peternorth
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Plenty of Souf Africans here... but all the South Africans I know love their rugby more than soccer.
cheers mate. fair enough too.
maybe Perth Cheetahs
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Plenty of Souf Africans here... but all the South Africans I know love their rugby more than soccer.
What you did there, I see it.cheers mate. fair enough too.
maybe Perth Cheetahs
What you did there, I see it.
What a woe is us mentality it is to suggest the league hates Perth.
The A-League understands the debt of gratitude it owes Perth Glory. I'm current reading the Stenholt/Mooney book about the first 10 years of the A-League, and in a lot of ways the Glory were the template for every A-League club. I think the A-League understands that, and they certainly understand the imprtance of having Perth in the league.
It doesn't change the fact that they didn't deserve to host the final based on last years result, because last years results were, shall we say "flawed". And it doesn't give them carte blanche to cheat.
And I'm going to scream next time I hear someone say that Perth would've gotten a bigger crowd last night. It's such an easy thing to say when we'll never know. And I'd suggest it's an incorrect thing to say when the whole issue was to do with the ticket prices.
I think the final was badly timed IMO to close to the start of the season and during the Melbourne Cup carnival where it was never going to get any traction. Would have been better off to have it in early December at a time when the A-League is in a dull after the start of the season and the lead up to Christmas.
It also didn't help that the semis was only just over a week ago so fans had to folk out $$ so soon especially after an underwhelming semi Final against Hume.
Speaking of Hume I think they did a lot to stuff up the moment of the Cup.
Had they played the semi in Broady like they should have they would have gotten a lot more attention and publicity from the community and the media and played in front of a packed home crowd just like what Bentleigh went through last year. Instead they tried to chased the $$ on Victory fans expense, Instead we got a crappy preseason type match at an empty AAMI Park far removed from what the tournament was orginally intendard for.
It really IMO slowed or holted the progression of the Cup that resulted in Saturday night along with the rediculous ticket prices, plus it's the beginning of the season still and most people's focus is on the A-League.
Anyway live and learn the competition is still young and needs to find its feet. It needs some ironing out by the FFA no doubt as well as the fans to be patient as it progresses, no need to be screaming out its "a who cares cup" or a "Micky mouse cup" as I've been reading people proclaim on Twitter. The Tournament is only two seasons old! I'm sure once they get the formula right it will be a worthy addition to the football calendar.
One thing the FFA did get right is the Cup itself it's a beauty! has the dunny seat covered hands down
They wouldn't. The gap is nowhere near as bug as people think. Victory would be competitive against the likes of Sunderland, Villa, Bournemouthlol
Victory would lose 8-0 to Sunderland
What a woe is us mentality it is to suggest the league hates Perth.
The A-League understands the debt of gratitude it owes Perth Glory. I'm current reading the Stenholt/Mooney book about the first 10 years of the A-League, and in a lot of ways the Glory were the template for every A-League club. I think the A-League understands that, and they certainly understand the imprtance of having Perth in the league.
It doesn't change the fact that they didn't deserve to host the final based on last years result, because last years results were, shall we say "flawed". And it doesn't give them carte blanche to cheat.
And I'm going to scream next time I hear someone say that Perth would've gotten a bigger crowd last night. It's such an easy thing to say when we'll never know. And I'd suggest it's an incorrect thing to say when the whole issue was to do with the ticket prices.
Scream away then.
When you look at the whole event subjectively especially when you factor in events already running in Melbourne it appears little or no serious consideration was extended to the Perth Glory Football Club request the final.
Two teams qualify for a cup final (which should be held at a neutral venue - which we all know is currently next to impossible for the A-league in Australia). Perth indeed had a right to host the final and it is disingenuous to suggest otherwise.
It really doesn't matter know anyway. The FFA cup is done and dusted an consigned the the absolute mockery that it is posing as an unbiased competition and legitimate national cup.
In regards to last season there is no excuse for club management that seriously failed the club and supporters last season but I don't recall the severity of punishment being the same for Sydney FC when they were found to have breached the salary cap a few years back either.
**** the FFA.