Season 13: Final Series

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Leggy
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Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Outpost wrote:

Piss poor crowds, constant FFA bullshark, a moronic football media, incompetent VAR, generally average football and, yes, a failed Nix have made this season an utter dud for me. The Jets under Ernie were about the only bright spot but in the end even they got swamped by the systemic failure of this poorly run league.

Also a fairly meaningless final when we all know Sydney FC are clearly the best team in the league.

You could say that about any Cup final. The best team does not always win it.

Correct, but it's a shark way to decide a league winner. No sane person will argue that Melb Victory were the best team in the league in 2018.

This did not decide the league winner. It was a cup final. 

May 06, 2018 10:30
Buffon II
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Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Outpost wrote:

Piss poor crowds, constant FFA bullshark, a moronic football media, incompetent VAR, generally average football and, yes, a failed Nix have made this season an utter dud for me. The Jets under Ernie were about the only bright spot but in the end even they got swamped by the systemic failure of this poorly run league.

Also a fairly meaningless final when we all know Sydney FC are clearly the best team in the league.

You could say that about any Cup final. The best team does not always win it.

Correct, but it's a shark way to decide a league winner. No sane person will argue that Melb Victory were the best team in the league in 2018.

This did not decide the league winner. It was a cup final. 

Who won the a-league in 2018 then?

May 06, 2018 10:40
Leggy
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Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Outpost wrote:

Piss poor crowds, constant FFA bullshark, a moronic football media, incompetent VAR, generally average football and, yes, a failed Nix have made this season an utter dud for me. The Jets under Ernie were about the only bright spot but in the end even they got swamped by the systemic failure of this poorly run league.

Also a fairly meaningless final when we all know Sydney FC are clearly the best team in the league.

You could say that about any Cup final. The best team does not always win it.

Correct, but it's a shark way to decide a league winner. No sane person will argue that Melb Victory were the best team in the league in 2018.

This did not decide the league winner. It was a cup final. 

Who won the a-league in 2018 then?

Sydney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-Le...

May 06, 2018 10:50 · Edited May 06, 2018 10:52
Buffon II
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Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Outpost wrote:

Piss poor crowds, constant FFA bullshark, a moronic football media, incompetent VAR, generally average football and, yes, a failed Nix have made this season an utter dud for me. The Jets under Ernie were about the only bright spot but in the end even they got swamped by the systemic failure of this poorly run league.

Also a fairly meaningless final when we all know Sydney FC are clearly the best team in the league.

You could say that about any Cup final. The best team does not always win it.

Correct, but it's a shark way to decide a league winner. No sane person will argue that Melb Victory were the best team in the league in 2018.

This did not decide the league winner. It was a cup final. 

Who won the a-league in 2018 then?

Sydney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-Le...

Champions: Melbourne Victory.

May 06, 2018 10:56
Leggy
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Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Outpost wrote:

Piss poor crowds, constant FFA bullshark, a moronic football media, incompetent VAR, generally average football and, yes, a failed Nix have made this season an utter dud for me. The Jets under Ernie were about the only bright spot but in the end even they got swamped by the systemic failure of this poorly run league.

Also a fairly meaningless final when we all know Sydney FC are clearly the best team in the league.

You could say that about any Cup final. The best team does not always win it.

Correct, but it's a shark way to decide a league winner. No sane person will argue that Melb Victory were the best team in the league in 2018.

This did not decide the league winner. It was a cup final. 

Who won the a-league in 2018 then?

Sydney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_A-Le...

Champions: Melbourne Victory.

Grand final not the league. Your from Birkenhead so maybe thats the reason.:)

May 06, 2018 11:19
Tegal
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Buffon II wrote:

Leggy wrote:

Buffon II wrote:

Outpost wrote:

Piss poor crowds, constant FFA bullshark, a moronic football media, incompetent VAR, generally average football and, yes, a failed Nix have made this season an utter dud for me. The Jets under Ernie were about the only bright spot but in the end even they got swamped by the systemic failure of this poorly run league.

Also a fairly meaningless final when we all know Sydney FC are clearly the best team in the league.

You could say that about any Cup final. The best team does not always win it.

Correct, but it's a shark way to decide a league winner. No sane person will argue that Melb Victory were the best team in the league in 2018.

It didn’t decide the league winner. It decided the finals series winner. Which is a cup competition at the end of the league season. That’s how I always see it anyway. 

Sydney FC were awarded the premiers plate for winning the league. 

May 06, 2018 11:20 · Edited May 06, 2018 11:23
Sancho
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Whats hilarious is that by Victory winning the Finals they will qualify for AFC and City will not. Hopefully we win it next year just to piss on the FFA.

May 06, 2018 13:51
ballane
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Apparently FFA have come out and said a technical issue caused the goal not to be reviewed. Guess that technical issue was the FFA wanting Victory to win rather than the Jets.

May 06, 2018 14:34
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May 06, 2018 14:35
C-Diddy
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C-Diddy wrote:
I'm going to support the VAR next week!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!

May 06, 2018 16:11
Tegal
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ballane wrote:

Apparently FFA have come out and said a technical issue caused the goal not to be reviewed. Guess that technical issue was the FFA wanting Victory to win rather than the Jets.

The glitch happened to be 30 seconds before the goal. Hmmm. 

Anyone else not believe that for a second?

May 06, 2018 17:05
C-Diddy
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Tegal wrote:

ballane wrote:

Apparently FFA have come out and said a technical issue caused the goal not to be reviewed. Guess that technical issue was the FFA wanting Victory to win rather than the Jets.

The glitch happened to be 30 seconds before the goal. Hmmm. 

Anyone else not believe that for a second?

I dont even believe it for 30 seconds

May 06, 2018 17:47
RR
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Tegal wrote:

ballane wrote:

Apparently FFA have come out and said a technical issue caused the goal not to be reviewed. Guess that technical issue was the FFA wanting Victory to win rather than the Jets.

The glitch happened to be 30 seconds before the goal. Hmmm. 

Anyone else not believe that for a second?

Would be interesting to find out how many times this has happened during the season. It could be a regular occurrence and they have swept the problems under the carpet.
May 06, 2018 17:59
LG
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What did the bookies make out of it? Smells of something and it is not integrity.

May 06, 2018 21:59
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Lonegunmen wrote:

What did the bookies make out of it? Smells of something and it is not integrity.

One of the big bookies in Aussie have refunded bets on the draw & Jets win.
May 06, 2018 22:12
LG
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This might have been the result the FFA want/wanted but to everyone else other than Victory fans, it was not a fair contest with 11 v 12 or more. As a Nix fan I am used to that and can recognise it when I see it. Ernie knows it too.

May 06, 2018 22:14 · Edited May 06, 2018 22:42
C-Diddy
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Nothing more than classic FFA incompetence

May 06, 2018 22:39
C-Diddy
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Interesting point made by well known Jest fan, Timmy V. He commemted that if VAR was in use in 2008 Grand Final then the Gypsies would have had a penalty awarded for a Jason Hofman handball.

May 06, 2018 23:10
number8
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There is no conspiracy. VAR had a glitch and AR was blind. Yes, it's a shame, but it shows also that a working VAR would have been perfect and fair for the contest. Improve the tech, rules and training  refs in the next season and it will be all good. Fact is, VAR is not going away.

May 07, 2018 09:20
dairyflat
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Mind you it has given the A League broader publicity...

VAR: Technical problem helps decide Australian A-League grand final

May 07, 2018 09:27
LG
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Trouble with VAR is that the very muppets whom make numorous screw ups on the pitches are also the same ones whom man the VAR. This just endorses the attitude that they are completely incompetent and have not improved one iota since game one of the very first A League matches.

May 07, 2018 21:57
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JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/
May 07, 2018 23:14
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VAR fails to make - What a year it was. FourFourTwo recaps the best and worst moments of the 2017/18 A-League season.

May 08, 2018 08:00
number8
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RR wrote:

JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/

Bullshark, not buying it. If you can't see a thing, you are not jumping feet up into the five yards box. For this stupid excuse I would give him an extra week. I personally think his brain, not his eye, was affected.

May 08, 2018 13:11 · Edited May 08, 2018 13:12
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number8 wrote:

RR wrote:

JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/

Bullshark, not buying it. If you can't see a thing, you are not jumping feet up into the five yards box. For this stupid excuse I would give him an extra week. I personally think his brain, not his eye, was affected.

Given the extent of his injury, that could possibly be argued too.
May 08, 2018 13:15
Oi Oi Edgecumbe
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He did fudging well to know where the ball was then!

May 08, 2018 20:00
C-Diddy
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number8 wrote:

RR wrote:

JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/

Bullshark, not buying it. If you can't see a thing, you are not jumping feet up into the five yards box. For this stupid excuse I would give him an extra week. I personally think his brain, not his eye, was affected.

So his eye has been fractured all his career then?

He's a grub and the game can do without him

May 08, 2018 20:56
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RR wrote:

JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/

May 18, 2018 22:53
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RR wrote:

RR wrote:

JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/

Decision 2018
May 19, 2018 10:54
Oi Oi Edgecumbe
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RR wrote:

RR wrote:

JETS officials claim that Roy O’Donovan’s sight was affected by a fractured eye socket after the striker was referred to Football Federation Australia’s Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (DEC) for his moment of mayhem in Saturday’s A-League grand final.

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5385275/blind-faith-jets-claim-fractured-eye-socket-obscured-roys-vision/

That is crazy. He was trying to play the ball, in a reckless way. The punishment means they think he deliberately tried to maim the keeper. Wrong.

May 19, 2018 12:04
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