WestSydneyFootball.Com Round 3 Review

FFS if you want to be a journalist at least try to be somewhat unbiased. Those few sentences for the Sydney derby just sound like a whinging fan. Yes, it sucks to lose to a penalty decision but that's what happened. Deal with it.

FFS if you want to be a journalist at least try to be somewhat unbiased. Those few sentences for the Sydney derby just sound like a whinging fan. Yes, it sucks to lose to a penalty decision but that's what happened. Deal with it.

Agree. Remeinds me a bit of the Grosso penalty. Was technically a penalty, even though he went looking for it (which is what makes it hard to swallow).

it was a penalty...end of rant

charonis, on , said:

 

FFS if you want to be a journalist at least try to be somewhat unbiased. Those few sentences for the Sydney derby just sound like a whinging fan. Yes, it sucks to lose to a penalty decision but that's what happened. Deal with it.

 

Agree. Remeinds me a bit of the Grosso penalty. Was technically a penalty, even though he went looking for it (which is what makes it hard to swallow).

Haha. Colleague at work - "I've never seen so many Australians cheer for an Italian diving in football..."

LOL, that's a good call. How the times change for some people

FFS if you want to be a journalist at least try to be somewhat unbiased. Those few sentences for the Sydney derby just sound like a whinging fan. Yes, it sucks to lose to a penalty decision but that's what happened. Deal with it.

You would say that wouldn't you.

Yes I would. Been hearing the same **** for 6 years and kind of over it. Have to try to be objective about these things.

I thought it was bullshit too when at the ground, but looking at it again afterwards (similarly to Adelaide) you can see that it was a penalty in both cases.

This website isn't really a newspaper article. It's a fan website so I see no need to be objective.

I actually think its funny that mack has no qualms about being a completely one-eyed wanderers fan. keep up the good work mackdawg

in mack's defence the penalty didn't sit well with me but i am happy to admit that Mooy should have been smarter, guess experience will come with that. My main gripe was hey Fabio kept up his his blatant fouls. on another night could have been sent!

FFS if you want to be a journalist at least try to be somewhat unbiased. Those few sentences for the Sydney derby just sound like a whinging fan. Yes, it sucks to lose to a penalty decision but that's what happened. Deal with it.

 

Agree. Remeinds me a bit of the Grosso penalty. Was technically a penalty, even though he went looking for it (which is what makes it hard to swallow).

It was technically a dive. Not a penalty. Grosso that is. A dive isn't just when somebody doesn't get touched and goes down. I can't believe that anyone would try and defend that sort of play.

FFS if you want to be a journalist at least try to be somewhat unbiased. Those few sentences for the Sydney derby just sound like a whinging fan. Yes, it sucks to lose to a penalty decision but that's what happened. Deal with it.

 

Agree. Remeinds me a bit of the Grosso penalty. Was technically a penalty, even though he went looking for it (which is what makes it hard to swallow).

 

It was technically a dive. Not a penalty. Grosso that is. A dive isn't just when somebody doesn't get touched and goes down. I can't believe that anyone would try and defend that sort of play.

This! My way of looking at it is to think what would have happened if it was in the centre circle and they were on the break. Guarantee both Grosso in Germany and Del Piero at Parra would have stepped over the stationary foot of the defender and continued on their way. If the tackle is exactly the same and the only difference is the reaction of the attacker depending on where it happens on the pitch I'd call that simulation.

It was technically a dive. Not a penalty. Grosso that is. A dive isn't just when somebody doesn't get touched and goes down. I can't believe that anyone would try and defend that sort of play.

This! My way of looking at it is to think what would have happened if it was in the centre circle and they were on the break. Guarantee both Grosso in Germany and Del Piero at Parra would have stepped over the stationary foot of the defender and continued on their way. If the tackle is exactly the same and the only difference is the reaction of the attacker depending on where it happens on the pitch I'd call that simulation.

So well said, kudos to you!

It's painful to watch some competitions where players will start performing like this anywhere in the front 3rd of the field (watching some ACL at Gosford last season was disgraceful at times for this). Note to the referees, if BOTH of their heels are in the air and they land on their stomach, they made no attempt to stay on their feet.

Unfortunately, even if they watched 500 replays of the ADP incident, there would still be no way they could penalise him like they did Patricio Perez because it is not clear enough to define and they would set themselves an insurmountable precedent to uphold. The Zadkovich (2 straight red card offences and is still able to stay on the field), Heskey (heaviest player on the pitch gets bumped by the lightest and takes an almighty tumble worthy of ancient legend) and Rose (being called offside in his own half) incidents of the other NSW derby from round 3 are a different matter. These 3 particular decisions were all horrendous and completely shaped the outcome of the game (Rose offside least so owing the the amount of effort still required).

I'm welcome to correction if I am being unwittingly biased, but it does seem a number of teams (or perhaps particular players) have a defensive strategy based around professional fouls. Too often have I seen youthful, skillful players slalom through a few defenders only to be shoulder charged, ankle-tapped or otherwise hacked down outside the 18-yard box. Of course, these players are commonly found in Perth, Newcastle and Sydney (I've seen more games involving these teams this season), and perhaps MelbV (though perhaps determined by how involved a certain assistant coach was with the warm-up, I believe Ange wants that aspect out of their game for disciplinary reasons).

I don't refer to the occasional clumsy tackle, but to the consistent clumsy-apparent tackles often sourced from aggression or poor skill.

It was technically a dive. Not a penalty. Grosso that is. A dive isn't just when somebody doesn't get touched and goes down. I can't believe that anyone would try and defend that sort of play.

This! My way of looking at it is to think what would have happened if it was in the centre circle and they were on the break. Guarantee both Grosso in Germany and Del Piero at Parra would have stepped over the stationary foot of the defender and continued on their way. If the tackle is exactly the same and the only difference is the reaction of the attacker depending on where it happens on the pitch I'd call that simulation.

 

So well said, kudos to you!

 

It's painful to watch some competitions where players will start performing like this anywhere in the front 3rd of the field (watching some ACL at Gosford last season was disgraceful at times for this). Note to the referees, if BOTH of their heels are in the air and they land on their stomach, they made no attempt to stay on their feet.

 

Unfortunately, even if they watched 500 replays of the ADP incident, there would still be no way they could penalise him like they did Patricio Perez because it is not clear enough to define and they would set themselves an insurmountable precedent to uphold. The Zadkovich (2 straight red card offences and is still able to stay on the field), Heskey (heaviest player on the pitch gets bumped by the lightest and takes an almighty tumble worthy of ancient legend) and Rose (being called offside in his own half) incidents of the other NSW derby from round 3 are a different matter. These 3 particular decisions were all horrendous and completely shaped the outcome of the game (Rose offside least so owing the the amount of effort still required).

 

I'm welcome to correction if I am being unwittingly biased, but it does seem a number of teams (or perhaps particular players) have a defensive strategy based around professional fouls. Too often have I seen youthful, skillful players slalom through a few defenders only to be shoulder charged, ankle-tapped or otherwise hacked down outside the 18-yard box. Of course, these players are commonly found in Perth, Newcastle and Sydney (I've seen more games involving these teams this season), and perhaps MelbV (though perhaps determined by how involved a certain assistant coach was with the warm-up, I believe Ange wants that aspect out of their game for disciplinary reasons).

 

I don't refer to the occasional clumsy tackle, but to the consistent clumsy-apparent tackles often sourced from aggression or poor skill.

Mate I feel for you. Both your teams got hard done by this weekend with some shoddy refereeing. Zadkovich is a grub and should have walked.

As for the refereeing, I'd like to see ref's with the attitude that if the attacker contributes to the foul by milking it, even if there was some contact, the over-acting negates the contact and it's play on.