Adelaide United vs Western Sydney Wanderers 26/11/2017 7:00PM

still not sure how the cornflakes handball is a yellow?

I'm already losing faith in Gombau. When you have Sotirio and Jumpei as two of your front three, you're in trouble. 

Under Popa it wasn't so bad because the fullbacks overlapped so much that the wingers being rubbish was less of an issue. As it is, we're depending on our worst players, our weakest links, to relieve pressure and hold the ball. 

Fail. 

2 minutes ago, lloydy136 said:

still not sure how the cornflakes handball is a yellow?

It wasn't.

They should change the category of this telecast from Sports to Pornography, because we are getting completely fuucking shafted here

31 minutes ago, lloydy136 said:

what we just witnessed there with the game continuing for a bit and then going back for a pen is just absolutely farcical. Part of the beauty of football is that it is continuous and flows. we are heading down an nfl track where everything is reviewed and we stop/start to the point where a 90 minute game takes 2 and a half hours. it is ******* horrible and the sooner we end this garbage experiment which I still think is largely to benefit the advertisers the better.

Yep. Football does not suit video intervention. This was always going to happen.

I am so over this. ****wits in suits are ruining our sport, from FIFA and their farcical decisions about World Cups and the clear corruption, to the FFA, our useless home ground and not having a home game for weeks, to VAR. Not to mention them spending exhorbitant time and effort on clamping down on fans.

And they wonder why the crowds and tv ratings are dying. I'm surprised teams in Perth, Adelaide etc get any fans at all, putting up with this **** as well as having everything focused on Sydney and Melbourne.

Seriously Sotirio and Jumpei as wingers, neither can cross a ball. If this doesn't change we can't win a game.

Someone really hates Chris Beath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Beath

 

This league will become a big joke soon with the whole video referee thing. 

He took off Cejudo because he wanted dudes who would run all game and give us a chance on the break. Fair enough with 10 men. Now we're one down it's tougher with the lack of quality, but it wasn't a bad decision at the time I though.

1 minute ago, WestSyd said:

This league will become a big joke soon with the whole video referee thing. 

Soon? Dude.

2 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

He took off Cejudo because he wanted dudes who would run all game and give us a chance on the break. Fair enough with 10 men. Now we're one down it's tougher with the lack of quality, but it wasn't a bad decision at the time I though.

Cejudo does work all game

Our win percentage against Beath is going to go from an already shambolic 26% down to exactly 25% assuming we lose this one.

Only team with a worse record under Beath is Newcastle Jets with 16%.

3 minutes ago, sonar said:

It wasn't.

yeah I agree. but on what grounds did he give a yellow?

if he deemed it a dogso (which it wasn't) then its a red because its handball not a 'playing the ball' foul

hardly could have deemed it unsporting - corny was pulling his hand away.

of all of the poor decisions made today that one is just baffling.

Just now, btron3000 said:

Soon? Dude.

It's clinging onto the edge of credibility right now. 

Mind you we have zero creativity in midfield.  Red card or no.

Disappointing 

1 minute ago, Edinburgh said:

Cejudo dows work all game

I didn't mean he doesn't work I meant we will be sitting and breaking, and they need legs to get up and down the wing all game. With pace too. As bad as it sounds, Sotirio breaking is probably our best chance...

Just now, lloydy136 said:

yeah I agree. but on what grounds did he give a yellow?

if he deemed it a dogso (which it wasn't) then its a red because its handball not a 'playing the ball' foul

hardly could have deemed it unsporting - corny was pulling his hand away.

of all of the poor decisions made today that one is just baffling.

The fact he was actively pulling his hand away from the ball before it hit him makes me wonder whether it's a penalty at all.

The commentators said they spoke to Beath at half time and he said the Adelaide goal stood because the VAR didn't find an "obvious error". If that's not an obvious error how was the handball decision one?

2 minutes ago, WestSyd said:

It's clinging onto the edge of credibility right now. 

The FFA managed to send it over the edge ages ago and it ain't climbing back out until the losers in charge of the game **** off.

You are s h i t are. sums up everthing.

Baccus should of statrted.

#gombauout

7 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

I didn't mean he doesn't work I meant we will be sitting and breaking, and they need legs to get up and down the wing all game. With pace too. As bad as it sounds, Sotirio breaking is probably our best chance...

One of Sotirio or Jumpei should have come off. Move Cejudo to the 'wing', simple. Play lopsided if we must. Point is, we need quality out there. 

Decisions aside we have largely been crap 

Harper:  It's through Jumpei you think Wanderers will have their best chance.

REALLY

Shambolic defending

Just now, StringerBellend said:

Decisions aside we have largely been crap 

Hmmm I thought we were looking better than them until the red. We were moving the ball ok.

Classic Brendan Hammil 

Now that Cejudo is off, he replaces Jumpei ffs

Just now, btron3000 said:

Hmmm I thought we were looking better than them until the red. We were moving the ball ok.

Victory went to ten the other week and outplayed us, we have fell in a total heap

1 minute ago, WHACKO said:

Harper:  It's through Jumpei you think Wanderers will have their best chance.

 

REALLY

Aaaaaaand immediately subbed.