievski gets a lengthy suspension I think Corica deserves one as well for acting like a goose.

[380]

Geez Corica is a whining little grub carrying on like that in the tunnel post match. If Georgievski gets a lengthy suspension I think Corica deserves one as well for acting like a goose.

Yep if happened on the field you would think so and the tunnel should be no different however being FFA FC and Corica the chances of anything happening are nil.

[belchardo]

Yep if happened on the field you would think so and the tunnel should be no different however being FFA FC and Corica the chances of anything happening are nil.

steady on guys, you heard the fox guys, he was just upset.

[belchardo]

Carn adelaide.

Another 5 or 6 would be good.

[belchardo]

Would have been a red card to any other keeper in the comp (provided they weren't from any sydney team or the other melbourne)

[belchardo]

brilliant work ola. slag off your own player about not passing it to you. at the same time, the ball is floating right next to your head waiting to be nodded into a pretty much vacant goal.

[Frodo]

Would have been a red card to any other keeper in the comp (provided they weren't from any sydney team or the other melbourne)

Wha? There was 3 defenders behind him, if that was a Red card they'd have to fold the league.

[belchardo]

Wha? There was 3 defenders behind him, if that was a Red card they'd have to fold the league.

taking the piss a bit, but i still reckon our keeper would have been sent for that.

[Jeterpool]

George Blackwood couldn't hit water off the side if a boat

[380]

George Blackwood couldn't hit water off the side if a boat

Def one of the worst footballers to ever get a pro gig in the league. Every time i see Blackwood play i think there still hope for me at age 50.

[belchardo]

gee the mariners defence is bad.

my dislike of rudan increases with ever sideline rant they show. such a wanker.

diamente (however you spell the name of the captain of western united) is also a wanker.

[The Dunster]

Max Burgess hatrick

[Frodo]

gee the mariners defence is bad.

my dislike of rudan increases with ever sideline rant they show. such a wanker.

diamente (however you spell the name of the captain of western united) is also a wanker.

I feel like this is captain obvious material.

[BP Super Dynamos]

If Kamsoba and Athiu were Anglo, they'd work for a living. As should Shaun Evans and the VAR. That penalty was a disgrace

[Frodo]

And FFA FC fans can't understand why everyone hates them. Sean Evans just shat the bed there something fierce.

That challenge was;
- not a penalty. It was shoulder to shoulder and Buhazard only went down because he'd lost the ball.
- outside the box.
- there's no way that, even if that challenge was in he box and deemed a penalty, it wasn't an attempt to win the ball fairly. So no way it can be a red card.

Just hurry up and fold the league. It's not fun anymore watching them tarnish the entire sport.

[mic22]

And FFA FC fans can't understand why everyone hates them. Sean Evans just shat the bed there something fierce.

That challenge was;
- not a penalty. It was shoulder to shoulder and Buhazard only went down because he'd lost the ball.
- outside the box.
- there's no way that, even if that challenge was in he box and deemed a penalty, it wasn't an attempt to win the ball fairly. So no way it can be a red card.

Just hurry up and fold the league. It's not fun anymore watching them tarnish the entire sport.

As much as i agree with you...
VARtree deserve every bit of it.
They come second in the ffa's favorite list, it must feel bad to cop it once or twice a year...

[belchardo]

yeah, that was an incredibly bad call all round.

Shaun Evans continues to improve his ability to make astoundingly bad decisions.

[Eastwest]

yeah, that was an incredibly bad call all round.

Shaun Evans continues to improve his ability to make astoundingly bad decisions.

wheres that capt Obivious guy?

[belchardo]

mariners fans probably think they are winning today.

[belchardo]

Says a lot about the state of the a-league that i can't work out if they have banned the crowd from the roar v mariners match or this is their normal crowd

[Retro Jet]

Says a lot about the state of the a-league that i can't work out if they have banned the crowd from the roar v mariners match or this is their normal crowd

Great minds...
I said exactly that to the missus when I found a stream and saw the empty stand across from the cameras.
Wonder what Fowler makes of it all.

[Jeterpool]

Says a lot about the state of the a-league that i can't work out if they have banned the crowd from the roar v mariners match or this is their normal crowd

Or it's already affected by people taking preventative action

[mic22]

Or it's already affected by people taking preventative action

I think it's a combination of the 2.
Plus, they were playing the Scum, which is like a virus in itself.

[MFKS]

Huge crowd on the Gypo Coast tonight