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A-League A-League Men Round 16 - Massive Sydney Derby
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That's a red card
Elmer_Hauser
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The spite and bitterness.. You love to see it.
Well played Bimbi !!!
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With the way results have broken it's a few huge games the rest of the weekend. Wellington, the chance to leap up the table with a win. Perth and Newcastle can push back towards the 6.
Elmer_Hauser
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What a goal by Bos.
Absolute peach
Absolute peach
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We're so shite even Bos scores
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Glover has these moments every season, great shot blocker but a real inability to read a cross, catch a the ball, or come at it with conviction.
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Or b) was overcome by the chevaps cooking at Macedonia Park and was overwhelmed.
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VAR doesnt check for handballs if it hurts Melbourne City obviously.
Leckie with the bicycle to take the lead for a third time!
Elmer_Hauser
Celtics 7-1
What a courageous, against all odds and purely inspiring win by the greatest team in Victoria, REAL MEL-BOURNE !!
Setting new standards of football excellence and professionalism all over.
3 premiers plates in row sounds fine to me
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Hard playing against 12.The Macedonia Park streak is over
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What a courageous, against all odds and purely inspiring win by the greatest team in Victoria, REAL MEL-BOURNE !!
Setting new standards of football excellence and professionalism all over.
3 premiers plates in row sounds fine to me
Settle down mate don't get to excited trouble ahead
Melbourne City tangled in financial scandal linked to parent club Manchester City
A-League ladder leader Melbourne City has become embroiled in a financial scandal linked to its parent club in England’s Premier League. The City Football Group, which owns Manchester City and Melbourne City, has refused to answer questions about the scandal. The Premier League this week charged Manchester City with 100 breaches of the financial fair play rules – the equivalent of the AFL’s salary cap.
It comes as a series of emails resurfaced detailing claims of attempts to conceal money being paid directly by City Football Group and naming Simon Pearce, vice chairman of Melbourne City. The emails, originally leaked to Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper, detail claims the City Football Group, which is owned by the Abu Dhabi government, breached financial fair play rules.
Emails to Mr Pearce, allegedly detail attempts to conceal the source of money paid to Manchester City. Sponsorship contracts were allegedly inflated conceal that millions were paid by the owner, in breach of league rules.
The Premier League charges relate to alleged breaches from 2009 to 2018. The club won the league three times in that period. Melbourne City was embroiled in controversial transfers of Anthony Caceres and Socceroo Aaron Mooy in 2016.
Caceres was playing for the Central Coast Mariners when Manchester City approached him for a $300,000 transfer. He was 23 – a late signing for a Premier League club – but instead of playing in England he ended up at Melbourne City on loan.
The A-League, under its previous administration, changed the rules to stop that ever happening again. Mooy transferred from Melbourne to Manchester City on July 1, 2016 without the owners having to pay a transfer fee. Manchester City then sold Mooy in a transfer to Huddersfield for $17m.
On its website, City Football Group confirms Mr Pearce’s position at both its Manchester and Melbourne clubs. “Simon Pearce was appointed to the board in September 2008. He is also vice-chairman of Melbourne City FC,” the website says.
Melbourne City’s communications manager Dan Mellios did not return repeated calls on Friday. He did not respond when asked whether Melbourne City had audited its finances following the Premier League charges, the controversy around the Mooy and Caceres deals, or if the club had an unfair advantage. Damaris Treasure, communications director at the A-League’s governing body the Australian Professional Leagues, did not respond when asked if Mr Pearce was a fit and proper person to be vice-chairman of Melbourne City.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...y/news-story/6ab0de87ebc07b39d8d2e74c637cf6db
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I was hoping Corica would punch Rudan in the face! Someone will one day and I'll be laughing my head off, What a whinging turd.
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Lol, the most noteworthy thing Anthony Caceres did at Melbourne City was moonlighting as an interpreter for Fornaroli while he was getting his English up to scratch.
Hmmmm not sure there's anything in those transactions from an A League perspective.
But a new one had begun!The Macedonia Park streak is over
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Yeah it’s whole lot of nothing I only posted it because Elmer_Judd post was far to cocky.
In the last 20 Perth played like they had an extra man (even though they conceded 2 goals....)
Fair play, carry on
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Just got home from Maco Park. I am ****ing seething over that absolute bullshit.
First time at there and it was decent. Still in an absolutely shit spot with nothing for supporters anywhere near the ground. Had to put up with some ****wits just calling everyone sex offenders and paedos all game which was ****ing annoying. I did get a laugh out of a security guard seemingly trying to hit on a female cop.
Won't be going back until we are back at HBF I don't think.
First time at there and it was decent. Still in an absolutely shit spot with nothing for supporters anywhere near the ground. Had to put up with some ****wits just calling everyone sex offenders and paedos all game which was ****ing annoying. I did get a laugh out of a security guard seemingly trying to hit on a female cop.
Won't be going back until we are back at HBF I don't think.
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