John: Watching the roar wasn't much fun Saturday
Informed Source: I'll bet. They seem to be in a big low.
John: Bob Malcolm caused 2 goals and looked like he wasn't even playing, so did Moore in the 1st 20
mins.
Informed Source: Malcolm may well know that he's unlikely to be part of the main mix from here on
in.
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I saw you Danny putting your finger up to me on the big screen.
Well i did it back louder and longer.
Robbie Kruse v Tiatto and co, great stuff. Fozzie might not have liked it, but Bozzo loved it...me
to.
Great game, particularly that first half, and great to see Danny Allsopp out of the Victory side.
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Click on the "envelope" for a bigger view
Scribed this on the back of an envelope.
Please don't be confused by those "arrows" and the hideous handwriting (it was a scribble-on
anyway), allow me to explain with some helps from the "wiki" pages on the subject.
As you can see for yourself on the top of the envelope, I scribbled "Top 8 (AFL)", while at the
lower half of it, you should noticed the words - "Super League (RL)".
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Well unique at least, and bring colour and atmosphere wherever they go.
31,000 turned up to see Celtic trounce the Brisbane Roar 3-0 today at Suncorp. And a Kiwi Chris
Killen got two for the Celts.
And with Fulham and Wolves pulling in around 20,000 and 11,000 this weekend across the wide brown
land clearly the Scottish Champions have slightly more fan power than the English Premier League
clubs; no surprise there.
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Man United lost Ronaldo, the freak goal-scoring machine. Let's face it, United aren't a one man
team, but without him and his goals, no championships and no Euro finals in the last three years in
my view.
So they've spent their money on who.
Michael Owen...and even he was free! Bet the fans can't wait to see Owen in that new Rugby League
shirt.
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I was concerned about Brisbane RFC announcing that it didn't need FFA money and was going it alone.
To be honest, I liked the idea of a new major investor and new dollars and the prospect of a new
direction. Perhaps a guest player.
However, more than the announcement that former Channel 9 sports commentor Chris Bombolas is to be
the new Roar Chair was the photo.
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For a none story this has had quite a life. Tim didn't help himself by ignoring the questions of
the Socceroos major sponsor - FoxTel - after the Japan game. Then Mark Bosnich made matters worse
by claiming solidarity with Tim for being betrayed by someone close to him. Then there was a
supposed email from a Socceroo of 10 years - yeah right, just had to send it to loser NRL journo HQ
eh?
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For some people, the end of the football season in years that end with odd numbers means a
return to the real world. For two and a half months they become normal people, spending time with
family and friends, allowing their sofas and their wallets to recover from the arduous few months
that have just passed and giving every impression of being normal, well-rounded human beings.
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What are News Limited afraid of? Some very strange articles are appearing out of that newspaper
regarding football.
They, clearly, are deliberately running the game down, using non-football language and generally
abusing anything non-Australia.
Pim is un-Australian, the Bahrainians players names are mocked.
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Interesting to see the Japanese national newspaper advertising at the ANZ Stadium last
night...guess that doesn't happen in the AFL or Rugby League.
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Great job Pim Verbeek and ignore the criticisms we're off to the World Cup and that is all that
matters.
It wasn't that long ago this country and its sports fans would never have expected us to get there
or have any real belief we could.
And this time we did it the hard way. 14 matches across Japan, Iraq, Uzbekistan and China to name a
few.
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Ah, FA Cup Final day. Love it! I'd love it a lot more mind if we haven't stood well and truly on
our collective crank whilst wearing the spiked golf shoes against <?xml:namespace prefix =
st1> Chelsea in the semi-final.
Still, we were second best on the day. I couldn't complain given our defensive errors.
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Great to see a plan for a 26,5000 stadium, a football stadium, one with real atmosphere, close to
the pitch, built for the future here in little old Canberra
And isn't it great to see a World Cup bid, unlike the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which will leave a
legacy for football.
From the Canberra Times:
The second rectangular stadium would be purpose-built for soccer, rugby league and
rugby union.
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Watching Ben Kantarovski last night was awesome as the young Jets player strode across Asia.
I could see the Green and Gold shirt on this young man for years to come. Another gem I'm sure.
But I also noted the impact of Jason Hoffman, Brodie Mooy, Adam D'Appuzzo, and in recent games Sean
Rooney and Marko Jesic.
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After seeing their UEFA Champions League dreams come crashing down under referee controversy, Guus
Hiddink feels that technology and instant replay should play a role.
Hiddink has seen sports such as NFL and rugby league successfully adopt video technology and he
feels referees should be given assistance for crucial decisions.
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EPL Talk 08 May @ 09:26 AM EST
The fall out from Chelsea v. Barcelona on Wednesday night continues unabated today as PFA chief
executive Gordon Taylor has called for the use of technology in football to assist referees.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "We are putting referee's in too vulnerable a situation with the
conspiracy theories that abound that UEFA would not want an all English final, it was an accident
waiting to happen.
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My headline got changed on The Roar site..personally think mine is way more interesting, and indeed
my ending...now it's more mouse than roar.
EPL clubs to play pre-season matches in Australia.
Are you sick of the A-League pre-season cup? Or even AFL and rugby league sides running out against
each other as you wait for the real deal?
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Rugby union in Australia consolidated and then expanded. Mining money from Western Australia,
reputed to be backed by South African expats, formed the Western Force. In doing so, stripped some
of the best players and the young up-and-comers from the other 3 Australian teams. Result,
Australian club teams are not competitive in the Super 14 and there is barely life in the domestic
(local teams only) competition.
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Last weekend's string of unpredictable results in the English Premier League has been mirrored in
Australia proving the A-League remains as competitive as ever.
While Hull City were shocking Arsenal and Wigan upsetting big spending Manchester City, closer to
home joint league leaders Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory both lost matches they were widely
anticipated to win.
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Well it's not the AFL Club's, Adelaide Crows or Port Adelaide. They might have been going 150 years
but who's heard of them outside Melbourne:)
Is there even a Rugby League or Union side from Adelaide?
Adelaide United a club just a few years old, already well known across Pohang, Korea, Changchun,
China and Kashima, Japan.
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The AFL is Australia's most successful and commercial sport. It has been steadily grinding other
sports into the dust over the last 30 years. The next 20 years will see whether rugby league and
rugby union can survive the onslaught.
The battles have been played out in the union and league heartlands of Sydney and Brisbane.
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FFA investigations
Spitting in rugby league is worth 3 weeks. In football, a minimum of 12 months unless the FFA
decides to downgrade to a lessor charge.Lucky Dino Djulbic. Perth could not afford to end the
career of one of its outstanding performers from last year.
At the same time, the FFA decided not to charge Mark Bosnich for his un-carded professional foul on
Massimo Murdocca.
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Albion Road 01 September @ 04:00 PM EST
By winning promotion to this season's Premier League Hull City can finally put to rest a title they
have unhappily held for many years - the largest city in Europe never to have hosted a top division
club. Any idea who is the new recipient of this dubious award? After years and years of muddling
along in this rugby league hotbed, a new stadium and solid financial backing have catapulted Hull
City up the ladder of English football.
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In 2008, Australian sport has undergone turmoil. Basketball hit the wall with at least 3 teams
disappearing. Women's basketball struggled against the rise of trans-tasman netball. CEO John
O'Neil declared rugby union financial dead and 'boring'. Rugby league has 'grabbed the table' in
its 100th year, with fans and players deserting on mass, and government redirecting money away.
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But Luke Wilkshire does a Harry....oh the Aussie spirit!
Mike Cockerill wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald that Harry Kewell did what?
The 29-year-old scored for his new Turkish side, Galatasaray, in an opening-round win
over Denizlispor last weekend, and has suggested part of his motivation for moving to Istanbul was
to cut down the travelling time when he plays for his country in Asia.
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The Sydney Morning Herald are reporting Women's basketball is to be given the bounce from FTA live
games on Saturday afternoons. And the suggestion is Women's live football will fill the spot! See
your Canberra daughter play live on TV. That would be nice!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/basketball/abc-plans-to-give-wnbl-the-bounce/2008/07/03/1214950952192.
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World Cup glory, Durham style So what do you do on a blank Saturday? Pete Sixsmith reminisced about
boyhood and "real Rugby", then soaked up the spirit of the FA Cup. Another week off for
international games and another week...
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