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Other A league games 2022/23

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Was just thinking if Noah Smith has seen any pre-season or season game time with Victory?
 

turbo

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Wanderers top of the league with 442 set up. If you have decent players its a good way to set up your team.
Very solid CBs, wide defenders get forward well. Their mids aren’t afraid to run through the middle. We might be playing the same formation but right now that’s the end of the similarities.

Also amusing that Sydney cast offs in old man Ninko and Nuewenhoff (spelling?) who was seen as perpetually injured are so far right in the thick of that success.
 

booney

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Wanderers were able to press high and for long periods.This will be difficult for us to play out of defence next week-will need some judicious use of the long ball.
 

Tevor

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Wanderers were able to press high and for long periods.This will be difficult for us to play out of defence next week-will need some judicious use of the long ball.
They pressed Victory for the full 90 the other week and easily contained the Scum. Scum only really had one chance, no it is pretty clear you need to take those chances against them. Boring to watch but Rudan will not care about that.
 

Tevor

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Gee I watched some highlights of the other games yesterday and our dual ball issue is pretty small compared to what happened in other games. I hate the Cows but they were smashed by the Ref and VAR, welcome York to the big clubs get all the decisions league and you are not a big club.

Got my foil hat on, APL to improve viewership are getting desperate and want the big clubs to be successful this year. It’s going to be a hard season for anyone who isn’t Shitney, Drive byes, Victory or City. So there are only two spots for the rest to fight over. Keep heading this way and we will be the SPL soon and run by two clubs.
 

FFC Mariner

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Gee I watched some highlights of the other games yesterday and our dual ball issue is pretty small compared to what happened in other games. I hate the Cows but they were smashed by the Ref and VAR, welcome York to the big clubs get all the decisions league and you are not a big club.

Got my foil hat on, APL to improve viewership are getting desperate and want the big clubs to be successful this year. It’s going to be a hard season for anyone who isn’t Shitney, Drive byes, Victory or City. So there are only two spots for the rest to fight over. Keep heading this way and we will be the SPL soon and run by two clubs.
Yorke can get f**ked. Was part of a team that salary cap cheated its way to a GF win
 

turbo

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Gee I watched some highlights of the other games yesterday and our dual ball issue is pretty small compared to what happened in other games. I hate the Cows but they were smashed by the Ref and VAR, welcome York to the big clubs get all the decisions league and you are not a big club.

Got my foil hat on, APL to improve viewership are getting desperate and want the big clubs to be successful this year. It’s going to be a hard season for anyone who isn’t Shitney, Drive byes, Victory or City. So there are only two spots for the rest to fight over. Keep heading this way and we will be the SPL soon and run by two clubs.
I have no idea how the Sydney penalty stood, that to me was the worst of the bunch and I can’t see an argument for it.

For the other two games with reds I thought:
Brisbane - Harsh, bit of a 50-50 both players going in hard for the ball, any other player would have got a yellow for it but being the keeper there was an open goal behind him if Daggers isn’t flattened. Yeah he didn’t have control of the ball at the time but I don’t think anyone else was getting to it first. I’m assuming it was DOGSO not serious foul play due to excessive force. If it wasn’t dogso then I disagree with the call.

Macarthur - I can see the argument for a red as it was the last man. Uskok was well behind, maybe he has a chance to get back as the attacker is squaring up to shoot which supports the idea it could have been a yellow but that’s pure speculation. I don’t think you’ll get a decision that everyone is happy with here. Most of the ire seems to be around the fact the VAR got involved to upgrade it when it looked like the ref had judged a yellow to be sufficient.

Once again the transparency of VAR is a big issue. At the ground I didn’t know about the second ball in play to begin with. On TV for the other two were left with the commentary musings. Really need at least the ref mic’d up to explain the call. I know FIFA won’t allow us to do it like the bunker does but it would solve a lot of issues even if not getting all calls perfect.
 

Big Al

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I have no idea how the Sydney penalty stood, that to me was the worst of the bunch and I can’t see an argument for it.

For the other two games with reds I thought:
Brisbane - Harsh, bit of a 50-50 both players going in hard for the ball, any other player would have got a yellow for it but being the keeper there was an open goal behind him if Daggers isn’t flattened. Yeah he didn’t have control of the ball at the time but I don’t think anyone else was getting to it first. I’m assuming it was DOGSO not serious foul play due to excessive force. If it wasn’t dogso then I disagree with the call.

Macarthur - I can see the argument for a red as it was the last man. Uskok was well behind, maybe he has a chance to get back as the attacker is squaring up to shoot which supports the idea it could have been a yellow but that’s pure speculation. I don’t think you’ll get a decision that everyone is happy with here. Most of the ire seems to be around the fact the VAR got involved to upgrade it when it looked like the ref had judged a yellow to be sufficient.

Once again the transparency of VAR is a big issue. At the ground I didn’t know about the second ball in play to begin with. On TV for the other two were left with the commentary musings. Really need at least the ref mic’d up to explain the call. I know FIFA won’t allow us to do it like the bunker does but it would solve a lot of issues even if not getting all calls perfect.
It is totally ruining the sport. That call of a pen Against the traitor was bad but to not over turn it was ridiculous.

Then while Aspro was red VAR should be nowhere making a decision. It’s not dangerous so just go with the on field ref real time decision.

Refereeing is so hard to be having some decisions challenged and others not is making it even harder
 

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