'How he's playing I'll never know': Mariners coach flares up as Glover escapes ban, plays starring role

No……..not necessarily………..Glover is prone to as many mistakes as he makes brilliant saves. Happy to see him with the gloves. If I read all the reports correctly he escaped sanction by way of the referee’s not dealing with him in the first instance for handling the flare not according to protocol like the Vic keeper did.

It seems that the real problem is that a lot of people have an opinion without knowing what the real situation is/was or what the conditions were with the incident. For starters, the previously banned players were banned Victory supporters. Do we know that the security for a melb city home game are aware of those banned. We’re the banned people for all games controlled by a now different governing management ??. Then you have the reason Glover wasn’t sanctioned for attending to the flairs as is the protocol the melb Vic keeper did, was because it was deemed Kings responsibility at the time. Glover still broke protocol by throwing the flares back at the throng………. With a smile I noticed. Then you have the tolerant nature of fa and their security that favours so called atmosphere of choking smoke over people’s health and safety. I wonder how many asthma sufferers don’t attend games. I don’t attend any live sport games because if I need to I can’t run, and being 76 years old I was brought up in an environment where respect was enjoyed by everybody. I cannot tolerate the way the $ is more important to allow the “yobbo hooligan” element of society to govern rules, but I have watched every a-league game played courtesy of fox and now paramount and enjoy watching the improvement of the actual skill levels of the players as displayed by the Socceroos at the World Cup. I would add that the game has progressed past the current crop of commentators, who seem to think that we want to listen to their histrionics, memories and private jokes that belong in a pub instead of trying to make the game exciting ……… the New Zealand commentators excluded from this criticism. Calling the game and advising of stat trends is what will make the public stand up and enjoy the technical aspects of our “boring” game. There was a rule put to the committee I was on to select a commentating team for the first nbl televised games by channel four in Wollongong. Never talk about or try and describe anything that is or was not televised that the audience saw. It still works for basketball and the nrl.

It's a bit unedifying for the losing coach to be babbling on about the disciplinary action which may or may not have been brought against an opposition player, in particular, one physically assaulted in such extraordinary circumstances. Focus on your team first and foremost.

If we banned every thing that’s boring or droll, you wouldn’t exist to make your observations.

Yawn. Has Montgomery become the go-to coach for a running commentary on every going on with the game outside the pitch? Glover suspension, AL heat policy, drinks breaks… is there no topic he doesn’t care to comment on?

Just ban sokkah all together it's a droll game. Surely there is nothing more boring than watching a 100 minute nil all draw ? It's hardly surprising some of its fans get frustrated and literally throw the toys out if the pram with monotonous regularity.

Europe is helpless against hools, the only thing they can do is play behind closed doors and deduct points. Of course they have to also pander and grovel before the hools there as they are their local dealer on the side . Thats why you have to keep them on side, here they only fill part of the bay easier to bash them and they wont come back.

about time monty actually said something, he's been a 'yes man' when it comes to any issues that have effected the mariners or the league for the past 12 months. 100% glover should've been banned for several matches, its an absolute travesty he received no punishment for launching a flare back into the crowd. there's precedents for this all over the world - payet incited a riot when he launched a bottle back into the crowd, richarlison also pegged something back into the crowd. the administrators of football are the laughing stock of all australian sport

Forgive me if I offend you but I feel there is just something not right about Tom Glover's conduct, that is, his thinking and action, in the Melbourne City FC versus Melbourne Victory FC abandoned game a week ago. At one end of the field a goal keeper picks up two flares that landed harmlessly on the ground and and throws them back recklessly back into a dense excited crowd and with gay abandon without any thought of the possibility of harming innocent young and old alike. At the other end of the field the Melbourne Victory goalkeeper picks up some flares, like every other goalkeeper I have seen dealing with flares, and puts them just off the field safely on the grass presumably for other ground staff to take away. Apparently Tom Glover's conduct is apparently beyond the jurisdiction of the FFA Judiciary committee and was the responsibility of the game referee who took no action against Glover at the time. Punishments are being currently handed out in order to discipline a select few spectators from the game crowd who invaded the field during the game. Some of these were reported in the media to be spectators who had already been banned previously but were still attending the game due to failed policing at entry gates. The club Melbourne Victory FC along with other clubs they play this A League season and along with Melbourne Victory and opposition club fans are also being directly and indirectly punished inappropriately and unreasonably (loss of prepaid future game airfare booking costs and accommodation costs, etc.). The A League broadcast viewers and sponsors are being punished in other ways because of the way this incident is being handled. Punishing appropriately the home game club for having inadequate security measures in place to detect previously banned spectators and confiscate flares along with glass bottles and dangerous goods (knives and other weapons, etc) is reasonable. Punishing those who invade the pitch and assault anyone using the police and the law of the land is reasonable and not new. However, the punishment should fit the crime(s) of those responsible and avoid at all costs punishing innocent others. The broadcast vision shows the reaction of the crowd to Glover throwing the flares at them and his actions clearly incited the crowd. The actions of the goalkeeper at the other end of the ground were designed to minimise on the game the effect of flares being thrown on or near the field of play. My view is that if Glover had conducted himself like the other goalkeeper the incident of the mass pitch invasion probably would not have occurred and we would have enjoyed the rest of the match. A number of times in A League games plastic drink bottles full of liquid purchased at the ground from commercial venders have been thrown onto the field in and around the goal and the actions of goalkeepers, players and referees have reasonably dealt with the situation without detriment to the game being played or the sport. The A League and those associated with the sport are seeing its reputation ripped apart at a time when the sport of football domestically is struggling in various ways because of seriously miscalculated bad decisions that can and should be easily avoided. Not punishing Glover in any way for inciting the pitch invasion and resulting violence is another kick in the guts of the sport. Not educating all players, goalkeepers, referees, coaches and administrators in how to reasonably deal with such situations and not incite a crowd excited by the game is wilful neglect. It is just not right and, like the grand final decision, out of touch with the public interest and the best interests of the sport.

It’s a pretty scummy comment from a coach.

An opposition of course is going to want Glover suspended if possible. I thought he had a shocker playing out from the back he gifted a ball to Tullio in particular, Tullio completely wasted it trying to chip the keeper again from an angle when he had Cummings in support.

Sour grapes Montgomery.