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If it's not Pete FitzSimons writing rubbish about Union and having a dig at football, (why do
journos in this country feel the need) in the Sydney Morning Herald every week, we now have Phil
Gould trying to tell us that Jarryd Haynes is the greatest footballer in any code in Australia.
Phil wrote this in his article on Rugby League in the Sun Herald today.
by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
SO it's Tuesday and we are fast approaching Perth Glory's next match against Melbourne Victory on
Friday night.
There's been a tinsy-whinsy bit of confusion on the times for the clash and FP may have found out
why.
In the original fixture list released by the FFA, the game was going to be played on Saturday
instead of Friday.
Archie Thompson knows a thing or two... or 5 about finals football yet even though this isn't the
actual final, the Victory are pretty sure they have one foot in it already... and possibly one hand
on the prize too.
As it stands so far, Adelaide have only manged to score 2 goals in four matches against the Victory
this year and well they're currently down 2-0 on aggregate going into this all important decider,
so much like the ACL final, this match is not really about if they can win the game, it's about how
many goals they'll try not to concede!
If you thought Adelaide's season couldn't get any worse, you either need to watch the highlights
below or think again! They must have seriously pissed off some afterlife gods or some shit cause
the nightmare only seems to continue. It wasn't enough that they were punished 5-0 on aggregate
against Gamba Osaka in the ACL finals, they missed out on the Premiers plate to Melbourne by a
point, got drilled in the two legged major semi-final 6-0 and now their coach Aurelio Vidmar has
spilt the beans on in-fighting and.
If you thought Adelaide's season couldn't get any worse, you either need to watch the highlights
below or think again! They must have seriously pissed off some afterlife gods or some shit cause
the nightmare only seems to continue. It wasn't enough that they were punished 5-0 on aggregate
against Gamba Osaka in the ACL finals, they missed out on the Premiers plate to Melbourne by a
point, got drilled in the two legged major semi-final 6-0 and now their coach Aurelio Vidmar has
spilt the beans on in-fighting and.
Arnie speaks the truth
"I take all the responsibility," concluded Arnold of the Beijing Olympics. "I was the
coach. I'll tell you honestly, and people might not believe it, but we got the maximum out of that
playing group.
Speaking in FourFourTwo Graham Arnold discusses the Beijing Olympics and the disastrous Asian Cup
campaign 2007.
The A-League is shaping up for it's best season yet. There's still a way to go and expect a few
more twists and turns but new teams, new players added to an established old guard seem to be
getting the fans excited like never before.
The new teams: Gold Coast and North Queensland Fury, the bank and the paupers, top v bottom maybe.
Whatever level of sport you play at stepping down at the peak of your career to play at a lower
level is practically unheard of. These guys are born winners and focus on winning and everything
that goes with it.
Craig Johnston stopped completely at 28, but can you imagine Ronaldo stepping down to division 2
anytime soon, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, or Roger Federer at their peak stepping down to local
tournaments only.
A few weeks ago, I received a pair of Nike5 Zoom T-7 FS in the mail. Receiving freebies is one of
those lovely perks of blogging, up there with waking up in the morning to find a few comments on
your latest post. I suppose it compensates for those mornings when you wake up to find an anonymous
Adelaide United supporter accusing Archie Thompson and Kevin Muscat of doing all sorts of lovely
things; or those days when you find your site's been hacked by some Viagra spammers.
Danny Tiatto had to go off just before half time. Brisbane were up by 2 (1-3). His departure
changed the game. Before that he had been everywhere and dominated the defensive mid-field and then
opened the scoring with a cracker from wide-left and outside the box. A minute later and Henrique
goes down in the box, penalty - great kick from Van Dijk - no one is saving that.
A fair few contentious refereeing decisions to chew over in the wake of the A-League's second round
of matches.
First, the Gold Coast v. North Queensland match (or massacre, if you like). A round of applause for
Chris Beath for producing only a yellow card rather than a red one for Beau Busch when he upended
Michael Thwaite in the box, for the penalty that gave Shane Smeltz his second goal.
In light of yesterday's proceedings, yeah, you guessed it, the 9-1 drubbing of Wigan I thought I
would look at 10 of the best one sided goal fests that have graced the Premiership.
10. Chelsea 6 Man City 0
Not really that special, but if you watch the video you will see that 5 of the goals go straight
through the legs of the keeper.
Archie Thompson knows a thing or two... or 5 about finals football yet even though this isn't the
actual final, the Victory are pretty sure they have one foot in it already... and possibly one hand
on the prize too.
As it stands so far, Adelaide have only manged to score 2 goals in four matches against the Victory
this year and well they're currently down 2-0 on aggregate going into this all important decider,
so much like the ACL final, this match is not really about if they can win the game, it's about how
many goals they'll try not to concede!
Mariners only conceded 5 at home...it could have been more!
Haven't seen many teams as outclassed as the Central Coast Mariners for many years. Haven't seen a
home coach get it so wrong either.
And can the Central Coast Mariners hierarchy or fans except that?
Celtic, my team, have had many pastings at the hands of Barcelona and Man United in recent years
but funnily enough we rarely lost.
Too young, too quick, too slow, too fragile, whatever the reason, whatever your code I'm sure
you've heard the criticism of the A-League.
But with the Socceroos heading to the FIFA 2010 World Cup few fans would expect to see the squad
without a pack of A-League players.
Yes that's right the A-League will be sending a host of players to the World Cup,to one if not the
greatest stage in World Sport.
Pim put out a third rank team for the Asian Cup game in Canberra recently. Insulted Archie Thompson
prior to the game, and you have to wonder at Verbeek's motives.
The team that took the field against Ireland, a friendly on a FIFA date, had Jade North flying in
from Asia and all basis covered.
by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Perth Glory 2 (Jelic 4, 54)
Melbourne Victory 1 (Thompson 9)
Crowd: 8056
SERBIAN striker Branko Jelic scored two opportunist goals, as Perth Glory defeated Melbourne
Victory 2-1 at ME Bank Stadium tonight.
Jelic, formerly with German Bundlesiga side Energie Cottbus, scored the game's opener in the 4th
minute after Naum Sekulovski's cross into the box was headed to Mile Sterjovski, whose shot
squeezed through Victory keeper Glen Moss.
A large number of good results this round, including an interesting match in Brisbane, with
two disappointing defensive errors gifting a win to a deserving Perth Glory. Central Coast won the
first ever Battle of the Coasts, in magnificent fashion. Sydney FC won by a narrow margin, but that
seems to be a trend for the Sky Blues.
When John Aloisi was at Coventry City he ran the forward line on his own in the old English First
Division now called the EPL.
He was fast, direct and scored goals in an unfashionable team.
But the new Aloisi is a much slower version, and cannot run beyond the last player with any pace.
Clive Palmer reckons Sir Pim is bashing the A-League by pushing for all A-League players to leave
on loan before the finals season.
If this happened it would destroy the finals in my view but before we get all excited lets get real
for a moment.
This is a one-off.
By the next World Cup surely the season will be longer and with four teams in Asian Champions
League the problem should not occur again.
