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about 12 years ago
Jest vs Tards. Go

Glad I picked the draw. Tards have so many players out.


Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 12 years ago

They both do. Gonna be a lottery.

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about 12 years ago

Non-stop chatter on here tonight,then.

I know, I know, its serious!

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about 12 years ago

Heskeeeeeey will win the game. Heskey 4 Tard 2


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 12 years ago

The only team that looks half decent is the Jets.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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about 12 years ago
Leggy wrote:

The only team that looks half decent is the Jets.

Because they have Heskeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 12 years ago
patrick478 wrote:
Leggy wrote:

The only team that looks half decent is the Jets.

Because they have Heskeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Because they have Nichooools

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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about 12 years ago

Contreras is asking to get hoisted.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 12 years ago

Quality goal that.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 12 years ago

Well that was against the run of play.

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about 12 years ago

Some of the crosses are truly godawful. Both teams. Apart, of course, from that by Our Kosta.

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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about 12 years ago

Final score?

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about 12 years ago
Fitzy wrote:

Final score?

1-1
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about 12 years ago

This is bad television- it promotes the myth that hot young women care what Harper thinks....



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about 12 years ago

0-0 at HT, the game isn't really helping me trying to stay awake.

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about 12 years ago

Tidy finish, horrible defending. Glory 1-0

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about 12 years ago

D-Mac sent off 10 mins after coming on as a sub ...

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about 12 years ago

Smeltzy!!

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about 12 years ago

And again, welcome back Smeltzy

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about 12 years ago

Bring back Smeltz!

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about 12 years ago

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

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about 12 years ago

I'll feel bad for them after they don't win next week and become officially worse than the knights




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about 12 years ago

Any highlights online?

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about 12 years ago · edited about 12 years ago · History
number8 wrote:

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

Why? Nothing to do with Australian football ever felt sorry for the Kingz, Knights or Phoenix. They don't care about us other than the revenue we generate.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 12 years ago
Everton wrote:

Any highlights online?



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about 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:
number8 wrote:

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

Why? Nothing to do with Australian football ever felt sorry for the Kingz, Knights or Phoenix. They don't care about us other than the revenue we generate.


We don't create much revenue. Aussies want us in cause there is the trans Tasman rivalry.  For better revenue they would dump us for Canberra etc.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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about 12 years ago

Canberra? That shit hole?

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 12 years ago
Leggy wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
number8 wrote:

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

Why? Nothing to do with Australian football ever felt sorry for the Kingz, Knights or Phoenix. They don't care about us other than the revenue we generate.


We don't create much revenue. Aussies want us in cause there is the trans Tasman rivalry.  For better revenue they would dump us for Canberra etc.

Sky TV deal is quiet sizeable, there is doubts whether Sky would be so keen to have an a-league deal without a new zealand team competing. So therefore there is quite alot of revenue for the FFA
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about 12 years ago
Leggy wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
number8 wrote:

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

Why? Nothing to do with Australian football ever felt sorry for the Kingz, Knights or Phoenix. They don't care about us other than the revenue we generate.


We don't create much revenue. Aussies want us in cause there is the trans Tasman rivalry.  For better revenue they would dump us for Canberra etc.
We have a team because we have people willing to lose a lot money to operate one,  Canberra etc don't. They couldn't even find someone willing to take the risk in the football heartlands of Western Sydney, so had to do it themselves first.
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about 12 years ago
Leggy wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
number8 wrote:

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

Why? Nothing to do with Australian football ever felt sorry for the Kingz, Knights or Phoenix. They don't care about us other than the revenue we generate.


We don't create much revenue. Aussies want us in cause there is the trans Tasman rivalry.  For better revenue they would dump us for Canberra etc.
We have a team because we have people willing to lose a lot money to operate one,  Canberra etc don't. They couldn't even find someone willing to take the risk in the football heartlands of Western Sydney, so had to do it themselves first.


Plenty of people losing money on Australian A league teams.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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about 12 years ago
Leggy wrote:
Leggy wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
number8 wrote:

I feel bad for the Heart. It's not good for the competition.

Why? Nothing to do with Australian football ever felt sorry for the Kingz, Knights or Phoenix. They don't care about us other than the revenue we generate.


We don't create much revenue. Aussies want us in cause there is the trans Tasman rivalry.  For better revenue they would dump us for Canberra etc.
We have a team because we have people willing to lose a lot money to operate one,  Canberra etc don't. They couldn't even find someone willing to take the risk in the football heartlands of Western Sydney, so had to do it themselves first.


Plenty of people losing money on Australian A league teams.
Exactly and there are a very limited number of people who are willing to do that. We have some of them, which makes the club very valuable for the FFA & the A-League.
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about 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

Canberra? That shit hole?



I was not referring specifically to Canberra. Anyway, it is subjective. Having lived 37 years as an adult in Auckland and spending the last 2 weeks there on holiday I could (on a bad day) say the same about Auckland.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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about 12 years ago

The problems I see with Heart are:

Lack of Identity - Just being 'We are not Victory' is not enough. Melbourne doesn't have the 'two cities' divide like Sydney, so the new owners will have to find some sort of difference to sell the club on.

Training Facilities - They don't have a home base, they are training all over the place. Pretty much wherever is available. New owners have Storm links but the Storm share training facilities with the Victory.

Player recruitment - The domestic pool for players is rather small and the top A-League players don't come off contract very often. This is why you live or die by the quality of the imports you recruit. Add 3-4 quality imports into any side and you are instantly in top 6 contention. Heart's imports have been garbage the last few seasons. I'm pretty sure all 5 are off contract at the end of this season, the new owners cannot skimp on the imports they sign, they need quality to build around.

Heart are savable but the new owners have some work to do and will have to invest some cash into the club in the process.

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about 12 years ago

Franjic out of tonight's game.

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about 12 years ago

Stream anyone?


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about 12 years ago

Jeronimo at it again, pen, and scores. 

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about 12 years ago

Nice pen!!!

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about 12 years ago
number8 wrote:

Nice pen!!!

Not really. Ugly in being given, ugly execution, only scored when Theo blocked it but lost it behind his back.
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about 12 years ago
AJ13 wrote:
number8 wrote:

Nice pen!!!

Not really. Ugly in being given, ugly execution, only scored when Theo blocked it but lost it behind his back.

Yes, bad shot, but nice entertaining.
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about 12 years ago · edited about 12 years ago · History

Roar gets a RED, 10 men left. 

Halftime Roar 0 : 1 Adelaide

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