R16 vs WSW | Sat 13th Jan | 7:35pm | Not Canberra | Kids go free

Did anyone else notice how Roly got given a free kick every time he went down yet that never happened when he played for the Nix where he got chopped down every week.

on the flip side he got a free kick given against him when Ridenton stood on the ball and fell into Roly and took him out but somehow won the free kick.  There is no agenda just shark refereeing.

A-League website says 5,634.

Dat Ridenton decision making though.

One season he played for us, he was the most fouled player in the league. He gets a lot of fouls because he turns into players a lot.

great effort from the crowd last night!

Dude we got so many free kicks when Roly played for us. To say that we never got a free kick when he went down for us is wildly incorrect. He was one of the most fouled players in the A-league when he played for the Phoenix

Watched the replay last night and fudge knows how Bonevacia got MOM. Reeked of a decision made based on stats. 1000 passes, almost all backwards. Durante and Thwaite were far better. 

Not a bad effort all in all. Disappointed with the result obviously, but happy with our attitude and sense of urgency. Shame decision making isn't always up to scratch (and not just Riddenton's) and that we aren't able to kill games yet. Hopefully Burns and Ljujic continue to progress athletically speaking and bring that X factor in front of goal. AK is bound to start scoring again surely, he's been a tad unlucky of late - and he's made some pretty poor decisions in front of goal, but we know he has it in him to get another 6-7 goals before the season is over.

He got free kicks. It was just frustrating the players fouling him never received cards, so it became a legitimate tactic to kick him off the park. 

Thwaite was immense for them.  Seemed to pop up at nearly every crucial moment to cut out our attacks.

Yep and then he'd get carded for the first foul he committed after being clattered 3 or 4 times.

#fudgeedupmetrics

#professionalrefs

Even the WSW fans were bagging him on reddit

All season our starting line up has been ok. But our bench has been so poor.

Often we would take the lead, but then struggle to hold on.

Oh how the tides have turned, 2 signings and Krishna back and suddenly we are a lot more threatenning at the end of games.

Exciting times ahead, I think we will likely finish 8th. But the top 6 should still be the teams aim.

Don’t foget to vote for Matija Ljijucic for scoring goal of the rounds

https://www.a-league.com.au/news/hyundai-a-league-goal-round-contenders-round-16

On the Facebook group theres a bunch of people bagging Krishna for being "lazy"

there is your problem. 

Ducking from the inevitable anger for saying this, but that word always seems to be used with a racist connotation in sports.

Playing two games in three days after coming off a lengthy injury would make you look pretty tired too.

Krishna is literally the least "lazy" player in the team.

Lazy No:  Unhappy Yes

10. Wellington Phoenix = Nobody should be happy

Yeah, that was my first though too sadly.

It's really weird but I have posted two fairly snarky tweets bagging Finkler (latest "Burns has done more in half a game than Finkler did in one and a half seasons")  and he has "liked" both of them...

Seemed fairly happy when he was scoring goals

So were we, but it didn't last.

That all changes when we start to string a few wins together. How hard can it be?