The match review panel should punish Smeltz. This at least the second time he has seriously injured a 'keeper. He is a danger on the field.
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The match review panel should punish Smeltz. This at least the second time he has seriously injured a 'keeper. He is a danger on the field.
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Originally Posted by rhysd
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Originally Posted by Fairgo
Is that a phucking tooth on the poor blokes chin?Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
Lynch mob required for one prick of a bearded kiwi...
Not only that, but if he isn't sanctioned at all, they're saying it's okay to kick keepers in the head, which as a keeper myself, scares the shit out of me. The FFA have a duty of care they MUST enforce to show that this type of behaviour isn't accepted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Football is us
I make it around 4 times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Football is us
3 times in A-League and 1 International keeper form mermory too.
Yes, people are telling me that he is becoming serial at this, how many injuries have to happen before some action is taken?
Who was the third A-League guy besides Youngy and Birraz?Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Jet
Smeltz is a ****ing disgrace. It's one thing to be competitive it is an entirely different thing to completely disregard the well being of others.
I look forward to seeing a defender snap Smeltz's tibia in the not too distant future
With respect to Birraz I hope he's ok and not in too much pain.
In the last two games he's now put it beyond doubt that he is our number 1 keeper and that on current form he is the first player that should be selected every week.
Can anyone confirm that play was restarted with a drop ball after the incident?
If it was, it means that the ref didn't see the contact which means that the MRP can **** Smeltz up.
It was definitely a drop ball
Was uncontested and Smurfs rolled through to BK harmlessly
Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Hope Smeltz is ready for a holiday. No way in hell can the FFA let that go. Ref didn't see it, so they're free to go.
Jeebus Christ it was one of those things.
Duty of care get the **** over yourself.
Shit happens, injuries heal, Biraz will be back.
Feel for him.
Gutsy to go for the ball when he did.
Hope he's in good medical hands.
And hope smeltz is dealt with.
Sorry but get ****ed. Bloke has form. It's ****ing reckless and he needs a lengthy spellQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
I entirely agree, and hope that the MRP deal with him, but it might be that they aren't allowed to consider previous form and only consider and act on this particular incident. What Smeltz is doing is nothing other than cheating, and cheating in a very malicious way. Cheats should be banished from the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Camel
Yeah nice. Fck Smeltz up for a few weeks. Smooth things out for Sydneys next few opponents. Our result still stands as a loss.
Hahaha, I assume you are joking. If not, you are one dumb unit. Smeltz shouldn't be back on the park for at least a month.
Sorry, just looking back on the civil liberties brigades comments after Kantas tackle earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Camel
No one talking about duty of care there.
Smelts was closer to the ball than Kanta.
Keep fighting the good fight though my brother.
We will prevail.
WRT Kanta's "tackle", I thought he was lucky to stay on the park.
Smeltz is a deadset flog, he was never going to win the ball there and as others have stated, I hope the MRP deal out a just sentence.
Kanta should have gone (had a good game though otherwise).
Smeltz should be gone for a few weeks, almost looked like at the time he thought birraz was faking. Now we are without our number 1 for however many weeks (pending damage)
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Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Birraz is likely to be out for quite a while now, would we be entitled to sign another on a short term contract to cover ?
We need a song for birraz about having no face.
And one line must be "Smetlz is a ****"
I think Tuxford is the first choice youth team keeper but I could be wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by baldrick
Wouldn't mind us signing Nathan Coe as a replacement for Birraz.
I think I said something along the line of he was lucky to stay on the park.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Kanta had studs up high and going in with force. To me that it is a straight red every day of the week
More a reflection on the refs who get 1-2 of them each week in the HAL and rarely show red
I was watching the ref reaching into his pocket expecting it to be red.
I was surprised it was yellow
As for Smeltz
Dog act
As he ran for the ball he would have known he was coming 2nd
He made no effort to avoid Birraz at all.
Accidents happen
But when he made no effort and leaves the boot in. **** can get ****ed for all I care
On a more important note now we look like we have a few weeks to hammer BK
For Birraz fanbois their is the silver lining
there not their
there's just something really confronting about facial injuries and this one is horrific
Ange said it well on Offsiders that Smeltz has a duty of care with challenges like this
given his previous form on smashing up keepers' faces, this goes well beyond carelessness
What is worse for Birraz fanbois....a few weeks of BK or seeing his pretty face FUBAR?
I note that nobody has picked up on his flap attack in the first half, or that worrying technique he has of letting the ball bounce off his hands rather than catch it outright.
No worry though that 10 mins of BK means the sky is falling. Gonna be a fun couple of weeks in this thread!
The sky did fall in as soon as BK came onQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
We lost.
Birraz 70 odd mins clean sheet
BK 15 mins and all hell broke loose in our back 4
The effort for the goal was not the greatest at all.
Where though we're the blokes on the post??
Football basics when defending a corner. Wish teams would stop reinventing the wheel.
One on each post keeps goals out.
Not ****ing rocket science
Not to mention brosque losing his man and the beating three to the header.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
BK was unsighted till very late, from the reverse angle.
This thread is going to get tedious.
Birraz was solid last night, but has a few things to work on, I noticed him still stepping backwards a few times when the ball was in that "corridor of uncertainty"
BK too was solid, made one good stop, communication with back4 needs to improve, but he's come on when we are under the pump and rattled by the nature of birraz's injury so some settling in hiccups would be expected.
Thread prediction....
Birraz fanboys to ignore his weaknesses and only talk about his strengths... While picking out errors in BK's game, ignoring his strengths and attributing blame to BK for other errors.
BK moderates to acknowledge his weaknesses, but also focus on his strengths, acknowledge Birraz is a quality keeper and attribute blame more analytically than reactionary, then be accused of being a bk fanboi.
Simple fact is we've got two decent keepers. Birraz started in good form, hopefully BK can too, and Birraz can recover and return quickly with bk in good enough form to force Birraz to earn his spot back ASAP. Lads thing we need is either keeper sliding in form to reduce pressure on the other.
In the mean time, Birraz is out of surgery and will make a full recovery..... But first port of call is Shane smeltz' children's nightmares......
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@Gatty54: Update on Birighitti. He had stitches inserted in mouth, no structural damage, lost at 3 teeth. Turned up at team recov session 2day.
fkn ay, that is newy.Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
Give him a beer and a dart!
Sounds like he is ready for Friday ;)
This isn't the first time Birraz has put his face on the line. Remember he had a fractured cheek bone as well back a few years ago?
Can I suggested giant tooth shaped posters/cut-outs for his first game back? :P
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Bloke is fazedQuote:
Originally Posted by hawk