Adelaide United vs Brisbane Roar: A-League live scores, blog

Nemesis - agree ,agree,agree, but surely that is the referees job,sorting out the wheat from the chaff Now everyone knows it is a hard job not made easy by today's society,but this instance beggars description,the centre- back wrapped his arms around the goalkeeper, no doubt it was a foul. The referee, only yards away, apparently did not see those arms, covered in red, against the keepers yellow sweater, but he did see Theo 's attempts at "brushing him away",if you like or "elbowing him in the face" if you prefer that explanation.It matters not , The centreback committed a foul and his team should have been punished by a free kick being awarded. Instead we saw a red card issued for "retaliation " and wonder of wonders the referee noticed it was inside the penalty area. The outcome,the Adelaide player walked away apparently uninjured, the Goalkeeper ,rightly, was "red carded" for his folly,and then surprise,the referee awarded a penalty kick which was obviously for the second offence, the first being ignored completely. We have an Adelaide supporter on the site who admits his player offended but because the referee didn't blow for a foul , it wasn't a foul.????? I said it in an article a few weeks ago,until FIFA issues an edict to referees to punish the goings on the penalty area we will continue to see this sort of poor decision making going on. Let the referees enter dressing rooms pre-match and issue a warning he is going to penalise offenders in the box at every set piece,and award seven or eight penalties in a game, and then it will stop ok, for if the players don't get the message ,the coaches will. Cheers jb.

Well there's no chance of you and your lot of ever blaming the ref is there......MVFC just ham it up with the MRP and get their players convictions quashed.

jb. Simulation had been happening in football since I've been watching for 30yrs. It's happening right now in Premier League with Middlesbrough's player Negredo theatrics getting Phil Jones booked. So, it's not an Aleague only problem. When i watched the news i saw cricket players trying to con the umpire. So it's not a Football only problem. People try to con officials in their lives to gain advantage or avoid punishment. So it is not only a sport problem. Trying to cheat... It's part of human behavior. You'll never eradicate it.

You guys are arguing something that didn't happen. The match official didn't rule a foul by McGowan, therefore it didn't happen. The one foul he ruled on was 100% correct. Swinging elbow hitting face = straight red card. Sure, we can all see McGowan was all over Theo but the referee didn't make a ruling on that, and being that both incidents were pretty much simultaneous, the red card was awarded, and rightly so, for Theo's elbow. I would suggest that had Theo not thrown his elbow a free kick would have been awarded for McGowan 's foul. I remember a long time ago a wise old soccer head, in his thick Scottish accent, told me that if two incidents occur together the more serious one is generally the one ruled on, which it appears to be the case here, rightly or wrongly. I certainly don't think Theo intended to elbow him in the face, but as a consequence of trying to shrug him off, contact was clearly made with McGowan's face. As a Roar supporter, I have no issue whatsoever with the red card. I can only assume that as the " Violent conduct " of Theo, which I think will be the correct term lodged for the offence, occurred in the penalty area, that is the reason the penalty kick was awarded to Adelaide.

Ben - Yes, I too noticed, and being a football purist by reputation, I think he was too embarrased to face his opposition coach, which is now the norm after each game. Cheers jb..

Nemesis - For someone who is continually spruiking about how good our league is you show your true colours here,This was probably the worst refereeing decision you are likely to see and like me ,I suspect you know it will all be brushed under the carpet giving the impression that our men in the middle can do no wrong. I watched this whole game and saw three cases of simulation ( an offence we would all like to see wiped out of the game) in which the referees decisions to award a foul were diametrically opposed to the simulation the cameras showed as being the real culprit.. You think this is good for the game's image???? If so you are way off beam. Cheers jb.

Steve - the first foul was committed when Mc Gowan wrapped his arms around Theo. What occurred after that was indeed a red card offence but the question remains,who committed the first foul, and therefore should have had a free kick.awarded against his team. There is only one answer to that question for to the best of my knowledge there is no necessity for a referee to act as judge and jury and give his verdict based on on what he may consider the greatest ,or worst ,act in an offence. The first offender should have had a free kick awarded against his team and any resultant offence should only be punished against the individual,certainly not his team. In this case their (the team's) punishment would have been the loss of a player for some weeks,thus he is punished for his offence.Cheers jb.

agree, but what about the foul by ADL? a clear foul, free kick Roar. That's my complaint. it was barely an elbow to the face, more a wiggle by Theo to free himself from a defender who was wrapped around him, but can't deny Theo's action,

I support my jets and they are terrible , im just enjoying the karma that Brisbane suffered today from the diving that got Hoffman sent off . It's made my day Brisbane getting robbed . As for Bad sports , check out your ross aloisi.

Clear elbow to the face. Red Card. Plain and simple. Don't know why us Roar fans are sooking over it. If It was the Adelaide GK who swung his elbow, we would all be screaming for a red card. We Roar supporters need to suck it up. It was a red card, every day of the week.

you're a bad loser mate Newcastle sitting in bottom three isn't it, can hardly see you down there Roar in fourth, doing well

Brisbane getting the karma they deserve lionheart . Salty salty

I'm a nice nice guy, but yes, it was a soft elbow, hardly an assault but wait for 4 weeks, notice that Gui Amor did not celebrate the goal, like his bench Now apparently Ross Aloisi alleged assault on AU assistant, and Matt McKay out for maybe 6 weeks the wheels have fallen off this season for Roar - but still way better than your rabble Swanny

Lionheart Your comebacks are softer then a Theo elbow mate . ??

well yes, but ADL defender makes mistake first, and nothing happens.

what? losin' here son.

Bloody 'ordinary' officiating at best... Never heard of a circumstance where an outfielder was allowed to wrestle a GK who was in the act of restarting play... Oz footy now infected with 'simulation'...we are as bad as any other league...

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you're kidding right? look at the Newc penalty, which was their only shot on goal, v ten shots on goal by Roar. This one - phew!.

Karma for Brisbane after the favourable decisions they got against the jets last week