Listen Agent 47 I'm not bagging the A-League....its great
entertainment, end to end action ,lots of goals etc.
I am just pointing out that there has been a lot of recent comment(
new Socceroo coach, SBS football show, Sydney Morning Herald) about
how the A-League lacks teams with high levels of technical/tactical
skill. Its a very physical league with good player commitment
however there must be a place for your playmakers to do their
thing..
I have watched at least 15 A-League games this season and apart
from 2 or 3 the standard of refereeing has been poor.
I know you are not bagging the A-league and that was never
mentioned in my post. Its the consistent inconsistency of the fans
that grates me.
Rightly or wrongly, the A-league is a physical league. There have
been numerous complaints about ball players not being protected.
Felipe and Daniel have had 8 different shades of f**k kicked out of
them this year. The majority of the time, thats been dealt with. So
when players do get punished, the first comment is usually 'oh that
was harsh/oh the referee is ruining the game/ making himself the
star/imposing himself''
So what do the fans want? Players that are protected or kicked off
the park? Vince Lia and Kristian Rees should have both gotten first
use of the showers on Saturday but got lucky and in Lia's case, for
the 2nd time this year. Yet no-one here has commented on the
referee getting it wrong or why is he not protecting the ball
players/being consistent. Cause the fans are 1 eyed. There is the
consistent inconsistency that I just hate. We get decisions go our
way, and decisions that go against us. Usually, over the course of
a season, the ledger squares itself up. What we need to preach to
our players is "Don't commit dumb f**king fouls in the first place"
Like Jezza gobbing off at the lino when warming up, players diving,
elbowing players in the ribs/face. I would think as a guess, we
would lead the league in player suspensions in combined straight
reds, 2nd yellows and 4th yellow, yet the refs get bagged for
that???
If you have seen 15 games out of 84 then naturally without seeing
the majority of the comp, you are going to miss other performances.
However if you pick games that Zetter, Breeze and Williams have
had, then yeah, you are going to be watching sh*t.