A-Leagues 23/24, The Other Matches Thread

CCM well on top but can't put the ball in the net, 0-0

Theoharous!! 1-0 

Ugarkovic levels us up. 1-1 

Be good if it stays like this.

Torres!!! 2-1 

He's worked very hard today. Not the show pony I thought he was earlier in the season.

Storm Roux sent off after being subbed out. Madness.

Didn't look much in it to be honest. A few handbags...

Kiwi right backs not having a good time of it this weekend. Stupid of Roux to throw himself in like that.

Mariners starting to look like real contenders, even without Tulio.

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He's worked very hard today. Not the show pony I thought he was earlier in the season.

He really has come good after looking like a bust early on.

Jets vs Roar tonight, no Jet is in danger of a yellow card suspension vs us.

This Jets vs Roar game, is a good example of the plus side of the Wins trump goal difference rule change.
Roar down 3-0 with a red card, usually all teams would just defend to stem the bleeding of goals, but they are still attacking and as a result the game is more interesting and they have got back in the game.

Battle of the 2 teams the Nix play next.
Jets win 3-1, with O'Shea sent off for the Roar. Hopefully like Payne he gets a 2 game ban.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/01/23/australia/a-league/newcastle-jets-fc/brisbane-roar-fc/4233383/

Needless to say, O'Shea ultimately receives half the suspension that Payne does under the same charge and we do not benefit from the former's absence.

https://brisbaneroar.com.au/news/isuzu-ute-a-league-men-match-review-outcome-jay-oshea/

His foul was almost identical as well.

City hang on for a 1-0 win over Adelaide courtesy of an Antonis screamer. Lots of chances for the Reds but they spurned them all, including a terrible one on one miss by Irankunda late in the match.

Nice to see Jamie Young, who made the save, giving the distraught Irankunda lots of encouragement and moral support after the final whistle.

Big Blue!!!

Chaos in the box from a free kick & JCP reacts first, 0-1 

Let's hope they can hang on to the lead. 

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Let's hope they can hang on to the lead. 

Narrator: But they couldn't

Machach levels us up, 1-1 

....So much for that hope!

1-1

The off side flag saves Wood's blushes. What a miss that would have been. 1-1 

Well with Kersey that was always going to be a lottery.

Wood sent off after a VAR review. I don't know about this, it feels really harsh. 1-1 

Utterly ridiculous. Such a poor decision all round from the officials.

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Wood sent off after a VAR review. I don't know about this, it feels really harsh. 1-1 

Very poor VAR intervention once again.

It seems that any high contact is now in the sights of the VAR gun which is a real shame.

Game was bubbling along nicely too...

That’s a tough red card

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Utterly ridiculous. Such a poor decision all round from the officials.

In slo-mo, the contact looks way worse than it really was. They both stuck legs out & the Victory player's leg got in front. Just chuck out the lazy yellow card and play on.

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Word from Football Australia’s referees department on the Wood decision is that a review was called as the contact was missed on field. As the point of contact was high on the shin with studs in the incident, it was deemed serious foul play.

The incident will be reviewed.

— Joseph Lynch (@joeylynchy) January 26, 2024

That is never a red card surely? #bigblue

— Sam Kerr (@samkerr1) January 26, 2024

Sam Kerr knows what's up.

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Utterly ridiculous. Such a poor decision all round from the officials.

In slo-mo, the contact looks way worse than it really was. They both stuck legs out & the Victory player's leg got in front. Just chuck out the lazy yellow card and play on.

Unfortunately with a ref like Kersey the nod by VAR to have a second look at it would immediately have put into his mind that the two most recent similar offences (Payne, O'Shea) were red carded, hence he just better follow suit. 

I'm sure there are other (better) refs in the league who would've had the common sense to distinguish that this incident was totally different.

Victory not really threatening Sydney's goal right now, 1-1 

Second week in a row MV have looked less than convincing against ten men. Perhaps hoping for another lucky deflected goal.

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Second week in a row MV have looked less than convincing against ten men. Perhaps hoping for another lucky deflected goal.

Shows how reliant they have been on Bruno's goals. If he isn't there to score, who does? 1-1 

Well done Sydney and thanks.

Top of the table and being boo'd at F/T. 😂

Superb.

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Second week in a row MV have looked less than convincing against ten men. Perhaps hoping for another lucky deflected goal.

Shows how reliant they have been on Bruno's goals. If he isn't there to score, who does? 1-1 

If they're banking on Folami and Velupillay up top then they're in trouble. Those two couldn't finish a sandwich between them.

Stepovers and pace - They're essentially just shark versions of Jaushua Sotirio. 

Good point for Sydney.

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Well done Sydney and thanks.

That match was shaping up nicely before the red, real shame that but thanks for hanging in there Uffie's boys.

YoungHeartHM

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Second week in a row MV have looked less than convincing against ten men. Perhaps hoping for another lucky deflected goal.

Shows how reliant they have been on Bruno's goals. If he isn't there to score, who does? 1-1 

If they're banking on Folami and Velupillay up top then they're in trouble. Those two couldn't finish a sandwich between them.

Stopovers and pace - They're essentially just shark versions of Jaushua Sotirio. 

Good point for Sydney.

Also love it that MV is chock full of speedy, skillful wide players, so who do they get in on loan? Salim Khelifi, another speedy, skillful wide player.

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Utterly ridiculous. Such a poor decision all round from the officials.

In slo-mo, the contact looks way worse than it really was. They both stuck legs out & the Victory player's leg got in front. Just chuck out the lazy yellow card and play on.

Unfortunately with a ref like Kersey the nod by VAR to have a second look at it would immediately have put into his mind that the two most recent similar offences (Payne, O'Shea) were red carded, hence he just better follow suit. 

I'm sure there are other (better) refs in the league who would've had the common sense to distinguish that this incident was totally different.

Kersey is about the only ref I’ve seen in the A league who has ignored the VAR recommendation and he’s done it twice. And if other similar incidents are getting carded, then it seems fair. Still having issues with Keep Up so haven’t seen it yet…May change my mind!

Edit: yeh, that looks ridiculous, but getting ridiculous calls against the Victory has been suspiciously common this season. Both Payne and O’Shea were late, missed the ball and got the player who they could clearly see. Here Wood gets to the ball first and can’t see the player who arrives second and can see and avoid Wood. I’m doubtful there’s a foul against Wood there. 

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Utterly ridiculous. Such a poor decision all round from the officials.

In slo-mo, the contact looks way worse than it really was. They both stuck legs out & the Victory player's leg got in front. Just chuck out the lazy yellow card and play on.

Unfortunately with a ref like Kersey the nod by VAR to have a second look at it would immediately have put into his mind that the two most recent similar offences (Payne, O'Shea) were red carded, hence he just better follow suit. 

I'm sure there are other (better) refs in the league who would've had the common sense to distinguish that this incident was totally different.

Kersey is about the only ref I’ve seen in the A league who has ignored the VAR recommendation and he’s done it twice. And if other similar incidents are getting carded, then it seems fair. Still having issues with Keep Up so haven’t seen it yet…May change my mind!

Edit: yeh, that looks ridiculous, but getting ridiculous calls against the Victory has been suspiciously common this season. Both Payne and O’Shea were late, missed the ball and got the player who they could clearly see. Here Wood gets to the ball first and can’t see the player who arrives second and can see and avoid Wood. I’m doubtful there’s a foul against Wood there. 

yet the victory fans are certain the league is rigged against them.