The biggest gripe I have is the inaccuracies in reporting.
Heard on the radio news this morning that the Phoenix now require a point from their last match of the season against the Fury if they are to progress.
Now this statement would be 100% true should the added information that that potential situation is reliant on Newcastle Jets winning tonight against Perth Glory.
Should the Jets not get 3 points then we qualify without us having to get a point against the Fury.
Without the above information the original statement is quite misleading!
I agree. The NZ media are USELESS at reporting on permutations.
The Phoenix also benefit from a positive goal difference of three over Newcastle - thanks to Danny Vukovic's dexterity.
Well, yes, they do have a goal difference of 3 better than Newcastle, but that's not going to help should goal difference come into it. How about some analysis of the situation? It is impossible now for the Phoenix and the Jets to end up level on points and the Phoenix to have a superior goal difference to the Jets and get through on that.
For the two teams to end up level on points:
The Phoenix must lose to the Fury,
and the Jets must win both their games.
The most goal-difference-friendly-to-the-Phoenix way that that can occur is if the Phoenix lose 0 - 1 to the Fury (or by another score with a margin of one goal) and the Jets win both their games 1 - 0 (or by a margin of 1 goal).
That will see the two teams level on points and level on goal difference.
So Chris, investigative reporter extraordinaire... what is the A League tie breaker if that happens? Is it most goals scored? Is it who beat who he most between the two teams? Is the the most recent result between the two teams? Wouldn't something about that have made your comments about the goal difference situation a bit more meaningful?
Essentially the situation is that if the teams end up equal on points the Phoenic will almost certainly have a worse goal difference than the Jets, so the Phoenix either need at least 1 point from the game versus the Fury, or they need the Jets to not win both their games.
bwtcf2011-02-10 11:00:53