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    Del Piero scored after a penalty miss rebounded to his feet to give Sydney FC a 1-0 win in the first ever A-League Sydney Derby.

     

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    The Italian fell after Aaron Mooy left his leg trailing behind him while in the box. Strebre Delovski, in the biggest match since his long injury lay-off saw Del Piero trip and awarded penalty. Del Piero took the penalty but was ordered to re-take his successful first attempt. Covic once again proved the hero by saving the penalty but Sydney FC gained another huge stroke of luck with the rebound falling to the feet of the Italian striker. Del Piero managed to get the job done this time around and Sydney FC took the lead and held it for the remainder of the match.

     

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    In front of 19,126 passionate fans the Wanderers had 19 shots at goal in the match but only put 3 on target, a very worrying sign for manager Tony Popovic as the Wanderers head into a tough away clash in Brisbane next week. Sydney full back Fabio started off the match with repeated fouls but referee Strebre Delovski failed to issue a yellow card. The first shot of the match fell to ex-Newcastle Jet Ali Abbas but put it wide right. Seb Ryall and Brett Emerton continued the pattern of Sydney FC fouls and Delovski finally ran out of patience and handed the Sydney stand-in captain a yellow card for delaying a restart, to applause from the RBB.

     

    Del Piero skied the free kick from an Aaron Mooy foul on Kruno Lovrek, and followed that with a shot from outside the box that gave Covic his first real work to do in the match as he made a smart save down low. Minutes later Labinot Haliti took one of the first shots by the Wanderers but the effort was tame and well wide. Mitch Malia and Ali Abbas again wore the patience of the referee but he was lenient yet again and did not hand out any yellow cards. The failure of Devloski to punish the Sky Blues enabled them to press and tackle much harder than they otherwise might and I would hope that Popvoic is on the phone to the referees boss this week to ask why Strebre was so lenient to the away team.

     

    The 17th minute started a period of domination for the Wanderers with a D'Apuzzo shot which resulted in a corner taken by Shinji Ono. After the ball was cleared Polenz was fouled by Fabio, who again escaped sanction. Kresinger took a header chance but it was off target, then Ali Abbas fouled Aaron Mooy. Time and time again Sydney FC fouled to break up the Wanderers momentum and time and time again Delovski failed to give any yellow cards out. The game entered a battling phase once Kresinger was flagged offside. Fouls accumulated from both teams, and as usual the referee decided to keep the cards in his pocket for the persistent Sydney foulers. With 32 minutes played a well worked throw-in allowed Bridge time to shoot just outside the box, only for the shot to flash past the far post. After several fouls from Abbas and Del Piero the referee finally gave Abbas a yellow card shortly before half-time. The free-kicked awarded was taken by Aaron Mooy and his strong free kick stung the palms of Necevski in the Sydney FC goal. Mark Bridge was lurking for a follow up attempt with his head but the ball was deflected out for a corner which came to nothing to end the first half.

     

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    The first chance of the second half fell to Mark Bridge after a good run by Adam D'Apuzzo. The fullback cut inside and laid off a simple pass that Bridge ran on to and side footed towards goal. It was blocked by the Sydney FC defenders and went out for a throw-in. Poljak lofted a shot over the bar then came the crucial award of the penalty in the 55rd. Del PIero picked up the ball at the edge of the box after a 50/50 was lost by the Wanderers. Del Piero then dribbled into the area then cut the ball back. The Italian's legs tangled with Aaron Mooy's and Delovski award the penalty instantly. Del Piero slotted the first penalty in the right corner, but was ordered to retake it after his fellow players encroached. Covic heroically saved the second penalty but luck was with Sydney FC as the rebound fell straight to the feet of their marquee and he converted the simple 1 on 1 chance.

     

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    Aaron Mooy had several shots around the 60th minute but he put one wide and one was blocked. Sydney FC showed another disgraceful side of their play by beginning to time waste from the 60th minute. The first substitution of Lovrek by Antonis took an inordinate amount of time and Sydney FC did not stop their time-wasting for the rest of the match. Mark Bridge had another shot saved by Necevski then Poljak was given a well earned yellow card for a poor challenge from behind on Del Piero. Labinot Haliti was the first substitution of the match for the Wanderers with Hersi coming onto the wing. Nikolai Topor-Stanley missed the goal from a header. The oft-fouling Fabio was replaced by Petrovski, and on 75 minutes local hero Tarek Elrich came on to replace Poljak.

     

    Ivan Necevski finally earned a yellow card for blatant time wasting with 10 minutes to play, and in total their time-wasting lead to the decision to play six minutes of injury time. Mark Bridge had the last major chance for the Wanderers but his header yet again didn't trouble the keeper. The Wanderers were unable to mount any significant pressure during the injury time period and the game ended with a 1-0 loss to the Wanderers in the first ever A-League Sydney Derby.

     

    Tony Popovic will have to ring the changes, as the attack faltered yet again. The defence and midfield performed superbly but they are being let down by their point man. Dino Kresinger is consistently half a step behind where he needs to be and it is costing the Wanderers points. That match was there for the taking. No-one from Sydney FC except Del Piero showed much of a threat but Western Sydney were unable to capitalise. Kresinger will be a liability against the very fast paced Roar outfit that is up next. My choice if I was in Tony Popovic's position would be to drop Dino, and play with Kubi up front, Haliti and Tahj Minnecon on the wings. The team have played their hearts out but tactically the midfield is not linking up with the focus of the attack in a fashion that suits either group. By increasing the pace up front the midfield duo of Mooy and Ono can start to play defence splitting balls in behind the opposing defence and instead of having a lumbering target man they would have players with pace to burn running onto it.

     

    The Wanderers next match is against Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane on Saturday the 27th of October at 7:45 Eastern Daylight Savings Time.


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    It helps. Lol. It's quite disturbing how much you can find about someone with an email address.

     

    Anyway, back to the game. WesternPlains stop trolling.

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    Are you guys saying it was a dive being serious? Are you honestly convinved Del Piero dived simply because he is Italian??

     

    You see that makes you guys 2 things, racist and biased

     

    To not be able to accept that he was clearly tripped makes you look like a bunch of idiots "oh but but minimal contact he went down so easily" HAHA no Del Piero is taking on 3 guys and Mooys leg went no where near the ball, it went infront of Del Pieros leg tripping him while he is moving. You see most people making that movement will fall over when there is contact, it's natural, it's a penalty.

     

    Some of the comments claiming that he dived, calling him and embarassment, to even suggest that there was no contact at all :/ it just makes YOU look like the embarassments of the league by being stupidly biased and also racist. It seems the only ones who think it was a dive for some stupid reason are West Sydney fans and Italy haters, all the neutrals never even had to think whether it was a dive or not.

     

    After the good work by the RBB and the crowd, seriously, don't ruin it by being dumb ****s, grow up and be men because the rest of the league (no, not just Sydney fans, the rest of the actual league) are laughing at you guys for whinging like a bunch of bitches for the penalty which was 100% correct, not second thoughts from other fans at all.

     

    Blame Mooy for the penalty. It was stupid of him to stick out the leg when Del Piero turned his back to goal.

     

    There was a contact, that's true. its a 50-50 situation can go either way. But lets look at the Grand final Perth Brisbane, WSW Adelaide last week, and WSW Sydney this week. 3 soft penalties. Not to mention that Brisbane's was nowhere near a penalty. We want this league to grow be something like EPL. Now if you look at the refereing in EPL none of the 3 would have been penalties. Thats why everyone is complaining. And to be honest, penalty last night was the same as 2006 WC Aus-Italy. The Italians made most of the situation and so did Del Piero last night.

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    Just don't feed the trolls. Simple. It really doesn't take a genius to work out. Mack + Turner can ban/block him however they see fit.

     

    Edit: It was a Pen, always will be at this point in the league. The ref see's that once, not on video replay. What I ask is would you be complaining if Ono had done the exact same thing, with the exact same result?

     

    western plains. Your trolling is a perfect example of how we depict all Sydney fc fans

    Nothing but a bunch of keyboard warriors. Apart from a handful of your core...you are all nothing but a bunch of **** pansies who talk hard.

     

    I question that quote and find it quite hypocritical. But hey, let's not ruin positives with more arguing :)

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    It helps. Lol. It's quite disturbing how much you can find about someone with an email address.

     

    Anyway, back to the game. WesternPlains stop trolling.

     

    Don't disagree with that (any decent troll would use a throwaway though), was only talking about IP address which will probably get you an ISP and not much else - for your fellow moderator to imply that "IT Training" allows them to do some sort of IP tracking that would result in anything that was meaningful was just amusing.

     

    A comment on the match as to not be totally off topic - it was an entertaining enough game, both teams have issues though and both are in trouble if they cannot be solved reasonably quickly. SFC were still defensively suspect, still too many turnovers and Lovrek isn't working in this system. WSW obviously have a solid central backline and some great talent in the midfield but it doesn't count for much if the forward players cannot be more clinical with their finishing.

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    Just don't feed the trolls. Simple. It really doesn't take a genius to work out. Mack + Turner can ban/block him however they see fit.

     

    Edit: It was a Pen, always will be at this point in the league. The ref see's that once, not on video replay. What I ask is would you be complaining if Ono had done the exact same thing, with the exact same result?

     

    western plains. Your trolling is a perfect example of how we depict all Sydney fc fans

    Nothing but a bunch of keyboard warriors. Apart from a handful of your core...you are all nothing but a bunch of **** pansies who talk hard.

     

    I question that quote and find it quite hypocritical. But hey, let's not ruin positives with more arguing :)

    honestly as much as i hate to say it but it was a pen but he sure milked it for all it was worth

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    Just don't feed the trolls. Simple. It really doesn't take a genius to work out. Mack + Turner can ban/block him however they see fit.

     

    Edit: It was a Pen, always will be at this point in the league. The ref see's that once, not on video replay. What I ask is would you be complaining if Ono had done the exact same thing, with the exact same result?

     

    western plains. Your trolling is a perfect example of how we depict all Sydney fc fans

    Nothing but a bunch of keyboard warriors. Apart from a handful of your core...you are all nothing but a bunch of **** pansies who talk hard.

     

    I question that quote and find it quite hypocritical. But hey, let's not ruin positives with more arguing :)

     

    No we wouldn't be complaining then. The question is actually, would you be complaining if Ono did this. And im sure the answer is yes.

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    Just don't feed the trolls. Simple. It really doesn't take a genius to work out. Mack + Turner can ban/block him however they see fit.

     

    Edit: It was a Pen, always will be at this point in the league. The ref see's that once, not on video replay. What I ask is would you be complaining if Ono had done the exact same thing, with the exact same result?

     

    western plains. Your trolling is a perfect example of how we depict all Sydney fc fans

    Nothing but a bunch of keyboard warriors. Apart from a handful of your core...you are all nothing but a bunch of **** pansies who talk hard.

     

    I question that quote and find it quite hypocritical. But hey, let's not ruin positives with more arguing :)

     

    No we wouldn't be complaining then. The question is actually, would you be complaining if Ono did this. And im sure the answer is yes.

     

    Well Yes and No. I sympathise alot more with ref's due to knowing the split second they have to make the decision.

     

    I'd accept why the ref made the decision, but i wouldn't necessarily be happy about it.

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    Just don't feed the trolls. Simple. It really doesn't take a genius to work out. Mack + Turner can ban/block him however they see fit.

     

    Edit: It was a Pen, always will be at this point in the league. The ref see's that once, not on video replay. What I ask is would you be complaining if Ono had done the exact same thing, with the exact same result?

     

    western plains. Your trolling is a perfect example of how we depict all Sydney fc fans

    Nothing but a bunch of keyboard warriors. Apart from a handful of your core...you are all nothing but a bunch of **** pansies who talk hard.

     

    I question that quote and find it quite hypocritical. But hey, let's not ruin positives with more arguing :)

     

    No we wouldn't be complaining then. The question is actually, would you be complaining if Ono did this. And im sure the answer is yes.

     

    Well Yes and No. I sympathise alot more with ref's due to knowing the split second they have to make the decision.

     

    I'd accept why the ref made the decision, but i wouldn't necessarily be happy about it.

     

    Same as here mate. Im not happy coz we lost due to that, but you have to understand they have 2 seconds to make the call.

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    also the fact that we have so many different cultures involved in the RBB while the cove is about 500 different shades of white, its kinda hard for us to be racist

     

    :rofl:

     

    I see our resident troll has arisen to prey on our comments.

     

    You are all so legitimately deluded and embarrassing to yourselves and the A-League I just can't help myself. We all need a laugh, and if laughing at those who are dramatically intellectually malnourished than myself makes me a bad person, then I'm a bad person. To your very credit, this forum does sum up everything about Western Sydney. It's a black hole of intelligence and style, full of people with absolutely no idea as to what they are talking about. Thankfully the internet does not have a "smell" function or this forum would reek worse than Penrith station, the stench of which makes me retch every time I pass through on the train, let alone walk through the streets. At Parramatta last night I would have thrown my trash on the ground, but when you look around it seems that you all do that anyway.

     

    Visiting this place is bad for my health, thank you for waking me up to that fact, not before time. I look forward with a smile to seeing Wanderers not score a goal game after game and finish where they belong at the foot of the table.

     

    You do realise Mack and myself both have IT training and as moderators we can both see your IP address? I'm going to track it when I get home and ill give everybody your wonderful address

     

    You should probably undertake some additional training if you think "tracking" his IP address will tell you anything he should be worried about.

     

    I assume he is using his home computer. From there it is very easy to find out some details. As Mack already has.

     

    EDIT: I retract my statement there as I thought you were another troll but you aren't so my apologies.

     

    An IP address can only get you so far...but most people aren't careful enough to completely clean up their.internet trail. I will admit unless he is being blatently oblivious to.such things i am limited in what I can do. An empty threat to say the least.

     

    Still...I'm subscribing his email address to.various porn sites and.Lebanese wife finders...

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    EDIT: I retract my statement there as I thought you were another troll but you aren't so my apologies.

     

     

    No drama, I saw the comment but I'm not that easily offended! Have no intention to troll here, WSW isn't my club but I'll probably still come and watch a few occasional games from the sidelines as a neutral and I do like to read other fans perspectives even if I don't always agree.

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    EDIT: I retract my statement there as I thought you were another troll but you aren't so my apologies.

     

     

    No drama, I saw the comment but I'm not that easily offended! Have no intention to troll here, WSW isn't my club but I'll probably still come and watch a few occasional games from the sidelines as a neutral and I do like to read other fans perspectives even if I don't always agree.

     

    No worries buddy! Glad to have you! Welcome to the forums. Just don't be like that scumbag norwester...only kidding. He's alright.

     

    Whichever a-league club team you support there is probably a thread for them on the a-league sub forum you can call your own!

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

    dont feed the trolls

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

     

    I guess ESFC fans should be used to bigotry considering the abuse handed out to Patricio Perez a few years ago.

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

     

    Mack can you expose this one too? Ill wait on the moderator subthread

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

     

    Mack can you expose this one too? Ill wait on the moderator subthread

     

    Boring, found his facebook in 5 seconds. He'll probably just fade away after making his point.

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    The question is... had the 'foul' occurred inside the centre circle and a free kick be given would we complain? Probably not. Yes technically it was a penalty, technically it was a foul... however, the fact remains that Del Piero exaggerated contact and therefore, IMO negates the foul.

     

    Other than that decision I think Strebe had a fantastic game.

     

    FYI I am an ex-NYL ref ;)

     

    Actually this is the way i see it. Surprised a ref sees it the same.

     

    For me if Del Piero continues to make an effort after the ball etc but is impeded significantly by contact, penalty.

    However if his focus is instead to win a penalty, sorry, you've made a meal of it, play on.

     

    That pretty much what you're saying Gazmon?

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    I find it interesting how a banner was the biggest issue which has emerged from the derby. Not hooliganism but a banner. lol

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    Pretty accurate article really albeit slightly bias. The one thing no one seems to have mentions is Del Pieros constant efforts to referee the game. Every time the whistle was blown he was in the referees face. In Europe he would have been booked for this early on.

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    Del doesnt get all the credit, our strikers get full credit for being about as useful as me infront of goals

     

    And in late breaking new Tony Popovic is set to rush in a new signing straight into the starting line up for the clash against reigning premiers the Roar. The Goat of Doom is expected to replace Dino Kresinger in leading the Wanderers attack. Defenders are warned to steer clear of him due to his propensity to headbutt his opponents. We await news on what new chants the RBB will develop to cheer on the Goat.

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    The question is... had the 'foul' occurred inside the centre circle and a free kick be given would we complain? Probably not. Yes technically it was a penalty, technically it was a foul... however, the fact remains that Del Piero exaggerated contact and therefore, IMO negates the foul.

     

    Other than that decision I think Strebe had a fantastic game.

     

    FYI I am an ex-NYL ref ;)

     

    Actually this is the way i see it. Surprised a ref sees it the same.

     

    For me if Del Piero continues to make an effort after the ball etc but is impeded significantly by contact, penalty.

    However if his focus is instead to win a penalty, sorry, you've made a meal of it, play on.

     

    That pretty much what you're saying Gazmon?

     

    Exactly.

     

    If the foul is there and he makes a genuine effort to continue to play and cannot because of the foul then penalty.

     

    If the foul is there and he goes down to exaggerate the foul itself, then play on.

     

    Unfortunately, most referee's will just not give the foul and forces the player to leave their feet; hence the dive.

     

    It's a sad situation and unless all referee's can agree to be consistent in their application of the interpretation then it will never change. This still would not alleviate the cultural mentality towards diving/conning the referee, that is seen in some European and South American leagues.

     

    At the end of the day football luck swings and round-a-bouts. At some point we are going to get a decision to go our way when it probably shouldn't. The game is over and everyone should just focus the attention to beating the Roar next weekend :)

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    Lol at the ESFC butt hurt resulting from toolshed banner. Pun intended.

     

    Exactly. No different to them labelling us all as bogans just because we come from working class backgrounds. We are bogans. They are ****.

     

    That's how it seems to have played out. Probably pretty far from the truth in both cases. But it seems the banter will go on for some time to come. As for Western Plains.. as RBB Koppite explained, his grammar is appalling. The irony of him trying make us out to be uneducated buffoons. Probably should take a look in the mirror.

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    One thing that football will always have over the other codes is the atmosphere and the fact that the RBB is constantly getting mentioned in the media since day one is testament to the fantastic job we're doing, and it's only the second ever home game! (and to be fair we were going off in Adelaide too :))

     

    The Cove had the numbers on us and were louder when they all actually sang - for about 2 minutes at the beginning and when they scored - but we definitely had them beat otherwise.

     

    And we all have to remember, this is our second ever home game, and they've been around for 8 years!!!

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

     

    Glad to see you're enjoying the bigotry on here, though it pales in significance when compared to the bigotry dished out on daily basis by the oh so politically correct smurfs on their own forum and 442. You should really check it out before commenting here.

    There is a saying, if you can't take it - don't give it.

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    Great to see the bigotry on here, goes hand in hand with the homophobia displayed by the terrible message banner.

    Mack can you expose this one too? Ill wait on the moderator subthread

     

    Boring, found his facebook in 5 seconds. He'll probably just fade away after making his point.

     

    So you are using my personal information for further background checks? As someone who is supposedly in I.T. what a disgraceful use of powers. You should know better than anyone else the absolute MASSIVE legal ramifications of doing something like that.

     

    Watch yourself, Mack...

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