A-League 20/21 The Other Matches Thread

No Marco tonight, he is expected to be back midweek tho.

DJ Brox finally dropped 

Roux off after a nasty landing on his head.

The woodwork is getting a huge workout this season. That one deserved a goal.

Thurgate opens the scoring,  0-1

So Kyle Rowles gets his red card over turned by the MRP. 

Surely this needs more explanation. Seems incorrect that MRP can actually over turn a straight red card, setting a dangerous precedence. Was there more to it? Did the referee over react? 

This decision just more erodes at the public respect for match officials. Now the MRP are getting in on the act of inconsistency. Rufers ban after the referees boss admitted the mistake for example.

The thing that mostly surprises me here though. If it was a Sydney FC player that was let off a red card, that would be consistent with officiating in the A league. The fact that it was a CCM player has me really confused. 

Given after the whistle so not involving a footballing moment. I don't think it'll set too much of an on-field precedent.

It does kind of reek of 'evening things up' though as a sop to the Mariners for the 3 penalty fiasco, which in itself is an indication that the whole officiating structure is so riddled with inconsistencies as to be unworkable.

If the evidence is so clearcut that Fielding made an error with the red card then it only goes to prove that he's not even close to an acceptable refereeing standard. Same goes for Ams too. The Fielding/Ams combo was like a perfect storm of incompetence. Yet after getting a gentle talking to, a spot of retraining and a few weeks off they'll be right back again.

Frankly speaking, the whole A League match official base and their guidelines and training sucks. Most are so inconsistent it isn't funny. 

They should all be having the very same interpretations of the rules to abide by. Some are good, some are bad some have good days and bad days. Whoever is in charge of them needs to take a seriously long look at themselves, the operating standards and implementations. 

Get all the officials on the same page. I almost feel sorry for them. They all need to be consistent to both teams in any particular game, Whether that is being good or bad. Otherwise it it gives a bad impression.

As for VAR, it's the very same referees making the VAR calls. Again inconsistency, except in Sydney City's favour, and lengthy delays are giving it a poor or bad reputation. When you have four monitors showing different angles and you watch them in slow mo replays, just how many do you need??

I'm all in favour of goal line technology but I think VAR is not warranted when an offside can be given because some players knee is deemed 1 cm in front. Leave it to the guy in the middle to make the final decision once he has conferred with his two linespersons.

City hold on for a 3-2 win vs Sydney. Was 3-0 at one stage, I thought they were gonna Heart it when Sydney got it back to 3-1 with 20 mins left.

Sounds like the Glory/Roar game last night was a good one, not that anyone saw it cuz of the time slot. Glory won 3-1

Goodwin starts for Adelaide

Mauk doubles the lead before half time,  0-2

Kamau pulls one back, 1-2

Mo Toure seals it, 1-3

Off the post!!!

McManaman slots home a Roux cross, 1-0

Sanchez levels us up before half time,  1-1

Berisha heads Western into the lead,  1-2

Bes again, 1-3

Butterfield!! 2-3

Uskok with a second yellow,  WUN have to play the last 25 mins with 10

Gestede, 3-3

we played them into form, didn’t we. 

Last second winner for 10 man Western United!!! 3-4

4-3 to Western and Robbie Kruse is a cheating bastard.

Been a great weekend for aleague entertainement

That referee had a toaster in his pocket. 1 red and 10 yellows I think it ended. If Kruse doesn't get done for simulation it will be a severe injustice. And something that came out was that Strieblocksky is still reviewing Da Villa's tackle on Cheat Kruse and is pushing for a red card/suspension. Therein is the problem, the boss of the referees was one of the worst and as their boss he hasn't improved.

Retre smashes it off the crossbar when it was easier to score

Derbyshire!!! 0-1

Wow what a fantastic bit of skill by Susaeta. Now a senf off for Sydney! All happening as usual in the A League.

Straight Red for Retre, 0-1

Yet another one against the woodwork to add to staggering amount we've seen already this season.

Kisnorbo is crook, so Buckingham takes charge of City tonight. 

Offside flag denies J-Mac a hatty, 0-2

Simon tucks one home, 0-1

Utena! 0-2