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  • Santalab Strike Keeps Wanderers Top

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    By mack

    A goal of the season contender late on from Brendon Santalab rubbed out Besart Berisha's first half opener in a 1-1 draw in Melbourne tonight.

     

    Berisha scored the opener in the 16th minute. From a Victory corner, he broke away from his marker, beating the cover defence to the ball, heading into the ground, with the b all bouncing past Andrew Redmayne.

     

    Ben Williams once again decided that it wasn't enough for the two teams to be the centre of attention, and he stole the spotlight with a baffling decision in the 29th minute. As Scott Jamieson was preparing for an attacking free kick, Williams repeatedly to get his line marking spray all over the ball, moving it off the mark, and after Jamieson went to clear it away, Williams pulled out a yellow card.

     

    It was yet another massively inept and egotistical display by the man in the middle, as he gave out cards like candy before finally getting to pull out his favoured red card against Alberto Aguilar late in the game. With Dimas Delgado suspended for picking up his 5th yellow card, and Andreu going off with an injury, the three Spanish imports may all be missing for the next match against Wellington.

     

    The second half was all Wanderers. Camped in the Victory half, they laid siege to the goal of Danny Vukovic, and the goalkeeper was the only thing keeping the score level, with the lead up to the Alberto red card being a wonderful save from a powerful Topor-Stanley header.

     

    Brendon Santalab however came on and took away what would have been a well deserved clean sheet. With the 89th minute taking on, Santalab went strong into a 50/50 with Bouzanis, who shied away from possible contact. Santalab cut back towards goal then unleashed a right footed strike from the top of the penalty arc, it flew like a rocket off the boot, swerving away from the keeper who had no chance at all.

     

    It was a deserved equaliser for the Wanderers, and they were unlucky not to take a late lead through Topor-Stanley's header. As it stood in the end, Western Sydney are back in the first place, equal on 34 points with Brisbane who smashed the Mariners 4-0 earlier in the day, and 6 clear of both Melbourne teams and Sydney FC who make up 3rd to 5th.

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    NickNova

    Always delivers, plus a yeeros at 11pm goes alright too.

    Flares. Love the ******* things. Bungers questionable.

     

    Anyway, this trip keeps getting better and better, along with the games with the last two being tight (even though we got the win at home).

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    Zelinsky
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    • One of the best aspects of away games is that I get to meet new people from the forum. Two weeks ago in Gosford StringerBelland, Jaepea and his wife. This time Wanderboy, Dmixtaaa, and Edinburgh. And so the family keeps growing.
    • Pub: they were expecting 350-500 WSW supporters and had staff to cater for 100.
    • Great march along restaurants and residential properties. It looked like the onlookers enjoyed the show.
    • To the knob who threw glass during the march: you are a knob.
    • There was a Victory supporter who tried to express his objection to the march. Police pinned him down convincingly.
    • Seeing the sparsely filled ground I felt like singing the Melb Heart/City "Where are ya?" diss chant?
    • Ben Williams: consistently inconsistent. He might want to reflect on why both Muscat and Popa had things to say to him post match. Or maybe he should just watch a replay of his latest performance.
    • Dimas and Baccus both had a great game.
    • Our front four ran the VIC defence tired. The VIC had nothing left in the tank, and then came Santa.
    • I thought we could play all night and not score, and then Santa scored. I can't actually quite remember what happened afterwards. Temporary overload of the memory banks. 
    • The VIC was made look sub-standard and was very lucky.
    • Muscat should read a transcript of his post Big Blue presser. The bit where he said something about Arnie's tactics. Hypocrite!

    Also: bumped into Andreu today at Sydney airport.

    • Said it was a great game, great support.
    • Me: "Do you actually hear us during the game?" A: "Absolutely". Me: "Is it important for you guys?" A: "Yes! You are our 12th man. Much better than playing against teams where you can't hear anyone."
    • Alberto's red card: both Berisha and Georgievski grabbed him and dragged him, and he lashed out to get them off his back. Next minit: red card.
    • Me: "The derby: you have to win." A: "We have to!"
    • Brisbane is the real threat in the title race. Good players who constantly change position.

     

     

     

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    Prydzopolis

    Did anyone see Berisha's bite on Alberto that saw the red mist come over him? Wonder whether the MRP will have some work to do during the week? It wasn't picked up by Williams so if there is any video evidence or otherwise surely something has to happen?

     

    Oh & finally saw a better angle of the Alberto hit in the face, looks bad but not sure whether it was a punch or a slap. From the photo it looks like he is trying to eye gouge him but hard to tell without seeing the video, what do we think? 3 weeks for violent conduct? Or will it be similar to the one match ban Og got during the derby 1 last season.

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    JackDoff

    Did anyone see Berisha's bite on Alberto that saw the red mist come over him? Wonder whether the MRP will have some work to do during the week? It wasn't picked up by Williams so if there is any video evidence or otherwise surely something has to happen?

    Oh & finally saw a better angle of the Alberto hit in the face, looks bad but not sure whether it was a punch or a slap. From the photo it looks like he is trying to eye gouge him but hard to tell without seeing the video, what do we think? 3 weeks for violent conduct?

    https://twitter.com/prydzopolis/status/696199382647992325

    I'd buy him 3 beers for violent conduct against Berisha the c**t!!
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    Prydzopolis

     

     

    Victory forum match thread is great! Go to last 2-3 pages...

    Schizoid as buggery lol
    I love the comment re difference between RBB and NT.
    Post match discussion seems to be surrounding the old pyro vs non-pyro debate, families being scared of the fireworks, RBB matching if not outdoing NT & very few comments or discussion regarding how we managed to completely dominate the victory.
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    Did anyone see Berisha's bite on Alberto that saw the red mist come over him? Wonder whether the MRP will have some work to do during the week? It wasn't picked up by Williams so if there is any video evidence or otherwise surely something has to happen?

    Oh & finally saw a better angle of the Alberto hit in the face, looks bad but not sure whether it was a punch or a slap. From the photo it looks like he is trying to eye gouge him but hard to tell without seeing the video, what do we think? 3 weeks for violent conduct?

    https://twitter.com/prydzopolis/status/696199382647992325

    I'd buy him 3 beers for violent conduct against Berisha the c**t!!

    Unsure on what the crime is here lol

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    Case
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    Victory forum match thread is great! Go to last 2-3 pages...

     

    This is the greatest post in the MV forums:

     

    "The RBB away is made up of 25+ year olds who have been raised in a challenging environment, are pissed up, loud and excited and have balls

     

    The NT is made up of 16 year old aussie woglets who wouldn't know hardship because they've been sitting in their parents house playing FIFA and buying Fred Perry polo's 50% off at Myer on the weekends, and more concerned that they don't look like they're trying too hard in front of their slutty marias. 

     

    Thanks RBB for making this obvious last night."

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    JackDoff

     

    Victory forum match thread is great! Go to last 2-3 pages...

     

     

    This is the greatest post in the MV forums:

     

    "The RBB away is made up of 25+ year olds who have been raised in a challenging environment, are pissed up, loud and excited and have balls[/size]The NT is made up of 16 year old aussie woglets who wouldn't know hardship because they've been sitting in their parents house playing FIFA and buying Fred Perry polo's 50% off at Myer on the weekends, and more concerned that they don't look like they're trying too hard in front of their slutty marias. [/size]Thanks RBB for making this obvious last night."[/size]

    "Woglets " "Slutty Marias " :lol:
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    Zelinsky

    Looks like full time wasn't the end of it last night either....

    An hour after the game I noticed a lot of people running down the steps of Southern Cross Station and disappearing, then police running up the very steps...

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    Horus

     

    Also: bumped into Andreu today at Sydney airport.

    • Said it was a great game, great support.
    • Me: "Do you actually hear us during the game?" A: "Absolutely". Me: "Is it important for you guys?" A: "Yes! You are our 12th man. Much better than playing against teams where you can't hear anyone."
    • Alberto's red card: both Berisha and Georgievski grabbed him and dragged him, and he lashed out to get them off his back. Next minit: red card.
    • Me: "The derby: you have to win." A: "We have to!"
    • Brisbane is the real threat in the title race. Good players who constantly change position.

     

     

    My first question would've been - You're all re-signing right?

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    SomeGuy1977

     

    Also: bumped into Andreu today at Sydney airport.

     

    • Said it was a great game, great support.
    • Me: "Do you actually hear us during the game?" A: "Absolutely". Me: "Is it important for you guys?" A: "Yes! You are our 12th man. Much better than playing against teams where you can't hear anyone."
    • Alberto's red card: both Berisha and Georgievski grabbed him and dragged him, and he lashed out to get them off his back. Next minit: red card.
    • Me: "The derby: you have to win." A: "We have to!"
    • Brisbane is the real threat in the title race. Good players who constantly change position.
     

    My first question would've been - You're all re-signing right?

    You came off early. How serious?

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    Prydzopolis

    I asked him indirectly, and assuming that he understood me correctly, and assuming that I understood his indirect answer correctly: the three want to stay.

    Great work FCB :golecapproves:

     

    :woah::xbop::popa::topshelf::good:

    Looks like full time wasn't the end of it last night either....

    So apparently they stole a drum last night..

    Hope all La banda members are ok

    It's not the first time other groups have gone after La Banda, shame but just means we get to bring in a newer/bigger drum!!

     

    Oh apart from the always excellent La Banda doing a fantastic job, the trumpet last night was on point, well in :good:

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    Stevo99

    Unpopular opinion maybe but I thought the RBB as a whole were very very poor. Away trips are normally the greatest but it seems that Victory away's become the 'popular' away trip, and a lot of people who clearly are not RBB regulars came into active. So many phones out, it's like an #awaydays photo on instagram was a requirement of entry. And I lost count of the amount of times I tried to get flogs singing, only for them to keep their arms folded and just kind of nod at me. 

     

    That said, we were undoubtedly louder than NT. And I don't understand in the slightest what the point of the South End is, they're an embarrassment to all 'active' fans (which even the NT agree with)

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    theguest7

    Unpopular opinion maybe but I thought the RBB as a whole were very very poor. Away trips are normally the greatest but it seems that Victory away's become the 'popular' away trip, and a lot of people who clearly are not RBB regulars came into active. So many phones out, it's like an #awaydays photo on instagram was a requirement of entry. And I lost count of the amount of times I tried to get flogs singing, only for them to keep their arms folded and just kind of nod at me. 

     

    That said, we were undoubtedly louder than NT. And I don't understand in the slightest what the point of the South End is, they're an embarrassment to all 'active' fans (which even the NT agree with)

     

    Maybe we should train those non-regulars and make them regulars and keep bringing them to away games instead of you, hoping they might bring us better luck?

     

    OK, I've done this enough. You're probably gonna punch me if I say it again :)

     

    Anyway, I do agree with you to an extent. We had a great night and our performance was good and we outsung the NT, but I kept getting the shits because people would constantly take their phones out and serve half arsed performances. You've spent 100s of dollars on this ******* trip, sing the **** up! Why come if you're gonna act like you're in a ******* opera.

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    DamnedUnited

    It would make me sad to bequeath him Super Sub Santa. Is he too old or unfit to be a lot more than that. The RBB not being loud enough? The jet lag the heat the march the not so inspiring first half or just where exactly in Active you were but for me the chairs and concrete rocked my lungs coughed my eyes and legs burnt and we let it be known.

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    Hughesy

    What a trip, I'm spent. It sucked getting on the plane to come back to reality but bed has never felt so good.

     

    I'm happy that Santa hit that shot because not only did it get us a result but it once again proved what you can achieve when you actually shoot *****. If Sotirio's shot had of snucked in then I would've completely changed my mind about him then and there lol

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    sydneycroatia58

    After the stoppage in play and Victory scoring their goal all people could talk about, especially journos, was about how the stoppage halted all the momentum we had. Watching the replay I have no idea what they're talking about, the stoppage happened just after a dangerous Victory attack and we have a throw-in inside our own half. The game was stopped for literally 60 seconds and restarts with that same throw-in. Zero momentum was lost.

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    Burztur

    After the stoppage in play and Victory scoring their goal all people could talk about, especially journos, was about how the stoppage halted all the momentum we had. Watching the replay I have no idea what they're talking about, the stoppage happened just after a dangerous Victory attack and we have a throw-in inside our own half. The game was stopped for literally 60 seconds and restarts with that same throw-in. Zero momentum was lost.

    Don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

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