Cork Evertonian
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Australian football (not Aussie rules)
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Nobody really, whenever I can get a match recorded here I try to watch it tho. I was in Sydney when that / Russel Crowe's club won the whole thing. Was a fun time. It's a really good sport and really straightforward for the most part. I explained it to my wife whilst watching in about 5 minutes and she basically got it which is amazing. Trying to explain how a sport is meant to be played in minutes is a huge draw. Hell, I STILL don't get parts about footy. I had played my entire youth and never knew the offside rule was even more complex than just a simple "last man".
The standard is not very good, but that is to be expected in a country where it is only the 4th or 5th most popular sport.
The league has a ridiculously low salary cap therefore they are not going to keep any good talents as even the minor leagues in Europe can pay more.
They are in a catch 22 though, they can't keep their better players until they get a bigger media deal to pay them, and they won't get a bigger tv deal until the standard improves.
Oh, and Perth Glory are the best.
The league has a ridiculously low salary cap therefore they are not going to keep any good talents as even the minor leagues in Europe can pay more.
They are in a catch 22 though, they can't keep their better players until they get a bigger media deal to pay them, and they won't get a bigger tv deal until the standard improves.
Oh, and Perth Glory are the best.
Tbf, I watched it some in the late eighties early nineties and then again more recently and its not the same game. Love how your thread not about aussie rules is about aussie rules haha.
I just tell them if I wanted to watch a "man's sport", I would watch rugby. Seems to upset them even more.
And I tell rugby fans that footballers are actually tougher because they have life threatening injuries but are strong enough to be running around 30 seconds later.
Bishop Thumpety-Thump
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Can't get past their previous association with Steve 'eff off' McMahon personally.
I go to a couple of Melbourne Victory games easy season with some mates who rabidly support them, but I can't get excited about any A league club.
Slightly off topic but it bugs me how many Aussie football fans have a different team in each country/competition. Got one melt here who claims to be a massive RS fan but he also 'supports' Celtic, Melbourne Victory, Juventus and (bizarrely) Partick Thistle. The massive beaut.
Yeah, wasn't happy when joined us. Or Robbie Fowler.
I actually preferred it in the NSL days, A league is trying too hard to put on a show like the EPL or champions league, but with nowhere near the quality of product. It's all a bit contribed for me. Just let the players walk out, let the crowd cheer then begin the game
Bishop Thumpety-Thump
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Yeah NSL was good, Glory were a great team back then. Morwell Falcons currently play in the same Sunday league as the local team I'm involved with, it's great playing away games at their massive NSL stadium. It's really grubby these days but nice to think we're playing on the same pitch where Danny Tiatto, Mark Viduka and Archie Thompson all started out.
They were, and getting 20,000 every week too. It was the hottest ticket in town for a few years until the A league came and sanitised it all. I went to some cracking games against Melbourne knights, we absolutely hated them and at least 3 times we came from behind to win 4-3 with a last minute winner.
Cork Evertonian
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Nah Melbourne City all the way.
lol
Cork Evertonian
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Ha ha Melbourne Victory are bottom, long may it stay that way.lol
Ring master
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There was actually a very good game earlier between the top 2,The young Adelaide keeper Joe Gauci saved 2 pens, Though you could/may say he made error for the 2nd goal he conceeded, after he conceeded 2 in a few mins, Game was end to end a lot of the match
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