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[Big Al]

WSW and SFC crying and trolling each other is priceless.

 

[Rising Sun]

. suits them just fine - let us consider Sydney for example*:

• two designated players completely exempt
• players with 4 or more years at the club can have part of their salary exempt
  • this means that all the Mariners alumni (except Musti) are eligible for a 'loyalty' concession at Sydney!
  • only 50% of Grant's salary would count towards the cap
• 4 U23 youth graduates don't need to count towards the cap
  • and as we have seen this season, apparently they don't even need to appear on the bench
• all this means that there is plenty of 'cap space' left to outbid everybody else for a player like Musti or, say a grubby-Penha

. contrast this with the Mariners who may be entitled to youth concessions but we need that salary to count toward our cap floor

* i don't know if this relates to the current season as the APL doesn't make these things very visible (or it could just be my lack of internet skillz)

Whatever the strategic aims of the salary cap are, competition equalisation is surely not one of them when there is such a range of concessions. I think one year, when City had Cahill, it was reported that the City wage bill (including the subsidies they got for Cahill) were north of $8m, MV and bling were in the $5m - $6m range, and both ourselves and Jest were spending well under $2m.

Throw in that there appears to be no policing of the cap anyway - afaik the only reported breaches over the years have been uncovered by journalists (and indeed allegations in the Lowy days that the FFA were actively engaged in aiding bling to bury their breaches),

 

[Tevor]

Whatever the strategic aims of the salary cap are, competition equalisation is surely not one of them when there is such a range of concessions. I think one year, when City had Cahill, it was reported that the City wage bill (including the subsidies they got for Cahill) were north of $8m, MV and bling were in the $5m - $6m range, and both ourselves and Jest were spending well under $2m.

Throw in that there appears to be no policing of the cap anyway - afaik the only reported breaches over the years have been uncovered by journalists (and indeed allegations in the Lowy days that the FFA were actively engaged in aiding bling to bury their breaches),

Yep and the Drive Byes would have plenty of skeletons in closets and still couldn't make the finals.

 

[midfielder]

The finals my guess.. home sides on left

Round 1

Western vs Wellington

Adelaide vs Mariners

Round 2

Victory vs Mariners

City vs Wellington

Grand Final

City vs Mariners

 

[pjennings]

The finals my guess.. home sides on left

Round 1

Western vs Wellington

Adelaide vs Mariners

Round 2

Victory vs Mariners

City vs Wellington

Grand Final

City vs Mariners

Round 1

Victory vs Wellington

Mariners vs Adelaide

Round 2 - home and away

Western vs Mariners

City vs Wellington

Grand Final

Mariners vs Wellington (The 2 NSW based teams!!)

 

[blue_Pirate]

Hi Everyone, I’ve seen info that the
All Stars. Barca game will be held 3 days before the GF ? Any thoughts on that ? Just a bit nervy considering there would be some training get together beforehand plus the risk of injury to our players . A worthy distraction ?? More of an upset than benefit ?? Great experience I guess . In two minds

 

[marinermick]

Players won’t play both the All Star game a d the grand final

 

[Ben10]

I'd love to get Victory in the final and put a real number on them, just obliterate them like they did to Adelaide

 

[turbo]

I'd love to get Victory in the final and put a real number on them, just obliterate them like they did to Adelaide

I’d rather avoid Victory if we can, they’ve had our number this year and been able to overwhelm our midfield. In terms of who I would want to play in the final its
Wellington
WU
Adelaide
City
Victory

last two are tight but while city are dangerous they’ll also offer up more chances against them.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Been saying this for years. Short sighted stupidity and greed. Shooting their own future in the foot.

But hes a good bloke - ask him

 

[blue_Pirate]

Players won’t play both the All Star game a d the grand final

Hi Marinermick ,
So if Cummings is selected for the All Stars he doesn’t play GF ?

 

[marinermick]

Hi Marinermick ,
So if Cummings is selected for the All Stars he doesn’t play GF ?

He won’t play Allstars

 

[bikinigirl]

He won’t play Allstars

. well you say that ... and the rules say that

... but they wouldn't let him play the cup final either ... because it was us

 

[blue_Pirate]

Players won’t play both the All Star game a d the grand final

That’s great news mick ! I’ll be voting for Maclaren then

 

[turbo]

It’s really simple and has been stated clearly - no one from the grand final teams will be in the all stars game. No conspiracy, no tricks, each team has nominees that were up for voting and the ones from the grand finalists will still be recognised as fan picks but not involved.

 

[FFC Mariner]

So what you are saying is the AL will conspire against CCM so we missthe GF so that a few can play in the AS game?
Check

 

[Ironbark]

He won’t play Allstars

I'm totally digging your uncompromising optimism on us being in the gf. Count me in

 

[midfielder]

I'd love to get Victory in the final and put a real number on them, just obliterate them like they did to Adelaide

Then we could call Popa our bitch...

 

[booney]

Then we could call Popa our bitch...

Popabitch!!

 

[Yorkshire Mariners FC]

So a couple of bad things from the Victory winning. 1) they might win it. 2) WU need to win by 6 to overtake them, which could leave a lot of holes for Adelaide.
Another worry is Wellington winning by 28 which could put us as low as 6th