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Football Hipster. Favourite player is the spaniard, Albert Riera of the Wellington Phoenix \'I came here for a holiday and now I am a professional footballer. How good is that?\'
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is less than 100 days away. Ange Postecoglou is stroking his egregious goatee and thumbing away at Youtube clips…
More intense click bait than A-League expansion, Melbourne Heart advice and a lingerie football photo blog, it's some amateur's crack at being Ange Postecoglou…
Can some one spam writers of “WHERE FOR EXPANSION LIKE COST MONEY NSWNNSWNNSWNSWNSW SYDNEY SPORTING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD” with a link to the NPL and a connect the dots book?
Nostalgia for fallen A-League clubs not the way forward
AHHH I KNOW
Went to Victory vs WSW recently, as three victory supporters and the only tickets the site would give us was RBB. Got moved by police and hounded by Second Generation Italians in AC MIlan shirts for not having RBB pride. Nightmare. Costs are scandalous.
We're being ripped off by ticketing agencies
A nice thought provoking article. The stadium issue is an interesting one, AAMI Park in Melbourne for example. It’s used by two soccer/football and two Rugby teams. With MV obviously having expendable income and now the Heart/Storm/City merger i think the four teams should invest in improving it to a 50,000 seater and buying it and renting out between themselves. Football should start throw it’s weight around and with the Rebels and Storm benefiting the finance strain would be limited. They all should walk away from Etihad, it’s AFL owned and it’s an oval.
Expansion? All teams wanting to play A League must play NPL and relegation should be reviewed in 10 years.
What exactly is football in Australia?
Plenty of clubs have nick names. Colours should stay red.
Heart find their place in the City
They may operate on a shoestring budget but they know everyone else’s budget hahaha.
Fair enough, Heart do just as much for the A League as the WSW do. That’s what I was attempting to get at.
What does Heart takeover say about football's globalisation?
@AZ_RBB
Wasn’t Reece Caira at Aston Villa until 2012? and now he’s at the Nix. Hardly counts. Yeah I agree the average is irrelevant, because Heart might have three 19 years olds but they also have Engelaar, Kewell and Mcallister.
They’ve sent more talent over seas than most. WSW, from a distant seem to be a bunch of former a leagues + foreigners. I guess that builds they’re ‘underdog’ status, but it’s not really improving the talent available is it?
I’m a Melbourne Victory supporter, I’m just sticking up for the Heart because they labelled a waste unwarranted. They do a lot for the league and choose new angles for football. Such as sending youngsters overseas. WSW are praised constantly yet they play defence football and employ Mark Bridge.
What does Heart takeover say about football's globalisation?
Daniel Alessi, Fofanah, Yianni Perkatis and Josh Baresi have made a combined five appearances. Stefan Mauk, Paulo Retre, Ben Garruccio and Jermey Walker have made fourteen appearances, MV’s Connor Pain, Jason Geria, Scott Galloway and Dylan Murnane have made thirty four appearances. The average age of Hearts squad is 25.47. The average age of WSW squad is 26.9.
Of the current Socceroos and call ups, none have been trained (youth graduated to senior) by WSW or the Heart. The U20’s at the U20’s World Cup had two Heart players (Vrankovic and Good) and no WSW players. Victory had three. Jets had five. None of the Socceroos at the AFC U22 were trained by WSW.
What does Heart takeover say about football's globalisation?
Well they do have the best Academy in England, the English Goalkeeper, half their defenders and as far as I’m aware their stadium doesn’t have Korean/Japanese translations like Manchester United. Mike you’re so negative, Americans own United, Russians own Chelsea and Arsenal, It’s bordering on racism that Heart/City are unworthy because of Sheikhs’ pocket.
I support Victory and think it’s awesome what has happened to Heart, they will have an awesome academy and some gun marquees (Xavi is going to New York City) This is great for the league, you just hate the Heart so much that you can’t see it.
Also if Heart are the only club ‘on it’s knees’ how come they produce the best young talent in Australia? You always bang on about the success of WSW when they are dragging to competition in terms of creating new footballers. Every club has gun youngsters except for WSW.
What does Heart takeover say about football's globalisation?
Glossing over the fact we don’t have FOOTBALL stadiums aye. The Qatar bid was very good. Get over it.
The FFA's chance to give FIFA headaches
“Ben of Phnom Penh”
I don’t read Mike Tuckerman articles, I mull over the first paragraph, breathe in his negative sniping and then realise I’ve read/heard most of these sentences some where else first. Not his plot line but the individual sentences*. Then I abuse him in the comments.
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“With all due respect…”
“bears all the hallmarks of”
“At any rate…”
“A litany of errors…”
“Part of footballs charm..”
“Here’s hoping…”
Sydney derby has the potential to be one of Asia's best
How contrived “Sydney is better than Melbourne”. The Melbourne derby is great because Heart have ex- victory players, Heart are new, Victory are supposed to be the best in the league. It isn’t ‘fake’ and I see no reason why the Sydney one is ‘better’ they’re different derbies. WSW have the fanatic support because they’re winning. Once what happens to all genuinely good A-League sides, they’ll be split up because of Asian cheque books and European scouts. When WSW are losing, their support will really show and I don’t mean a winless streak, I mean totally hopeless and doesn’t look they will win. (MV with Kewell, MH now, Newcastle after their title, Sydney FC every second year, Brisbane at the start of AP reign, Adelaide every second manager, Wellington four rounds ago, Glory under that Scot)
I think the ‘best derby is Asia’ is unqualified How do measure it? El Clasico isn’t the best Europe, I’d argue the Split, Rome or Millwall/West Ham. Pointless article for clicks, well done.
Sydney derby has the potential to be one of Asia's best
Yeah, I just don’t like it when a batter who isn’t as good being picked because they ‘show potential’. Ricky Ponting said it tonight on the BBL. When asked should Australian T20 squad be a bit of a development for younger players, he said /’no you pick the best players’/ Same goes for every sport. Harry Kewell has the best control and passing range in the A League (or at least around there) and punters say ‘He’s over the hill!’ ‘money hungry’ or ‘hack’.
Who should replace George Bailey?
Great article! Really enjoyed the statistics woven into sentences rather than some weird info graph. I remember when there was turmoil at Jets, shortly after the Gold Coast United debacle and I think a few of the players hadn’t been paid. Ryan Griffiths was on Triple J and told a story of how he was half way through painting his house when the news broke, and he said he went to buy his daily coffee and the barista says, “Sorry to hear, have it for free mate” and Griffith says ‘Oh, it’s not THAT bad. Definitely my favourite of the three Griffiths brothers. I think at his age, whoever were the keenest got signature.
Why isn't Ryan Griffiths returning to Newcastle?
What I have never understood is, when selecting a player, x player must be under 30, have international experience and a good average. Why does age matter? Pick the better cricketer and leave the 25,26, 27 year olds to cut mustard in the State competition. Players shouldn’t be picked because in three seasons they *might* be good.
Who should replace George Bailey?
Have to agree with the sentiments above about the research in this piece. The Roar is my second football website, after the Guardian who treat transfer rumours with humour as well contempt and they are constantly winning awards. Basically leave Premier League transfer speculation to the English pros. I understand that this is a amateur opinion site, writing articles that analyse something more substantial than ‘who should buy who’ could be a better exercise. I don’t know, why do Manchester United have a rubbish midfield? Can you name five players from Crystal Palace? Is 7th better than the FA Cup?
Top 20 potential EPL transfers of the January window (part I)
“However, their two away losses at Everton and Newcastle would irk Mourinho” the constant repetition of commentary clichés irks me more. This insight is hard to appreciate when the author uses phrases such as “defence that poses more questions than answers” and “their squad remains thin on the ground”.
Tottenham eighth and Arsenal third? Chelsea and City, second and first in your opinion have collectively lost to Everton, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Cardiff and Aston Villa. I think wins against clubs lower than fifth are more important than home wins against other title contenders because there are fifteen of them!
Arsenal first, City second, Chelsea and than a battle for fourth between Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle & Southampton (they were banking points early).
The fight for the Premier League title: half-time report
Terry McFlynn did not have dual citizenship when he earnt his youth caps for Northern Ireland, sorry to disappoint.
How are the A-League's World Cup bolters shaping up?
Interesting T20 squad, although I don’t believe have having five or six ‘bowlers’ is necessary. Xavier Doherty
Mitchell Starc, Nathan Coulter-Nile and a bolter express pace. One the good’uns from the Big Bash or even Shaun Tait. Faulkner/Maxwell are quite useless as two ordinary all rounders. White and Henriques can bowl if needed, Warner, Clarke too.
Is it time to drop Brad Haddin?
Ange is the coach, physicality is not required. Taggart is better than Juric and Duke but are they all inferior to Ruka & Leckie.
How are the A-League's World Cup bolters shaping up?
So weird that one of the most capitalistic game or ‘market’ upholds values in socialism. Maybe that could form a basketball pyramid and force teams to have academies (ala european football). College basketball teams can offer college and Boston can offer millions of dollars. Haha, wait for the abuse…
NBA's new plan for draft order so crazy it might work
“You only need to look at Football Federation Tasmania’s Facebook page whenever the Melbourne Victory are in town to see the genuine excitement of Tasmania’s general public about the code and the potential fan-base that exists there.” That post has 12 Likes.
Nostalgia for fallen A-League clubs not the way forward